American History Study Guide Chapter 23

Identifications

Benito MussoliniJoseph StalinAdolf Hitler

League of NationsPanay IncidentNanjing

Senator NyeLend Lease Act Blitzkrieg

Axis Charles Lindbergh

Winston ChurchillPearl HarborBattle of Britain

Section 1

  1. Why did the peace settlement of Versailles unravel?
  2. What are the characteristics of a totalitarian government?
  3. In what ways were the governments of Italy, Germany, Russia, and the Soviet Union totalitarian?
  4. Why were the European nations unable to stop the growth of the totalitarian powers?
  5. Why did the appeasement policy fail?

Section 2

  1. Why was isolationism strong in the United States?
  2. What were the provisions of the Neutrality Acts?
  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Neutrality Acts in keeping the US out of foreign wars.
  4. How did the Roosevelt administration respond to Japanese aggression in China?
  5. What are the characteristics of total war?
  6. Describe the response of the American people to the invasion of Poland, the fall of France, submarine warfare, and the attack on Britain.
  7. Describe the interventionalist argument for aid to the Allies at the beginning of the war. Why did the isolationists disagree with their ideas?
  8. Evaluate the pre-war policies of the Roosevelt administration. Was Roosevelt authentically neutral, or did he favor China, France, and Britain in foreign policy decisions?
  9. What are the principles of the Atlantic Charter?

Section 3

Identifications

General TojoGeneral MacArthurDoolittle Raid

Battle of PhilippinesBattle of Coral SeaWar Production Board

1. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

2. How had the trade embargo affected Japan?

3. How did the American people respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. In what ways did almost every American citizen become involved in the

war effort?

5. What were the initial successes of the Japanese as they conquered

territories in the Pacific and Indian oceans?

6. How did the government harness the nation’s industry, resources, and

workers to make victory possible?

Chapter 24

Section 1.

Battle of Midway.General Eisenhowersaturation bombing

Battle of StalingradCasablanca Conference strategic bombing

Guadacanal

1. Why did the Allies agree that the defeat of Germany was their first

priority?

2. How did the Allies defeat the German U-boats?

3. How did the German invasion of the Soviet Union affect the war?

4. Why was the first Allied invasion in North Africa?

5. Why did the Allies invade Italy before invading France?

6. How did the strategic bombing of Germany help defeat the Nazis ?

7. What was the American/British strategy for attacking the Japanese

empire?

Section 2

A. Philip RandolphExecutive Order 8802NAACP

Korematsu v U.S.Executive Order 9066CORE

Bracero ProgramOffice of War InformationInternment

Korematsu v United States

8 . In what ways did the role and status of women change during WWII?

9. In what ways did the role and status of African Americans improve

during WWII?

10. Why did large numbers of workers migrate to new locations during

WWII? In what ways were Mexican citizens involved in this migration.

11. Why were the civil liberties of Japanese Americans severely limited

during the war? Why were they treated differently in Hawaii?

12. How did the war affect the development of the American economy?

13. In what ways did the government regulate and manage the economy to

support the war effort?

14. In what ways did the government and the media cooperate to build

public support for the war and strengthen public morale?

15. In what ways did the war strengthen the power of the American

government and the president?

Section 3

Joseph StalinWinston ChurchillTeheran Conference

Normandy Invasion The Battle of the BulgeKamikaze

Island Hopping Manhattan ProjectBattle of Philippines

1. Why was there a strong disagreement between the Allied leaders about

the invasion of German occupied Europe?

2. How did the Allies cooperate to defeat Germany?

3. Why was the defeat of Japan a difficult task?

4. Why did the United States decide to use the atomic bomb to attack

Japan?

5. Why did President Truman believe that the use of the atomic bomb was

necessary?

6. Describe the significant technological developments of WWII.

Section 4.

1. Why did the Holocaust occur?

2. Why was anti-Semitism deeply rooted in European (and American)

society?

3. Why did the Nazis try to exterminate the Jewish people? (genocide)

4. Why were the democratic nations unwilling or unable to rescue the

Jewish people?

5. How did the discovery of the concentration camps and the death

chambers change the way modern people think and act?