World War II Erupts/ the US in World War II (1939 – …



World War II Erupts (1930’s – 1941)

Chapter 13 Study Guide

I. TOTALITARIAN LEADERS ARISE

A. Benito Mussolini was the leader of what nation? (p. 388)

B. What is fascism? What was its main slogan?

C. Sum up dictatorship (p. 389).

D. Summarize main ideas of Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf.

E. What nation did Joseph Stalin lead? What political system did this country use? (“Other regimes”, p. 390)

F. The third nationalistic nation of the 1930’s led by military rulers was _______________________

II. TOTALITARIAN AGGRESSION

A. In 1931, Japan invaded _____________, the northern part of China, for ____________ (reason). , pp. 390-391

B. In 1935, Italy invaded ________________ in Africa.

C. In 1936, Hitler broke the Versailles Treaty by occupying _________________. (pp. 392-393)

D. What was the Anschluss?

III. WORLD WAR II STARTS

A. British prime minister Neville Chamberlain thought that ___________________ or giving into Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia would preserve peace (p.395).

B. World War II started in Europe in September, 1939, when Hitler invaded _________________.

C. Describe the German blitzkrieg (1st paragraph, p. 396)

D. A major power, ___________, fell to Hitler in June, 1941, after he had conquered the Netherlands and Belgium.

E. Japan invaded __________________ in 1937. (p. 398)

F. In 1940, Japan joined with Italy and Germany to form the alliance called __________________________.

IV. AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM AND INTERVENTIONISM

A. Define “isolationism” (1st sentence second paragraph, p. 400)

B. Describe a typical American isolationist by summarizing the rest of this paragraph.

C. The Neutrality Acts were designed to prevent the US from getting involved in war. Give its two provisions by reading the quote “History’s voice” and the paragraph under it.

D. Interventionism is the willingness to involve the US in the growing conflicts around the world. Describe these actions by Franklin Roosevelt that encouraged interventionism:

1. quarantine speech (pp. 401-402)

2. cash and carry policy (p. 402)

3. destroyer deal with Great Britain

4. Lend-Lease Act (p. 403)

V. JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR

A. The Japanese continued to expand southward in Asia, invading China and French Indochina (Vietnam. Laos, Cambodia). What action did the US take when the Japanese threatened the Dutch East Indies with its reserves of oil? (“Tensions in East Asia”, p. 398)

B. Describe the raid at Pearl Harbor, including US losses there. (pp. 404-405)

VI. MOBILIZING INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE

A. Summarize American war production in the early part of World War II (1st paragraph, 2nd column, p. 408)

B. Rosie the Riveter represented all women war workers. Describe their contributions (p. 409)

C. Describe the experience of African-Americans in the work force, both paragraphs, pp. 410-41.

D. Describe the experience of Hispanic-Americans during the war.

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