The End of the Pacific War

Unit Guide

History 8

 

Main Ideas:

  1. Describe the American strategy of island hopping in the Pacific. Explain the difficulties that existed in pursuing this strategy.
  2. Describe the fighting in China. Why was this important to the defeat of Japan?
  3. Describe the American bombing of Japan.

  4. Describe the fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

  5. What factors led President Truman to order the use of the atomic bomb?
  6. Describe the effects of the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  7. Explain Japan’s eventual decision to surrender.

  8. Analyze the most important factors in the defeat of Japan.

  9. Compare the losses suffered by the major countries in the war.

 

Key Terms:

  1. Bushido
  2. Tarawa
  3. Seabees
  4. Battle of the Philippine Sea
  5. Battle of Leyte Gulf
  6. kamikaze
  7. Chaing Kai-shek
  8. Burma
  9. Curtis LeMay
  10. Tokyo Raid
  11. Manhattan Project
  12. Los Alamos
  13. Robert Oppenheimer