Study Guide World War II: 1939-1945

Joseph Stalin / Totalitarian / Benito Mussolini / Fascism / Adolf Hitler
Nazism / Francisco Franco / Neutrality Acts / Neville Chamberlin / Winston Churchill
Appeasement / Nonaggression pact / Blitzkrieg / Charles De Gaulle / Holocaust
Kristallnacht / Genocide / Ghetto / Concentration camp / Axis Powers
Lend-Lease Act / Atlantic Charter / Allies / Hideki Tojo / George Marshall
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC) / A. Phillip Randolph / Manhattan Project / Office of Price Administration (OPA) / War Production Board (WPB)
Rationing / Dwight D. Eisenhower / D—Day / Omar Bradley / George Patton
Battle of the Bulge / V-E Day / Harry Truman / Douglas MacArthur / Chester Nimitz
Battle of Midway / Kamikaze / J. Robert Oppenheimer / Hiroshima / Nagasaki
Nuremburg Trials / GI Bill of Rights / James Farmer / Congress of Racial Equality / Internment
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

Short Answer:

How did the Treaty of Versailles sow the seeds of instability in Europe?

Describe the steps the United States took to try and prevent involvement in another world war during the 1920’s and 1930’s

In a sense the Allies in World War II fought against Nazi theories of racial supremacy. In what ways did the U.S. “fail” in this war?

What problems did the attack on Pearl Harbor solve for Roosevelt? What new problems did it create?

How did government regulations impact the lives of civilians?

Explain how the U.S. was able to defeat Germany in Europe and Japan in the Pacific.

How did the United States justify dropping the atomic bomb on civilians in Japan?

How did the U.S. economy change during World War II?

What events show the persistence of racial tensions?