Martin: US History
Era 8 EOC Review
World War II
1. Allies: (
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2. Axis Powers (JIG)
 Great Britain
 Italy
 France
 Germany
 USSR (Russia)
 Japan
 The United States of America.
3. The Great Depression of the 1930s led to widespread unemployment in the US and the world.
 This led to the rise of dictatorships in Europe.
4. Germany and Italy had fascist governments during WWII
5. Japan, Germany and Italy during the 1930’s were imperialistic, expansionist, and Fascist
6. The key difference between Fascism and Communism is that in the Fascist system individuals can own
private property.
7. The Treaty of Versailles contributed to the outbreak of WWII in that it caused harsh treatment towards
Germany by way of loss of land, war guilt, decrease in military and repayment of war costs.
8. Japan was the first country to start an aggressive policy of imperialism by taking over Manchuria.
9. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government has complete control over its citizens.
10. The League of Nations was ineffective in stopping Italy, Germany, and Japan from taking other territories.
US Enters the War
11. The bombing of Pearl Harbor pulled the U.S. in to WWII.
12. WWII: Isolationist
 Wanted the US to stay out of the war completely.
13. WWII Interventionalist
 Wanted to help the Allies win, send money, supplies, anything short of entering the war.
14. Government Controls during WWII
•War Production Board
•Controlled resources
•Set priorities
•Conversion from consumer to
wartime economy
15. Government Propaganda during WWII
•Office of War Information
•Maintain morale
•Encouraged citizen participation
•Propaganda advertisement
•Office of War Mobilization
•Centralization of resources
•Production goals
•Cost plus system
16. Many minorities (African-Americans and Mexicans) move from the South to Northeastern and Midwestern
cities during WWII to work in industries related to the war.
17. Women experienced a change in roles during WWII in that they worked military factory jobs formerly held
by men.
 “Rosie the Riveter” =WWII women who worked in military factories.
18. The U.S. government forced many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast to move to
camps in the interior of the country.
19. The US dropped bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to end WWII.
 President Truman justified his decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan to shorten the war and
to save the lives of U.S. soldiers.
 The Oak Ridge National Laboratory was established to develop a nuclear bomb.
20. Anti-Semitism is hatred for the Jewish race.
21. During WWII, Clarksville Tennessee, became the home for the Fort Campbell 101st Airborne.