WWII EOC

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• Island Hopping interrupted trade routes
• The Japanese battle fleet was defeated at the Battle of Midway
• Japanese Americans were in interment camps
• U.S. trade sanctions caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

"There is a solidarity and interdependence about the modern world......which makes it impossible for any nation to completely isolate itself..." - FDR
Roosevelt used this reasoning to justify-

• Implementing the Marshall Plan
• Dropping atomic bombs on Japan
• US involvement in WWII
• US participation in the League of Nations

"The conflict is still sharpening throughout the world between two political systems" -FDR
What is the situation FDR is referring to?

• A surge of social unrest in South America
• The outbreak of WWII
• A shift in facor of the policy of appeasement
• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

How did President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union
• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes
• It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan
• It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force

The rights of citizens under the 14th amendment were violated by the US govt. when it established the-

• Japanese internment camps
• Office of War Mobilization
• Nuclear test sites in Nevada
• Office of Price Administration

The diagram indicates that during WWII the federal govt-

• Provided technological training for soldiers
• Developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies
• Instituted a disaster-preparedness program for civilians
• Nationalized industries considered essential to national security

"Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
What is the main effect of the event described above?

• The USSR invaded Japan to gain access to natural resources
• The US initiated the Marshall  plan to help rebuild Japan
• Germany surrendered to the Allies and promised to help in the fight against Japan
• WWII ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies

Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during WWII by - 

• Designing radar technology for submarines
• Flying bombing missions into enemy territory
• Encoding military communications for secure transmission
• Providing intelligence on enemy positions

"Japanese Forces Occupy Bataan Peninsula"
Many US soldiers involved in the event mentioned above-

• remained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasion
• were exchanged for Japanese prisoners of war
• escaped and were redeployed to the European theater
• dies during a forced march to a prison camp in the philippines

The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to -

• give the US an advantage in military encryption
• encourage immigrant enlistment in the U.S. Army during WWII
• decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
• increase the number of women joining the US military during WWIi