TERMS & NAMES
For each term or name below, write a sentence explaining its
connection to World War II.
1. A. Philip Randolph 7. Douglas MacArthur
2. Manhattan Project 8. Hiroshima
3. rationing 9. GI Bill of Rights
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower 10. Congress of Racial
5. D-Day Equality (CORE)
6. V-E Day
MAIN IDEAS
Use your notes and the information in the chapter to answer
the following questions.
Mobilizing for Defense (pages 768–774)
1. How did the U.S. military reflect the diversity of American
society during World War II?
2. How did the federal government’s actions influence civilian
life during World War II?
3. What role did the media play in helping the country mobilize?
The War for Europe and North Africa (pages 775–783)
4. How did the Allies win control of the Atlantic Ocean between
1941 and 1943?
5. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?
6. How did the Battle of the Bulge signal the beginning of the
end of World War II in Europe?
The War in the Pacific (pages 784–793)
7. Briefly describe the island war in the Pacific.
8. Why did President Truman decide to use atomic weapons?
The Home Front (pages 796–801)
9. How did the U.S. economy change during World War II?
10. What events show the persistence of racial tensions?
CRITICAL THINKING
1. USING YOUR NOTES In a chart like the one shown, provide
causes for the listed effects of World War II.
2. ANALYZING ISSUES Would you support the use of nuclear
weapons today, and if so, under what circumstances?
3. INTERPRETING MAPS Judging from the map on page 778,
why was a victory in North Africa essential to an invasion of
southern Europe?
CHAPTER ASSESSMENT
Effects
The U.S. enters the war.
Congress creates the Office
of Price Administration.
Japanese Americans are
sent to relocation centers.
Top Nazi officials are put
on trial at Nuremberg.
Causes
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VISUAL SUMMARY
• Discontent about Treaty of Versailles
• Economic instability in Europe
• Rise of totalitarian governments
LONG-
TERM CAUSES
IMMEDIATE CAUSES
• Expansion of Germany, Italy, and
Japan
• Failure of appeasement
• German invasion of Poland
• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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IMMEDIATE EFFECTS
• Defeat of Axis powers
• Destruction and immense loss of life
• Recognition of Holocaust
• Founding of United Nations
LONG
-TERM EFFECTS
• Rise of United States and Soviet Union
as superpowers
• Cold War
• Soviet control of Eastern Europe
• Divided Germany
• Development of nuclear capability
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