Transcript Unit 7: World War II

Unit 7: World War II
AMERICAN HISTORY REVIEW
442nd Regimental Combat Team, most
decorated military unit in U.S. History was
made up of
Children of Issei
Nisei
6,000 Americans killed & 20,000 injured in taking
Japanese island of _______ _______ led to decision
to use _____________
Iwo Jima
Atomic Bomb
made the decision to use the atomic bomb
against Japan
FDR’s V-P
Truman
After World War II Japan had a new
_________________ and enacted
_______________reforms
Constitution
We the people
democratic
After WWII ended, German military and
political leaders were tried for war crimes at
Nazi Rally City
Nuremberg
Allied forces were knew German and
Japanese war plans because of
Decoding
Machine
Enigma
Although Americans wanted isolationism,
FDR tried to help Great Britain
with _____________ - and - ___________ program
Money move
Cash-and-Carry
As a result of the Battle of _______________
Japan never again dominated the Pacific
Halfway between
Hawaii & Japan
Midway
As American forces approached Japan, the
Japanese forces fought almost to last soldier,
preferring ____________ themselves to
________________.
Harikiri
killing
surrender
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Treblinka were
Nazi extermination camps for
Holocaust
Jews
Compared with ___ before 1939, working ___ of
World War II were more likely to be engaged in
heavy industrial work (one answer both blanks)
Rosie
women
During World War II, American families at home
faced _________________ of food and fuel.
coupons
rationing
During World War II, many African Americans
found work with national ________________
employers.
Made weapons
defense
During World War II, the United States developed
its first intelligence service known as ______________
before CIA
OSS
During WWII, labor shortages resulted in jobs for
________________, _____________________, and
___________________
discriminated
Women
African Americans
Mexican Americans
______________________ & __________________
emerged as the strongest nations following
World War II
Cold War
Enemies
USA
Soviet Union
FDR and knew that __________ with Japan was
imminent but not that attack would be on
______________ ______________ or on
_______________________ (date)
Event, place, date
Pearl Harbor
war
Dec. 7, 1941
Following World War II, many African Americans
were determined to _______________ for their own
__________________.
Civil Rights
Fight
Freedom
Germany’s last offensive against the allies
took place during Christmas of 1944 at the
Battle of ______________________
Fat gut
Bulge
How many American lives did Truman’s
advisors predict would be lost in an invasion
of Japan?
7 digits
1,000,000
In ______________________ v. U.S., the Supreme
Court ruled internment of Japanese
Americans was constitutional
Matsukore
Korematsu
In __________________ instructions given to
____________________ Americans, they were only
allowed to take with them what they could carry.
Moving
Asian
evacuation
Japanese
In February of 1945, Roosevelt, ______________ and
Stalin met at ______________ to coordinate strategy
to end WWII.
Brit PM
Not Malta
Churchill
Yalta
Lend-Lease Act approved by Congress in March
1941 was primarily aimed at keeping what
_______________ from caving in to the Nazi military
machine
European Island
England
Main reason Truman approved of Atom Bomb
against Japan was to _______________ loss of
______________ ___________
Make small
National
Not deaths
Minimize
American Lives
Manzanar was _______________________ camp for
________________________________
Not concentration
Asian-Americans
Internment
JapaneseAmericans
Reasons for Japanese aggression in 1941: After Japan
occupied French-Indochina U.S. placed an ___________
and __________ _____________ embargo on Japan in an
attempt to force their withdrawal.
Gasoline
junk old ships
oil
Scrap iron
The _______________________ Laws denied German
citizenship and other rights to Jews
Nazi Rally City
Nuremberg
The Allies started winning the war in Europe
after the ________________ invasion
Not H-Hour
D-Day
Throughout 1930s, the United States was unwilling
to commit itself to working with other countries to
restore stability to the world. This attitude was
reflected in its foreign policy of
Leave me alone
Isolationism
Tuskegee Airmen were sponsored by
TR’s Niece
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wartime migration led to violence between
Mexican American youths and off-duty sailors
in ___________________, California
Zoot Suit Riots
Los Angeles
With bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japan also
invaded the Philippines. This resulted in
_____________ ___________ March
Not life
Bataan Death
You will also be tested on your understanding
passages from primary source documents, political
cartoons, photographs, song lyrics, charts and graphs,
such as…
Have you heard that Minnie's In The Money?
Take my word that Minnie's In The Money
She hasn't got a guy who's got a diamond mine
But she's a welder on the old assembly line
So bless her, yes sir, for Minnie's In The Money
Minnie's In The Money, that's fine
She's helping Uncle Sam to keep these people free
She's okay, hooray! Minnies in the dough-ray-me.
Long Essay Question: (1-2 pages) Your
choice between the following:
 Compare
and contrast the Holocaust with the
Internment of Japanese Americans. Be sure to
discuss the causes and effects.
 Compare
and contrast the experience of American
soldiers fighting in World War II with that of the
civilian population at home. Be sure to include a
comparison of the roles of women or a minority
group.
Short Answer Essays: There will be some (you
choose 2 of 4 choices) short answer essays (1-2
paragraphs) such as
 Analyze
the
photograph to the
right by describing
what you see and
explaining the
historical significance
of the photo.