AMERICAN HISTORY
CHAPTER 17 PACKET:
The United States in WWII
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17.1
Mobilizing for Defense
pp. 562-568
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Americans Join the War Effort
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Selective Service and the GI
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Expanding the Military
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Recruiting and Discrimination
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Dramatic Contributions
A Production Miracle
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The Industrial Response
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Labor’s Contribution
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Mobilization of Scientists
The Federal Government Takes Control
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Economic Controls
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Rationing
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17.1
Mobilizing for Defense
pp. 562-568
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. George Marshall
2. Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC)
3. A. Philip Randolph
4. Manhattan Project
5. Office of Price Administration (OPA)
6. War Production Board (WPB)
7. rationing
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17.1
Mobilizing for Defense
pp. 562-568
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. How did the American response to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor differ from Japanese expectations?
B. What difficulties did women and minorities face in the wartime work force?
C. Why did President Roosevelt create the OSRD, and what did it do?
D. What basic problems were the OPA and WPB created to solve?
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17.2
The War for Europe and North Africa
pp. 569-577
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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The United States and Britain Join Forces
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War Plans
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The Battle of the Atlantic
The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean
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The Battle of Stalingrad
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The North African Front
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The Italian Campaign
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Heroes in Combat
The Allies Liberate Europe
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D-Day
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The Allies Gain Ground
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The Battle of the Bulge
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Liberation of the Death Camps
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Unconditional Surrender
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Roosevelt’s Death
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17.2
The War for Europe and North Africa
pp. 569-577
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower
2. D-Day
3. Omar Bradley
4. George Patton
5. Battle of the Bulge
6. V-E Day
7. Harry S. Truman
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17.2
The War for Europe and North Africa
pp. 569-577
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?
B. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?
C. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?
D. What were the results of the Italian campaign?
E. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.
F. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?
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17.3
The War in the Pacific
pp. 578-589
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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The Allies Stem the Japanese Tide
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Japanese Advances
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Doolittle’s Raid
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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The Battle of Midway
The Allies Go on the Offensive
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The Japanese Defense
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Iwo Jima
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The Battle for Okinawa
The Atomic Bomb Ends the War
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The Manhattan Project
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Rebuilding Begins
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The Yalta Conference
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The Nuremberg Trials
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The Occupation of Japan
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17.3
The War in the Pacific
pp. 578-589
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Douglas MacArthur
2. Chester Nimitz
3. Battle of Midway
4. kamikaze
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
6. Hiroshima
7. Nagasaki
8. Nuremberg trials
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17.3
The War in the Pacific
pp. 578-589
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. In what ways were the American victory at Midway and the Japanese triumph at Pearl Harbor alike?
B. Why was the Battle of Leyte Gulf so crucial to the Allies?
C. Why was Okinawa a significant island in the war in the Pacific?
D. Why was Roosevelt anxious to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany?
E. What decisions did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin make at the Yalta Conference?
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17.4
The Home Front
pp. 590-597
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Opportunity and Adjustment
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Economic Gains
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Population Shifts
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Social Adjustments
Discrimination and Reaction
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Civil Rights Protests
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Tension in Los Angeles
Internment of Japanese Americans
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17.4
The Home Front
pp. 590-597
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. GI Bill of Rights
2. James Farmer
3. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
4. internment
5. Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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17.4
The Home Front
pp. 590-597
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. How did World War II cause the U.S. population to shift?
B. How did the war affect families and personal lives?
C. What caused the race riots in the 1940s?
D. Why did President Roosevelt order the internment of Japanese Americans?
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