Chapter 20 Notes
American and WWII, 1941-1945
Section 1
Define the following terms:
Cost-plus
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Liberty Ship
War Production Board
Selective Service and Training Act
Disfranchised
1. List two ways the United States government mobilized for war even before the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
a.
b.
2. How did the cost-plus system effect production?
3. How did American industry contribute to the war effort?
4. How did the role of women in the military change during WWII?
5. How did African-Americans use the war to promote civil rights?
Section 2
Define the following terms:
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
James Doolittle
Periphery
George Patton
Convoy system
1. Explain the events AND the importance of the following battles:
a. Battle at Bataan Peninsula
b. Battle of Midway
c. Allied invasion of North Africa
d. Battle of Stalingrad
2. What obstacles did the U.S. face in fighting the Japanese in the Pacific?
3. How were Americans able to know about Japanese plans against the United States
in the Pacific?
4. Why did the Allies invade North Africa first?
5. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in the war?
Section 3
Define the following terms:
Rosie the Riveter
Philip Randolph
Sunbelt
Zoot suit
Rationing
Victory garden
E bond
1. What are three ways Americans supported the war effort at home?
a.
b.
c.
2. Why did Roosevelt create the Fair Employment Practices Commission?
3. How did American attitudes about women change during the war?
4. What were some migration trends that took place during the war?
5. How did racism and discrimination affect the following groups during the war?
a. Japanese Americans
b. Mexican Americans
c. African Americans
6. How did the government ration products during WWII?
Section 4
Define the following terms:
Casablanca Conference
Operation Overload
D-Day
Omar Bradley
Amphtrac
Guadalcanal
Kamikaze
1. List the results of the following battles:
a. Sicily
b. Normandy
c. Leyte Gulf
2. How did Churchill and Roosevelt plan to defeat Germany?
3. What agreements were reached at Tehran?
4. How did the allies trick the Germans prior to the D-Day invasion?
5. Why did this invasion have to begin at night?
6. Why was the D-Day invasion so significant in ending the war?
7. How did the geography of the Pacific affect American plan to defeat Japan?
Section 5
Define the following terms:
Hedgerows
Battle of the Bulge
V-E Day
Harry S Truman
Curtis LeMay
Napalm
Manhattan Project
V-J Day
United Nations
Charter
1. Make a time of events that occurred during 1945. (8 events)
2. How did the Allies work with the Soviets to defeat the Germans?
3. Why is the Battle of the Bulge so significant?
4. Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?
5. Why did Truman want to establish an international organization?