Download Prentice Hall: United States History The Coming of War: Chapter 23

Prentice Hall: United States History
The Coming of War: Chapter 23
Section 1 – Dictators and War
Standards: 1 (e)
TERMS & PEOPLE
-totalitarianism
- Joseph Stalin
-Benito
Mussolini
-Adolf Hitler
-antisemitic
-Spanish Civil
War
-appeasement
-Anschluss
-Munich Pact
Focus Question:
 Why did totalitarian states rise after World
War I, and what did they do?
Checkpoint Questions
1. What legacy did World War I leave
behind?
2. How did Stalin and Mussolini maintain
their power?
3. How did the Great Depression affect
political life in Germany and Japan?
4. Why did the League of Nations fail to halt
German and Italian aggression?
5. Why did Britain, France, and the United
States not stop fascist aggression in the
1930s?
Section 2 – From Isolation to Involvement
Standards: 5 (c)
TERMS & PEOPLE
- Blitzkrieg
- Axis
Powers
-Allies
-Winston
Churchill
- Neutrality
Act of 1939
-Tripartite
Pact
-Lend-Lease
Act
-Atlantic
Charter
Focus Question:
 How did American react to events in Europe
and Asia in the early years of World War II?
Checkpoint Questions
1. How did President Roosevelt react to Japan’s
aggression in China in the late 1930s?
2. Which side seemed to be winning the war at
the end of 1940?
3. According to interventionists, how would
aiding the Allies actually keep the United
States out of the war?
4. How did the United States support the Allies
after Roosevelt’s reelection?
Section 3 – America Enters the War
Standards: 5 (a)
TERMS & PEOPLE
-Hideki Tojo
-Pearl
Harbor
-WAC
-Douglas
MacArthur
-Bataan Death
March
-Battle of
Coral Sea
Focus Question:
 How did the United States react to the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Checkpoint Questions
1. What did the Japanese military leaders hope
to achieve by attacking Pearl Harbor? Were
they successful in this goal?
2. What were the first actions taken by the
United States once the war was declared?
3. What military advantages did the United
States have over Japan?