Unit 7
WWII
Chapters 16 and 17
Word List
Joseph Stalin
Totalitarian
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Adolf Hitler
Nazism
Neutrality Acts
Good Neighbor Policy
Blitzkrieg
Axis Powers
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Allies
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
A. Phillip Randolph
Manhattan Project
Office of Price Administration
War Productions Board
Learning Goals:
Proficient students will be able to:
Identify the types of governments that took power in Russia, Italy, Germany, and Japan after WWI.
Describe the details of America’s turn to isolationism in the 1930s
Explain how Roosevelt assisted the Allies without declaring war
Summarize the events that brought the United States into armed conflict with Germany
Describe the American Response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Describe the wartime mobilization of industry, labor, scientists, and the media.
Trace the efforts of the U.S. government to control the economy and deal with alleged subversion.
Discuss the war efforts effect on the home front.
Describe the economic and social changes that reshaped American life during WWII.
Summarize both the opportunities and the discrimination of African Americans and other minorities experienced during the war
Unit 7 Main Ideas:
The rise of the rulers with total power in Europe and Asia led to WWII.
Using the sudden mass attack called blitzkrieg, Germany invaded and quickly conquered many European Countries
In response to the fighting in Europe, the United States provided economic and military aid to help the Allies achieve victory
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States mobilized for war.
Allied forces, led by the U.S. and Great Britain, battled axis powers for control of Europe and North America.
In order to defeat Japan and end the war in the Pacific, the United States unleashed a terrible new weapon, the atomic bomb.
After WWII, Americans adjusted to new economic opportunities and harsh social tensions.