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World War II:
A basic understanding of the causes, effects both long term and short term.
Who was involved, why did it occur, etc.
L. O. Students will explain the causes of World War II, and how the United States
became involved.
Packet #1
Part I: Years leading up to the war
Part 2: Early years of the war
Part 3: Effects on Europeans - Holocaust
Part 4: America’s tries to stay out of the war
Part 5: Japan pulls America into the war
Packet # 2
Part 1: Allies begin to turn the tide
Part 2: Home Front
Part 3: Victory in Europe and the Pacific
Part 4: End- Effects of War
World War Two: In the Beginning Packet # 1
Vocabulary
Other Questions
1. What caused dictators and militaristic regimes to grow in
Totalitarianism, anti-Semitic, appeasement, Munich Pact, Spanish power during the 1930s?
Civil War, blitzkrieg, Allies, Axis Powers, Neutrality Act of
1939, Tripartite Pact, Lend-Lease Pact, Atlantic Charter, Pearl
2. What aggressive actions did the militaristic regimes take during
Harbor, WAC, Bataan Death March, Battle of Coral Sea,
the 1930s?
Holocaust, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, genocide,
concentration camp, death camp, War Refugee Board
3. How did Great Britain, France and the U.S. respond to these
aggressive actions?
Important People
Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill,
Douglas MacArthur, Hideki Tojo
4. How did FDR’s foreign policy attempt to guide a course
between the isolationist and the interventionists during the 1930s.
5. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Essential Questions
6. How did the U.S. mobilize for war after the attack on Pearl
Harbor?
1. What were the causes of World War II?
2. Why was America hesitant at entering the war against
Germany?
3. What did America do to support the British and the Allies prior
to entering the war?
7. Why did Hitler wage a campaign against Jews and other
groups?
8. What were the goals of the “final solution” and the results of
the death camps?
10.How did the U.S. respond to the Holocust
4. Why did America declare war against Germany?
5. Why did America declare war against Japan?
World War II: In the Beginning Packet #1
Vocabulary
Essential Questions
1. What were the causes of World War II?
Totalitarianism, anti-Semitic, appeasement, Munich Pact, Spanish
Civil War, blitzkrieg, Allies, Axis Powers, Neutrality Act of
1939, Tripartite Pact, Lend-Lease Pact, Atlantic Charter, Pearl
Harbor, WAC, Bataan Death March, Battle of Coral Sea,
Holocaust, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, genocide,
concentration camp, death camp, War Refugee Board
2. Why was America hesitant at entering the war against
Germany?
3. What did America do to support the British and the Allies prior
to entering the war?
4. Why did America declare war against Germany?
Other Questions
1. What caused dictators and militaristic regimes to grow in
power during the 1930s?
5. Why did America declare war against Japan?
Important People
Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill,
Douglas MacArthur, Hideki Tojo
2. What aggressive actions did the militaristic regimes take during 6. How did the U.S. mobilize for war after the attack on Pearl
the 1930s?
Harbor?
3. How did Great Britain, France and the U.S. respond to these
aggressive actions?
7. Why did Hitler wage a campaign against Jews and other
groups?
4. How did FDR’s foreign policy attempt to guide a course
between the isolationist and the interventionists during the 1930s.
8. What were the goals of the “final solution” and the results of
the death camps?
5. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
10.How did the U.S. respond to the Holocust?
Summarize the actions of the countries below during the 1930s
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
Why did totalitarian regimes arise after WW I and what did they do to keep control of their people?
Japan
Aggressive Actions
Regime
Aggressive Action
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
Why did the rest of the world refuse to stop the aggressive actions?
What was appeasement?
Why was the League of Nations unable to stop the aggression?
Response by rest of World
War in Europe – the Early Years
TimeLine:
September 1, 1939
December 7, 1941
America Creeps towards War
TimeLine:
1935-1937
December 7, 1941
How did America help the allies before the entered the war?
Why did America try to stay out of the war?
What event finally pulled America into the war?
America’s Views on the war
Isolationist Viewpoint
Interventionist Viewpoint
What do you believe was the biggest reason why people were against the war? Are there any similarities to the reasons against the war
in Iraq?
America enters the war
Causes if Attack on Pearl Harbor
What happened at Pearl Harbor
Why was the attack on Pearl Harbor such a surprise? How is it similar to 9/11?
Effects of Attack on Pearl Harbor
Early War in the Pacific
May 1942
Philippines fall to the Japanese
How did the war in the Pacific progress in the first six months of fighting?
Why was it necessary to bolster American morale?
Steps toward American Entry into World War II
1935-1937
December 7, 1941
How did America help the allies before the entered the war?
Why did America try to stay out of the war?
What event finally pulled America into the war?
The Holocaust: List the sequence of events
1933: Hitler becomes dictator of Germany; begins persecution of Jews
What actions did the Nazis take to carry out Hitler’s “final solution”?
What problems in Germany did Hitler blame on the Jews?
Why did more Jews not escape Germany?
Early Response
Analysis:
Allies Respond to the Holocaust
American Government
Analysis:
1. Why was the early response to the Holocaust so weak?
Liberation of the Camps
Analysis:
World War II: Allies Turn back the Tide of Evil: Packet # 3
Vocabulary
Strategic bombing, unconditional surrender, saturation bombing,
Battle of Midway, Executive Order 8802, bracero program,
internment, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, rationing, OWI,
Korematsu v. United States, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, island
hopping, kamikaze, Manhattan Project, Yalta Confernce,
superpower, GATT, UN, Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Geneva Convention, Nuremberg Trials
Other Questions
1.How did the world treat the German and Japanese leaders after
the war?
2. Why was D-Day so important?
3. What was the purpose of island –hopping?
4. What new opportunities did women and minorities gain during
the war?
Essential Questions
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3.
4.
5.
What was the “Europe First” strategy?
How did the war change America internally?
What forced America to become a world leader?
What was the effect of the war on Europe and Japan?
What was the importance of the United Nations/
Important People
Dwight Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Jr. , Tuskegee Airmen,
Chester Nimitz, Harry S. Truman, Albert Einstein, J. Robert
Oppenheimer,
Economy
America at Home during World War II
Civil Rights
Effects on Women
How were women making history?
Why did this war require more from minorities and women than any other war in American history?
Effects on Minorities
What was the biggest change in life at home during the war?
Winning the War
Europe
Pacific
Tehran Conference:
Island –Hopping:
D-Day:
Kamikaze:
Liberation of Europe:
Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge:
Manhattan Project:
Allied Victory:
Dropping the bomb:
Problem
New political
map in Asia and
Europe
Imperialism
Power Vacuum
End of the War: Effects
Solution
Connection to Today
Problem
Europe in Ruins
Solution
Japan defeatedno Asian power
World Economy
in trouble
1. Which countries emerged as the strongest?
2. Why did America not return to its isolationist past?
3. How did the war change America internally?
Connections