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World War II Review Sheet
1) Nations – What nations were members of the Axis Powers? What nations were members of the Allied Powers?
2) Terms Totalitarianism – Isolationism – Interventionism – Luftwaffe – Atlantic Charter – WAACs / WAFS – Kristallnacht – Cash & Carry (Neutrality Act of 1939) – Lend-Lease Act – Blitzkrieg – Manhattan Project – V-J Day – V-E Day – Kamikazes – Island Hopping – Appeasement – Final Solution – Little Boy & Fat Man –
3) People Franklin D. Roosevelt – Harry S Truman – Winston Churchill – Joseph Stalin – Adolf Hitler – Benito Mussolini – Robert Oppenheimer – Dwight Eisenhower – Douglas MacArthur – A. Philip Randolph –
4) How did WWI and the Great Depression contribute to the rise of dictators?
5) How did the US move closer to involvement in the war? How did tensions between the U.S. and Japan increase leading up to Pearl Harbor?
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Describe the development of the war between 1939 and 1941. What was the situation in the war when the U.S. enters? In the Pacific? In Europe?
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What were the aims and strategies of the Allies? Specifically, what was there first priority? Why? What strategy did each member of the Allies support?
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From an economic standpoint, what would be the key to victory? Why?
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What was the major effect of WWII on the economy?
10) What were ways that the government made people support and feel involved in the war effort?
11) Describe one of the propaganda posters from WWII that you viewed in class. What was the intended audience and what did it want them to do?
12) What roles did women play at home and abroad? How the type of women and type of work women did change?
13) Who is Rosie the Riveter? What was the expectation about women working in the factories for when the war was over?
14) What roles did African Americans play at home and abroad during WWII? Mexican Americans? Native Americans?
15) What were conditions like for the Japanese in the internment camps? Do you agree or disagree with the decision to intern people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast during WWII? Give historical support for your answer.
16) What was the issue and what did the Supreme Court decide in Korematsu v. United States?
17) Based on the videos, readings, and the textbook accounts, what were the experiences of American soldiers (G.I.s) on the battlefront? Include specifics.
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Compare and contrast the development and dropping of the atomic bomb with the development and execution of the Holocaust. In what ways are they similar or different in regards to their purpose, their development, the decision making process, and their results. Finally, respond to the following statement: “The American government at the end of WWII can be likened to the Nazi government in that the Americans committed the same kind of murder of innocent people in Japan that the Nazis carried out against the Jews.” What is your reaction to this statement Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Is it even fair to compare these two events?