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Studylist -- Chapter 26
Ethiopia
totalitarianism
Benito Mussolini
fascism
Haile Selassie
Adolf Hitler
Dictator
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Nonaggression pact
Neville Chamberlain
ration
National Socialist Party (NAZI Party)
Axis Powers
Munich Conference
appeasement
annex
Manchuria
September 1, 1939
Allied Powers
General Charles De Gaulle
Luftwaffe
Lend-Lease Act
War Production Board (WPB)
blitzkrieg
Denmark
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
zoot-suit riots
Pearl Harbor
Treaty of Versailles
December 7, 1941
USS Arizona
Tuskegee Airmen
Internment
Battle of El Alamein
Italy
General Erwin Rommel
General Bernard Montgomery
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Douglas MacArthur
Battle of Stalingrad
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Operation Overlord
D-Day Invasion
June 6, 1944
Normandy
Bataan Death march
Battle of Midway
island hopping
Iwo Jima
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Battle of the Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
B-29
Okinawa
kamikaze
May 8, 1945
Harry S. Truman
Holocaust
Radar / Sonar
Battle of the Bulge
V-E Day
concentration camp
Auschwitz
Manhattan Project
August 9, 1945
genocide
atomic bomb
August 6, 1945
Hiroshima
September 2, 1945
Nagasaki
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What are we learning in Chapter 26? – U.S. History Learning Targets
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Ratings:
1 = I’ve never seen or heard of this topic before and wouldn’t even know where to begin.
2 = I’ve heard of this topic before but I do not know much else about it.
3 = I feel confident about the topic and would be able to participate in classroom discussion about it.
4 = I feel that I could correctly teach this topic to another student if asked.
Chapter 26 – World War II (1939 – 1945)
What you will learn: In this chapter, you will learn about U.S. involvement in World War II. You will also
learn about how this involvement changed the society and economy of the United States.
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Describe the 4 major totalitarian governments and their leaders that rose to
power in Europe and Japan in the 1930s.
List the 2 reasons why German expansion led to the start of World War II in
Europe in 1939.
Recall the reason why the United States joined the war after Japan attacked
Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Note 5 effects that World War II had on businesses, soldiers, citizens, women,
minorities, and Japanese Americans.
Explain the 4 ways the Allies fought back against the Axis Powers in North
Africa, Europe, and eventually the D-Day invasion.
Describe the 5 major battles the Allies won which helped them stop Japan’s
advances in the Pacific Ocean and helped the Allies begin to battle towards
Japan.
Note the situation that led to Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.
Explain the key reason why the Nazis murdered millions of Jews and other
people in the Holocaust.
Recall the situation that led to the United States dropping 2 atomic bombs on
Japan and leading to its surrender.
Chapter 26 Essential Question:
World War II began 20 years after World War I. World War I was called, “the war to
end all wars” but that was clearly not the case. Why do you think the world went
back to war only 20 years after World War I?
Write your answer in the space provided. (3 to 5 sentences required)
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