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Unit 3 Study Guide: World War II
Essential Questions
1. What brought about the end to the Great Depression?
2. What are the causes of World War II?
3. What event signified the beginning of WWII?
4. What three main countries represented the Axis Powers and who were the leaders of those countries?
5. Which main countries made up the Allied Powers and who were the leaders of those countries?
6. In what ways did America aid the Allies at the beginning of the war without directly getting involved?
7. What event pulled the United States into the war? Provide details of this historic event.
8. Describe the civilian war efforts on the home front.
9. How did the war effort at home transform the roles of women and minorities?
10. Describe the internment of Japanese-Americans.
11. Describe the mobilization process in the US.
12. Identify the turning points in the war and provide details for each pivotal battle.
European Theater
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Pacific Theater
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13. What was the Holocaust and what impact did it have on European Jews?
14. What other groups suffered in the Holocaust?
15. Who were the “Code Talkers” and what impact did they have on the war?
16. What events signified the ending of the war of the Pacific?
17. Describe the Nuremberg Trials.
18. Identify the Arizona POW camps.
Unit 3 Review: World War II
1. Name at least three causes to WWII.
a.
b.
c.
2. The U.S. passed the ____________________ Act to stay out of war.
They had no involvement in European affairs at the beginning of the war.
True
False
3. The British and USSR were assisted w/ cash in 1941 with _________________________
4. Three totalitarian leaders during this period were:
5. “Peace in our time,” was declared by Chamberlain after appeasing Hitler at the __________________.
6. The Munich Conference succeeded in stopping Hitler from taking Czechoslovakia. True or False
7. World War II began with the __________________ invasion of _________________.
8. The Axis Powers were:
9. What happened on December 7, 1941 and what was the result?
10. Name the Big Three in WWII and identify the country that they represented.
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b.
c.
11. What was the impact of WWII on African Americans?
12. Describe the homefront transformation in the US during WWII:
a.
b.
c.
13. During WWII, many Japanese Americans faced widespread _________________ because Americans
questioned _______________________, so they were forced into __________________________.
14. Three groups that were detained during WWII are:
a.
b.
15. Four aspects of mobilization:
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b.
c.
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d.
16. The fierce struggle between Germany and the USSR during the winter happened at ______________ and
resulted in the first German________________.
17. Describe the significance of the D-Day invasion.
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b.
18. Who planned D-Day?
19. What was the last German offensive in WWII?
c.
20. The turning point in the Pacific campaign took place when US and Japanese carrier-based planes fought in the
Battle of __________________.
21. General __________________ led the U.S. forces against the Japanese.
22. What three war-time camps were used in Arizona during the war?
a.
b.
c.
23. Who were the “Code Talkers?”
24. The war strategy in the Pacific can be described as __________________________.
25. Three important facts about the Manhattan Project are:
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b.
c.
26. Atomic bombs were dropped on ___________________ and ___________________.
27. What were President Truman’s reasons for dropping the A-bomb on Japan?
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b.
c.
28. The Holocaust was Hitler’s “__________________________” and included groups such as
__________________, ___________________, and ___________________.
29. The Holocaust resulted in the extermination of _____million_______, the formation of ___________
as a new nation and the ____________________ Trials.
30. The Nuremberg Trials were held to establish the guilt or innocence of __________________
31. What played the most important role in the events that led to World War II?
32. The Allied Powers were:
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b.
c.
33. Who were the leaders of the Axis Powers?
a.
b.
c.
34. What were the turning point battles in Europe?
List significant events and specific dates related to WWII:
1939: _____________________________________________
1940: _____________________________________________
1941: _____________________________________________
1942: _____________________________________________
1943: _____________________________________________
1944: _____________________________________________
1945: _____________________________________________