Self-Check Quiz
Visit the American History: The Modern Era Since 1865 Web site at me. glencoe. com and click on Chapter 19—Self-Check Quizzes to
Prepare for the chapter test.
Holocaust
Totalitarian
Hitler’s Mistakes
Use each of the following words in a statement about the aggressor nations in World War II, the kind of warfare they conducted, and world response.
Appeasement
Fascism
1. List reasons for isolationist policies in the United States and appeasement in Europe.
2. Discuss the priorities and sequence of the Allies' military campaigns in World War II.
3. Explain the difficulties Roosevelt and Churchill faced in dealing with Chiang Kai-shek, de Gaulle, and Stalin.
1. How did World War II underscore the importance of an international organization such as the United Nations?
2. Re-create the diagram shown here, and list where Hitler went wrong after his early victories.
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Evaluating Policy Economic problems at home was one reason that the United States initially avoided involvement in World War II. What subsequent developments suggest that this policy may have been self-defeating?
Analyzing Fine Art Study the painting of V-J
Day on this page and explain the central focus.
Analyzing Trends How did the nation's role in
The United Nations illustrate the dramatic change World War II had made in long-range United States foreign policy?
A V-J Day—Crowds cheering at Times Square
BY Edward Dancig, 1947
4. Analyzing Graphs Study the graph on page
607 and answer the questions that follow.
A. Which decade depicted on the graph shows the smallest increase in the number of women joining the labor force? The largest increase?
B. Summarize the apparent relationship between the world wars and the employment of women.
World History
