1/13/20-WW II Begins/ DBQ Pearl Harbor- hook, BGE

U.S. isolationism was ended when?

• German Invasion of Poland
• Pearl Harbor was attacked
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Sinking of the USS Maine 

At what time did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

• Just after 8 P.M.
• Just before 8 P.M.
• Just after noon

• Just before 8 A.M.

Many Americans were (a)   ; meaning that they didn't think it was America's role to be involved in the growing conflicts in Europe & Asia. 

Who said this: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

Type the persons last name.

(a)  

On December 8, 1941:

• President Roosevelt declared war against Germany and Italy
• The United States Congress declared war against Japan
• The United States Congress declared war against Germany and Italy

US wanted to remain________ by not taking any sides prior to Pearl Harbor.

• insulated
• at war
• isolated
• suffering in the great depression

Why was Pearl Harbor important?

• It had many pearls around it
• It was a great tourist area
• It was an American Naval Base
• The President lived there

What day of the week did the Japanese attack?

(a)  

Why was Pearl Harbor selected as the main place to attack?

• The Japanese wanted to destroy the U.S. fleet so that the U.S. could not fight back.
• The Japanese Emperor wanted to destroy the hotel in Hawaii where he got food poisoning from bad room service on a vacation there as a child.

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

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps
• U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber