War for Europe & North Africa part 1 and 2

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
That America should attack Germnay and Italy first and then pour resources into the Pacific to fight the Japanesse.
2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
The German u-boats were attacking the ships used to bring American forces to Europe and Africa and if the u-boats were destroyed it would be easier for the allies to cross the Atlantic.
3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
The Battle of Stalingrad was so important because it was a turning point on the eastern front and after the battle the Soviets started pushing the Germans back.
4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
The British and the American forces pushed out the Italians and the Germans from North Africa and they invaded their because American troops wre green and the allies didn't have enough men to invade Europe.
5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
The Allies were able to make the Italians surrender so they only had to fight one enemy country in the European thearter.
6. What was D-Day?
D-Day was the day the Allied forces crossed the English channel and invaded the German held France from the beaches of Normandy.
7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?
The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last offensive attack on the American front in the European thearter. This is because after this attack Germany didn't have the machines or the man power to launch another attack and they could only defend their country.
8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?
Nazi death and work camps.
9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?
Hitler commited suicide with his mistress by shooting himself. F.D.R. died in 1945 from a stroke and then Harry S. Truman became president.

"Isolationism" and FDR (1935 - 1941)

1. What were the goals of the isolationists? Why is "isolationism" a misleading term?
Isolationists wanted to stay in the world but they didn't want to be drawn into war and have to fight in war. They still wanted to trade with other countires. The term isolationism is misleading because America didn't want to fully isolate itself from the world they only wanted to stay out of foreign war.
2. What did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
America was seperated from the troubles of Europe and Asia by the Pacific and the Atlantic and they had friendly relationships with all the countries in the Western part of the world.
3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
The Nye Committee was made to find out why the U.S. fought in World War I.
4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
That bankers were greedy and munitions makers were war mongers. Also that big business drove the U.S. into World War I and they would do so again.
5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
The Neutrality Acts were made to prevent big business from suppling weapons and other supplies to countries who were fighting in a war and to prevent Big Business from dragging the U.S. into War.
6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous.
He was changing the government with his "New Deal" programs. He tried to pack the Supreme Court. He ran for a third term of president which no one had done before.
7. What was "Cash and Carry"?
This allowed countries to buy supplies from the U.S however they had to pay in cash and they had to transport the supplies themselves.
8. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
The Japanese invaded the colonies of European countries in Asia and this really angered F.D.R which is why he froze Japanese assets in the United States.
9. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
The America First Committee was made to help prevent America from going to war with Japan and Nazi Gemrany.

World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
The Japanese were pissed about the Treaty of Versailles. They were one of the more major allies and they were being ignored. All the ideas they made were shot down and were all vetoed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
Japan was annexing and taking over the land around China. This treatened U.S and British intrests in the area. For example the Japanese annexing Korea in 1910 and the Manchuria area from Russia after the Russo-Japanesse war. Also the U.S expanding it's influence in the Pacific worried the Japanesse. For example the U.S annexing Hawaii in 1898 and the territories of the Philippines and Guam gained after winning the Spainish-American War.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The Washington Naval Conference was called by the U.S and they invited other countries to come and talk about the naval threat Japan possed to U.S intrests in the Pacific. It limitied the navies of the nations of the world, made them have less battleships and subs and forbid them from using poison gas. Also it made China its on country and those 9 nations recognized it's soveriengty.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
America could act in self-defense using it's military and that America couldn't be forced into war by having to enforce the treaty. America wanted to avoid being dragged into war and that America couldn't be tied down by alliances.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
Hitler played off of the Treaty of Varsailles and it's harsh treatment of the German people. He gave Germans more jobs and a better economy by systamatically eliminating all minorities or those he considered inferior. He made an attack on the German government so that the people would support him more and so he could eliminate his political rivals.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan wanted to invade China to increase it's military power and for more raw resources.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire and the explosion of the Japanese railway in Manchuria both accomplished the same things. Both were attacks on themselves. This made the people want to give their government more power to combat the "internal threat" or "inferior people". They both also were ways that both governments justified doing actions that would otherwise be condenmed by the rest of the world.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
The U.S stupidally thinking that World War I was the war to end all wars and their isolationist attitudes decreased their military forces and their navies. This made them to weak to effectivly fight the Japanese who had been building apon their army and their navy for a long time.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
All three are governments that are designed to help the people. However Liberal Democracy is the only on where it's truly democratic. Fascism and Socialism are both government systesms where the government takes control of the economy. However, Fascism and Socialism put the needs of the government before the needs of the people and are brutally efficent in controling the people through violence and other horrible means.

Woodrow Wilson Fights for Peace

1. What was Wilson's 14th Point?
The 14th point said that the governments of the world should set up a place where all countries meet and settle their differences peacefully.
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
Germnay was not allowed to have an army. The Germans were to give back all the territory they took from France. Germany was also supposed to pay reparations to the allies for starting the war around 33 billion dollars.
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
The Germans were supposed to admit full responcibility for the war. They also lost all their colonies in the Pacific and this angered them which gave them no reason to want peace. Russia lost a lot of territory it had gained. The indiganous natives of the colonies were not given their own countries so this also angered them. Basically the treaty pissed of most everyone but the big four and the countries that were made.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
He thought the the League of Nations would disrupt Ameircan Isolationism and that it would drag America into any European or other conflict.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
Wislon refused to compromise and he angered the Senate by doing so and the Senate rejected the treaty because they were angry at him.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler? The humiliation of Germany after World War I angered many Germans and they wanted revenge on all of the allies.
7. Who is George Clemenceau?
George Clemenceau was the Priemer of France at the time of the Ttreaty of Versailles
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of Britian at the time of the Treaty of Versailles.
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
Russia wasn't at the peace conference at all. In fact they weren't even invited to go to the conference.