1. EOC Review Mod 5
World War 2

2. Causes of WWII Rise of Dictators like Hitler and Mussolini
Treaty of Versailles
Appeasement- give Hitler come of his demands to prevent further aggression (Munich Pact)

3. US Returns to isolationism
Nye Committee- Did arms manufacturers push the US into WW1?
First Neutrality Act (1935 and 1936)- US Could not give money and arms to warring countries
Second Neutrality Acts- Cash and Carry-Sell war goods to all warring countries
Japanese Expansion- US gave supplies to China
Third Neutrality Acts-Allowed allied to purchase war goods

4. Pearl harbor
US stopped trading with Japan
December 7, 1941

5. Warfront
US Fought in Northern Africa, Europe, and in the Pacific

6. Tehran Conference
Tehran Conference in Iran in November and December 1943
Discussed how to end World War 2 and postwar matters
Massive Invasion of France Code named Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Also Discussed
United Nations
Partition German
Stalin wanted Eastern Europe

7. D-Day Allied Invasion of over 150,000 soldiers on June 6, 1944
On August 25, 1944 Paris was liberated
By October Allied forces were in Germany

8. War in the pacific Island Hopping Strategy:
Battles fought mostly in the air and at sea
Major Battles: Coral Sea, Midway, Iwo Jima
March 1945 Allies invaded Okinawa
June Allies attack Tokyo
Huge casualties were a concern

9. Holocaust
Hitler’s Final Solution: Nearly two-thirds of European Jews were exterminated, 6,000,000
8 million total were exterminated (Communists, people who were disables, homosexuals, POWs, and more)
Causes:
Anti-Semitism
Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s problems

10. Events leading to extermination
Jews lost their German citizenship
Jewish businesses were destroyed- Kristallnacht
Jews sent to ghettos  concentration camps  extermination camps

11. War at home 16 million served in the Army 150,000 women volunteered
Citizens had to ration food, rubber, gas, etc

12. War and minorities
Racism still existed- Defense industries would not hire African Americans
Executive Order banned discrimination in hiring, but discrimination continued.
Bracero Program- US imported temporary workers from Mexico to work on farms. 200,000 workers came to the US. Suppose to receive fair wages and living conditions, but that did not always happen. Contributed to illegal immigration
Native Americans also served in the military. Military used code based on the Navajo language

13. War Limited civil rights
Executive Order US government arrested and relocated anyone deemed dangerous to the nation
Affected Japanese, German, and Italian Americans
Individuals placed in Internment camps

14. War ends
Allies bombed German cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, and Dresden
April Hitler commits suicide
May V-E Day Germany Surrenders

15. The atomic bomb 1939- Allied research begins
1943- Manhattan Project Begins
July First Atomic Bomb detonated in New Mexico
Potsdam Declaration- Japan must surrender unconditionally or face destruction
Remove their emperor
August Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
September WW2 Officially ends

16. Sample question #1
What was a primary goal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin when they met at the Yalta Conference in 1945?
A. setting up postwar aid for Great Britain
B. sharing the development of atomic weapons
C. protecting the colonial empires of the warring nations
D. settling major wartime issues of the Allied powers

17. Answer
What was a primary goal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin when they met at the Yalta Conference in 1945?
A. setting up postwar aid for Great Britain
B. sharing the development of atomic weapons
C. protecting the colonial empires of the warring nations
D. settling major wartime issues of the Allied powers

18. Sample question #2
The policy of Cash and Carry, the Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and the Lend-Lease Act were all designed to
A. contribute to the success of the Axis powers
B. relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression
C. guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. aid the Allies without involving the U.S. in the war

19. Answer
The policy of Cash and Carry, the Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and the Lend-Lease Act were all designed to
A. contribute to the success of the Axis powers
B. relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression
C. guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. aid the Allies without involving the U.S. in the war

20. Sample question #3
During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because
A. a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace
B. more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups
C. labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups
D. new civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices

21. answer
During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because
A. a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace
B. more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups
C. labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups
D. new civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices

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