Mr. Martin U.S. History Name: Date: Block: World War II The effects of World War I and the Great Depression touched almost every corner of the world. In some countries, these upheavals led to the rise of a new kind of brutal dictatorship the totalitarian state. Led by aggressive dictators, these states would destroy the peace established after World War I and spark a new, even deadlier, global conflict. Identifications: Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler Fascism Nazi Joseph Stalin Axis Powers Appeasement Blitzkrieg Munich Conference Invasion of Poland Fall of France Dunkirk Winston Churchill Isolationism Lend-Lease Act Embargo Atlantic Charter Pearl Harbor Destroyers-for-Bases Deal Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact 11/13: Lesson: Reasons for World War II - Identify some of the reasons for World War II. - How did the United States respond to increasing totalitarian aggression in Europe and Asia? - Explain how the Socialist leaders gained control of Germany and Italy - How did the Great Depression play a part in the start of WWII? - What caused America s gradual abandonment of its policy of neutrality? Homework: Answer questions 1-7 11/14: Lesson: World War II - What was the overall strategy of America and its allies in World War II? - How did America s strategy during World War II reflect available resources and the geographical scope of the conflict? - Why some battles of World War II were considered turning points of the war? Homework: Answer questions 8-24
In 1942 and 1943, the Allies turned back the Axis advances. In the last two years of the war, 1944 and 1945, they delivered the final, crushing blow. They attacked Germany from the west and east, and the United States advanced across the Pacific to the doorstep of Japan. In the process, Americans created a new form of weapon that would change both warfare and global politics. World War II engaged the peoples and resources of the countries involved. The war effort stirred patriotism and promoted economic recovery. And, while wartime fears and tensions tested civil liberties, new opportunities for women and minorities would spur stronger efforts to ensure equal rights after the war was over. 11/15: Lesson: The coming together of America to end the war - How did minority participation in World War II reflect social conditions in the United States? - How did minorities contribute to Allied victory? - What was the purpose of the Geneva Convention? - How did the treatment of prisoners differ? - How did the United States organize and distribute its resources to achieve victory during World War II? - How did media and communications assist the Allied efforts during World War II? Homework: Answer questions 25-29 and 31-34 From the time he came to power, Adolf Hitler had targeted Jews for persecution. By the end of the war, the Nazis had murdered 6 million Jews and 5 million other people they considered inferior. Today, we continue to remember this tragedy and seek ways to prevent anything like it from ever happening again. 11/16: Lesson: the Holocaust and Japanese Internment - What was the Holocaust and who were its victims? - What was the short-term and long-term significance of the Holocaust? - How were Americans of Japanese descent treated after U.S. entry into World War II, and why? Homework: Answer questions 30, and 35-37 11/16: Lesson: Review for test 11/17: Test on Unit 10
1) Name the three nations, and their leaders, showing aggression in the 30 s? (They would later make up the Axis). Germany/Hitler, Italy/Mussolini, and Japan/Tojo 2) What is the idea that a country should focus on its own problems and avoid international commitments (a way of avoiding war)? Isolationism 3) What type of government is a kind of aggressive nationalism? Fascism 4) The entire western half of the Atlantic Ocean that FDR declared as neutral territory? Hemispheric Defense Zone 5) Who was a fervent anti-communist and an admirer of Benito Mussolini? Hitler 6) The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide Eastern Europe (Poland) 7) The policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace? Appeasement 8) WWII started with this event? Germany invading Poland September 1, 1939 9) What is the new lightning war of Germany called? Blitzkrieg 10) What was so significant about Dunkirk? The miracle at Dunkirk saved about 350,000 soldiers when both civilian and military evacuated trapped soldiers by boat. 11) Which European nation soon faced Germany alone? Great Britain 12) What was the policy of loaning materials to the British called? Lend-Lease Act 13) In June 1941, in violation of the Nazi-Soviet pact, Hitler launched a massive invasion of The Soviet Union 14) What finally brought the Unites States into World War II? Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when did it occur? December 7, 1941 15) Describe America s foreign policy during the Depression? Isolationism 16) What battle was the turning point of the European war and put the Germans on the defensive? Stalingrad 17) What is the invasion of France by the Allies known as? D-Day
18) What did they call the day after the unconditional surrender by Germany on May 7, 1945? VE Day 19) Who did America want to defeat first? Hitler 20) What was the turning point battle of the Pacific War that stopped the Japanese advance? Midway 21) What was the policy of defeating the Japanese on the major islands of the Pacific? Island Hopping 22) What was the invasion of Normandy called? D-Day (Operation Overlord) 23) What happened to FDR just before the war ended? He died 24) Who became the new leader? Harry S. Truman 25) What new invention did the U.S. develop in mid- 1945? Atomic Bomb 26) What happened at Yalta and Potsdam? Meeting between the Big 3 to determine what would happen after the war 27) What event ended the Japanese war? Dropping of Atomic bombs 28) What cities experienced this new horror? Hiroshima and Nagasaki 29) The Japanese emperor ordered his government to surrender on August 15, 1945 and this was known as VJ Day in the U.S. 30) What was the Final Solution? Germany s decision to exterminate all Jews (Genocide) 31) Name the leaders of each country during the war? Germany Hitler Italy Mussolini USSR Stalin Japan Tojo US Roosevelt then Truman 32) What did rationing do? Allowed more food to be available for the troops 33) Who is Rosie the Riveter? Personification of the women who worked in the war factories
34) Name of the famous African-American pilots also known as the 99 th Pursuit Squadron that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio? Tuskegee Airmen 35) What happened to many Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor? Internment 36) What Supreme Court case unsuccessfully challenged this policy? Korematsu vs. the United States 37) What new international organization was created at the Dumbarton Oaks Estate in Washington, D.C. to take the place of the League of Nations after the war? United Nations