SNOW DAY ANNOUNCEMENT

Below are the homework questions that were originally assigned on Friday 21 January (A Day) and to be assigned on Monday 25 January (B Day). Work on them over the weekend and we will adjust next week's schedule accordingly.

Also posted below is the SFI sheet for WWII. Attached to the SFI Sheet is a list of themes and concepts you will need to know for the test. We will still be covering some of this material next week before the test, but I recommend you look ahead at the concepts you'll be required to know.
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WWII Homework Questions – Use the Orange Textbook Chapter 20 to answer the following questions.

COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS ON YOUR OWN SHEET OF PAPER AND BRING IT TO CLASS 25/26 JANUARY.

1.       Fill in the chart below with the names of the US military leaders of WWII.

Military Leader	Famous for…
	Led US troops in North Africa, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, leader of the D-Day invasion, became US President
	Creative and ruthless commander, drew the surrender of German and Italian troops in North Africa, led troops into France and Germany and the Battle of the Bulge
	Forced to leave his troops in Bataan, returned to save the POWs of the Bataan Death March, Supreme Commander in the Pacific, accepted the surrender of the Japanese on 2 Sept 1945

2.       Fill in the chart below with the battles or descriptions of the 5 Key Turning Points of WWII

1942		Halts Japanese expansion in the Pacific
1942-43	Battle of Stalingrad
1942		Begins Allied offensive against Axis powers in North Africa
1944		Opens the 2nd front (the western front) in Europe, paving the way for Germany’s defeat
1945	Manhattan Project

 3.       What were the goals of British and American bombing runs over Germany? Who were the Tuskagee Airmen and how did they aid these goals?
4.       List 3 ways Americans could support the war effort from the home front (i.e., not military service).
5.       Fill in the chart by with the names and descriptions of the government organizations involved in the war effort at home.

Initials	Organization Name	Description
WAC
WPB
OWI
OWM	Office of War Management

6.       What is island hopping and which branch of the military used this method the most?
7.       What new method did the Japanese use against American ships in the Pacific?
8.       Fill in the chart below with the names of people involved in the Manhattan Project.

Albert Einstein	Wrote a letter to FDR warning him of atomic research
	One of the primary leaders of the Manhattan project who oversaw construction, resource acquisition and security
	One of the primary leaders of the Manhattan project; physicist who oversaw the research on and testing of the atomic bomb
	President who initiated the Manhattan Project
	President who decided to drop atomic bombs in Japan

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WWII SFI Sheet, Study Guide