USH Module 6 Wrap Up #1 Bellwork

What was the official U.S. position at the start of World War II?

• Military engagement

• Support for fascism

• Neutrality and isolationism

• Active intervention

Match each WWII leader to their country.

• Benito Mussolini

• Germany

• Joseph Stalin

• Japan

• Hideki Tojo

• Soviet Union

• Adolf Hitler

• Italy

The ​ (a)   policy allowed the U.S. to sell arms to Allies if they paid in cash and transported goods themselves, while the ​ (b)   policy gave the president power to provide military aid to countries vital to U.S. defense.

• Cash and Carry
• Lend-Lease Act
• Neutrality Acts
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Destroyers for Bases Agreement
• Good Neighbor Policy
• Atlantic Charter

Put the following events in chronological order.

• Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland

• Germany invades Poland

• Hitler becomes Chancellor

• Germany annexes Austria and the Sudetenland

What event caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Invasion of Poland

• Annexation of Austria

• Remilitarization of the Rhineland

• The Holocaust

Match each agency or action with its purpose.

• Propaganda Posters

• Encouraged support and sacrifice

• Rationing

• Preserved materials for the military

• War Bonds

• Organized wartime industry

• War Production Board

• Funded the war effort

Match each group to its WWII contribution.

• Native Americans

• Tuskegee Airmen, Double V Campaign

• Women

• Navajo Code Talkers

• African Americans

• Worked in factories (Rosie the Riveter)

What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific during WWII?

• Full naval blockade

• Island hopping toward Japan

• Invade mainland China

• Defend only Hawaii and Guam

The ​ (a)   was a major turning point in the Pacific, while the ​ (b)   marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

• Battle of Midway
• D-Day
• Battle of the Bulge
• Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Island Hopping
• V-E Day
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer

What emotion does this quote reflect about the atomic bomb test?

• Celebration

• Confusion

• Political pressure

• Regret and awe