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• What are the objectives of Unit 15?

  • Describe American foreign policy after WWI
  • Identify Axis Powers' regimes
  • Recognize US support for Allies before direct involvement
• What did President Wilson propose after World War I?

  The League of Nations
• Why did the League of Nations fail?

  The US Senate rejected joining it
• What was the consequence of the US not joining the League of Nations?

  Nations restored military forces despite sanctions
• Who took over Italy during the rise of new regimes?

  Benito Mussolini
• Who led the Nazis in Germany?

  Adolf Hitler
• What type of government took over Japan?

  Military leaders
• What territories did the Axis Powers invade in the 1930s?

  • Hitler: Austria and Czechoslovakia
  • Mussolini: Ethiopia and Albania
  • Japan: Korea and northern China
• What event triggered France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany?

  Germany's invasion of Poland
• What was the US's stance at the beginning of World War II?

  The US declared neutrality
• What did the Neutrality Act of 1939 allow?

  "Cash and carry" policy for supplies
• What did the Lend-Lease Act provide?

  War supplies for free to Allies
• When was the Lend-Lease Act passed?

  March 1941
• How did critics view the Lend-Lease Act?

  As direct involvement in the war
• What was the Atlantic Charter?

  Declaration for cooperation against Axis Powers
• What event led to the US declaring war on Japan?

  The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

  December 7, 1941
• When did Germany declare war on the US?

  December 11, 1941
• How did the American public respond to the war effort?

  • Rallying under "Remember Pearl Harbor!"
  • 5 million men enlisted
  • 10 million were drafted
  • Women's Army Corps (WAC) established
• What was Executive Order 8802 aimed at?

  Ceasing discrimination in war industries
• What was the purpose of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)?

  To improve conditions for soldiers
• What was the Manhattan Project?

  • Secret OSRD program
  • Aimed at developing nuclear weapons
  • Overseen by General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Conducted at Los Alamos
• What is the focus of Unit 15 in this study material?

  America in World War II
• What are the objectives of this unit?

  Identify key battles, recognize Allies' strategies, describe tactics
• What are the key events and battles mentioned in this unit?

  • Doolittle Raid (April 1942)
  • Battle of Coral Sea (May 1942)
  • Operation Torch (November 1942)
  • Battle of Midway (June 1942)
  • Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942-February 1943)
  • Allied Invasion of Italy (1943)
• What was the Doolittle Raid?

  American bombers attacked Japan after Pearl Harbor
• What was the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea?

  Japan attempted to invade Australia and New Guinea
• What was Operation Torch?

  Allied invasion of North Africa against German forces
• What was the outcome of the Battle of Midway?

  Destruction of four Japanese aircraft carriers
• What happened during the Battle of Stalingrad?

  Soviet troops halted the German advance in winter
• What tactics and strategies led to Allied victory in World War II?

  • Air Battle: Concentrated bombing operations
  • Battle of the Atlantic: Naval blockades and U-boat attacks
  • Use of sonar technology and intelligence breakthroughs
• What was the goal of aerial concentrated bombing operations (CBOs)?

  Target German supply lines and civilian morale
• Who led the Doolittle Raid?

  1. Col./Gen. James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle
• Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps?

  1. Erwin Rommel
• What was the significance of the Battle of Guadalcanal?

  It was a crucial turning point in the Pacific
• How did the Allies turn the tide of the war in the Battle of the Atlantic?

  Improved tactics with sonar and intelligence