WWII pt 3

WWII pt 3

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Multiple Choice

What was one cause of German aggression leading up to World War II?

• The United States' successful nuclear test caused the German public to call for military expansion.

• Many Germans resented the harsh conditions imposed on Germany after World War I.

• The German economy relied on selling raw goods and Germany was running out of resources.

• British and French colonial expansion in Africa threatened Germany's status as a major power.

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The United States entered World War II in response to

• Hitler seizing power in Germany.

• Hitler's troops invading Poland

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• Japan and Germany signing an alliance

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Joseph Stalin was a leader in

• Germany

• Italy

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union

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Why did Japan attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• Japan needed access to oil and natural gas for its military and the ships stationed at Pearl Harbor defended Hawaii's rich oil fields.

• Japan wanted to expand its territory in the Pacific and needed to weaken the US Navy to slow the nation's response to its actions.

• Japan planned to invade North America and sought to destroy the aircraft carriers and submarines that were defending the Pacific Coast.

• Japan believed that the United States was building up its navy to invade Japan and attacked before the US could do so.

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Which president oversaw the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and D-Day?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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The German invasion of which nation caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Austria

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Belgium

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What is island-hopping?

• A strategy the U.S. used to defeat Japan.

• Giving something to someone to make them stop.

• The attack of Pearl Harbor.

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The Japanese surrendered to the Allies after

• Atomic bombs were dropped on Iwo Jima
• Atomic bombs were dropped on Tokyo
• Atomic bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor
• Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What was the name of the Pacific island where an important battle was won by Allied soldiers? It was important because it gave the Allies closer airstrips to Japan.

• Maui
• Easter Island
• Honolulu
• Iwo Jima

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What motivated President Harry S. Truman to order the use of atomic weapons in World War II?

• the refusal of Japanese leaders to surrender

• the discovery of Nazi concentration camps

• the success of the German nuclear program

• the threat of a communist revolution in Japan

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The date on which Japan formally surrendered to the United States in 1945 is commonly referred to as

• D-Day

• UN Day

• VE Day

• VJ Day

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Which World War II leader was responsible for ending the conflict with Japan?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

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The Allied plan to advance in the Pacific toward Japan was called...

• airlifting
• island hopping
• blitzing
• strategic withdrawal

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What happened in the battle of Iwo Jima?

• Japanese troops captured thousands of Allied troops in the Pacific.

• Allied bombers destroyed most of Japan's naval fleet.

• Allied troops captured an island in Japan.

• Allied bombers sank most of the Allied ships in the Pacific.