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    8th Grade

    Learning Objective Questions

    4th QUARTER

     

     

    1. Explain the significance of Operation Citadel and the Battle of Kursk.

    2. What was Operation Overlord?

    3. Why did the Germans launch the Ardennes Offensive in December of 1944? Why did it fail?

    4. Describe the end of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe.

    5. Why did the American planners see the island of Iwo Jima as a strategically important target?

    6. What did the Japanese hope to accomplish by launching suicidal Kamikaze attacks in the Pacific?

    7. As American forces advanced in the Pacific, why did it become apparent that they needed a different strategy to bring about the unconditional surrender of Japan?

    8. What factors contributed to Truman's decision to use the atom bomb against Japan?

    9. When and where did World War II finally come to an end?

    10. What was the Cold War? 

    11. What was the Arms Race?

    12. How did Americans respond to threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War?

    13. In spite of Cold War fears, why did the U.S. economy boom in the years following World War ll?(Topic 10.2)

    14. When did the Cold War end?(Topic 10.5)

    15. How did other Communist countries react to the collapse of the Soviet bloc?(Topic 10.5)