Name ______Period ____

WWII PPT Notes & Text 402-415

Define the following terms:

Isolationism—

Dictators—

Appeasement—

Ration—

Holocaust—

  1. What international policy did America try to maintain? ______
  1. Identify the dictator of the following countries:

Italy—

Germany—

Japan—

Soviet Union—

  1. Hitler and Stalin’s signed a nonaggression pact. What does that mean?
  1. In early 1938, Hitler seized ______and annexed ______. In 1938, Great Britain and France agreed to let Hitler take over the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia. In 1939, Hitler seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. On September 1, 1939 German troops invaded ______. England and France declared war on Germany in response but before they could send troops, ______and ______divided Poland between them. The Soviet Army also took over Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and invaded Finland. Hitler conquered Denmark and Norway in 1940. In May of 1940, German troops overran ______, Belgium, ______and a large part of France. Hitler then made plans to invade ______. German Air Force heavily bombed British cities from August through December 1940.
  1. How did Roosevelt help our British allies without getting involved in the war?
  1. Why did American-Japanese relations sour?
  1. What event drew the U.S. into World War II?
  2. List the countries for each:
    Axis PowersAllied Powers
  1. How did women participate in the war efforts?
  1. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? (406)
  1. Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
  1. Who joined the allied powers in 1943?
  1. On what date and where did D-Day take place?
  1. After Roosevelt’s death in Warm Spring’s Georgia on April 24th, who became the U.S. president?
  1. What happened in April of 1945?
  1. List the three dates and events that led to Japan’s surrender. The date of surrender will count as one of the three.
  1. What was Carl Vinson’s role/impact on WWII? (410)
  1. Name four concentration camps discovered by the allied troops in the spring of 1945.
  1. Other than Jews, who did Hitler deem as “inferior” people whom he planned eliminate from Europe?
  1. How many Georgians served in WWII? How many died in battle? (411)
  1. How did the war help Georgia financially? (include 2 points)
  1. What business was located in Marietta? How did it contribute to the war? (413)
  1. How did the war come too close for comfort near Georgia’s shore?
  1. How did women contribute to the war effort in Georgia?
  1. How did Georgians ration their supplies to support the war effort?
  1. How did Georgia help with the POW situation?

Use pages 411, 412, and 412 to give a brief summary of how each location contributed to the war effort and to what extent. When possible, provide statistics…..ex. over 16,000 men and women worked around the clock

Base / Location / What did this location provide and/or make?
Fort Benning / Columbus
Camp Gordon / Augusta
Fort Stewart / Savannah
Hunter Air Field / Savanna
Warner Robins Air Field / Near Macon
Glynco Naval Air Station / Brunswick
Fort McPherson / Near Atlanta
Fort GIllem / Clayton County
Marietta Army Air Field / Cobb County
Fort Oglethorpe
Bell Bomber Plant / Marietta
Camp Wheeler

Which location do you think is closest to you and how might it have contributed to the local economy?