Goal 10 – WWII and Postwar America



Goal 10 – WWII and Postwar America

Complete the following chart

|Leader |Nation |Beliefs and Goals |

|Joseph Stalin | | |

|Adolf Hitler | | |

|Benito Mussolini | | |

|Emperor Hirohito | | |

Define the following terms

Fascism:

Winston Churchill:

Appeasement:

Non-aggression Pact:

Blitzkrieg:

Axis Powers:

Allies:

Lend-Lease Act:

WAC:

Manhattan Project:

Rationing:

D-Day:

Battle of the Bulge:

Douglas MacArthur:

Chester Nimitz:

Internment camps:

G.I. Bill:

United Nations (UN):

Containment:

Iron Curtain:

Berlin Airlift:

Mao Zedong:

NATO:

U-2 Incident:

Warsaw Pact:

Baby Boom:

Answer the following questions

How did the U.S. react to the rise of expansionist dictatorships in Europe and Asia?

What event sparked the beginning of WWII?

Who were the targets of the “final solution”?

What was the outcome of Britain and France’s policy of appeasement?

What were two ways in which the U.S. became the “arsenal of democracy”?

What caused the declaration of war against Japan?

How did war change life at home?

What was the goal of the “double V” campaign?

Why was the Battle of Midway important?

Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bombs?

What 2 ways did the U.S. implement the new containment policy?

The 38th parallel divided what Asian country?

Circle the phrase that best completes each sentence

1. The Battle of the Bulge was

a. An allied campaign in North Africa

b. A battle against Japan in the Pacific

c. The final German counterattack in Europe

2. On D-Day, the Allies

a. Landed in Normandy to liberate Europe

b. Defeated Japan

c. Defeated Germany

3. The Manhattan Project

a. Sent Japanese Americans to internment camps

b. Planned the Allies’ strategy

c. Developed the atomic bomb

4. The GI Bill

a. Desegregated the armed forces

b. Paid for veterans to go to college

c. Allowed women to serve in the military

5. Rationing was

a. The scientific process of developing the atomic bomb

b. A way of allotting scarce products, like mean and gasoline

c. The percentage of women allowed to work in defense industries

6. Hiroshima was

a. The Japanese city on which the first atomic bomb was dropped

b. The Japanese city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped

c. An internment camp in the U.S.

Write the letter of the name next to the description that fits it best

|a. Adolf Hitler |____1. British prime minister who opposed appeasement |

|b. Joseph Stalin |____2. Italian fascist dictator who formed an alliance with Hitler |

|c. Benito Mussolini |____3. Nazi dictator who believed the Germans were a master race |

|d. Winston Churchill |____4. French general who set up a government when France fell |

|e. Charles de Gaulle |____5. Soviet dictator who signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler and had his own expansionist ideas |

Circle the name or term that best completes each sentence

1. _____ is the deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people.

Appeasement Fascism Genocide

2. A ______ is a “lightning war” of quick, crushing surprise attacks.

Holocaust Blitzkrieg Fascism

3. When Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance, they became known as the ______.

Allies Holocaust Axis Powers

4. In the Holocaust, the ______ systematically murdered over 8 million people in Europe.

Nazis Fascists Emperor

5. The _____ included Britain, France, the U.S. and others fighting the Axis Powers.

Lend-Lease Act Allies Holocaust

6. The policy of ______ at Munich allowed Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia.

Lend-Lease Act Appeasement Blitzkrieg

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