America Goes to War-1

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America Goes to War: The Homefront

“While Storm Clouds Gather”-Episode 1

1. The narrator said that the USA was isolated from the rest of the world by what?

___________________________________________________

2. “Adolf Hitler confirmed an American belief that Europe is addicted to ________”?

3. The New York World’s Fair was dedicated by FDR in what year?__________

4. In 1939, Japan was “pushing in to” what country?___________________

5. Every American movie theater showed a ___________ reel.

6. What country did France and Great Britain say they would defend from Hitler’s

advances?____________________________

7. Hitler made a secret deal with who?____________________________

8. Many Americans did not trust what country?_____________________

9. How many families were surviving on incomes of $300-$400 a year?

______________________

10. Name two activities shown in the video that occur during the song with the lyrics “Dipsy

Doodle”. ____________________________________________________

11. George the ________ was king of Great Britain when they declared war on Germany.

12. In FDR’s speech after WWII began in Europe, he said “There will be no

_______________ of peace in the United States”

13. What category of posters are shown after FDR’s speech?_______________

14. What sport did Lou Gehrig play before he contracted Loud Gehrig’s disease?

_________________

15. “There was little or no support for _____________________ in the United States”



16. Looking at the radio microphones, what two radio networks appear?

________________________

17. What device reported events from Europe to Americans?__________________

18. What allied country did Adolf Hitler capture in 1940?_____________________

19. “Radio entertainment had taught Americans to ____________________ what words

described.”

20. One isolationist slogan was “America ______________, Last, and Foremost”.

21. Isolationist groups agreed that America should be willing to prepare to defend

______________________.

22. Congress approved America’s first peace time _________________.

23. In November of 1941, what country sent diplomats to the US?_______________

24. “The attack on Pearl Harbor ended the great American _______________”.

25. What event is shown during the song “God Bless America”?

___________________________________________________

26. “WWII changed the ways Americans worked and played, even the way they

___________________.”



KEY:

1. Two Oceans2. War 3. 1939

4. China5. News6. Poland7. Stalin8. Great Britain9. 4 Million10. Possible Answers: science experiments, entertainment scenes, boxing, swimming,

motorcycle tricks, swing dancing, a monkey playing with a block of ice.11. 6th (VI)12. Blackout13. Movie

14. Baseball15. Japan16. CBS, NBC17. Radio18. France19. Imagine20. First21. Themselves22. Draft23. Japan24. Debate25. Attack on Pearl Harbor 26. Thought

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