US History Unit 6 HW Packet ______This is not just your homework it is also guide as a study tool for both the section quizzes and the unit test. It is very important that you know more than just the definition of each of the terms below. Understand the impact each of the terms had on other events and their connections to other events. Make sure you know the “who, what, when, where, and why” significance, causes and effects, etc. for each term and answer the main idea questions as completely as possible (this means more than a couple of sentences). ______
Chapter 13 Section 2 Appeasement Winston Churchill
Main Idea Questions: 1. How did Germany’s actions trigger WWII? 2. How did rising tension between the US and Japan affect politics in Japan?
Chapter 13 Section 3 Pacifist Quarantine Speech Lend-Lease Act Neutrality Act Cash-and-carry Atlantic Charter
Main Idea Questions: 1. Why was isolationism widespread in the years after World War I? 2. How did Roosevelt strike a balance between isolationism and intervention in the 1930’s? 3. Why did the conflict between Roosevelt and the isolationists grow as the United States prepared for the coming war? 4. What made Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor so devastating?
Chapter 13 Section 4 George C. Marshall atomic bomb Bracero Program Rosie the Riveter J. Robert Oppenheimer zoot suit riots Manhattan Project A. Philip Randolph
Main Idea Questions: 1. What were the challenges of mobilizing the armed forces? 2. What steps did the U.S. government take to mobilize industry and science? 3. Explain how mobilization triggered a fight for freedom among minority groups in the United States. 4. How do you think the changing roles of women in the United States were reflected in their experiences during wartime?
Chapter 14 Section 1 Wolf pack Tuskegee Airmen Battle of the Bulge Operation Torch Operation Overlord George S. Patton Dwight D. Eisenhower D-Day
Main Idea Questions: 1. How did the Allies overcome the German U-boats and win the Battle of the Atlantic? 2. Briefly describe the sequence of events of the war in the Soviet Union. 3. What did American forces experience in North Africa and Italy? 4. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad significant?
Chapter 14 Section 2 Anti-Semitism Genocide War Refugee Board
Main Idea Questions: 1. Briefly trace the history of Nazi anti-Semitism. 2. How did the United States respond to the reports that the Nazis were attempting to kill all of Europe’s Jews?
Chapter 14 Section 3 Douglas MacArthur Battle of Midway Battle of Iwo Jima Bataan Death March code talker Battle of Okinawa James Doolittle kamikaze
Main Idea Questions: 1. Why did the Allies experience a slow start in the war in the Pacific? 2. What events helped shift the American’s fortune in the Pacific? 3. What factors allowed the Allies to advance in 1944 and 1945?
Chapter 14 Section 4 Rationing Ernie Pyle Internment
Main Idea Questions: 1. What were some of the sacrifices and struggles facing people on the home front? 2. What was the mission of the Office of War Information in influencing public opinion? 3. Why did income tax rates increase during World War II? 4. What concern led to the internment of Japanese Americans?
Chapter 14 Section 5 Yalta Conference V-J Day V-E Day United Nations Harry S Truman Potsdam Conference Enola Gay
Main Idea Questions: 1. What was the significance of crossing the Rhine in the winning the war in Europe? 2. What finally brought victory for the Allies in the war against Japan? 3. What was the UN meant to accomplish?