Unit Title Causes and Effects of the Second World War
CA Standard(s) covered 10.8 Analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
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Unit Assignments
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Unit Projects
World in Crisis Project see Unit VII
Unit Notes
Unit Exam
Holocaust and WWII Exam
Unit Terms to know
anschluss
appeasement
atomic bomb
Axis
blitzkrieg
chancellor
collaborator
concentration camp
containment
D-day
Fascism
Final Solution
Holocaust
Hiroshima
internment camp
island-hopping
kamikaze
Kristalnacht
Luftwaffe
Manhattan Project
Nagasaki
Pacifism
radar
resistance
sanction
sonar
Sudentenland
Vichy
Yalta Conference
Unit People and Events to know
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Tojo Hideki
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lend-Lease Act
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Nanjing Massacre
Battle of Midway
Erwin Rommel
Dwight Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Joseph Stalin
Douglas MacArthur
Essential Questions to know
What were the major causes of WWII?
What were the major turning points in both the Pacific and European theatres during WWII?
How did the policy of appeasement contribute to Hitler’s power?
How did Nazi directed political and social policies lead to the Final Solution?
What was the significance of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939?
What were the Japanese motivations for empire building in the 1930s?
Why did the Allies hold war crimes trials for Axis leaders?
What agreements were made by the “Big Three” during WWII?