Aim: What do we need to
study?
HW: Study for Test
The Holocaust
The Allies decided to put Nazi leaders
on trial for the Holocaust.
 They conducted war crimes trials in
Nuremberg, Germany.
 Nuremberg Trials – 12 Nazi leaders
were sentenced to death.
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Review for Test
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1.They invaded Poland.
2.Define:
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Holocaust: genocide of European Jews by
Germans- called the “Final Solution”
Rationing: limiting the use of food, gas and
other items so that they can be used in the
war effort.
Island Hopping: strategy used by Allied
forces to attack Japan.
Appeasement: Policy of giving someone
something that they want – example:
Germany gained Sudentanland.
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3.Leaders of Germany and Italy:
Hitler(Germany) and
Mussolini(Italy)
4.Isolationist: Nation that stays
away from other countries – not
involved.
5.Neutrality Acts: Laws that banned
arms sales to countries at war.
6.Lend – Lease: give weapons and
aid to nations who were critical in
the defense of democracy.
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7. Describe Arsenal of Democracy: US
providing weapons to protect democracy.
8. Identify the Atlantic Charter:
Roosevelt and Churchill would not
benefit from war, set up goals for post
war world.
9. What was the Result of Pearl Harbor:
United States enters WWII.(A date that
will live in infamy.)
10.Identify Operation Overlord: allied
forces went to Europe- General
Eisenhower. D-Day: August 25th –
France is free, fight Germany in Northern
Europe.
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11. Describe what happened to Japanese
Americans on the West Coast: they are
put into relocation (internment) camps
because they were believed to be spies.
12. How was the war financed? Liberty
Bonds
13. What impact did women have on the
war effort? They went to work in the
factories.
14. How did the war end? US dropped
bombs on Japan at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. The name of the B-52 bomber
was Enola Gay.
15. What was the Manhattan Project?
Research project to develop the atomic
bomb.
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16. Identify the Nuremberg Trials:
Nazi leaders put on trial for war
crimes. Held responsible for their
actions. People have a moral
obligation to not follow orders.
17.What happened to Germany
after the Nazi regime? Germany
was controlled by Allied nations.
18. Douglas MacArthur – American
general promised to go back to the
Philippines.
19. Neutrality before WWII – US was
unhappy with the ending of WWI.
 20. Ethnic groups fighting in the
armed forces – faced discrimination.
 21. Office of Price Administration –
rationing scarce goods.
 22. Result of both world wars –
continued disputes between nations.
 23. Purpose of League of Nations and
United Nations? Maintain world
peace.
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Friday
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40 Multiple Choice Questions
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The DBQ will be handed back to you –
then you will write the DBQ.
The question is…..
Describe 4 ways America changed during
WWII.
Examples:
• Women – went to work, Rosie the Riveter, yes
they did – gas station attendants, mail
carriers, police officers
• Rationing – books used to ration goods,
meatless and wheat less days, victory gardens
• Financing the war – liberty bonds
• Going from peace time economy to war time
economy – no cars=tanks
• Ethnic Groups – African Americans –
fought for equal pay
• Japanese Americans – forced to move
relocation camps – sell businesses,
Freddy boy (KOREMATSU)