Theodore Roosevelt High School



History of Chicago

World War II Homefront Review Sheet

Intro to WWII

How did the Great Depression affect other countries’ economies?

What is appeasement? How did Hitler use it to his advantage?

How did the US enter the war? Why did the US refuse to enter the war in Europe?

Who was part of the Allied side? Who was part of the Axis powers?

Chicago Homefront and Ending the Depression

What is the homefront?

What is a “total war”? What are the three resources needed?

What was the conservation effort? What are some examples of these?

What is rationing? What types of materials were rationed?

What ultimately ends the Great Depression?

Name Chicago companies that contributed to the war efforts. What were they making before and what did they make during the war?

Explain the history of O’Hare Airport (The three phases and why it changed).

WWII and the AAGPBL

How did the AAGPBL change the woman’s role during WWII?

Why did Philip K. Wrigley create the AAGPBL?

African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Italian Americans in WWII Chicago

Why did African Americans arrive in Chicago during WWII? How did affect the conditions in the Black Belt?

Name two ways how African Americans were discriminated in the military. How did

What was the CCRE and what was its purpose?

Why did Japanese Americans settle in Chicago during the war and where in the city did they settle?

How did Italian Americans respond to wartime resentment?

The Atomic Bomb

What was the Manhattan Project and how was Chicago involved in its creation?

Who was Enrico Fermi and what was Chicago Pile-1?

What were the short-term and long-term effects of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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