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United States History B
Chapter 14 Study Guide
14-1 World War II: Causes
1. What agreement was signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939?
2.
What country was invaded by both Germany and the Soviet Union on September 1, 1939?
3.
What two countries declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939?
4.
What country conquered Eastern Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia in 1939?
5.
Which country conquered Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Denmark, and Norway in 1940?
6.
List the three countries that made up the Axis Powers in 1939:
7.
List the two countries that made up the Allied Powers in 1939:
8.
What battle took place from July 1940 to May 1941 and forced Germany to abandon its plan to invade the British Isles?
9.
What British invention enabled the location and detection of German airplanes?
10. What organization was created in 1940 to oppose U.S. involvement in World War II and promoted the policy of non-interventionism?
11. What act was passed on September 16, 1940 and was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history?
12. Which country did the United States give aid to before entering World War II?
13. What ally did the Nazi regime turn against and invade on June 22, 1941?
14. What agreement was made between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1941 that defined goals for the postwar
world?
15. What orders were given by President Roosevelt to the U.S. Navy in September 1941?
16. What U.S. naval base was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941?
17. What declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941?
18. What was unable to invade the United States during World War II?
14-2 World War II: Battles
19. What U.S. territory was captured by the Japanese in 1942?
20. What resulted in the deaths of 10,000 U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war after the capture of the Philippines by Japan in 1942?
21. What naval battle took place on June 3, 1942 and was the turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II?
22. What battle took place in the Soviet Union from August 1942 to February 1943 and was the longest battle of World War II, the bloodiest battle
in human history, and the turning point in the Eastern Front?
23. What battle was the turning point in the North African Campaign in 1942?
24. What did the Allied Powers demand at the Casablanca Conference in January 14, 1943?
25. Where did the Allied Powers gain a foothold in Continental Europe on September 3, 1943?
26. Which conference of Allied Powers was held on November 28, 1943 that resulted in an agreement to a second front in Western Europe?
27. Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of all Allied forces in Europe from 1943-1945?
28. What invasion took place on Continental Europe by the Allies on June 6, 1944?
29. What naval battle took place on October 24, 1944 and was the largest naval battle of World War II?
30. Which type of Japanese pilots tried to destroy U.S. ships beginning in October 1944?
31. What city was firebombed by U.S. forces from November 1944 to March 1945 resulting in the deaths of 200,000 civilians?
32. What battle took place on December 16, 1944 and was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II?
33. Which conference of Allied Powers was held on February 4, 1945 that planned to reorganize post-war Europe?
34. What city was bombed by U.S. and British forces in February 1945 resulting in the deaths of 25,000 civilians?
35. What was the last major battle fought between the Allied Powers and Germany in April and May 1945?
36. Which Allied Power captured Berlin in 1945?
37. What plan of attack did the Allies use to conquer the Japanese in the Pacific?
14-3 World War II: Homefront
Political History
38. How many Americans were conscripted into the U.S. military beginning in September 1940 to the end of the war?
39. What was created by Executive Order 9024 dictated by President Roosevelt on January 16, 1942 that took over factories and production in the
United States by the federal government?
40. What political and economic ideology advanced in the United States during the early 1940s?
41. What book was written by John T. Flynn in 1944 that exposed how war time planning brought fascism to the United States through drafting
people, controlling all prices and wages, rationing all goods, and enforcing central planning though massive government coercion?
42. What happened to the role of the U.S. government in the economy during World War II?
43. Which group was placed in concentration camps after the dictation of Executive Order 9066 by President Roosevelt in 1942?
44. What U.S. wartime intelligence agency was created on June 13, 1942?
45. What was the research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II?
46. What was completed in 1943 and is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and is located in Arlington, Virginia?
47. Who was the only politician in U.S. history to serve for more than two terms as president?
48. Who was president of the United States from 1945 to 1953?
Innovative History
49. What commercial broadcast television network began broadcasting in 1941?
50. What was invented by IBM in 1944 and is considered the first digital computer?
51. What book was written by the Nobel Prize winning economist F.A. Hayek in 1944 and is credited with turning away from socialism the
political thinking of an entire generation?
Cultural History
52. What animated musical fantasy film was based on an Italian children’s novel and was produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1940?
53. What political satire comedy-drama film was written, directed, produced by and starred Charlie Chaplin in 1940?
54. What song was written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby in 1942 and is the best-selling single of all time?
55. What term is used for the group of six teams that made up the National Hockey League for the 25 seasons from 1942 to 1966?
56. What is a popular series of inexpensive, well-illustrated, high-quality children’s books that were first published in 1942?
57. What painting was produced by Edward Hopper in 1942 and portrays people in a downtown diner late at night?
58. What novel was written by Ayn Rand in 1943 and has the primary theme of “individualism verses collectivism, not in politics but in a man’s
soul”?
59. What musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein opened on Broadway in 1943 and was later adapted to an Academy Award-winning film in 1955?
60. What was invented by James Wright 1943 while working for General Electric?
61. What board game was released in 1943 by Milton Bradley and teaches a morality lesson showing good deeds and their rewards and bad deeds
and their consequences?
14-4 World War II: Outcome
62. When was V-E Day celebrated?
63. What meeting was held on July 2 1945 by the Allied powers to establish post-war order, peace treaty issues, and the continuing effects of the
war?
64. What took place from 1945-1950 and was the largest forced migration in world history and resulted in the deaths of 2,000,000?
65. What Axis Power in the Pacific did the United States seek to conquer in 1945?
66. What two cities did the United States destroy using atomic bombs?
67. When was V-J Day celebrated?
68. What Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1945?
69. How many people were killed during World War II?
70. How many American soldiers were killed in World War II?
71. What name is given to the systematic killing of millions of people by the Nazi regime?
72. Which country greatly increased its territorial control as a result of World War II?
73. What term describes the loss of European colonies after World War II?
74. What U.S. program brought 1,500 German scientists, engineers, and technicians to work for the government in 1945?
75. What were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces after World War II which prosecuted prominent members of the political,
military, and judicial leadership of Nazi Germany for war crimes?