Chapter 25 Study Guide
Office of Price Administration
V-E Day
Yalta Conference
WAAC
D-Day
Nisei
George Patton
Truman
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Douglas MacArthur
Phillip Randolph
1.___________________________________ Women could serve in noncombat positions
2. __________________________________ President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the
nation’s leading African American labor union, who organized a march on Washington to protest
discrimination
3. __________________________________Fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods
4. __________________________________led the U.S. Third Army to free Paris from German occupation
5. __________________________________Marked a turning point in the war
6. __________________________________Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to begin planning for the
postwar world
7. __________________________________Marked the last German offensive
8. __________________________________ May 8, 1945; the day when Germany surrendered
9. __________________________________ His aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to end the
same American lives
10. _________________________________ Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe
11. _________________________________Made the vow, “I shall return” when forced to abandon the
Philippines
12. _________________________________Japanese Americans subjected to internment during the war
Answer each of the following questions in 1-2 paragraphs
1. What opportunities, adjustments, and tensions did the war create for Americans? Do you think most of the changes
were positive for American society?
Think About:
- economic gains
- return of servicemen to civilian life
- discrimination experienced by minorities
2. Evaluate the importance to the Allied cause of the Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of Midway, and the invasion of
Normandy. Which do you think contributed most to Allied victory and why?
Think About:
- the threat of the German U-boats
- the strategic importance of Pacific islands
- the liberation of Western Europe
3.
What do you think was on the mind of ordinary enlisted men as they took part in the invasion of Normandy?
How might their thoughts be different just before the battle, at the end of the first day, and after the invasion
moved inland? Write a brief essay in response to this question, citing three examples and evidence from
specific topics we have discussed in class.