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U.S. History Review Guide
World War II & Cold War Origins
________________________________ 1. policy Britain and France followed in an attempt to
satisfy Hitler and avoid war
________________________________ 2. new fighting style the Germans used when they
invaded Poland
________________________________ 3. month, day, and year when World War II started
with the invasion of Poland by Germany
________________________________ 4. Britain's new prime minister in 1940
________________________________ 5. leader of the U.S. during most of World War II
________________________________ 6. month, day, and year when the U.S. was attacked at
Pearl Harbor
________________________________ 7. battle in the Pacific in which the U.S. prevented the
Japanese from seizing Australia
________________________________ 8. battle in the Pacific after which the U.S. began to
take the offensive against the Japanese
________________________________ 9. Allied commander in the Pacific who had been
stationed on the Philippines
________________________________ 10. name for Britain, the United States, the Soviet
Union and others during WWII
________________________________ 11. name for Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
________________________________ 12. name for the strategy to attack North Africa
________________________________ 13. the key turning point battle in Europe in 1943
________________________________ 14. group of people placed in internment camps in the
U.S. during WWII
________________________________ 15. name for what happened on June 6, 1944
________________________________ 16. name for the operation that took place starting on
June 6, 1944
________________________________ 17. Supreme Allied commander in charge of D-Day
________________________________ 18. new suicide fighting method the Japanese pilots
used at the end of the war
________________________________ 19. last two islands the U.S. captured before preparing
to invade Japan itself
________________________________ 20. last German counteroffensive in 1945
________________________________ 21. month, day, and year on which the world celebrated
Victory in Europe Day
________________________________ 22. man who became president after FDR died
________________________________ 23. name for the project to develop the atomic bomb
________________________________ 24. site where the first atomic bomb was successfully
tested on July 16, 1945
________________________________ 25. the two Japanese cities the United States dropped
atomic bombs on in 1945
________________________________ 26. caused the Japanese to finally surrender on
August 14, 1945
________________________________ 27. international peacekeeping organization created in
1945 in San Francisco
________________________________ 28. body of the UN that all member nations belong to
________________________________ 29. body of the UN that has only 15 members and
decisions for action throughout the world
________________________________ 30. new nation created in 1948 in the Middle East
________________________________ 31. nation divided into 4 occupation zones after WWII
________________________________ 32. what Winston Churchill said had descended across
Europe dividing it in half
________________________________ 33. Asian nation U.S. occupied after WWII
________________________________ 34. said the U.S. would hold communism where it
currently existed through any means necessary
________________________________ 35. said the U.S. would support free peoples who were
resisting attempted domination by armed minorities
or by outside pressures
________________________________ 36. a state of tension and hostility between nations in
which no fighting actually occurs
________________________________ 37. economic recovery plan offered to every nation in
Europe & funded by the U.S.
________________________________ 38. defense treaty created between the U.S., Canada,
and 10 western European nations
________________________________ 39. defense treaty created between the Soviet Union
and eastern European nations
________________________________ 40. agency created to collect information about
potential enemies of the United States
________________________________ 41. new foreign policy that called for the U.S. to do
whatever was necessary to protect the free world
42. Why did the U.S. finally enter the war?
43. What was the “date that would live in infamy”?
44. In what two areas of the world was most of World War II fought?
45. What was the strategy of Operation Torch?
46. Explain why Allied victory in North Africa was significant.
47. What became a rallying cry for Americans at home during the war?
48. What became a familiar symbol for Americans at home during the war?
49. What was the Office of War Mobilization?
50. What was the Office of Price Administration?
51. What was the War Manpower Commission?
52. What was the National War Labor Board?
53. What caused the nation's tremendous economic growth during the war?
54. How did the American people show their support for the war effort?
55. How did African-Americans experience discrimination during the war?
56. What was significant about the Battle of Stalingrad?
57. Where specifically did the American troops lands in Operation Overlord?
58. What three things did Stalin request from his allies?
59. List the three conditions that were necessary for the success of Operation Overlord.
60. What new strategy did the U.S. adopt against the Japanese in the Pacific after the Battle of
Midway? How did it work?
61. What primary factor led to Roosevelt's re-election in 1944 for a 4th straight term?
62. What was the Holocaust? What is genocide?
63. How many Jews were killed in the concentration camps?
64. What other “inferior” peoples also died in the concentration camps?
65. What was the Enola Gay?
66. Describe how the world changed because of World War II.
67. What was the main goal of the United Nations?
68. What three other problems does the UN deal with other then the goal mentioned in #67?
69. What areas of Europe fell under Soviet domination after World War II?
70. Which nations are the five permanent members of the Security Council of the UN?
71. Which countries divided Germany into four occupation zones after WWII?
72. What was Soviet satellite or bloc nation?
73. What happened in Berlin in 1948 and why?
74. How did President Truman respond?
75. Why were NATO and the Warsaw Pact created?