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U.S. History
Unit 7
World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War
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Describe the combination of factors that resulted in World War II.
Describe the military turning points in the war prior to U.S. involvement.
Describe Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts to shift American foreign policy from neutrality to intervention.
How did World War II affect life on the American “Homefront”?
Describe the military and diplomatic turning points in Europe during World War II.
Describe the military turning points in the Allied war effort against Japan during World War II.
What was the legacy of World War II?
Describe the political and social issues that impacted the transition to peacetime after World War II.
How did the results of World War II lead to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Describe President Harry Truman’s efforts to combat communism in the early stages of the Cold War.
What was the effect of the Cold War on American society and politics?
What policies and actions did the Eisenhower administration take to combat communism?
Describe American culture and society in the 1950s.
What did it take to end segregation in public schools?
Describe the leadership in the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Describe the actions taken by John F. Kennedy to combat communism during the Cold War.
What did civil rights activists do to oppose segregation during the early 1960s?
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Words to know:
1. fascism
2. appeasement
3. isolationism
4. diplomacy
5. communism
6. containment
7. McCarthyism
8. brinkmanship
9. suburbs
10. consumerism
11. segregation
12. civil disobedience
Unit 7 Facts to Know
1. During the 1930s, what was the official foreign policy of the United States towards those nations that
were involved in World War II?
2. What act allowed the United States to aid Britain prior to U.S. entry into the war?
3. What event resulted in U.S. entry into World War II?
4. What measure affected American’s ability to buy daily necessities on the Homefront during the war?
5. Which group had the most significant role in increasing war production during World War II?
6. What war-time action was challenged in the case of Korematsu v. United States?
7. What is an example of the genocide committed by Nazi Germany against the Jewish people?
8. What battle was the turning point on the Eastern front in Russia during World War II?
9. Which military operation resulted in the Allies’ invasion of Europe during World War II?
10. Which general was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II?
11. Which battle was Hitler’s last counter-offensive operation against the Allies during World War II?
12. Which U.S. victory was the turning point against the Japanese in the Pacific?
13. What term described the U.S. military strategy against the Japanese in the Pacific?
14. Which U.S. military leaders were responsible for carrying out the “island-hopping” strategy in the
Pacific during World War II?
15. The invention of the atomic bomb was a result of which scientific project?
16. At which war-time conference did the Allies demand the unconditional surrender of Japan?
17. What action caused the unconditional surrender of Japan?
18. Which international organization was created to maintain world peace after World War II?
19. What bill was passed to provide college tuition to veterans during the post-war period?
20. What was the name of the Truman administration’s policy to stop communist expansion?
21. What plan was used to provide aid for rebuilding western Europe after World War II?
22. What alliance was created after World War II to guard against Soviet communist expansion?
23. What development resulted in the mass-production of affordable homes in the suburbs?
24. Which new technology was purchased by most American households during the 1950s?
25. What was a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee’s investigations during the Red
Scare of the 1950s?
26. Which elected official became famous for leading anti-communist investigations during the 1950s?
27. What policy did the Eisenhower administration use to stop communist expansion during the Cold
War?
28. Which event resulted in more efforts to improve science and math education in the United States?
29. What was ruled to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the case of Brown v. Board of
Education?
30. Rosa Park’s arrest led to which event in the civil rights movement?
31. What methods did Martin Luther King, Jr. utilize in the struggle for civil rights?
32. Which event nearly resulted in war between the United States and the Soviet Union during John F.
Kennedy’s presidency?