wwIIreview6




 * PERIOD 6**

How did dictators come to power in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Japan in the 1930?** __Treaty of Versailles:__ Harsh punishment to Germany Soviet Union lost land Italy felt they "didn't get enough" Unstable democracies were set up
 * ORIGINS OF THE WAR

__League of Nations__ Without the U.S, it was a failure Peace not kept No way to enforce German disarmament Germany and Italy drop out

__Global Depression:__ Large unemployment numbers Dictators could rise easily

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 * What events led to the beginning of World War II in Europe?**

Foreign policy was isolationism- staying out of conflicts
 * What was America's foreign policy in the 1930s? Why did they have this policy? How did it gradually change as the war developed in Europe?**

U.S had it because: War was expensive Kellog-Briand Act promised isolationism Fix U.S problems first Democracy might be lost

-sahitya The Japanese were joining the Axis. To decrease their power, the U.S isolated Japan from oil. Then BOOM. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
 * Why were the relations between United States and Japan strained in the 1930s?**


 * What happened at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? Why did it happen? Was it a success? What was the impact of the event?**


 * THE HOME FRONT**

Men: Played baseball, sold war bonds, particitaped in black outs, conserved gas Women: played baseball, planeted victory gardens, helped with machinery, saved waste fats, women were working more, carpooled to preserve gas Children: played baseball, helped with victory gardens, played with toy soldiers and tpy tanks, solds stamps, preserved food
 * What role did men, women, and children play on the home front? How were the lives of Americans effected by the war?**


 * How did the government gain more control of society during the war?**

Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps because Americans were scared that they could do something to the U.S. because of what happened at Pearl Harbor.
 * What happened to Japanese Americans during the war? Why? Should it have happened?**

It should not have happened because those were Japanese who bombed Pearl harbor and the Japaese Americans were Americans.


 * THE US TROOPS**

There was a diverse makeup, but it was segregated. Women could not fight in the war, bbut they became nurses. Some Japanese Americans were forced to fight.
 * What was the makeup of the America fighting forces? What about women, African Americans, Japanese Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans?**


 * THE WAR**


 * What were the plans of the Allies once the U.S. entered the war?**


 * You should be able to describe the major events and individuals of the war as well as describe the general flow of the war in Europe and the Pacific.**


 * What was the American response to the Holocaust?**


 * What is the background of the atomic bomb? What are some of the pros and cons of dropping the bomb?**


 * THE IMPACT AND LEGACY**


 * What was the impact of World War II nationally and globally? What is the legacy of the war? How is it remembered?**