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Ch. 13 study guide 8th grade

1. Which country did Japan invade in 1931?

1. Where did the Allied leaders believe they had to defeat the Axis before they could invade southern Europe?

1. What was an important reason that the United States used atomic bombs against Japan?

1. What event in December 1941 brought the United States into World War II?

1. What event plunged most of Europe into World War II?

1. What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

1. Which Allies had not fallen to Germany when the United States entered the war in December 1941?

1. Which European dictator began the political movement known as fascism?

1. Why did the “Big Three” Allied leaders meet in the Soviet Union resort of Yalta?

1. What event in World War II became known as the Holocaust?

1. Why did Italy attack Ethiopia in 1935?

1. Which of the Allies benefited from the Lend-Lease program in 1941?

1. Three facts from your notes about the Yalta Conference?

1. Three facts from your notes that are ways that World War II affected the life in the United States?

1. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

1. How did the strategy of island hopping help the Allies in the Pacific?

1. Why did American automakers produce no cars between 1942 and 1945?

1. Why was it important that the Allies take control of Okinawa and Iwo Jima?

1. What was one result of the Nuremberg trials?

1. What was an example of the British and French policy of appeasement?

1. How did the European fighting in World War II compare to the fighting in World War I?

1. Why did Japan attack the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

1. How did American women contribute to the war effort?

1. What was the purpose of the G.I Bill of Rights that congress passed after the war?

1. List three effects of the war on life in the United States?

1. How did discrimination affect life on the home from in World War II?

1. Why were the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa critical?

1. Name three reasons why Allied leaders decided to invade North Africa before attacking Axis forces in Europe?

1. Why did Stalin’s pact with Hitler encourage Germany to go to war in Europe?

1. Know what spot on the French coast the Germans expected the Allies to attack.