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Chapter 25 – World War II (1933-1945)
I.
The Gathering Storm (1933-1939)
A. What was the attitude of FDR and public opinion in general regarding the state of
other nations during the 1930s?
B. What new powers arose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s and what events
made Americans feel the need to take a more active role?
C. How were the Jews affected by events unfolding in Europe and how did the US
react to the refugees?
II.
The Coming of World War II
A. What caused the beginning of World War II and how did the Americans shift
their policies towards the European nations as the war progressed?
B. What events caused the US to enter World War II and what was the situation that
the US entered into?
III.
The Home Front During World War II
A. What new organizations did the US create during World War II and what effects
did it have on the economy and workers?
B. How did the “Wizard War” affect planning for World War II?
C. Who were the GI and how did the war affect them psychologically?
D. What were the main social migratory patterns during World War II, and how did
Women, African-Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics all react to
wartime changes?
E. What were the Japanese Internment Camps and what affects did it have on the
US society?
F. What occurred during the Election of 1944 and how did it affect the ending war
effort?
IV.
World War II Battles and the Aftermath
A. World War II Battle Maps – KNOW THESE BATTLES
B. What was the Grand Alliance, what ideas did they have, and how did their
dynamic shape their policies during conferences in World War II?
C. What was the Yalta Conference and how did Harry Truman respond to efforts
from the Soviets to gain more territory?
D. What affect did lasting images like the Holocaust and the Atomic Bombs have on
the legacy of World War II?
World War II in Europe Map
Color on the map using four different colors:
1) Axis Powers
2) Areas controlled by the Axis at height
3) Allied Powers
4) Neutral Countries
Label on the map and DEFINE the following:
1) Germany takes Rhineland (1936) –
2) The “Anschluss” in Austria (1938) –
3) Germany takes Sudetenland (1938) –
4) Germany occupies Czechoslovakia (1939) –
5) Germany “blitzkriegs” Poland (1939) –
6) Germany conquers Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland,
Luxembourg, and France (1940) –
7) The Battle of Britain (1940) –
8) Operation Torch and Battle of El-Alamein (1942) –
9) Russians hold at Stalingrad (1943) –
10) Invasion of Sicily and Southern Italy (1943) –
11) Russians retake Poland (1944) –
12) The Battle of Normandy or “D-Day” (1944) –
13) Battle of the Bulge (1944-1945) –
14)
V-E Day (May 2, 1945) –
World War II in the Pacific Map
Color on the map using three different colors:
1) Japanese Empire
2) Areas controlled by Japan at height
3) Allied Powers
Label on the map and DEFINE the following:
1) Japan takes Manchuria (1931) –
2) Japan invades China (1937) –
3) Japan conquers Indochina (1940) –
4) Japan bombs Pearl Harbor (Dec 7, 1941) –
5) Japan takes Guam, Wake Island, Singapore, Burma, and Dutch East
Indies (1942) –
6) Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) –
7) Battle of Midway Island (1942) –
8) Battle of the Solomon Islands (1942) –
9) Battle of Leyte Gulf (1942) –
10) Americans “Island-Hop” to take back Pacific (1942-1944) –
11) Battle of Iwo Jima (1945) –
12) Battle of Okinawa (1945) –
13) Atomic Bomb dropping on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) –