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Focus Question: Why did totalitarian states rise after World War I, and
what did they do?
A. As you read, summarize the actions in the 1930s of each of the countries listed in
the table below.
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Focus Question: Why did totalitarian states rise after World War I, and
what did they do?
B. Use the concept web below to record the main ideas about the policies of Great
Britain, France, and the United States toward aggressive nations.
Did not want a repeat of
World War I
Appeasement
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Focus Question: How did Americans react to events in Europe and Asia
in the early years of World War II?
Sequence the major events described in the section using the timeline below.
TIP: Search for dates throughout the section.
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Focus Question: How did the United States react to the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor?
A. As you read, record the causes and effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as
details about the attack itself, in the chart below.
TIP: Look for key words such as attack in the section.
Causes
Attack on
Pearl Harbor
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• Japan relies on
trade with the United
States for natural
resources.
• Nearly 2,500
Americans were
killed.
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Effects
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• Germany and Italy
declare war on the
United States.
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B. Sequence the fighting that followed Pearl Harbor in the timetable below.
TIP: Search for dates throughout the section.
Early War in the Pacific
May 1942
The Philippines fall to the Japanese.
May 1942
Bataan Death March
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Focus Question: How did the Allies turn the tide against the Axis?
List the ways in which the Allies turned back the Axis advance.
Turning Back the Axis
In Europe
In the Pacific
• Battle against U-boats in Atlantic
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Stalingrad
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• British and American bombers
batter Germany.
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Focus Question: How did the war change America at home?
As you read, identify the major effects of World War II on the home front.
The Home Front, World War II
Effects on Women
Economy
• War bonds
• Wage controls
Effects on Minorities
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• New relationships
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• African Americans
worked toward equal
rights.
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Focus Question: How did the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?
Identify the steps that led to the Allied victory.
Europe
The Pacific
• Allies land at Normandy on D-Day.
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• American forces capture Iwo Jima
and Okinawa near Japan.
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• Allies advance northward in Italy.
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• Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
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Allies Win World War II
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Focus Question: How did the Holocaust develop and what were its
results?
A. As you read, identify the steps that led to Hitler’s attempt to exterminate
European Jews.
1933: Hitler becomes dictator of Germany; begins persecution of Jews.
1933:
1935:
1938: Kristallnacht—Nazi officials order attacks on Jews in Germany.
1933–1945:
1945: Awareness of the Holocaust increases demand and support for an
independent Jewish homeland.
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Focus Question: How did the Holocaust develop and what were its
results?
B. As you read, identify different ways in which the United States and other
nations responded to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany before, during, and
after the war.
Zionists are interested
in creating a
Jewish homeland.
Response to
the Holocaust
United States
recognizes Israel.
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Focus Question: What were the major immediate and long-term effects
of World War II?
As you read, look for various developments in the postwar world that resulted from
World War II.
United Nations
Aftermath of
World War II
War criminals are
put on trial.