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U. S. History / SCHS
Mr. Magiera
World War II – Test Review
Chapters 16-17
Terms:
Treaty of Versailles
Bolshevik Revolution
Totalitarianism
Communism
Fascism
Nazism
League of Nations
Spanish Civil War
Rome-Berlin Axis
Neutrality Acts
Munich Agreement
Appeasement
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Blitzkrieg
Maginot Line
Radar
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
St. Louis
Genocide
Concentration Camps
Death Camps
Tripartite Pact
Selective Training and
Service Act
Lend-lease Act
Allies
Pearl Harbor
Women’s Army Corps
Manhattan Project
Office of Scientific Research
and Development
Office of Price
Administration
War Production Board
Battle of the Atlantic
Sonar
Battle of Stalingrad
Bloody Anzio
Operation Overlord
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
V-E Day
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Kamikaze
Atomic Bomb
Yalta Conference
Big Three
Nuremberg Trials
Macarthur Constitution
GI Bill of Rights
Congress of Racial Equality
Internment
Japanese American Citizens
League
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Hideki Tojo
A. Philip Randolph
Albert Einstein
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Patton
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Paris
Auschwitz
Ardennes
Pearl Harbor
Sicily
Omaha Beach
Majdanek
Iwo Jima
Names:
Franklin Roosevelt
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Francisco Franco
Places:
Manchuria
China
Sudetenland
Rhineland
Ethiopia
Austria
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Review Questions:
1.
In what ways did dictators rise to power in Europe and threaten world peace?
2.
What acts of aggression did Germany and Italy make in Europe and in what ways did this lead to
full-fledged war?
3.
Summarize the Holocaust from the beginning stages through the Nuremberg Trials
4.
What role did the U.S. take in the war in Europe and how was the U.S. provoked into joining the
war?
5.
What contributions were made to the war effort by Americans, specifically industry along with
women and minorities, and what did the government do to fight inflation?
6.
What was the approach taken by Churchill and Roosevelt to stop the Axis Powers (Look at this in
terms of military and geographical strategies)?
7.
Describe the events that led to Victory in Europe.
8.
Describe the events that led to Victory in Japan.
9.
Describe the effects of World War II in America.