Study Guide for Exam
11: World War II Era (1933 – 1945)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow
of War (1933-1941)
Review the
guided reading handout!
Some
general topics to review from that worksheet:
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Good
Neighbor Policy, actions/affairs –
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American
reaction to events in
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Neutrality
Acts of 1935, 1936, 1937
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Spanish
Civil War and FDR’s response
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Hitler-Stalin
Non-aggression Pact
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Invasion
of
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Fall
of
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Conscription
Act (and why passed)
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Destroyers-for-bases
deal
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American
reactions – Battle of
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Election
of 1940
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Lend
Lease
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Conflicts
with
Be able to
place major events in chronological order
Review the
PowerPoint notes and your readings!
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Hitler-first
strategy
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Japanese
internment and Korematsu v. United States
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Industrialization
for war, effects, labor unions, Smith v. Allright
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Know:
War Production Board, O.P.A., War Labor Board, Fair Employment Practices
Commission
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Women
in the war: industries and military service
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African-Americans
in the war: industries, Great Migration (and problems), and military service
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Significant
battles and turning points in the Pacific War:
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U.S.
Naval strategy to win the Pacific war
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North
African Front
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Major
Conferences (know order, major decisions reached):
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Conquest
of
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D-day
invasion, Operation Overlord (invasion of
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Election
of 1944
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Major
battles at the end of the war:
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