Ch 20 Study Guide

WWII

American History

 

US Entry into War

  1. US/England relationship-

 

 

 

  1. Neutrality Act of 1939-

 

 

 

  1. Destroyers for Bases

 

 

 

  1. America First Committee-

 

 

 

  1. Lend-Lease Act-

 

 

 

 

  1. Hemispheric Defense Zone-

 

 

 

  1. Undeclared Naval War in the Atlantic

 

 

 

  1. Neutrality?-

 

 

 

  1. US/Japanese relations-

 

 

 

 

  1. Why did the Japanese decide to attack Pearl Harbor?

 

 

 

 

  1. Pearl Harbor-

 

 

 

The Homefront

  1. conversion

 

 

 

  1. Draft-

 

 

 

  1. African-Am’s in the war

 

 

 

  1. Role of Women-

 

 

 

  1. Japanese-Americans-

 

 

 

  1. Interment-

 

 

 

  1. rationing-

 

 

 

  1. Ways the average civilian could help the war effort-

 

 

 

 

  1. Victory Bonds-

 

 

Early US Action

  1. Philippines-

 

 

 

  1. Bataan Death March-

 

 

 

  1. Doolittle Raid-

 

 

 

  1. Battle of the Coral Sea-

 

 

 

  1. Battle of Midway-

 

 

 

1942 vs Germany

 

  1. North Africa

 

 

  1. Battle of the Atlantic

 

 

 

  1. Invasion of the USSR-

 

 

  1. Battle of Stalingrad-

 

 

 

  1. Difference between US/English bombing campaign vs. Germany-

 

 

 

  1. Goals of the Allied bombing campaign-

 

 

 

  1. B-17, B-24-

 

 

  1. P-38, P-51-

 

 

  1. Invasion of Italy, result-

 

 

 

  1. Operation Overlord-

 

 

 

  1. Dwight Eisenhower-

 

 

  1. Deception-

 

 

 

  1. D-Day-

 

 

  1. D-Day beaches, who for each-

 

 

 

  1. Battle of the Bulge-

 

 

 

  1. The end of Hitler-

 

 

  1. V-E Day-

 

Vs. Japan

  1. Island hopping-

 

 

 

  1. Chester Nimitz-

 

 

  1. Douglas MacArthur-

 

 

  1. Iwo Jima-

 

 

 

  1. B-29-

 

 

  1. Kamikazes-

 

 

 

  1. Okinawa-

 

 

  1. Manhattan Project-

 

 

 

  1. Hiroshima-

 

 

  1. Nagasaki-

 

 

  1. V-J Day-