Study Guide Fourteen
World War II
Exam Two
NOTE: If you can
answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of
the second exam. The material below
consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.
Terms (definition and significance):
Tripartite Pact, Sept. 1940
Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
Office of War Mobilization, 1943
U-Boats
Liberty Ships
Manhattan Project
Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1945
Roswell, New Mexico, 1947
J. Robert Oppenheimer
National War Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
Revenue Act of 1942
“Four Freedoms”
Office of War Information
George Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff, March 1942
Defeat Germany First
Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942
Battle of Midway, June 1942
Battle of El Alamein
North African Landings, Nov. 1942
Mussolini’s Fall
Invasion of Italy, Sept. 1943
Strategic Boming
D-Day, June 1944
Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944
VE Day, 8 May 1945
Battle of Guadalcanal, Aug. 1942-Feb. 1943
Island Hopping
Battle of Leyte Gulf, Oct. 1944
Kamikaze
Battle of Iwo Jim
Battle of Okinawa
Potsdam Declaration, July 1945
Hiroshima, 6 Aug. 1945
Nagasaki, 9 Aug. 1945
VJ Day, 2 Sept. 1945
Questions to Think About:
What were the problems and events that caused Japan
to attack the United States?
What was the significance and consequences of the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
How did the United States shift its economy to a war
footing and was it successful?
What were the scientific advantages of the various
powers in WWII?
How did WWII impact on the Great Depression in the
US?
How did the Roosevelt administration portray the
involvement of the US in WWII?
What was US strategy toward fighting Germany and
Japan?
Why was the summer of 1942 significant for the
allied cause in WWII?
What was the sequence of events that lead to the
defeat of Germany in WWII?
What was the sequence of events that lead to the
defeat of Japan in WWII?
Why did the US use atomic weapons against Japan?