Chapter 25The United States in World War II– (1941-1945)
Textbook Study Guide
Section 25-1 Mobilizing for Defense
- Read Section
- Identify: (Define and explain the significance of)People to Know:
WAACGeorge Marshall
Hull 440A. Philip Randolph-Ex. Order 8802
Why We Fight Film SeriesFrank Capra
Manhattan Project
- Answer: (You will need to read entire section to answer thoroughly.)
- Do Guided Reading 25-1, A & B
- The Good War Reading: Read the excerpts actively (underline/highlight) and react to the packet as a whole in preparation for class discussion. Write a reaction paperafter completing the excerpts. Consider the following question as you read and write: What did you learn about WWII that you did not know before? Make sure that your reactions address all 3 veterans of war and does not just summarize. 1-2 pages
Section 25-2 TheWar for Europe and North Africa
1. Read Section
- Identify: (Define and explain the significance of)People to Know:
Tuskegee AirmenKarl Doenitz
Purple Heart BattalionDwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
George Patton
Harry S. Truman
- Answer: (You will need to read entire section to answer thoroughly.)
- Do Guided Reading 25-2, A. only.
- Why did the Allies decide to defeat Germany first, instead of Japan?
- Do Geography Skill builder p. 781/ #1&2.
Section 25-3 The War in the Pacific
1. Read Section
- Identify: (Define and explain the significance of)People to Know:
Doolittle’s Raid (April ’42)Douglas MacArthur
Battle of the Coral Sea (May ’42)Chester Nimitz
KamikazeJ. Robert Oppenheimer
3. Answer: (You will need to read entire section to answer thoroughly.)
- Do Guided Reading 25-3, A. only.
- Why did the textbook writers include the quote from William Manchester on p. 784?
- Do History Through Photojournalism skillbuilder p. 788/ #1&2.
- Why is Douglas Mac Arthur, one of the victorious US generals considered a hero in Japan the nation which his military defeated?
OVER
Section 25-4 The Home Front
1. Read Section
- Identify: (Define and explain the significance of)People to Know:
GI Bill of RightsJames Farmer
CORE
Zoot Suit Riot
- Answer: (You will need to read entire section to answer thoroughly.)
- What were the social and economic impacts of World War II?
- Why did FDR issue Executive Order 9066, which interned thousands of Japanese Americans? Do you think the action was justified? Why or why not?
WWII Pacific Map
Use the map on p. 762 in Chapter 24 of your textbook and in the text atlas: A11 and A15 to label the following items which were important to World War 2 on the outline map. The map has many stars for capitals because this is a regular political map; not all of the stars will be labeled when you finish this list:
China, Shanghai, Peking
Korea
Japan
Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa)
Formosaaka Taiwan today
French Indochina(Vietnam)
Philippines, Manila
Dutch East Indiesaka Indonesia/Malaysia today
Malaya, Singapore
Burma
Thailand
New Guinea
Australia
Solomon Islands(Guadalcanal)
Mariana Islands, Guam
Wake Island
Marshall Islands (Bikini)
New Zealand
Kiribati (Tarawa)
Fiji
New Caledonia
*Midway
*Hawaii
*Iwo Jima
*Indian Ocean
*East China Sea
*Sea of Japan
*South China Sea
*Pacific Ocean
*Bay of Bengal
Items with an asterisk * have been marked on the map for you. You are still responsible for knowing them on our quiz. Items in parentheses ( ) are islands within an island group which are too small on your map to identify, but you should remember to which group the island belongs for instance, Okinawa belongs to the Ryukyu Island Group.