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World War II Test Study Guide
To fill in this study guide use: WWII Powerpoint, European and North African Front Questions, Pacific
Theatre Questions, WWII Documentary Questions, America Story of US Questions, Nuremberg War
Trial/Occupation of Japan Handouts, Notes from Rape of Nanking and Japanese Internment Activity,
and WWII quiz. Review: Use study guides from 1920s /Great Depression/New Deal Units.
How did the depression lead
to the rise of powerful
dictators like Mussolini and
Hitler?
(Rise of Dictators Packet)
Who did Hitler blame
Germany’s economic troubles
on?
(Rise of Dictators Packet)
Why did Great Britain and
France “appease” Hitler and
let him take part of
Czechoslovakia at the Munich
Conference?
(WWII Nat Geo Doc. Part 1)
Axis Powers (main 3)
Allied Powers (main3)
FDR’s feelings on WWII prior
to US involvement
Why did U.S. declare war on
Japan?
What did the Japanese expect
the U.S. to do after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor?
How did U.S. detect Japanese
ships around Pearl Harbor
before the attack?
Isolationism
Roles of women during war in
US
Office of Scientific and
Development – most
important achievement
War Production Board –
job/purpose
Rationing – what is it, why did
it take effect during war?
What was Hitler determined
to do right away when US
entered war?
What tactic/offensive
technique did Germany use in
the Atlantic against the Allied
Powers?
Battle of Stalingrad
“Blitzkrieg”
WWII Nat Geo Part I
Casablanca meeting
Who emerges as the “face
and voice of French and
British resolve”
(WWII Nat Geo Part I)
D-Day –purpose, describe,
commander of, results of
Why did Truman take over as
president?
Describe the Rape of Nanking
Japan’s conquered land as of 1945
Kamikaze
Allied Powers in Pacific
Significance of Battle of Coral Sea
Battle commander of Iwo Jima and results of battle
“Manhattan Project” – what was it, why did Truman
decide to go that route? What did he warn Japan of
in July 1945?
Nuremberg Trials – what were they? What were the
Nazi’s put on trial for? How did Nazi leaders try to
defend themselves? What was their sentence?
How did General MacArthur “reshape” Japan in the
seven years following the war during the U.S.
occupation of the country?
Describe the U.S. post World War II – be specific.
Discuss the economy, women, migration, Veterans
and the G.I. Bill etc.
Japanese – Internment camps – purpose? What
were they like? How did President Reagan try to
compensate for them in the 1980s?
19th amendment:
Prohibition
John Scopes
The New Deal