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CHAPTER 35: AMERICA IN WORLD WAR II
Pages 835-849
The Allies Trade Space for Time
Know: Germany First
1.
"America's task was far more complex and back-breaking [in World War II] than in World War I."
Explain.
The Shock of War
Know: Axis Powers, Internment Camps, Korematsu v. U.S.
2.
How did the war affect liberal ideals and goals at home?
3.
Why didn’t the U.S. have the nativist reaction to World War II that it had to the outbreak of World War I?
4.
Who was the exception?
Building the War Machine
Know: War Production Board, War Labor Board
5.
What effects did the war have on manufacturing, agriculture and labor?
Makers of America: The Japanese
Know: Matthew Perry, Meiji Government, Picture Brides, Gentleman's Agreement, Issei, Nissei
6.
In what way can it be said that the reason's for Japanese immigrants' success also caused them
trouble?
Manpower and Womanpower
Know: WAACS, WAVES, SPARS, GI, Braceros, Rosie the Riveter
7.
What opportunities were opened to women as a result of the war?
Wartime Migrations
Know: A. Philip Randolph, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Double V, CORE, Code Talkers, Zoot
Suit Riots
8.
What effect did the war have on the nation's minorities?
Holding the Homefront
9.
What economic effects resulted from American participation in the war?
The Rising Sun in the Pacific
Know: Douglas MacArthur, Bataan Death March
10.
Describe Japanese victories in the Pacific in the months following Pearl Harbor.
Japan's High Tide at Midway
Know: Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway, Chester Nimitz
11.
Why was Midway an important battle?
American Leapfrogging Toward Tokyo
Know: Guadalcanal, Island Hopping, Guam
12.
What strategy did the United States use to defeat the Japanese?
The Allied Halting of Hitler
Know: Wolf Packs, Enigma, Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery, El Alamein, Battle of Stalingrad
13.
"The war against Hitler looked much better at the end of 1942 than it had in the beginning." Explain.
A Second Front from North Africa to Rome
Know: Soft Underbelly of Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Casablanca, Sicily
14.
Describe the purpose and outcome of the Invasion of North Africa.
D-Day: June 6, 1944
Know: Teheran, D-Day, Normandy, George Patton
15.
Why could June 6, 1944 be considered THE turning point of the war?
FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944
Know: Thomas Dewey, Henry Wallace, Harry S Truman
16.
Why was the choice of a vice-presidential candidate important and difficult for the democrats in 1944?
Roosevelt Defeats Dewey
Know: Fala
17.
What factors led to Roosevelt's victory over Dewey?
The Last Days of Hitler
Know: Battle of the Bulge, "Nuts," Elbe River, Holocaust, V-E Day
18.
Describe the last six months of war in Europe.
19.
Why was the Battle of the Bulge an important victory for the Allies?
20.
What happened on April 12, 1945?
Japan Dies Hard
Know: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kamikazes
21.
Describe the results of the firebombing of Tokyo.
The Atomic Bombs
Know: Potsdam, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hirohito, Manhattam Project
22.
What was the military impact of the atomic bomb?
23.
What was decided at the Potsdam Conference?
The Allies Triumphant
Know: George Marshall
24.
"This complex conflict was the best fought war in America's history." Explain
Varying Viewpoints: The Atomic Bombs: Were They Justified?
25.
What questions concerning WWII have historians attempted to answer?