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Unit 6: Chapter 19 & 20
(1931-1945)
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Describe how post WWI conditions contributed to the rise of antidemocratic governments in Europe
Discuss the events that led the US into and out of isolation during the 1920s and 1930s
Analyze the world events surrounding the outbreak of WWII
Describe the early events of the war and why Britain was able to resist the Nazis
Describe Nazi prejudices and persecutions against Jews and other groups in society
Explain how Roosevelt helped Britain while maintaining official neutrality
Discuss the events that led the US into WWII and assess the reasons for US entry into the war
Discuss the political, economic, and social aspects of mobilization
Analyze military operations in the European and Pacific theaters of war
Explain the complexities of fighting a two-front war
Explain the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad
Describe how the wartime economy created opportunities for women and minorities
Describe life in the home front: rationing, shortages, rising prices
Explain the Island-hopping strategy used to push the Japanese back in the Pacific
Explain the tactics the Allies in the D-Day invasion against Germany
Analyze President Truman's decision to use atomic weapons to defeat Japan
Trace the development of the United Nations
Examine the reasons for and the results of the war crimes trials
TEKS:
2(A-D); 7(A-G); 12(B); 13(A); 17(A-C); 19(B,E); 24(A); 26(F); 27(B);
Agenda: Complete as assigned. BE PREPARED FOR DAILY QUIZZES. Packet
collected on test day. ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETE!!:
1/23/15 Friday
Chap 17/18 Test: Great Depression
Homework:
Read Chap 19:1-2
1/26/15 Monday
Reread Chap 19:1-2
Write out Chap 19:1-2 Vocab
Complete Chap 19:1-2 Reading Guide Questions
World War II Map Activity
Homework:
Complete Chap 19:1-2 Assignment if not finished in class
Read Chap 19:3-4
1/27/15 Tuesday
Reread Chap 19:3-4
Write out Chap 19:3-4 Vocab
Complete Chap 19:3-4 Reading Guide Questions
World War II Map Activity
Homework:
Complete Chap 19:1-4 Assignments if not finished in class
1/28/15 Wednesday
Chap 19 Quiz
Chap 19 Notes
Homework:
Read Chap 19 Notes
1/29/15 Thursday
Chap 19 Notes
Homework:
Read Chap 20:1-2
1/30/15 Friday
Reread Chap 20:1-2
Write out Chap 20:1-2 Vocab
Complete Chap 20:1-2 Reading Guide Questions
Homework:
Complete Chap 20:1-2 Assignments if not finished in class
Read Chap 20:3-4
2/02/15 Monday
Reread Chap 20:3-4
Write out Chap 20:3-4 Vocab
Complete Chap 20:3-4 Reading Guide Questions
Homework:
Complete Chap 20:1-4 Assignments if not finished in class
Read Chap 20:5
2/03/15 Tuesday
Chap 20 Notes
Homework:
Reread Chap 20:5
Write out Chap 20:5 Vocab
Complete Chap 20:5 Reading Guide Questions
2/04/15 Wednesday
Chap 20 Notes
WWII Test Review
Homework:
Complete Test Review
2/05/15 Thursday
Chap 20 Notes
Homework:
Study for Chap 19/20 Test: WWII
2/06/15 Friday
Chap 19/10 Test: WWII
Homework:
Read Chap 21:1-2
Unit 6: Global Struggles
Chapter 19/20: A World in Flames (1931-1941)
Reading Guide
VOCABULARY: Terms and Names – Using your own paper, write at least one sentence that
defines term or explains its significance:
** vocabulary words (those in blue) are defined in the glossary. Others, you will have to
define from reading. Make sure you write a complete definition.
Chap 19: A World in Flames (1931-1941)
Section 1: America and the World (pg 584-588)
Vocabulary:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Fascism:
Isolationism:
Internationalism:
Neutrality (ask me):
People to Know:
5. Benito Mussolini:
6. Joseph Stalin:
7. Adolf Hitler:
8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Nazi Party; Mein Kampf; Manchuria; Nye Committee; Neutrality Act of 1935; Spanish Civil War; Neutrality
Act of 1937; Neutrality Act of 1939; “Cash and Carry;” Anti-Comintern Act
Section 2: World War II Begins (pg 589-594)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
9. Appeasement:
10. Blitzkrieg:
11. Winston Churchill
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Anschluss; Sudetenland; Munich Conference; Nonaggression Pact; Maginot Line; Miracle at Dunkirk; Battle
of Britain
Section 3: The Holocaust (pg 595-600)
Vocabulary:
12. Holocaust:
13. Concentration Camp:
14. Extermination Camp:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Nuremberg Laws; Gestapo; Kristallnacht; Wannsee Conference; Final Solution; Auschwitz
Section 4: America Enters the War (pg 601-606)
Vocabulary:
15. hemispheric defense zone:
16. strategic materials:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Lend Lease Act; Destroyers for Bases Deal; Atlantic Charter; Export Control Act; Pearl Harbor
Chap 20: America and World War II (1941-1945)
Section 1: Mobilizing for War (pg 612-617)
Vocabulary:
People to know:
17. cost-plus:
18. liberty ship:
19. Disenfranchise:
20. Tuskegee Airmen:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
two front war; GI; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC); Willow Run; War Production Board (WPB);
Office of War Mobilization (OWM); Selective Service and Training Act; National Urban League; “Double V”
Campaign; Tuskegee Airmen; Women’s Auxilliary Corp (WAAC); Women’s Army Corp (WAC)
Section 2: The Early Battles (pg 618-623)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
21. Periphery:
22. Convoy system:
23. Adm. Chester Nimitz:
24. Gen. Douglas MacArthur:
25. Gen. George Patton:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!): Bataan
Death March; Doolittle Raid; Battle of the Coral Sea; Battle of Midway; Battle of Kasserine Pass; Battle
of the Atlantic; Battle of Stalingrad
Section 3: Life on the Home Front (pg 625-630)
Vocabulary
People to know:
26. Sunbelt:
29. Rosie the Riveter:
27. Rationing:
30. A. Philip Randolph:
28. Victory garden:
31. Navajo Code Talkers:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!): Bracero
Program; zoot suit vs. victory suit; Korematsu v. US (1944); Office of Price Administration (OPA); ebonds
Section 4: Pushing the Axis Back (pg 631-637)
Vocabulary:
People to know:
32. Amphtrac:
33. Kamikaze:
34. Gen. Omar Bradley:
35. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower:
36. Gen. George Marshall
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Casablanca Conference; Tehran Conference; Operation Overlord; D-Day; Island Hopping; Guadalcanal
Section 5: The War Ends (pg 640-648)
Vocabulary:
People to know:
37. Hedgerow:
38. Napalm:
39. Charter:
40. Harry S. Truman
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!)::
French Resistance; Battle of the Bulge; VE Day; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Manhattan Project; VJ Day; United
Nations; Nuremberg Trials;
Use your textbook to answer the following questions:
Chap 19: A World in Flames (1931-1941)
Section 1: America and the World (pg 584-588)
1. List two causes of the rise of antidemocratic (dictatorships) governments in Europe and Asia after
WWI.
1.
2.
2. Hitler was arrested in 1923. While in prison, he wrote _________________________, (My
Struggle). What assertions/goals does he outline in his book? (4)
3. Hitler claimed that Slavs were an inferior race and should be __________________. Whom did
Adolf Hitler mostly blame for Germany’s defeat in World War I?
4. What did Japanese military leaders and civilian nationalists believe was the only way for Japan to
get the resources it needed?
5. To get these resources, the Japanese military invaded __________________, a resource-rich
province in northern China.
6. The ________________________ ___________ ___ ____________ made it illegal for Americans
to sell arms to any country at war.
7. List the “members” of the Axis powers.
8. Roosevelt supported ___________________________, but knew that the American public
wanted ___________________________. But when China was attacked by Japan in 1937, FDR
authorized the sale of weapons to China. How did FDR get around the Neutrality Act of 1937?
Section 2: World War II Begins (pg 589-594)
9. In the first of his “lebensraum” attempts, Hitler sent troops into Austria in March 1938, and
announced the __________________________ or unification, of Austria and Germany.
10. At the _________________ __________________ On Sept.29, 1938, Britain, France, Italy and
Germany met to discuss Germany’s claims to the _____________________________, an area of
Czechoslovakia with a large German speaking population. They decided to appease Hitler by
accepting his demands for the region. Why did these leaders agree to Hitler’s demands?
11. After the Munich Conference, Hitler set his sights on ________________. In Oct 1938, he
demanded the return of the city of ______________. (Do you think this was a reasonable
demand? After all Danzig was more than 90% German…) He also requested a ______________
and a ______________________ across the Polish Corridor (this separated western Germany
from Eastern German state of East Prussia. See map pg 591)
12. Hitler’s additional demands for territory in ____________________ convinced the Brits and the
French that __________________________ had failed.
13. Why did Hitler seek a non-aggression pact with the USSR?
Why did Stalin agree to it?
14. What event marks the official start of WWII? What was the date (the date of the event, not the
declaration)?
15. The French took a defensive stance and built a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called
the _____________ __________ along the German border.
16. After Poland, German invaded _______________ and _______________ and then set its sights
on France. But to get to France, they had to invade ____________________, _______________,
and _____________________.
17. The British and French armies were entrapped by the German army at the English Channel port of
Dunkirk (Belgium). Though a mystery, Hitler delayed his attack on Dunkirk and the British and
French troops were miraculously evacuated to England. What important British property was left
behind at Dunkirk?
18. The Battle of Britain was a/an (air or land or sea – circle one) battle.
19. The ______________ _______ ______________ saved Britain from invasion. They were
outnumbered by the German Luftwaffe, but they developed a new technology called __________.
Section 3: The Holocaust (pg 595-600)
20. For the Nazis, all people who were ethnically ____________________ were evil no matter what
their religion, occupation, or education. List other groups who were persecuted by the Nazis.
21. List 4 provisions of the Nuremberg laws.
22. A night of anti-Jewish violence in Nov. 1938 became known as ____________________.
23. Explain why the US limited Jewish immigration in spite of their refugee status? (Read carefully,
there are 2 Major reasons)
24. At the 1942 __________________ ________________________ held in Berlin, the Nazi leaders
met to determine the ____________ ____________________ to the Jewish question. What was
their solution?
25. List factors that many historians cite to attempt to explain the Holocaust.
Section 4: America Enters the War (pg 601-606)
26. The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed the US to sell arms to the Brits and the French, but there was a
“cash and carry” requirement. What loophole did FDR use to get around this requirement allowing
the US to get Winston Churchill and the Brits their requested destroyers?
27. By 1940, the Brits were out of money. FDR found another clever way to get around the cash
requirement of the Neutrality Act with the _________ - __________ ________. Explain this.
28. In June 1941, in violation of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, Hitler launched a massive invasion of
______________________________________.
29. Why did the Japanese decide to attack Pearl Harbor? (there are a few reasons)
Chap 20: America and World War II (1941-1945)
Section 1: Mobilizing for War (pg 612-617)
30. Explain how the industrial output of the US during WWII astounded the rest of the world.
31. How did the cost-plus program speed up war production?
32. How did the Reconstruction Finance Corp. contribute to war production?
33. The ______________________________________ produced nearly ________ of the
___________________________________ manufactured during the war.
34. How were Liberty ships better than other types of ships?
35. How did the WPB improve wartime production?
36. After what event did Congress introduce the Selective Service and Training Act.?
37. What was the meaning of the “Double V” campaign? (ie: what were the two Vs?)
38. The _________________________________ were a unit of _____________________________
who escorted bomber missions in the Mediterranean and beyond beginning in 1943.
39. The military was fully integrated by ___________________________________ after WWII in the
year__________.
40. Women were barred from actual _____________________ and held what types of jobs?
41. Why were women recruited into the military during WWII? (read carefully)
Section 2: The Early Battles (pg 618-623)
42. A few hours after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese bombed airfields in the
________________________________. The Americans and Filipinos there were
led by US General _______________________________.
43. On April 9, 1942, American and Filipino forces surrendered the Philippines
Bataan Peninsula. Nearly 78,000 POWs suffered greatly in an event known as
the ____________________________________________.
44. Bombs fell on Japan for the first time on April 18, 1942 in an event known as the
___________________________________________. While this event carried
accomplished no real military goal, its primary function was to
______________________________________________________________.
45. Why was the Battle of Midway considered a turning point in the war?
46. What was the key to American success at Midway?
47. Why did the Soviets urge the Americans to open a second front in Europe?
48. On Nov. 8, 1942, the American invasion of North Africa began under the command of General
_____________________________________.
49. Eisenhower eventually put General _______________________ in charge of US forces in North
Africa and on May 13, 1943, the last __________________ forces there ___________________.
50. In addition to the convoy-system, what additional new technology helped in the fight against
German U-Boats?
51. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad considered another turning point in WWII?
Section 3: Life on the Home Front (pg 625-630)
52. What was the result of the “Rosie the Riveter” campaign?
53. Read Profiles in History on age 626. Explain why the Navajo Code Talkers were so valuable to he
US success in the Pacific Theater of Operation (PTO).
54. How did the gov’t help farmers in the Southwest overcome labor shortages? (hint: the program)
55. Why were there demands that all people of Japanese ancestry be removed from the West Coast?
56. What was the Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. the US?
Section 4: Pushing the Axis Back (pg 631-637)
57. What was the result of the strategic bombing campaign in Germany?
58. What was the code name for the Allied invasion of France?
commander of the invasion?
This event has come to be known as ___________________.
Who was the
59. Explain the major advantage the Allies had in the planning of this invasion.
What was the name of the “decoy” target?
Where was the real target?
60. Nearly ___________________ships carrying more than _________________ soldiers set sail for
the coast of France on ______________________.
61. By the end of the day, nearly _______________ American troops had landed at Omaha, and
another _______________landed at Utah. Over ______________ British and Canadian troops
were on shore as well.
62. This event was the largest military operation in history. Its success was invaluable as it opened
up a _____________________ front in Europe and paved the way for the eventual defeat of
Germany.
63. The first part of America’s two-pronged attack on Japan called for the Pacific Fleet, commanded
by ________________________________ (of Fredericksburg, TX), to hop from
_______________________________, closer and closer to _________________________. The
second part involved the retaking of the ______________________________ by General
______________________________.
64. The geographical problem with the central Pacific was that many of the islands were
__________________________, and the water over them was not always deep enough to allow
landing craft to get to shore.
65. How could the amphtrac have made a difference in these type of battles?
66. The _______________________________ was the largest naval battle in history, and the first
time that the Japanese used _____________________ attacks.
67. The battle for the Philippines claimed ____________________ Japanese soldiers. Only 1000
____________________. The Filipino civilian death toll was tremendous with over ___________
deaths. When did the fighting in the Philippines finally stop?
Section 5: The War Ends (pg 640-648)
68. Why were the French hedgerows a challenge for American and British troops?
69. Allied forces liberated _____________ on 8/25/44.
70. The Battle of the Bulge marked Germany’s last _____________________. The goal was to cut
off _________________________________.
71. Which American General is credited with racing to save the American “Bastards of Bastogne”
(101st Airborne troops surrounded by Germans)?
72. The American victory at the Battle of the Bulge opened the way for Allied entry into
________________________.
73. On April 30, 1945, _______________________________ committed suicide.
74. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered ___________________________, and the next day was
proclaimed ________________________ for __________________________.
75. FDR died on ______________________. ____________________________ became president
of the USA.
76. For what reason did General LeMay support the use of napalm on Japanese targets?
77. For what reason did US troops invade Okinawa?
78. Americans demanded ______________________surrender from Japan. What was the “sticking
point” for the Japanese?
79. The American program to build an __________________________________ was code-named
the _____________________________________________.
80. For what reason did Truman decide to use the “bomb?”
81. On Aug. 6, 1945, the __________________________ dropped an atomic bomb named
_________________________ on the city of _______________. On Aug 9, 1945 the
_________________________ declared war on Japan. Later that day, ______________ was
dropped on the Japanese city of __________________________.
82. Japan surrendered in an event known as _________________________.
83. For what reason did many support the creation of the United Nations (UN)?
84. What 5 countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council each with veto power?
85. At the ___________________________________in Germany, the International Military Tribunal
(IMT) tried German leaders suspected of ______________________________.
Use Maps found in the US History Atlas (pg 92-99) and your text (pg 642, 636, 591). Locate and
label the following places. Know what happened (significance) at each place. There will be a map
on the unit test!
Place
Austria:
Atlantic Ocean:
Czechoslovakia:
English Channel:
Manchuria region of China:
Germany:
Great Britain:
Hungary:
Italy:
Japan:
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii:
Poland:
Spain:
Midway Islands:
Soviet Union:
Pacific Ocean:
Mediterranean Sea:
Philippine Islands:
Egypt:
Tunisia:
Occupied France:
Vichy France:
Significance