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Do Now: Pass HW forward Break into groups of 4-5 Your Job:
In your groups you will have 10 minutes to play “Heads Up” Review Make sure everyone gets a turn
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Unit 8 Review Game
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In the United States, one result of World War II was that
Question In the United States, one result of World War II was that America became increasingly isolated from the rest of the world minorities were granted full civil rights industrial wages decreased the number of women in the work force increased
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4. the number of women in the work force increased
Answer 4. the number of women in the work force increased
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Question During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace. more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups. labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups. new civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices.
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Answer a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace.
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arrests made as a result of the Palmer raids
Question A violation of civil rights that occurred in the United States during World War II was the arrests made as a result of the Palmer raids passage of an open immigration law internment of Japanese Americans forced removal of Native American Indians from their reservations
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3. internment of Japanese Americans
Answer 3. internment of Japanese Americans
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Question The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the impact a single event can have on public opinion in a time of crisis effectiveness of a policy of appeasement in stopping aggression success of the pacifist movement in the United States role of communism as a negative influence in global affairs
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impact a single event can have on public opinion in a time of crisis
Answer impact a single event can have on public opinion in a time of crisis
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Question The immediate cause of United States entry into World War II was that the United States had to fulfill its collective security agreements with Western Europeans nations felt it necessary to defend the principle of freedom of the seas suffered a direct military attack was ready to use its superior military and atomic capabilities
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3. suffered a direct military attack
Answer 3. suffered a direct military attack
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Question In the 1930’s, a main reason for the failure of peace in Europe was that Great Britain and France sought to revise the Treaty of Versailles the United Nations was not supported by its member nations the Soviet Union was spreading communism into Africa and Asia Germany was seeking to dominate the European continent
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4. Germany was seeking to dominate the European continent
Answer 4. Germany was seeking to dominate the European continent
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Question Which was a major purpose of the United States and its wartime Allies at the World War II summit conferences held in Yalta and Potsdam? to plan the political future of defeated nations to reveal the events of the Holocaust to the world to establish the rules of conduct for the cold war to coordinate the development and use of the atomic bomb
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to plan the political future of defeated nations
Answer to plan the political future of defeated nations
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Question One reason the Nuremberg trials following World War II were held was to bring Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo to justice force Japan to pay for the attack on Pearl Harbor make German leaders accountable for the Holocaust punish the German government for bombing England
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3. make German leaders accountable for the Holocaust
Answer 3. make German leaders accountable for the Holocaust
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Question In which pair of events is the second event a response to the first? Truman Doctrine → D-Day Invasion Manhattan Project → Lend-Lease Act Holocaust → Nuremberg War Crimes trials Germany’s invasion of Poland → Munich Conference
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3. Holocaust → Nuremberg War Crimes trials
Answer 3. Holocaust → Nuremberg War Crimes trials
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Question The D-Day invasion in June 1944 was important to the outcome of World War II because it opened a new Allied front in Europe avoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian targets forced Italy to surrender stopped Soviet advances in eastern Europe
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opened a new Allied front in Europe
Answer opened a new Allied front in Europe
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Question The “cash and carry” policy and the Lend-Lease Act were used by the United States to help fund League of Nations efforts to maintain peace encourage British appeasement of Germany fulfill treaty obligations with Great Britain and France provide support for the Allies in World War II without entering the war
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Answer 4. provide support for the Allies in World War II without entering the war
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Question President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to December 7, 1941, as “a date which will live in infamy” because on that day Germany invaded Poland Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Italy declared war on the United States the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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2. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Answer 2. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
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Question …We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war. … —President Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 29, 1940 In urging the United States to become the “arsenal of democracy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt meant the nation should make its neutrality laws more restrictive create a military draft provide war materials to Allied nations send troops to Europe to fight in the war
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3. provide war materials to Allied nations
Answer 3. provide war materials to Allied nations
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Question After World War I, most Americans wanted the United States to follow a foreign policy of A) remaining involved in overseas affairs B) supporting the League of Nations C) isolationism in world affairs D) using United States forces to maintain peace in Europe
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C) isolationism in world affairs
Answer C) isolationism in world affairs
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Define the Lend- Lease Act
Question Define the Lend- Lease Act
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Answer authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.
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Define the Kellog- Briand Pact
Question Define the Kellog- Briand Pact
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Answer Treaty renouncing (give up) war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes
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What was the Manhattan Project?
Question What was the Manhattan Project?
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Program created to design & develop the atomic bomb
Answer Program created to design & develop the atomic bomb
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What agreements were made at the Yalta Conference?
Question What agreements were made at the Yalta Conference?
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Answer Agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender & begin post war plans Stalin to permit free elections in Eastern Europe & Russia would enter war against Japan
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What agreements were made at the Potsdam Conference?
Question What agreements were made at the Potsdam Conference?
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Answer Arrived at various agreements about German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries & reparations
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How many member states are currently apart of the United Nations?
Question How many member states are currently apart of the United Nations?
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Answer 193
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What was the purpose of the OWI?
Question What was the purpose of the OWI?
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Answer consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad
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