UNITED STATES HISTORY CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 15 WORLD WAR II 1941-1945

Chapter 15.1 Objectives The Allies Turn the Tide Analyze the reasons for and impact of the allies’ “Europe First” strategy. Explain why the battles of Stalingrad and Midway were major turning points in the war. Discuss how the Allies put increasing pressure on the Axis in North Africa and Europe.

Tennessee Curriculum Standards 15.1 EH8.7.2 Recognize WWII alliances.

Terms and People 15.1 Dwight Eisenhower George S. Patton, Jr. Unconditional Surrender Saturation Bombing Strategic Bombing Tuskegee Airman Chester Nimitz Battle of Midway

Lecture 15.1 Axis and Allies Plan Strategy Turning the Tide in Europe Increasing the Pressure on Germany Turning the Tide in the Pacific

Formative Assessment 15.1 PHSchool.com (web code [nad]-[1010]) Social Studies United States History Assessments Chapter 15 Section One

15.2 The Home Front Objectives Explain how World War II increased opportunities for women and minorities. Analyze the effects of the war on civil liberties for Japanese Americans and others. Examine how the need to support the war effort changed American lives.

Terms and People 15.2 A. Phillip Randolph Executive Order 8802 Bracero Program Internment Korematsu v. United States 442nd Regimental Combat Team Rationing OWI

Lecture 15.2 The Home Front New Economic Opportunities Workers on the Move. A Challenge to Civil Liberties Supporting the War Effort

Formative Assessment 15.2 PHSchool.com(web code[nad]-[1010]) Social Studies United States History Assessments Chapter 15 Section Two

Objectives 15.3 Victory in Europe and the Pacific Analyze the planning and impact of the D-Day invasion of France. Understand how the Allies achieved final victory in Europe. Explore the reasons President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan.

Tennessee Curriculum Standards 15.3 EH8.7.2 Recognize WWII alliances. EH8.10.3 Evaluate the impact of the Manhattan Project.

Terms and People 15.3 D-Day Battle of the Bulge Harry S. Truman Island Hopping Kamikaze Albert Einstein Manhattan Project J. Robert Oppenheimer

Lecture 15.3 Planning Germany’s Defeat D-Day Invasion of Normandy Liberation of Europe Advancing in the Pacific The Atomic Bomb Ends the War

Formative Assessment 15.3 PHSchool.com(web code[nad]-[1010]) Social studies United States History Assessments Chapter 15 Section Three

Objectives 15.4 The Holocaust Trace the roots and progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. Explore the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of the Nazi death camps. Examine how the United States responded to the Holocaust.

Tennessee Curriculum Standards EH8.3.1 Define totalitarianism, fascism, communism, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. EH7.2 Recognize WWII alliances.

Terms and People 15.4 Holocaust Anti-Semitism Nuremberg Laws Kristallnacht Genocide Concentration Camp Death Camp War Refugee Board

Lecture 15.4 Roots of the Holocaust Nazis Adopt the “Final Solution” The Allies and the Holocaust

Formative Assessment 15.4 PHSchool.com(web code [nad]-[1010]) Social Studies United States History Assessments Chapter 15 Section Four

Objectives 15.5 Effects of the War Evaluate the goals that Allied leaders set for the postwar world. Describe the steps that the United States and other nations took toward international cooperation. Explain the impact of the World War II on the postwar United States.

Tennessee Curriculum Standards 15.5 EH8.7.2 Recognize WWII alliances. EH8.8.2 Analyze how WWII affected the American economy. EH9.1.1 Recognize post-war political/social differences among Allied powers.

Terms and People 15.5 Yalta Conference Superpower GATT United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Geneva Convention Nuremberg Trials

Lecture 15.5 Allies Set Postwar Goals A New World Takes Shape International cooperation A New American Identify

Formative Assessment 15.5 PHSchool.com(web code[nad]-[1010]) Social Studies United States History Chapter 15 Assessments Section five

Summative Assessment Chapter 15 PHSchool.com(web code[nad]-[1010]) Social Studies United States History Chapter 15 Progress Monitoring