WW 2 Cold War Korean War World War

WW 2, Cold War, & Korean War

World War II 1. What are the causes of World War II? A. Treaty of Versailles Failed B. Germany blamed and therefore was angry C. Economic Depression D. People were desperate for help E. German invaded Poland after having taken over Austria and Czechoslovakia

Starting World War II 2. What were people looking for after the Great Depression? - people were looking for strong leaders to help them out Example: Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin

3. What was World War II? - was a global war. It took place between 1939 to 1945. Most of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

4. How did America end up entering World War II? - believed in isolationism; wanted to avoid fighting; F. D. R wanted to help British so they sent military equipment and supplies to Britain; Pearl Harbor U. S naval base in Hawaii was bombed by Japanese; U. S had no choice but to enter the war in 1941

5. How did the home front help the war effort? - soldiers needed uniforms, guns, airplanes, and tanks; Ford Motor Company built airplanes and airplane engines instead of cars; people rationed (again) – meat, sugar, and gas 6. Why did the United States have to produce so many military supplies? - the country was not well prepared at the time to fight a war; had just got out of a war

7. Which two groups of people found new freedoms in the work place? - African Americans and women who now worked in factories and other places usually worked by men (“Rosie-the-Riveter”) 8. Why were some Americans worried about Japanese Americans during WW 2? - they thought that they would help Japan attack the U. S. A

9. What happened to Japanese Americans during WW 2? - many were placed in internment camps due to an order signed by F. D. R; some Germans and Italians were placed there too

Important People of WW 2 10. Who were some of the important leaders of WW 2? A. Franklin D. Roosevelt- signed order forcing 100, 000 Japanese Americans into internment camps; sent supplies to Britain B. Joseph Stalin- leader of Soviet Union; agreed with Germany not to attack each other; dictator; arrested people who spoke out against communism

C. Adolf Hitler – Germany’s leader who believed in fascism and controlled everything; dictator; conquered much of Europe; blamed many of Germany’s problems on Jews and had them imprisoned in concentration camps; many were killed.

D. Benito Mussolini- dictator in Italy; E. Harry Truman – ordered a nuclear bomb on the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan after Pearl Harbor

F. Hideki Tojo- prime minister of Japan; invaded and took over much of the Pacific region; G. Tuskegee Airmen- African American pilots who flew many successful missions over Italy during WW 2; first African American pilots in history H: Hirohito- Japanese emperor who surrendered due to many defeats and bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima; many worshipped him and thought he was a god; his soldiers crashed warplanes into Allied ships in Kamikaze attacks

Winning WW 2 11. Explain D-Day and the reason it was important. - a day on June 6, 1944 when allied soldiers invaded Northern France; allowed the Allies to move toward Germany 12. Explain V-E Day. - the day on May 1945 when Germany was forced to surrender; allies declared May 8 Victory in Europe Day, or V-E

13. Explain some of the techniques used by the Allies. A. island hopping- when Allies skipped over some islands guarded by the Japanese and captured others; trying to get closer to Japan B. Code Talkers- sent messages in Navajo language so that Japanese couldn’t understand

14. How did President Harry Truman decide to strike back at Japan in hopes to end the war? - he dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan; killed many people

15. Explain how WW 2 ended. - Japanese surrendered on August 15, 1945; WW 2 was over; this was known as V-J Day (victory over Japan Day); war ends in Europe in 1945; known as V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)

Holocaust 16. Explain the Holocaust. - one of the worst horrors of the war and human history; millions were killed at the hand of Nazis while in concentration camps; many were beaten, starved, and killed mostly because they were Jewish;

17. What happened to the people responsible for the Holocaust? - Adolf Hitler killed himself so he wouldn’t be captured; the rest went through trials known as the Nuremburg war crimes trials in which they were either hanged or given prison sentences.

Technologies of WW 2 18. List some of the new or improved technologies of WW 2. A. aircraft carriers B. submarines C. atomic bombs/ nuclear bombs D. tanks

The Cold War 19. What was the Cold War? - a war of words and ideas between the Soviet Union and United States; (had worked together to win WW 2); had different ideas, government, and economics

20. Describe the Roots of the Cold War as it relates to the United States. A. U. S. A believed in capitalistic govt. - people control business and services; also had market economy where individual and businesses make most economic decisions; country believed in democracy (where people vote for their leaders)

B. Soviet Union believed in communism in which the gov’t controls the nations natural and capital resources; tells people where to work and live; had a dictator (Joseph Stalin) who arrested people who spoke out against communism; people didn’t have any control over gov’t.

Iron Curtain 21. Explain the “Iron Curtain”. - after WW 2, Allies shared control over Germany; Russia controlled Eastern half and U. S, Britain, and France controlled western half; Eastern Berlin was communist and Western was democratic; Iron Curtain was a symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist. President Harry Truman promised to help any country that U. S. S. R tried to turn communist. This policy was called the Truman Doctrine.

22. What is NATO? What is its purpose? - an alliance that was formed with U. S. A, Britain, and most noncommunist countries of Europe. This was called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ; Its purpose was to keep the U. S. S. R from forcing communism on other countries. 23. Explain the Berlin Wall. - a wall that prevented people from leaving East Berlin built by the Soviets;

24. How did the United States and Britain help end the blockade of Berlin? - they flew food and supplies into the city since Germans blocked off roads and other ways into East Berlin; known as Berlin Airlift. 25. What is Mc. Carthyism? - when Senator Joseph Mc. Carthy headed a movement to root out Communists in America; people accused of being communist lost their jobs, or friends and were arrested; also known as “Red Scare”

Nuclear Weapons 26. What was the nuclear arms race? Who played a part in this? - race between the United Sates and Soviet Union; Each Country built thousands of atomic bombs; this was a conflict without any direct warfare between the two nations. People around the world were scared of a nuclear war

United Nations 27. Explain the United Nations and its purpose. -After WW 2, many nations organized to keep peace around the world; it was known as the United Nations; its first job was with Korea.

Korean War 28. Describe the Korean War. - South Korea (a free nation) was a nation supported by the U. S. A; In 1950, North Korea (communist) troops invaded South Korea; 16 UN nations joined the fight and were able to push North Korea back; the nations still remain separated today

Cuban Missile Crises 29. What was the Cuban Missile Crises? - Nikita Khrushchev leader of Russia was a brutal dictator; he began to challenge the U. S which almost ended in a nuclear war; Russia built secret nuclear missile bases in Cuba; they thought that U. S might attack Cuba;

John F. Kennedy ordered the U. S navy to blockade Cuba so that Soviet ships with missiles could eventually not reach Cuba; Khrushchev ordered ships with missiles to turn back before they reached U. S ships; eventually the missiles were removed from Cuba.