GLOBAL TURMOIL and AMERICA AT WAR

• What was the purpose of the League of Nations proposed by President Wilson?

  To promote international cooperation and peace
• Why did the US Senate reject joining the League of Nations?

  To maintain American neutrality
• What was a significant failure of the League of Nations?

  It failed to enforce rules effectively
• Who took over Italy during the rise of fascism?

  Benito Mussolini
• Who led the Nazis in Germany?

  Adolf Hitler
• What type of government took over Japan during this period?

  Military leaders
• What was the Axis Powers' strategy in the 1930s?

  To invade foreign territories to demonstrate power
• Which countries did Hitler annex in the mid-1930s?

  Austria and Czechoslovakia
• Which country did Mussolini invade?

  Ethiopia
• Which territories did Japan invade?

  Korea and China
• What event triggered France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany?

  Germany's invasion of Poland
• What was the Neutrality Act of 1939?

  It maintained US neutrality during the war
• What was the "cash and carry" policy?

  It sold supplies to Britain and France for cash
• Who was the first US President to be re-elected for a third term?

  FDR
• What did the Lend-Lease Act do?

  Provided war supplies to Allies for free
• Why did critics oppose the Lend-Lease Act?

  They saw it as direct involvement in the war
• What did the Atlantic Charter call for?

  International cooperation against the Axis
• What action did FDR take against German U-boats?

  Ordered navy ships to attack them
• What event caused the US to declare war on Japan?

  The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• When did President Roosevelt declare war on Japan?

  December 8, 1941
• When did Germany declare war on the United States?

  December 11, 1941
• What was the primary objective of the Allied Powers?

  To defeat Nazi Germany
• What was the Tehran Conference about?

  Allies declared cooperation for Axis surrender
• How did propaganda influence the American public after Pearl Harbor?

  Encouraged funding and supplying the war effort
• How many men enlisted for boot camp after Pearl Harbor?

  5 million men
• How many men were drafted by the Selective Service?

  10 million men
• What role did George Marshall play during the war effort?

  Persuaded Congress to establish the WAC
• What was the purpose of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC)?

  To train women for army support roles
• How many Americans worked in factories during the war effort?

  18 million Americans
• What was the impact of the war effort on the American workforce?

  It tripled between 1941 to 1944
• What did Executive Order 8802 accomplish?

  Ended discrimination in war industries
• What was the Manhattan Project?

  OSRD program to develop a nuclear weapon
• Who oversaw the Manhattan Project?

  1. Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer
• How did President Roosevelt describe December 7, 1941?

  As "a date which will live in infamy"
• What happened the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

  Japanese troops invaded the Philippines
• What is the objective of Unit 15: Part 3?

  Identify key battles of World War II
• How did the Allies turn the tide of the war in World War II?

  By halting the Axis Powers' advances
• What was the Doolittle Raid?

  American bombers attacked Japan in April 1942
• What was the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea?

  Japan attempted to invade Australia and New Guinea
• When did Operation Torch occur?

  November 1942