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Chapter 11, Section 4: World War II Outline
A. Increasing Tensions
 What nations had dictators rising to power in the 1930s?
 Why did Japan seize the coastal area of China?
 What was the treaty between Hitler and Mussolini called?
 What countries were the primary forces of the Axis powers?
B. The War Begins
 Great Britain and France gave over land to Hitler in order to avoid him taking it. What is this called?
 Hitler went on to seize even more land than what he was given. What did France and Great Britain do in
response to this?
 When Germany invaded Poland, what happened?
 Why was Great Britain not invaded by Germany?
C. A Neutral United States
 Who was the U.S. President when WWII began?
 What country did the U.S. President want to help?
 What happened when Great Britain ran out of money to buy American weapons?
D. “A Day That Will Live in Infamy”
 How did the U.S. protest Japanese expansion in Asia?
 Why did the Japanese government decide to bomb Pearl Harbor?
 When did the U.S. declare war on Japan and enter the war?
E. American Military Forces
 How did the U.S. involvement in World War II change race and gender relations?
 How did the Navajo assist in the war effort?
F. The War in Europe
 How did Italy become a member of the Allied forces?
 Who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
 What happened to Adolf Hitler?
G. Georgia Loses a Friend
 Why did FDR spend time in Georgia?
 How did President Roosevelt die?
 Who followed after FDR for the presidency?
H. The War in the Pacific
 What happened before the expansion of Japan was stopped?
 How was Japan defeated?
I. The Holocaust
 What was the Holocaust?
 What was Hitler’s reasoning to kill so many during the Holocaust?
J. Georgia During WWII – Answer the following:
1. How did he war boost the economy in GA?
2. How did Georgians support the war effort?
3. Where were the POW camps in Georgia?
K. The War’s Effect on Society
 Name two effects that WWII had on U.S. society.