Reading and Note Taking Study Guide



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World War II

Lesson 9.5 Victory for the Allies

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Key Terms

Harry Truman

V-E Day

Bataan Death March

"island-hopping"

Douglas MacArthur

Kamikaze

Manhattan Project

Harry Truman

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Nuremberg Trials

United Nations (UN)

Academic Vocabulary

objective: something worked toward; a goal

convened: met; assembled

End of the War in Europe:

1. Use Visual Information Review the text and the photograph of the soldiers at the Elbe River. What is significant about shaking of hands by American and Soviet soldiers at this point in the war?

2. Summarize Hitler and Germany faced major challenges toward the end of the war. Using the graphic organizer below, fill in information about each fact or event that describes why it was a major challenge for Germany.

|Fact or Event |Challenge |

|Battle of Stalingrad | |

|Germany's location | |

|U.S. military production | |

Battles in the Pacific:

3. Paraphrase Military operations in the Pacific theater were based on Allied collaboration, but operations were commanded by the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. How did each contribute to Japan’s defeat?

4. Draw Inferences Why was the victory at Guadalcanal a turning point in the war in the Pacific?

End of the War in the Pacific:

5. Draw Conclusions Why was the United States interested in developing a weapon of mass destruction?

6. Assess an Argument What were the general arguments for and against using atomic bombs to end World War II? List on one side reasons why Truman might have decided to use the atomic bomb, and on the other, reasons against using the weapon.

|Use the Atomic Bomb |Do Not Use the Atomic Bomb |

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Aftermath of the War:

7. Draw Inferences What financial costs do you think the Axis should have been responsible for, and why?

8. Identify Cause and Effect The atrocities of the Nazis continued until the Allies liberated Europe and the death camps. Why do you believe it took an Allied military victory to stop the Nazis? Why didn’t the German people end the Nazis’ reign of terror?

9. Identify Key Steps in a Process After winning World War II, the Allies wanted to ensure that Axis countries would not threaten peace once again. Make a list of steps the Allies took to guard against a rebirth of Axis aggression.

The United Nations Is Formed:

10. Summarize Why was the United Nations created when there was already an organization, the League of Nations, designed to prevent world aggression?

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