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1. Japanese Aggression!

a. Japanese, with their westernized development, becomes the main power in Asia. Explain the following acts of aggression and when they occurred.

i. Manchuria (Manchukuo) –

ii. Mainland China –

b. What is the Stimson Doctrine?

c. These moves violated what agreement signed by 64 nations, and prompted Japan’s withdrawal from what international organization?

d. Why does Japan decide to invade its neighbors?

2. Fascist Italy Flexes its Muscle

a. What nation does Italy invade in 1935?

b. What nation does Italy invade in 1939?

c. What is Italy’s purpose for invading these countries… what does it hope to eventually gain?

3. The Nazis begin building the Third Reich

a. When did Hitler come to power?

b. What does Hitler do to the German military in 1934?

c. What gains does Germany make in 1936? –

d. Why is the Spanish Civil War significant to Germany?

e. What is Anschluss? –

f. What is the Munich Agreement of 1938? –

i. Did Germany adhere to the terms? What happened?

g. Germany signs a non-aggression pact with what nation in 1939?

h. Germany invades what nation in 1939 (with their new allies…see non-aggression pact), which kicks off WWII?

4. American involvement in the growing problem

a. Who is Gerald Nye? What is the Nye Report?

b. What is the “America First” Movement, led by Charles Lindburgh?

c. What is the significance of the “Quarantine Speech”?

i. The American people were taking the advice of what former President with regard to Europe?

d. What is the Neutrality Act of 1935?

e. What is the Neutrality Act of 1939 or “cash and carry?”

f. What did Albert Einstein communicate to FDR in 1939?

g. What is the Destroyer Deal?

h. What is the Lend Lease Act of 1941?

i. What is the Atlantic Charter of 1941?

5. The war is on in 1939 and America is on the sidelines

a. Europe

i. Hitler makes big gains in 1940 with a new tactic called?

ii. This leads to the fall of what nations in that year?

b. Japan

i. When does Japan invade Indochina?

ii. What does that prompt the US to do?

iii. Congress declared war on Japan on Dec 8, 1941 after what event?

iv. Did America know this was coming?

6. American Homefront

a. What economic improvements occurred during the war that proved Keynes correct?

b. What is the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act?

c. With regard to the idea of freedom, what argument did the NAACP make during the war?

d. What strides were made by American-Americans in WWII?

e. What kind of prejudice did they experience during the war?

f. What were the “zoot suit riots?”

g. Who were the “Codetalkers?”

h. What was Executive Order 9066?

i. What roles did women serve in the war?

7. The War - Europe

a. What theater of war did the Allies concentrate their efforts early on?

b. Where and when did the Western Allies first invade in the campaign against Germany?

c. What was the name of the collaborativist government established in France?

d. What was the last position the Germans held in North Africa before retreating into the Mediterranean?

e. From there the Western allies entered Europe in 1943 by landing at what island?

f. Then they attacked the continent by landing where in Sept 1943?

g. In the meantime, the tide had turned in Russia and in Jan 1943 the turning point in the east occurred with a Russian victory at?

h. The Invasion of France occurred when? What was the Operation name?

(Eventually the Russians squeezed Germany from the east and the allied forces pushed from the West)

i. Last ditch attempt to drive the allied forces back occurred in Dec 1944. What was this called?

8. The War – Pacific

a. What is the Battle of Coral Sea?

b. What is the Battle of Midway?

c. What is Island Hopping?

d. What was significant about the war in the pacific that was going to make it difficult to end the war?

e. What was the Manhattan Project?

f. What is Hiroshima/Nagasaki?

9. Diplomacy

a. What was the Teheran Conference?

b. What was the Yalta Conference?

c. What was the Potsdam Conference

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