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America Debates Involvement
World War II: Topic 6, Lesson 2
Answer the following questions from your textbook, USING COMPLETE SENTENCES.
pp. 368 – 376
1.What action did Germany take in the Spring of 1939 that made France and Britain
realize that appeasement would not work? (p. 369, ¶ 3)
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2.How did Adolf Hitler deal with the threat from the Soviet Union? (p. 370, ¶ 2)
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3.What happened to Poland in September of 1939? (p. 370, ¶ 3 & 5)
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September 17: ______
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4.List the three major Axis Powers and 5 major Allied Powers (no sentence necessary).
(p. 370, ¶ 3)
Axis PowersAllied Powers
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5.What was the Phony War? (p. 370, ¶ 4)
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6.What was the Maginot Line? (p. 371, ¶ 1)
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7.Describe the “Miracle” of Dunkirk? (p. 371, ¶ 2-3)
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8.Define (no sentence necessary):
Blitzkrieg: ______
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Luftwaffe: ______
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Operation Sea Lion: ______
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9.What famous American spoke out on the side of isolationism? (p. 373, R, ¶ 1)
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10.What was unique about the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940? (notes)
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11.What was the Blitz? (p. 372, ¶ 1)
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12.What did FDR mean when he referred to the U.S. as the “Arsenal of Democracy?”
(p. 375, L)
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13.Look at the chart on page 375. How much money in Lend-Lease equipment was given
to the Soviet Union and Great Britain? (no sentence necessary)
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Why did the U.S. give more money to Britain than to the Soviet Union?
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14.What was the result of the Atlantic Charter? (p. 375, R, ¶ 2)
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15.Describe what is happening in the picture on the lower left of page 372?
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