Unit Guide
History 7 2003
Turning the Tide
A)
How did President Roosevelt’s opinion of
the war in
B) Describe the actions taken by the U.S. to aid Britain between 1939-1942.
C) What were the two main things that FDR did to prepare the U. S. for war?
D) Describe the conflicts between the U. S. and Japan that led to Pearl Harbor.
E) Explain why the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbor. Why did historian Barbara Tuchman believe that the Japanese attack was a mistake?
F) Discuss the conflicting historical interpretations of the U. S.’s preparedness for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
G) Describe the damage done at Pearl Harbor.
H) Describe the major conquests Japan achieved in the months following Pearl Harbor. What were the two main purposes of these conquests?
I) Describe the major economic effects that the war had on the U. S. How was the war funded?
J) Why was inflation a concern during the war? What steps were taken to combat this problem?
K) Describe the major contributions made by women and African-Americans to the war effort.
L) How did the fighting in the Pacific differ from previous naval combat?
M) Explain the importance of the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal.
N) What factors gave Britain the advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic?
O) Describe the unique aspects of desert warfare.
P) Describe the Battle of El Alamein. Why was it the decisive battle in North Africa?
Q) Describe the German offensive of 1942 on the eastern front.
R) What factors contributed to the German defeat at Stalingrad? Why was this the decisive battle of the German-Soviet War?
S) Describe the Battle of Kursk. Why was it important?
T) Why was the eastern front the decisive theatre of the European War?
Allied Victory
A) Explain the purpose of the Allied invasions of
B) What were the two main decisions made at the Casablanca Conference.
C)
Why did the invasion of
D) Describe the strategy employed by the British in bombing
E) What new technologies affected the air war?
F)
Why was
G) Describe the German strategy to oppose the Allied invasion. Describe the Allied plans for the invasion.
H) What factors caused the invasion to ultimately succeed?
I)
Describe the fighting in
J) What was the goal of Operation Market-Garden? Why did fail?
K)
Describe the
L)
What factors led to a mutual distrust
between the
M) Analyze the most important factors in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Key Terms:
1) America First Committee
2) William Allen White Committee
3) Wendell Willkie
4) Lend-Lease
5) “Arsenal of Democracy”
6) Undeclared Naval War
7) Hideki Tojo
8) Dutch East Indies
9) Admiral Yamamoto
10) Singapore
11) Douglas MacArthur
12) Bataan Death March
13) Doolittle Raid
14) OPA (Office of Price Administration)
15) Fair Employment Practices Commission
16) Japanese Internment
17) Chester Nimitz
18) ULTRA
19) Bernard Montgomery
20)
Siege of
21) second front
22)
23) Dwight D. Eisenhower
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25) George S. Patton
26)
Monte
27) Arthur “Bomber” Harris
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29) D-Day
30) Mulberries
31) Claus von Stauffenberg
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