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:

r      London Economic Conference

r      Soviet Union Recognition

r      Good Neighbor Policy, actions/affairs – Latin America, Reciprocal Trade Agreements 34

r      American reaction to events in Europe

r      Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, 1937

r      Spanish Civil War and FDR’s response

r      Panay Incident, Problems with Japan, Quarantine Speech

r      Munich Conference

r      Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression Pact

r      Invasion of Poland and beginning of WW II

r      Fall of France

r      Conscription Act (and why passed)

r      Destroyers-for-bases deal

r      American reactions – Battle of Britain

r      Election of 1940

r      Lend Lease

r      Conflicts with Japan and Pearl Harbor

Be able to place major events in chronological order

 

America in World War II (1941-1945)

Review the PowerPoint notes and your readings!

 

r      Hitler-first strategy

r      Japanese internment and Korematsu v. United States

r      Industrialization for war, effects, labor unions, Smith v. Allright

r      Know: War Production Board, O.P.A., War Labor Board, Fair Employment Practices Commission

r      Women in the war: industries and military service

r      African-Americans in the war: industries, Great Migration (and problems), and military service

r      Significant battles and turning points in the Pacific War: Coral Sea, Midway, Guam/Marianas Islands, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima/Okinawa, etc.

r      U.S. Naval strategy to win the Pacific war

r      North African Front

r      Battle of Stalingrad

r      Major Conferences (know order, major decisions reached): Atlantic, Casablanca, Teheran, Potsdam, Yalta

r      Conquest of Sicily and Italian campaign (job?)

r      D-day invasion, Operation Overlord (invasion of France and consequences for the war)

r      Election of 1944

r      Major battles at the end of the war: Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Leyte Gulf

r      Potsdam ultimatum, decision to drop atomic bombs