Pearl Harbor / U.S. Entry into WWII

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FDR said the U.S. must be the "arsenal of democracy". Which concept below is best associated with this phrase?

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Lend-Lease Act

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What did Germany do after the Lend-Lease Act went into effect? Options: Declared war on the U.S., Allied themselves with Japan in the Tripartite Pact., Started a long-range bomber program for reaching the U.S., Harassed Allied shipping lanes in the Atlantic with U-boats.

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Harassed Allied shipping lanes in the Atlantic with U-boats.

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Japan became modernized in the late 1800's in order to

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avoid becoming a colony of the West.

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Japan knew it needed to expand because

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Japan wanted a vast empire but it was an island nation with little oil and steel resources.

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As a result of the Japanese signing the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, President Roosevelt

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cut off oil and steel exports and froze Japanese assets in the U.S.

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Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor because

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it needed to disable the fleet in order to conquer the Pacific region.

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F.D.R addressed Congress and asked for a declaration of war on the Empire of Japan on

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Dec 8th, 1941

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The battleship that still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor as a memorial is the

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U.S.S. Arizona

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Who stated "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." in reference to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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Admiral Yamamoto