Guided Reading Questions/Terms: Chapter 35
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CHAPTER 35
America in World War II
Big Picture Themes:
1. The first goal of the U.S. in the war was to mobilize. This meant signing up thousands of troops, and
switching the American economy over to war. For example, it was time to stop making sedans, and
start building bombers.
2. The war affected all Americans. Men (of all races) went to war and women took the jobs the men
had left.
3. In the Pacific, the U.S. “island hopped” over four years from Hawaii all the way to Okinawa and
were “knocking on Japan’s door.” Finally, the atomic bomb drove Japan to surrender.
4. In Europe, the U.S. and her allies worked from North Africa up through Italy and toward the “soft
underbelly” of Germany. Then, the massive D-Day invasion drove the Nazis back to Germany where
Hitler committed suicide and his generals surrendered.
Chapter 35 “Need to Know”
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower
2. George S. Patton
3. Thomas E. Dewey
4. Harry S Truman
5. Albert Einstein
6. Office of Price Administration
7. Fair Employment Practice Commission
8. Second Front
9. D-Day
10. V-E Day
11. Casablanca Conference
12. Potsdam Conference
13. Teheran Conference
14. Manhattan Project
15. braceros
Guided Reading Questions/Terms: Chapter 35
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Chapter 35 Reading Questions:
The Allies Trade Space for Time
1. "America's task was far more complex and back-breaking [in World War II] than in World War I."
Explain.
The Shock of War
2. How did the war affect liberal ideals and goals at home?
Building the War Machine
3. What effects did the war have on manufacturing, agriculture and labor?
Manpower and Womanpower
4. What opportunities were opened to women as a result of the war?
Wartime Migrations
5. What effect did the war have on the nation's minorities?
Holding the Homefront
6. What economic effects resulted from American participation in the war?
The Rising Sun in the Pacific
7. Describe Japanese victories in the Pacific in the months following Pearl Harbor.
Guided Reading Questions/Terms: Chapter 35
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Japan's High Tide at Midway]
8. Why was Midway an important battle?
American Leapfrogging Toward Tokyo
9. What strategy did the United States use to defeat the Japanese?
The Allied Halting of Hitler
10. "The war against Hitler looked much better at the end of 1942 than it had in the beginning." Explain.
A Second Front from North Africa to Rome
11. Describe the purpose and outcome of the Invasion of North Africa.
D-Day: June 6, 1944
12. Why could June 6, 1944 be considered THE turning point of the war?
FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944
13. Why was the choice of a vice-presidential candidate important and difficult for the democrats in
1944?
Roosevelt Defeats Dewey
14. What factors led to Roosevelt's victory over Dewey?
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The Last Days of Hitler
15. Describe the last six months of war in Europe.
Japan Dies Hard
16. Explain the meaning of the title of this section.
The Atomic Bombs
17. What was the military impact of the atomic bomb?
The Allies Triumphant
18. "This complex conflict was the best fought war in America's history." Explain