WWII Study Guide

 

1. Characteristics of Fascism, totalitarianism, and Nazism.
2. The emergence of superpowers at the end of the war: USA and USSR.
3. Know the perception of leaders in Italy, Germany, and Japan.
4. Japan’s, Germany’s and Italy’s governments after the war.
5. Holocaust timeline (Gallery Walk), causes, consequences, and impact on the modern world.
6. Japanese internment camps in the US.
7. Dropping of the atomic bombs: decision to use and consequences; cities bombed.
8. War Crime trials outcomes: Nuremberg, Japan, and Italy.
9. US Neutrality laws and production miracle.
10. Major battles in WWII: Pearl Harbor, island hopping, El Alamein, Stalingrad, etc.
11. War conferences (countries involved), The Big Three, and the Marshall Plan.