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Multiple Select

Do you already know: Select all the ways the U.S. supported Allied nations before officially entering WWII.

• Cash and Carry policy

• Lend-Lease Act

• Sending American troops to Europe

• Allowing volunteer pilots to fight for China

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the challenges the U.S. faced in remaining neutral during the late 1930s?

• Economic interests conflicted with neutrality.

• The U.S. had strong alliances with European nations.

• There was widespread public support for entering the war.

• The U.S. military was already mobilized for war.

Open Ended

Why do you think it was significant for the United States to transition from isolation to involvement in global conflicts leading up to Pearl Harbor?

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The ​

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Act banned citizens from sailing on ships of nations at war and forbade selling weapons to '​

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belligerent

Neutrality

1937

combatants

Alliance

1945

Multiple Choice

Which policy allowed the U.S. to help the Allies during WWII without officially joining the conflict?

• The Neutrality Acts

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The America First Committee

• The Treaty of Versailles

Multiple Choice

How did the America First Committee influence U.S. foreign policy before WWII?

• It encouraged the U.S. to join the Allies immediately.

• It promoted isolationism and argued against involvement in foreign wars.

• It supported selling weapons to all countries at war.

• It pushed for the U.S. to support the Axis powers.

Multiple Choice

American volunteer pilots who flew and fought in China during WWII.

• Flying Tigers
• Eagle Squadron
• Sky Raiders
• War Hawks

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the secret meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill in August 1941?

• To plan a surprise attack on Japan

• To draft a set of goals for the post-war world

• To negotiate trade agreements

• To discuss the surrender of Germany

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The U.S. shifted from '​

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Open Ended

How did the U.S. respond to Japan's seizure of oil fields in French Indochina, and what was the result of this action?

Multiple Choice

On which date did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occur, and how many American lives were lost?

• December 7, 1941; 2,403 lives

• December 8, 1941; 1,500 lives

• December 11, 1941; 3,000 lives

• December 7, 1942; 2,000 lives

Open Ended

Summarize how the events from the Atlantic Charter to the attack on Pearl Harbor contributed to the U.S. entering World War II.

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The U.S. declared war on ​

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Japan

December 8

1941

Germany

November 11

1942

Multiple Select

Which of the following were impacts of the declarations of war in late 1941?

• The U.S. officially entered the Pacific war theater

• The conflict became a truly global World War

• The Allies unified against the Axis powers globally

• Japan surrendered immediately

Multiple Choice

Which two groups contributed to the U.S. war effort by breaking barriers in a segregated military and by creating an unbreakable code?

• Tuskegee Airmen and Navajo Code Talkers

• WASP and Rosie the Riveter

• Nisei soldiers and Victory Gardeners

• Scrap Drive Volunteers and OWI Creators

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The famous World War II ​

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We Can Do It!

propaganda

women

Join the Fight!

men

support the troops

Open Ended

How did women contribute to the war effort both in the air and in factories during World War II?

Multiple Choice

Following Pearl Harbor, what happened to 120,000 Japanese Americans as a result of Executive Order 9066?

• They were sent to fight in Europe.

• They were given new homes by the government.

• They were placed in internment camps.

• They were awarded medals for bravery.

Multiple Select

Which of the following were ways Americans on the home front contributed to the war effort?

• Rationing

• Victory Gardens

• Scrap Drives

• All of the above

Open Ended

What strategies did the Office of War Information (OWI) use to keep morale high and encourage participation in the war effort?

Open Ended

Why was it so hard for the U.S. to stay out of WWII?

Open Ended

How did the attack on Pearl Harbor change the "Home Front"?