Chapter 39/40/41

1. What was the purpose of most wartime Propaganda?
2. What kind of attacks was the US launching against Japan?
3. What was the Atlantic Charter?
4. How many casualties did the US suffer on Okinawa?
5. Define “Malignant”.
6. Define “Retribution”.
7. What was FDR’s opinion on Imperialism?
8. What were FDR’s last words?
9. Who became President following FDR’s death?
10. How did the Vice President first impress many people, including FDR?
11. Who told the Vice President of FDR’s death?
12. How many times was FDR elected President?
13. Historians consider FDR to be one of this nation’s greatest presidents. Who else tops that list?
14. What two crises did FDR lead the nation through?
15. What does the book mean when it says that FDR “included the excluded”?

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Chapter 36/37

Chapter 36

1. Where do some historians say that the war was won?
2. What is a convoy, and what purpose did they serve?
3. What was Operation Torch, and where did it finally occur?
4. The Allies believed that Italy would be easy to capture, why?
5. What was the Atlantic Wall?
6. Where did Germany believe that the Allies would attack france?
7. Why did they believe we would attack there?

Chapter 37

8. What was the first step of the D-Day invasion?
9. Why were the Germans not expecting an attack on D-Day?
10. What happened to the Americans on Omaha beach?
11. What were the code names for the 5 beaches where the allies landed?
12. How long had troops trained for this invasion?

Ch 32/33

Chapter 32

1. Explain how airpower changed how some people see killing.
2. Describe segregation in the US military.
3. What is a torpedo?
4. Describe the new invention designed to help with attacks on islands.
5. In what ways were German and Japanese engineers ahead of us during the war?
6. What is an “Enigma machine”?
7. What code was never broken during the war?

Chapter 33

8. What challenges are created by a two front war?
9. How many ships were sunk by U-Boats in the first 4 months of 1942?
10. Why did Japan “get greedy”?
11. Why did the Japanese want Midway Island?
12. How many Japanese carriers were destroyed at Midway?

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Chapter 31

1. Who were the three allied leaders that the book speaks about, and what countries do they represent?
2. Why did Russia switch sides during the war?
3. What was Stalin’s leadership style?
4. Describe the Battle of Britain.
5. What did Hitler write about in Mein Kampf?
6. What did Hitler need in Russia?
7. Why did the German invasion of Russia go poorly?
8. What types of supplies did FDR send to Stalin?
9. How many Russians died during WWII?
10. From what you have learned so far, how was WWII different than WWI? Make a list.