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Modern U.S. History
Chapter 26 – Section 1
Study Guide
Pgs. 804-809
Plus: Must use Notes from Class As Well As Book!!!!!
1.
Define: Totalitarianism –
2.
Why did many people in Italy look to a strong leader following WWI?
3.
What is fascism? Who typically leads a fascist government?
4. Why did the Treaty of Versailles upset many Germans?
5.
What is a scapegoat? Who did Hitler use as a scapegoat for Germany’s problems?
6.
What were some of the characteristics of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party and Hitler’s rise to political power?
7.
List the possible similarities and differences between Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini
8. What types of aggressive actions did the Japanese take in China in the 1930s?
9. What did President Roosevelt promise during his reelection campaign in 1940? Did he believe in what he was
promising?
10. Why did many residents of Austria and the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia welcome ‘unification’ with Germany?
11. How were Hitler and the German “appeased” at Munich in 1938?
12. How did Hitler break the promise of Munich in 1939? How did Britain and France respond to this broken
promise?
13. What was Hitler and Stalin’s nonaggression pact? What did this mean for Europe?
14. Define blitzkrieg. How did Germany use this method to their advantage early in the war?
15. Complete the chart below for Germany’s early offensive movements in the war
March 1939
September 1939
Invaded Czechoslovakia
Invaded Poland
April 1940
Invaded_____________&______________
May 1940
Invaded___________, _________________, &__________
June 1940
Invaded_______________
16. The Battle of Britain included major combat between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German
________________.
17. What was the end result of the Battle of Britain?
18. Even though technically allies, why did Stalin and Hitler distrust one another? Why did Hitler decide to invade
the Soviet Union in 1941?
19. Define: Lend-Lease Act --
How did it help America become an “Arsenal of Democracy”?
Modern U.S. History
Chapter 26 Section 2 Assignment
“The Home Front”
Pgs. 810-814
1.
Define the following:
War Production Board –
Tuskegee Airmen –
Japanese Internment –
2. List all of the ways that Americans on the “Home Front” helped and contributed to the war effort.
3. In what ways did women help to support the war effort (list as many examples as possible)
4. What was the Japanese internment program (what was it intended for and how did it work)?
5. How did the American government change its policy toward Japanese Americans serving in the military? How
did many respond?
Chapter 26 Section 3 Study Guide
The War in Europe and North Africa
Pgs. 815-819
1.
Where did the United States and Great Britain decide to first attack German forces? Why did this decision
upset Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union?
2. Why did the Americans decide their first fighting against the Germans would take place in Africa? Why was
Africa, especially Egypt, so important in the overall war effort?
3. The North African Campaign:
a.
Who was the German commander? –
b. What was Germany’s (The Axis Power) objective (what did they want)? –
c.
Who was the American commander –
d. Why was the German Afrika Korps forced to surrender in May 1943?
4. After defeating the Germans in North Africa, American and Britain next set their sights on invading
________________________.
5. What eventually happened to Mussolini by the time the Allies arrived?
6. The Battle of Stalingrad (significant details) –
7. Why did both the Germans and Russians belief Stalingrad to be such an important battle?
8. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad considered the “turning point” for the war in the east?
9. What was the goal of the D-Day invasion?
10. How did the D-Day invasion compare to past sea-to-land invasions?
11. How did the Germans attempt to make a “comeback” at the Battle of the Bulge”?
Section 5: Pgs. 825-826
12. The Yalta Conference:
a.
What was the purpose of the conference –
b. What was the outcome of the conference –
13. How was Germany ultimately defeated? Who reached the city of Berlin first?
Chapter 26 Section 4 Study Guide
WWII – The War in the Pacific
Pgs. 820-824
1.
Bataan Death March –
2. What British colonies did the Japanese attack immediately after Pearl Harbor?
3. What happened to the American and Filipino troops that surrendered on the Philippines?
4. General Douglas MacArthur
a.
Who was he –
b. Why did he leave the Philippines? –
c.
What “promise” did he make when he left the Philippines –
5. What was the significance of the following battles (why were they important for the American war effort in
the Pacific)?
a.
Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid (get info from class notes) –
b. The Battle of the Coral Sea –
c.
The Battle of Midway –
d. Battle of Guadalcanal –
6. Explain the American strategy of “Island Hopping”. Why was this strategy necessary?
7. What happened at the Battle of Leyte Gulf and how did Gen. Douglas MacArthur fulfill his earlier promise
regarding the Philippines?
8. What is a kamikaze pilot? Why do you think they were used by the Japanese toward the end of the war?
9. Describe the details and outcomes of the following battles:
a.
Iwo Jima –
b. Okinawa –
Section 5: Pgs. 828-829
10. Why did American leaders want to avoid an invasion of Japan? What would the “cost” expected to be?
11. Explain the “Manhattan Project” –
12. How did the war ultimately come to a close? How many people were killed in the final action?
Chapter 26 Section 5 Assignment
“Victory and Consequences”
Pgs. 825-829
1. What did U.S. and Allied forces do in Europe in the weeks following the D-Day invasion?
2. What was Hitler’s plan to stop the Allied advance? How successful was it?
3. Describe the bombing that Allied planes did to German cities in the final months of the war.
4. How did the war end in Europe?
5. Briefly define the following:
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Final Solution
Auschwitz
6. How many people died in the Holocaust? What people other than Jews were targeted?
7. Define the following term:
Manhattan Project
8. How did the U.S. end the war with Japan in the Pacific region?
9. Compared to the other nations that fought in the war, the United States fared much better. Why did the U.S.
lose fewer lives than other nations that fought? Why did the U.S. economy come out of the war stronger than
other nations?
10. What were the effects of World War II on the world?