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Chapter 13 and 14 Study Guide
WW II and America
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Chapter 13 – Section 1 – America and the World (pg. 454-459)
1. Explain how each of the following helped to cause WW II:
A. Rise of dictatorshipsB. New political ideas and governments C. Economic Global DepressionD. WW I and Treaty of Versailles -
2. Define Fascism:
3. List 2 countries that were Fascist before WW II4. Define Communism –
5. List 1 country that was communist before WW II
6. Define Militarism –
7. List one country that practiced militarism before WW II
8. What did the Nye committee state?
9. Why were the Neutrality Acts passed?
10. Fill in the chart based on the Neutrality Acts
Neutrality Acts
Neutrality Act of 1935
It made it illegal for…
2nd Neutrality Act passed ________
It banned the sale of arms…
Neutrality Act of 1937
It required countries to buy…
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11. Which three countries made up the Axis Powers?
__________________, __________________, _________________
12. What were Americans willing and not willing to do to help the Allied Powers as
WW II progresses?
Willing?
Not Willing?
13. Define Isolationism:
14. Define Internationalism:
Chapter 13 Section 2 – World War II Begins (pgs. 460-465)
15. Define Appeasement:
16. When Germany invaded ________ Great Britain and France promptly declared
war. This started ________.
Ch. 13 – Section 3 – The Holocaust (pgs. 466-471)
17. What were the Nuremberg Laws?
18. Define Kristallnacht:
19. The St. Louis
A. What was the purpose of the ship?
B. What happened to the ship?
20. What happened at the Nuremburg Trials? (Ch. 14 sec 5)
21. What decision did the Germans come to at the Wannsee Conference?
Ch. 13 – Section 4 – America Enters the War (pgs. 474-479)
22. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
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23. How did Lend-Lease get around the Neutrality Acts, which forbade selling of
arms to warring nations?
24. Why did Roosevelt feel the U.S. had to become an “arsenal of democracy”?
25. What event led to the U.S. abandoning neutrality and entering WWII?
26. Define Embargo:
27. What were 3 reasons Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?
#1:
#2:
#3:
Chapter 14 –Section 1: Mobilizing for War (pgs. 486-493)
28. How did the automobile factories change during WW II?
29. What role did U.S. industry play in the Allied victory during WW II?
30. Complete the Chart on minorities in WW II
Group
African
Americans
(Section 1)
Native
Americans
(Sec 4)
Japanese
Americans
(Sec 3)
Types of units they
served in
Awards given
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31. What was the Double V Campaign?
Ch. 14 Section 2 – The Early Battles (pgs. 494-499)
32. What was the Bataan Death March?
33. Which country bore the brunt of the German military in Europe until the
British and Americans opened a 2nd front in Europe?
34. What 3 pieces of military technology allowed the Allies to win control of the
Atlantic Ocean in the Battle of the Atlantic?
Ch. 14 Section 3 – Life on the Home Front (pgs. 500-507)
35. What 2 groups replaced white men in American factories during WW II?
36. What was the purpose of the propaganda images of Rosie the Riveter?
37. What caused the housing crisis in the North during WW II?
38. Japanese Americans during WWII:
A. Where were they placed during the war?
B. What did they lose because of the relocation?
C. What did they face the most of during WWII in America?
39. Define rationing:
40. What were four things the average America at home did to support the war
effort?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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41. Define island hopping: (Ch. 14 section 4)
Ch. 14 Section 5 – The War Ends (pgs. 518-525)
42. Why did the U.S. believe the Manhattan Project was necessary?
43. What were the 2 cities that the A-Bomb was used on?
44. What is V-E Day?
45. What is V-J Day?
46. What peacekeeping organization was formed after WW II?
47. Why did the Allies decide to defeat Hitler before Japan?
WWII Battles:
Battle
Battle of the Bulge
Dec. 16, 1944
Pg. 518
Battle of Midway
June 4, 1942
p. 497
Battle of Stalingrad
May 1942-Feb. 1943
Pg. 499
Iwo Jima
Feb. 19. 1945
Pg. 520
Okinawa
April 1945-June 1945
Pg. 522
Was it a battle against
Japan or Europe?
Allies or Axis victory?
End result of the battle?
Why was it important?
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