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Essential Unit Question
 How was American society transformed by World War II?
Objectives:
 Create a time line of the causes war and major battles of WWII?
 Evaluate the impact of technology on wartime strategies
 Compare and contrast the European Theater of War and Pacific Theater of War
 Define describe and illustrate demographic shifts which occurred as a result of the Great
Depression and WWII
Key Concepts, Ideas, People and Events
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Fascism
Appeasement
refugee
Allied Power
Warren Court
non-aggression pact
lend-lease
genocide
Manhattan Project
United Nations
Final Solution
war bonds
Winston Churchil
Saipan
Adolf Hitler
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Nazi
Mein Kemp
Battan Death March
Communism
Aryan
Holocaust
dictator
atomic bomb
consecration camp
isolationism
Munich Conference
FDR
Lindbergh
D Day
VE Day
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Scapegoat
Wan see Conference
blitzkrieg
Rosie the Riveter
island hopping
internment
ghetto
Axis Power
home front
Neutrality Acts
Harry Truman
General Douglas
MacArthur
 General Patton
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WW II
PACIFIC
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WW II
EUROPE
Chapter 28 The Beginning of WWII
(pg. 342-349)
Overview: World War II began in Europe in the year _________________ and by the time it ended
in 1945 ___________________ soldiers from many nations had been killed.
I.
The Beginning of World War II
A. Causes of World War II:
1. The __________________________ created new problems. Germans were still
angry because of the harsh punishment on them.
a) The payment of reparations to_____________________________
b) Loss of ________________
c) Unable to rebuild its ________________
2. Rise of ________________ in ________________, ________________, and
________________
a) People wanted strong leaders to solve all their problems
3. Nationalism and ________________ drove the desire to
___________________________________________
4. Militarism, Germany, ________________, and Japan built powerful armies,
________________, and ________________
B. Dictators Come to Power
1. Italy: ________________Mussolini became dictator in 1922
a) Leader of the ________________ party
i.
Fascists wanted to build a powerful ________________ and have a
________________ government
2. Soviet Union: ___________________ became dictator in 1929
a) He was a communist that ruled with ________________ power.
i.
Speaking against him got people ________________ or _____________
3. Germany: ___________________ became dictator in 1930’s
a) He was leader of the ________________ political party; Germany’s only political
party
i.
Hitler promoted the idea of German’s being of the
“________________________________”
ii.
Gypsies, ________________, ________________, homosexuals and
Eastern Europeans were INFERIOR
b) He promised ________________ and ________________
c) He blamed Germany’s problems on ________________
i.
He spread ________________, the hatred of Jews
ii.
Jews were ________________; businesses destroyed; and thousands
were sent to ________________________________
4. Japan: General Hideki Tojo became dictator
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C. Steps Toward World War II
1. 1936 ________________ & ________________ form an ________________
known as the ________________________________
a) 1940 ________________ joins the alliance
i.
During the 30’s these nations used aggression to conquer neighboring
lands
2. 1931 ________________ conquered ________________ and later invades
________________
a) They do so in search of raw ________________ because they have none in
Japan
3. 1935 ________________ conquered ________________
4. 1938 Hitler’s army annexed ________________ and was after Czechoslovakia
a) Great Britain and France meet with Hitler over the issue of Sudetenland in
Czechoslovakia in ________________, Germany
i.
Hitler promised he would not take more land
ii.
Great Britain and France gave him Sudetenland in a policy called
________________
iii.
6 mos. later he took the rest of Czechoslovakia
b) 1939 Hitler signed the ________________________________ with
________________ of Russia
i.
An agreement to not attack each other during a war
D. The Beginning of World War II
1. September 1, 1939: Germany invaded ________________
a) Used the ________________ or lightning war (quick surprise attacks using
tanks and airplanes)
2. September 3, 1939 Poland’s allies, ________________ and France declared war
on ________________ ----World War II had begun!!
a) by the end of September, 1939 Poland was occupied on the West by
________________ and occupied on the East by ________________
3. June 1940: ________________, France was captured by Germans and France
surrendered
a) The Escape at ________________, Allied soldiers narrowly escaped the
German attack by crossing the ________________________________ with the
help of civilian ships
4. July 1940 to May 1941 The ________________________________ a yearlong air
attack on Great Britain
a) 1000’s killed and cities destroyed
b) The British never ________________
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E. Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
1. June 1941 Hitler breaks the non-aggression pact and invades ________________
a) ________________ German soldiers struggled to survive the harsh climate in
the Soviet Union
b) Germans failed to capture ________________, the Russian capital
F. The United States Helps the Allies
1. America followed a policy of ________________ or neutral
a) President Roosevelt passed the ________________ of 1939 which supplied
nations fighting aggression to buy ________________________________
i.
This was called “ ________________ and carry” because those nations
had to pay in cash and use their own transport to get goods back
b) March 1941, Congress passed the ________________
i.
The US would lend Britain all the weapons they needed to fight Hitler
G. Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
1. Japan attacked French colonies in ________________
a) Wanted the regions supplies of ________________, ________________ and
________________
2. US tried to stop Japans invasions by stopping the sales of ________________ and
________________ to Japan (embargo or ban)
a) An angry Japan makes secret plans for retaliation; attacking US
________________________________ in the ________________
3. December 7, 1941 Japan attacked ________________________________ in
________________
a) ________________ were bombed and 2400 ________________ were killed in
this attack
4. December 8, 1941 Congress to declared war on Japan
a) Roosevelt said that it was “ a date that will ______________________________”
5. December 11, 1941 Congress declared war on ________________ and
________________
a) ________________________________ was over!
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II.
The Fight to Win World War II
A. Life on the Home Front
1. Women joined the armed forces; did not ______________________
a) Worked as nurses or telephone operators
2. Women worked in the ______________________
a) they built tanks, planes and battleships
b) ______________________ became the symbol for women
3. The Great Depression ends because jobs were created in
______________________
4. Scarcity and Rationing of items like ___________, ___________, ___________,
___________, and butter
a) Needed coupon books to buy the above items
i. Once the coupons were gone you could not ______________________
5. Prejudice towards Japanese increased
a) 1942 Executive Order 9066 was signed by the president ordering all
Japanese on the West Coast to relocate to ______________________
B. Fighting in Africa and Europe
1. Churchill (Britain), Roosevelt (USA) and Stalin (Soviet Union) agree to free
______________________ from ___________ and ___________; next attack
______________________; then free ______________________ and finally
invade ______________________
2. General Dwight ______________________ became leader of Allied troops in
North _________________
a) May 1943, ___________________ army surrendered
3. From Africa, the Allied ___________________ invaded __________________
forcing ______________________ to resign
a) September 1943 Italian government surrendered
b) May 1945 German soldiers in ______________________ finally
______________________
4. At the same time allied troops were bombing ______________________ and
the ______________________ fought the ______________________ in the
Soviet Union
a) Battle of Stalingrad, February 1943 , was the turning point in the war
i. Germans failed to capture ______________________ and were pushed
out by the ____________________________________________
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C. Victory in Europe
1. June 6, 1944, D-DAY-the day of the Allied invasion of
______________________ by crossing the ____________________________
a) Soldiers and ___________________ landed in ______________________
i. Largest invasion by ______________________ in history
b) After D-DAY ______________________ was fighting a war on
______________________ fronts: the ______________________, in
______________________ and in ______________________
2. August 25, 1944 Allies freed ______________________
a) By the end of 1944 Soviets had driven the ____________________________
Out of ______________________, Romania and Hungary
i. Soviets gained control of ______________________________________
3. December 1944 Battle of the Bulge Germany starts the battle and loses by
January 1945
a) The last major battle against the ______________________
4. February 1945 Yalta Conference Churchill, ______________________ and
Stalin meet the fate of Germany and planned a peacekeeping organization called
the ____________________________________________
5. April 12, 1945 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died
a) Vice-president Harry S. ______________________ became
______________________
b) Soviets capture ______________________
c) Hitler commits suicide April 1945
6. May 8, 1945 ____________________________________________
D.
The Holocaust
1. The Holocaust was the mass ______________________ of 11 million people;
______________________ of which were Jewish
2. Prisoners were captured in all Germany occupied countries and sent to
______________________camps such as Dachau and Auschwitz
a) Jews were forced to wear ID in the form of ___________________________
on their arm
b) Starvation
c) Death by ______________________ which were rooms filled with
____________________________________________
i. Bodies were then ______________________ in ovens
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E. Americans at War in Asia
1. Admiral Chester ______________________ commanded the
______________________ in the Pacific
2. General Douglas ______________________ commanded the
______________________ in the Pacific
a) Forced to evacuate the ______________________; he promised
“____________________________________________”
3. June 1942 The Battle of Midway American victory
a) Allies sand 4 Japanese _______________________________________
giving the Allies control of the ______________________
4. Allies began ____________________________________________, a plan that
would bring them close enough to invade ______________________
5. August 1942 Battle at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands US
______________ fought ______________________ of deadly
______________________ fighting also called GUERILLA WARFARE
a) US Marines wins
6. October 1944 General MacArthur returned to the ______________________
after capturing ______________________
a) He led the fight on ______________________
b) Admiral ______________________ led the ______________________
i. Destroyed the Japanese ______________________________________
c) February 1945 Americans won the _________________________________
7. February 1945 Americans win @ ______________________
8. June 1945 Americans capture Okinawa
F. The Atomic Bomb and Japan’s Defeat
1. Japanese ______________________ to surrender despite their losses
2. President ______________________orders the use of the
____________________________________________ to end the war and save
______________________ lives
a) Japan was warned of dangers and still refused surrender
3. August 6, 1945 the first Atomic bomb was dropped on
______________________
a) About ______________________ people were killed
i.
Japan still refused to ______________________
4. August 9, 1945 the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of
______________________
a) This killed ______________________
5. September 2, 1945 Japan ______________________; WWII was over
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G. The Results of World War II
1. Many countries had to rebuild
2. About ______________________ were killed
3. The ______________________ Trials were held
a) Nazi leaders were tried their crimes during the ______________________
4. Atomic Era had begun
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
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The War in Europe Begins
Read this section on page 345 and plot the series of events that happen, include the years, and sequence. Fill in the missing info in the boxes or label each of the arrows and flash
marks.
September 3, 1939
September 1, 1939Germany invaded Poland
using the Blitzgrieg:
lightning war-quick&
surprise attack using tanks
airplanes
September 1939
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Hiroshima after the bombing
Atomic Bomb “mushroom cloud”
“Little Boy” and “Fat Man”
Human shadow
ATOMIC BOMB FACT SHEET
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___________________________, the science for which ________________________ is known,
was used to develop the nuclear bomb. The __________________________ was desperate to
develop an atomic weapon before their enemies in WWII. The
“_________________________________”, as it became called, was successful in its mission, due to
the efforts of a scientist named ________________________________.
The bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped on ______________________ by a B29 bomber
called the _______________________ on _______________, 1945.
This bomb killed approximately _______________________ people on contact. A second, smaller
bomb was dropped on the city of _______________________ on ______________, 1945. This
finally brought the Japanese surrender.
_____ Day came on _____________, 1945 as the Japanese signed the unconditional surrender
about the USS ________________________. General MacArthur became the governor of Japan
and envisioned a new democracy there. Truman called the atomic blast,
“_________________________________________________________.”
Reasons to drop the bomb
Criticisms against dropping the bomb
Do you think dropping the atomic bomb was justified? Why or why not?
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