Events Leading to WWII
Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
Talk with your group before shouting out an answer.
They wanted resources. Japan does not have a lot of natural resources and they were desperate after the Great Depression.
What is the term for fast, lightnight warfare?
Hint: it is a German term
Blitzkrieg
What was one way that children could participate in the War Effort
Collecting scrap.
What were the two reasons that Japanese Americans were place in Internment Camps after Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Fear and Racism
- Made the identify with a symbol
- cut their hair
- took their clothing
- took their name and replaced with a number
- took their home
- gave them the same rights as a dog
etc.
What continent did Italy invade?
This continent eventually became "Step One" for the Allies plan for Victory in Europe
Africa (Ethiopia)
Which of the following was a turning point battle in the war?
a. Iwo Jima
b. Midway
c. Pearl Harbor
d. Operation Torch
B. Midway
List at least three items that were commonly rationed during WWII.
-meat
-dairy products
-produce
-nylon stockings
-silk gloves
-oil
-gas
-rubber
Which of the following authorized the U.S. Military to remove certain people from their homes and place them in internment camps.
a. The Relocation Act
b. Executive Order 9066
c. Executive Order 8803
d. Internment and Safety Law
Describe the living conditions of Concentration Camps
student response.
Was the United States truly neutral in the early years of WWII?
You must explain your answers with evidence.
No.
- Cash and Carry Policy
- Lend Lease Act
Which battle was the first major loss for German troops?
a. Normandy
b. Midway
c. Stalingrad
d. Warsaw
c. Stalingrad
Name at least two goals of propaganda
unify under a common goal
demonize the enemy
increase production
increase efficiency
boost morale
help fund the war
Describe the living conditions in Japanese Internmen Camps.
- little to no heating and plumbing
- no schools
- limited food and fresh water
- no privacy for families
- unsafe housing
Define Ghetto
1. a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.
2 HISTORICAL
the Jewish quarter in a city.
"the Warsaw Ghetto"
What event brought the United States into WWII, and why did it happen?
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed the U.S. because they cut them off from oil. Without oil, they could not have a successful military.
Describe D-Day/Normandy Invasion
- north coast of France
- Germans were prepared
- very long and deadly battle
- Allies win, which completes step two of their plan
Native Americans and African Americans were both fighting in WWII for Victory Abroad and on the Homefront. Describe what this means.
They wanted the U.S. to win the war, and for them to earn equal rights, protection, and respect in the U.S.
Korematsu vs. United States was the court case that sued the U.S. for imprisoning Japanese Americans. Did the court decide that these internment camps were legal?
Yes, during times of war.
student response
What event marked the official beginning of WWII?
The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.
What were the two cities that the Atomic Bomb was dropped on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Explain how Mexican Laborers were affected by WWII.
The Bracero Program was created to help fill the need for manual laborers during WWII. Nearly 200,000 men from Mexico will be given Visas to come and work in the United States in labor intensive industries. They will recieve low wages and face racism and discrimination. After the war they will be sent back to Mexico.
Explain this political cartoon.
See whiteboard.
This is a cartoon created just days before executive order 9066 is signed by FDR authorizing internment camps for Japanese Americans. This depicts hundreds of Japanese Americans in line to buy/get TNT, supposedly to attack the U.S. from the inside. They will do so when they get the signal from home which is why the "lookout" is looking west.
Name at least three groups of people that were victims of the Holocaust.
- Jews
- POWs
- Roma
- Homosexuals
- Asocial
- Mentally Disabled or Ill
- etc.