American History
Chapter 26 The Road to War
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Promoting Peace
1. How did the United States try to promote peace after World War I? (775)
2. What did the Kellogg-Braid Pact state? (777)
Rise of Dictators (784 – 789)
Italy
3. Who was the Italian Dictator?
4. What was the name of his party?
5. What was the name of the army formed by his followers?
6. List three ways he limited the rights of the Italian People.
A.)
B.)
C.)
7. What African country did Italy conquer?
Germany
8. Who was the German Dictator?
9. What was the name of his party?
10. What was the name of his government?
11. Who did Hitler blame for the decline of Germany?
12. List three ways Hitler took control of Germany
A.)
B.)
C.)
13. What was the name of his personal army?
14. How did he treat the Jews?
Spain
15. Who was the dictator of Spain?
16. How did he come to power?
Japan
17. Who controlled the government of Japan?
18. What did they want?
19. What did they take first?
Response to Fascism (790 – 791)
1. Why did the Soviets mend diplomatic relations with the United States?
2. What three countries became the Axis Powers?
3. Because the British and the French did not want a war with Germany, they followed a
policy of appeasement. Describe this policy.
WAR
4. Why did the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact with Germany?
5. A.) What event triggered World War II?
B.) What was the date of this event?
6. During the 1940 election what did Franklin D. Roosevelt promise?
7. How did the United States help the British in 1940 and 1941?
Continuing Aggression (793 – 794)
8. Define blitzkrieg:
Maginot Line
9. What was the Atlantic Charter?
10. Why did the United States keep up the appearance of continuing negotiations with Japan
even after Japan attacked China and French Indochina?
Chapter 27 World War II
World War II official began on September 3, 1939 and the Untied States entered on
December 8, 1941. The background causes of the war were 1.) the rise of dictators throughout the
world 2) world wide depression 3.) Germany’s desire for revenge (for the harsh punishment
under the Treaty of Versailles) 4.) the United State’s refusal to assume a position as a world leader
choosing a policy of isolation) 5.) inability of the League of Nations to stop the aggression of its
members, and 6.) imperialism (the desire of the Germans, Italians, and Japanese to expand their
territories.
1. A.) What event forced the Untied States to enter the war?
B.) What was the date of this event?
2. A.) What battleship became a monument?
B.) Of the nearly twenty battleships sunk on that day, why was this ship chosen?
Section 1 pages 800-806
Early Difficulties
1. List two advantages the Axis Powers had over the Allied Powers:
A.)
B.)
2. By the end of 1942, the Japanese controlled:
3. Why was the Battle of the Coral Sea important for the Allies?
4. How did the United States know where the Japanese were going to attack?
5. Why was the Battle of Midway a turning point in the war in the Pacific?
6. Which country scored the greatest number of military victories before October of 1942?
7. A.) Who was Erwin Rommel?
B.) What was his nickname?
8. Why were the Battle of El Alamein in Africa and the Battle of Stalingrad in Russia the
turning points of the war of the Allies?
9. List two reasons why the allies were able to overcome the powerful offensive mounted by
the Axis Powers?
A.)
B.)
10. What is meant by the term “unconditional surrender:?
11. Why did Churchill and Roosevelt agree to the Soviet request to attack the Axis from the
South?
Section 2 The Home Front pages 807-813
1. How did the war lift the United States out of the depression?
2. How did the government keep inflation down?
3. How did the government raise an army?
4. List four ways the government promoted the war:
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
5. How were Japanese – Americans in the United States treated during the war?
6. What did “Rosie the Riveter” symbolize?
Section 3 Victory in Europe pages 814-827
1. After the Allies took Africa, what island did they take before invading Italy?
2. After Italy was defeated in April of 1944, what happened to Mussolini?
3. How were the Allies able to win the Battle of the Atlantic?
4. A.) What was the Allied invasion of France called?
B.) What was the date of the invasion?
C.) Who was the Allied commander?
5. As the Allies began pushing Germany back, Germans made one last counter offensive.
What was the name of this offensive?
6. What were the results of the Yalta Conference?
A.)
B.)
C.)
7. Why was the bombing of Dersden a mistake?
8. A.) When did Germany surrender?
B.) Give the date and name of the day on which Germany surrendered.
9. What was the Allied strategy to take Japan and explain it.
10. Who was the American who commanded the Allies in the Pacific?
11. What was the term of the Japanese suicide piolet?
12. What was the Manhattan Project and who were some of the key people of it.
13. List three reasons why President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb.
A.)
B.)
C.)
14. A.) On what two cities did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
B.) How many people were killed by the bombings?
15. When and where did Japan surrender?
Terms to know for SOL 10a
Neutrality
Invasion
Isolationist
Battle of Britain
Lend Lease Act
Totalitarian
Aggression
December 7, 1941
Adolf Hitler
Franklin Roosevelt
SOL10b
Submarine warfare
Island hopping
Predominance
Miracle of Midway
June 6, 1944
Harry Truman
Quotes (Who said them and what did they mean)
“Lending a garden house to a neighbor whose house is on fire”
“Defeat Hitler first”