Online Text Study Guide
World War II
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chapter.
51c. D-Day and German
Surrender
1. What territory had the Soviets reclaimed?
2. Explain what American and British troops were
doing to Nazis.
3. What did the Soviets want done to France?
4. Briefly explain war trick done to German army
that earned an Allie victory in France.
5. Briefly explain what happened after D-Day
which led to V-E Day?
6. What is V-E Day?
51d. War in the Pacific
1. What island was important for Japan to
take over from the U.S.?
2. What happened in the Phillipines?
3. List events of the Battle of Midway?
4. Define island hopping? What 2 islands
did the U.S. capture?
5. Define kamikaze?
6. Who became the new U.S. president in
April of 1945?
51e. Japanese-American
Internment
1. What “crime” did 127,000 people get
imprisoned for?
2. What did FDR do in February of 1942?
3. List 4 facts about the internment camps.
4. Explain how Japanese-Americans were
treated after the war.
5. What did the U.S. attempt to do for
Japanese Americans in 1988?
51f. Manhattan Project
1. What did Einstein and Fermi want to warn the
U.S. about?
2. What was the “Manhattan Project”
3. Who did not know about this secret? (Name the
people)
4. Briefly explain what Robert Oppenheimer did in
New Mexico.
5. What did the result of this test do? It puts us in
the ____________ Age (last sentence)
We will discuss the end of
World War II
Dropping the Bomb
On
Japan