AMERICAN HISTORY
CHAPTER 16 PACKET:
World War Looms
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16.1
Dictators Threaten World Peace
pp. 528-535
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Nationalism Grips Europe and Asia
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Failures of the World War I Peace Settlement
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Joseph Stalin Transforms the Soviet Union
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy
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The Nazis Take Over Germany
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Militarists Gain Control in Japan
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Aggression in Europe and Africa
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Civil War Breaks Out in Spain
The United States Responds Cautiously
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Americans Cling to Isolationism
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Neutrality Breaks Down
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16.1
Dictators Threaten World Peace
pp. 528-535
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Joseph Stalin
2. totalitarian
3. Benito Mussolini
4. fascism
5. Adolf Hitler
6. Nazism
7. Francisco Franco
8. Neutrality Acts
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16.1
Dictators Threaten World Peace
pp. 528-535
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. Why did the new democracies set up after World War I fail?
B. What are the characteristics of a totalitarian state?
C. What factors led to the rise of Fascism in Italy?
D. What were the key ideas and goals that Hitler presented in Mein Kampf?
E. Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
F. What foreign countries were involved in the Spanish Civil War?
G. What factors contributed to Americans’ growing isolationism?
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16.2
War in Europe
pp. 536-541
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
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Union with Austria
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Bargaining for the Sudetenland
The German Offensive Begins
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The Soviet Union Declares Neutrality
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Blitzkrieg in Poland
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The Phony War
France and Britain Fight On
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The Fall of France
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The Battle of Britain
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16.2
War in Europe
pp. 536-541
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Neville Chamberlain
2. Winston Churchill
3. appeasement
4. nonaggression pact
5. blitzkrieg
6. Charles de Gaulle
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16.2
War in Europe
pp. 536-541
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What moves did Germany make in its quest for lebensraum?
B. What was appeasement, and why did Churchill oppose it so strongly?
C. How did German blitzkrieg tactics rely on new military technology?
D. How did Hitler rationalize the German invasion of Denmark and Norway?
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16.3
The Holocaust
pp. 542-549
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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The Persecution Begins
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Jews Targeted
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Kristallnacht
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A Flood of Jewish Refugees
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The Plight of the St. Louis
Hitler’s “Final Solution”
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The Condemned
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Forced Relocation
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Concentration Camps
The Final Stage
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Mass Exterminations
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The Survivors
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16.3
The Holocaust
pp. 542-549
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Holocaust
2. Kristallnacht
3. genocide
4. ghetto
5. concentration camp
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16.3
The Holocaust
pp. 542-549
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What problems did German Jews face in Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1938?
B. How did the United States respond to Jewish refugees?
C. What was the goal of the Nazis’ Final Solution, and how was that goal nearly achieved?
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16.4
America Moves toward War
pp. 550-557
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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The United States Musters Its Forces
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Moving Cautiously away from Neutrality
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The Axis Threat
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Building U.S. Defenses
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Roosevelt Runs for a Third Term
“The Great Arsenal of Democracy”
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The Lend-Lease Plan
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Supporting Stalin
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German Wolf Packs
FDR Plans for War
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The Atlantic Charter
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Shoot on Sight
Japan Attacks the United States
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Japan’s Ambitions in the Pacific
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Peace Talks Are Questioned
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Reaction to Pearl Harbor
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16.4
America Moves toward War
pp. 550-557
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Axis powers
2. Lend-Lease Act
3. Atlantic Charter
4. Allies
5. Hideki Tojo
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16.4
America Moves toward War
pp. 550-557
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What impact did the outbreak of war in Europe have on U.S. foreign and defense policy?
B. Why did Roosevelt take one “unneutral” step after another to assist Britain and the Soviet Union in 1941?
C. Why was the Atlantic Charter important?
D. Why did the United States enter into an undeclared shooting war with Germany in fall 1941?
E. How was oil a source of conflict between Japan and the United States?
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