4th 6 Weeks Review

What was one reason the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• U.S. trade sanctions had created shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

• Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the battle of Midway

• U.S. strategy of island hoping had disturbed Pacific trade routes

Which action prompted the U.S. to officially enter WWII?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the 15 years after World War II?

• mass exodus from the cities to the suburbs and Cold War fears over the spread of communism

• assassinations of several prominent political leaders who attempted to expand civil liberties and rights

• social and economic reforms aimed at creating new jobs for unemployed citizens from the Midwest and urban areas

• technological improvements, like the assembly line, that expanded the economy and led to prosperity

Why did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease program with the Allies have strong opposition from isolationists?

• It shifted foreign policy away from neutrality.

• In assured the President another term in office.

• It shifted attention away from the bad economy.

• It ignored the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling.

Before the United States’ entry into World War II, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met to negotiate the Atlantic Charter, which—

• outlined the Allied aims in the war.

• determined to use atomic power against Japan.

• created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• proposed the Operation Overlord military invasion.

Which of the following was a significant event of the 1940s?

• passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• creation of the League of Nations

• sinking of the Lusitania

• attack on Pearl Harbor

The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —

• internment camps for Japanese Americans

• the Office of War Mobilization

• nuclear test sites in Nevada

• the Office of Price Administration

13 Why did the United States seize Pacific islands during World War II?

• To gain access to vital natural resources

• To fulfill commitments to military alliances

• To protect shipping routes for neutral countries

• To establish military bases for use in further attacks

Which battle gave the Allies advantage in the Pacific Theater

• The Battle of Midway

• The Battle of Pearl Harbor

• The Battle of Okinawa

• The Battle of Lexington

What is one factor that contributed to the Allied Forces conducting the Nuremberg trials after World War II?

• the possibility of the Soviet Union building an atomic bomb

• the desire that Germany remain divided between east and west

• the descriptions by soldiers of events at German concentration camps

• the public demand that the Axis powers should be financially responsible for war costs