World War II Powerpoint Note Taking Guide
Chapter 17: World War II: The Road to War (1931-1941)
Totalitarian governments-
fascism-
Stalin's economic plans
1. effect on agriculture production leads to mass starvation
2.
3. major industrial power but low standard of living
Stalin's reign of terror
purges-
result-
Fascism in Italy
Benito Mussolini-
nickname-
rule improved the Italian economy how?
Hitler's Rise to Power
Hitler's background/Versailles treaty
Nazi party-
Mein Kampf-
Der Fuhrer means _________ ____________
March 7th, 1936-Germany enters Rhineland -region in Western Germany
Axis powers-
appeasement-
Spanish Civil War-
Francisco Franco-
Results-
Section 2: Europe goes to war
September 1st, 1939-
blitzkrieg-
collaboration-
Allies-
Battle of Britain-
RAF-
Section 3: Japan builds an Empire
Manchurian incident
puppet state
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Tripartite Pact-
Section 4: From Isolationism to War
Neutrality Acts-
1st-
2nd-
3rd-cash and carry-
America First Committee
Lend-Lease Act
December 7th, 1941-
"a date which will live in infamy"
Chapter 18: World War II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Section 1: Mobilization
The Selective Training and Service Act
GIs
code talkers-
Office of War mobilization-
liberty ships
Smith-Connally Act
Financing the War
debt increase:
Daily life on the Home front-
Office of Price Administration-
victory gardens-
Section 2: Retaking Europe
Atlantic Charter
Battle of the Atlantic
North Africa Campaign
The Invasion of Italy
The German Advance
The Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
RAF and Carpet bombing-
Operation Overlord-
D-Day-
Battle of the Bulge-
Yalta Conference-
1.
2.
3.
4.
Section 3: The Holocaust
anti-semitism-
Holocaust-
concentration camps-
Kristallnacht-
Warsaw ghetto-
Wannsee Conference-
genocide-
death camps
War Refugee Board
Nuremburg Trials
Section 4: The War in the Pacific
Bataan Death March
Geneva Convention
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
island-hopping
Battle of Leyte Gulf
kamikazes
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Manhattan Project
Section 5: The Social Impact of the War
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
braceros
barrios
interned
Nisel
Rosie the Riveter