World War II - Loudoun County Public Schools
World War II Study Guide
Causes of World War II
|Key Question: What were the causes of World War II? Remember, these factors caused a F.I.G.H.T |
|F-Fascism |
|I-Increased unemployment |
|G-Great Depression throughout the world |
|H-High War debt owed by Germany |
|T- Too much inflation |
World War II Leaders
|Key Question: Who were the leaders during World War II and what country did they lead? |
|Axis |Allies |
|1.Adolf Hitler-Germany |1.Franklin D. Roosevelt- United States |
|2.Benito Mussolini-Italy |2.Winston Churchill-Great Britain |
|3.Hideki Tojo-Japan |3.Joseph Stalin- Soviet Union |
Neutrality Direct Involvement
|Key Question: How did the United States change from neutrality to direct involvement? Answer each question. |
|Why was the United States practicing isolation at the beginning of World War II?: The United States was focused on managing the Great Depression and there were many |
|who did not want a repeat of the events (legacy) of WWI. |
|What was the Lend-Lease Program: The United States provided economic aid to the Allies (war supplies and old naval warships) in return for the use of military bases. |
|What finally pushes the United States into direct involvement?: The United States joined the war after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor |
War in the Pacific
|Key Question: Why did war begin in the Pacific? Answer the following questions. |
|Why did tension develop between the United States and Japan? Tensions rose between Japan and the United States due to Japanese aggression in East Asia. The United |
|States also placed an embargo on Japan. |
|When did Japan attack the United States? On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor without warning |
|What was the result of the attack on Pearl Harbor? United States declared war on Japan |
World War II: Home Front
|Key Question: How were Americans affected by the war in the United States? Name the 5 Aspects of the Home front. |
|WWII brought an end to the Great Depression because so many workers were needed to produce war materiel |
|Thousands of women took jobs in defense plants during the war (Rosie the Riveter: Nickname for women who took jobs in defense plants) |
|Racial barriers were broken down (there was a need for workers in defense plants) but discrimination against African Americans continued |
|Internment camps: Locations where Japanese Americans on the west coast were forced to live because of distrust and prejudice. Many Japanese Americans served |
|honorably in the armed forces. |
|Americans at home supported the war by conserving and rationing resources. |
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