Vocabulary You should be able to define these key terms and phrases:
1.A. Philip Randolph
2.Adolf Hitler
3.Lend-lease plan
4.Battle of Midway
5.Normandy Invasion
6.Battle of Iwo Jima
7.Battle of the Bulge
8.Fall of Berlin
9.Hiroshima & Nagasaki
10.War mobilization
11.Los Alamos
12.Manhattan Project
13.F.D. Roosevelt
14.H. Truman
15.Axis Powers
16.Allies
17.Pearl Harbor
18.WWII Economic Controls
19.Dwight D. Eisenhower
20.Yalta Conference
21.United Nations
22.GI Bill of Rights
23.Stalin
24.Mussolini
25.Hirohito
26.Hideki Tojo
27.Neutrality Acts
28.appeasement
Unit 6; World War II
Essential Questions At the end of the unit you should be able to answer these questions. They will show your understanding of the material. These often become the essay questions on the tests. 1.What factors led the United States
to shift from isolation in the 1920s & 1930s to an active war participant
by 1941?
2.How did the U.S. mobilize
civilians at home to help win World War II?
3.What impact did mobilization
of civilians have on women and minority groups in American Society?
4. What role did the U.S. play in
winning the wars in Europe & the Pacific?
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS FOR UNIT 6 16 - 17
Unit 6, The World War II unit includes chapters 16 and 17 from the text.