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World War II and the Holocaust

Lesson 3 The Home Front and Civilians

Review Questions
Directions: Read each main idea and answer the questions below. Refer to your textbook
to write the answers.

A. Main Idea: World War II was a total war in which fighting covered most of the world.
Economic mobilization was extensive, and the war had an enormous impact on
civilian life.

1. How did World War II affect civilians in the Soviet Union?

There was faminne, housing issues, and more women started working
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2. What kinds of social turmoil resulted from the war effort in the United States?
Boomtowns started appearing, Racial tensions were higher, and Japanese
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Americans were put in camps.
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3. How did Germany react to the increased demand for weapons? Who oversaw

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this effort?
They triples armament production, and Albert Speer oversaw the effort.
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4. How did the Japanese meet wartime labor shortages?

Korean and Chinese people were imported into the country.
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B. Main Idea: Bombing in World War II was used against military targets, enemy troops,
and civilian populations.

1. When and where did people experience the first sustained use of civilian bombings?
September 1940 in London.
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2. How were children in Europe affected by World War II?

They were evacuated into the countryside or into another country.
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World War II and the Holocaust

3. What were some results of the bombing of Dresden and other German cities?
Firestorm killed 35,000 in Dresden and it motivated them even further to increase
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4. Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities
in August 1945?
To reduce casualties in allied forces and because Japan was refusing to surrender.
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Summary and Reflection

Directions: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.

How did World War II affect civilians?

Cities were bombed which resulted in high civilian casualities, many women started
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working in jobs that the men would usually be working, and Racial tensinons in the U.S.
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with African Americans and Japanese Americans.

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