Download CHAPTER 14.1-14.3 TEST: Friday 12/9

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Ch. 14: World War II
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
14. What event made Americans willing to enter the war?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
15. Which country had gained control of most of Western Europe by 1940?
Germany
16. What reasons drove Japan to seek an empire?
Lack of raw materials
17. How did Mussolini use gangs of Fascist thugs in Italy?
To terrorize his opponents
18. Why were many Americans reluctant to enter the war?
They thought isolationism was in America’s best interest
19. Which of Hitler’s aggressive actions triggered World War II?
Invasion of Poland
20. For most of WWII, what were the conditions for Japanese American and African American troops?
They fought in segregated units
21. American officials refused to use women in what roles?
Combat roles
22. Two months after securing North Africa, the Allies invaded where?
Italy
23. When the German army drove deep into the Soviet Union, Stalin urged his allies to attack where?
Western Europe
24. On D-Day the Allies launched a mammoth invasion across what location?
The English Channel
25. At the Battle of the Bulge, what did Germans fight desperately to do?
Save their homeland
26. Just hours after they bombed Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked what location?
Clark Field, an American Air Base in the Philippines
27. When the Japanese advanced against his troops, what was General MacArthur forced to do?
Leave the Philippines
28. Where did the Allies sink all four Japanese carriers and 250 planes?
The Battle of Midway
29. What was the purpose of island-hopping?
To bomb Japan
30. What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
To develop an atomic bomb
31. What happened one week before Japan’s surrender?
The destruction of Nagasaki
Answer ALL of the following questions for a separate grade using complete sentences!
A. What were some of the alternatives to dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? (14.3)
Invasion, blockade, demonstration or relaxation of the unconditional surrender formula.
B. Why do you think Americans who were denied full rights at home were eager to take part in the war
against fascism? (14.2)
They were eager to fight oppression since they themselves felt oppressed.
C. What were some of the reasons behind Japan’s desire to build an empire in Asia? (14.1)
To gain land, markets and raw materials; to alleviate effects of economic depression