Mr. Melton
U.S. History C
Unit 2
Chapter 23-24 World War II Erupts and The United States in World War II
Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter 23, 736-767
VOCABUALRY: NUMBER, WRITE THE WORD, AND DEFINE.
1. Inflation
10. Appeasement
2. Benito Mussolini
11. Winston Churchill
3. Fascism
12. Blitzkrieg
4. Dictatorship
13. the Allies
5. Totalitarian
14. Vichy France
6. Adolf Hitler
15. Charles de Gaulle
7. Francisco Franco
16. Luftwaffe
8. Joseph Stalin
17. Axis Powers
9. Neville Chamberlain
18. Hideki Tojo
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24.
25.
26.
Neutrality Act
Cash-and-carry
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Rosie the Riveter
Manhattan Project
Atomic bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
QUESTIONS: ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
Section 1
27. How did the conclusion of WWI affect the political climate in Europe?
28. What did Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin all share in common?
29. What was the significance of Manchuria, Ethiopia, and Spain in the 1930’s?
Section 2
30. What factor made Germany’s blitzkrieg so different from the tactics used during WWII?
31. Why do you think the British were able to defend themselves against the Germans, but the French were not?
32. Why do you think the leadership abilities of Winston Churchill were so important to the British during the Battle of
Britain?
Section 3
33. How did WWI contribute to isolationist feelings in the 1920’s and 1930’s?
34. What events explain Roosevelt’s continuing shift away from isolationism in the late 1930’s?
35. Do you think that the isolationists were correct in arguing that Roosevelt’s policies, including lend-lease, would
increase the likelihood of war? Explain.
Section 4
36. What effect did the bombing of Pearl Harbor have on the nation’s mobilization effort?
37. How do you think the changing roles of women in the United States were reflected in their experiences during
wartime?
38. How did African American military personnel and workers fare during WWII?
Unit 2
Chapter 24, p. 768-813
VOCABULARY: NUMBER, WRITE THE WORD, AND DEFINE.
1. Wolf pack
12. Kristallnacht
2. Erwin Rommel
13. Concentration camp
3. Operation Torch
14. Ghetto
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower
15. Genocide
5. Tuskegee Airman
16. Final Solution
6. Operation Overlord
17. Holocaust
7. Omar Bradley
18. Herman Goering
8. D-Day
19. Douglas MacArthur
9. Battle of the Bulge
20. Baatan Death March
10. George S. Patton
21. Battle of Midway
11. Anti-Semitism
22. Kamikaze
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Rationing
Internment
V-E Day
Harry S. Truman
Enola Gay
V-J Day
United Nations
QUESTIONS: ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTECES
Section 1
32. Briefly describe the Battle of the Atlantic.
33. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad significant?
34. How did Operation Overlord compare to the landing at Anzio?
Section 2
35. Why do you think the German people supported Hitler’s anti-Semitic attitudes?
36. Why did it take the United States so long to offer direct help to Europe’s Jews?
Section 3
37. What were the key reasons for the early success of the Japanese?
38. What was the importance of the American victory at the Battle of Midway?
39. At Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japanese troops refused to surrender even when facing certain defeat. How might this
reluctance to give in affect the end of the war?
Section 4
40. What were the purposes of rationing and scrap drives?
41. What can you conclude from the fact that the federal government had an organization in charge of propaganda?
42. What factors made the experience of interned Japanese Americans so difficult?
Section 5
43. What were the issues surrounding Eisenhower’s decision not to push to Berlin?
44. What do you think Eisenhower’s responsibility was as the war wound down in Europe? Did he fulfill this
responsibility?
45. How do you think the decision to drop the atom bomb will affect the United States in the future?