World War II

The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the mid-1930s were efforts to

• prevent the United States from being drawn into another world war

• support the League of Nations efforts to stop wars in Africa and Asia

• create jobs for the unemployed in the military defense industry

• help the democratic nations of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini

Which action is an example of international appeasement?

• Congress authorizing the Manhattan Project

• Japan attacking Pearl Harbor

• Germany signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union

• Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for part of Czechoslovakia

Congressional legislation passed in 1940 to create a military draft was controversial primarily because it

• required ratification by three-fourths of the states

• made women eligible for combat

• overturned President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto

• raised fears that the United States would be drawn into war

The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 significantly changed United States policy toward nations involved in World War II because it

• supplied war materials to Allied nations without a declaration of war

• imposed a trade boycott on Germany and Japan

• authorized the seizure of British assets in the United States

• approved the appeasement policies of the French and British governments

Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this 1942 cartoon?

• Allied goals in World War II will affect every nation.

• The Atlantic Charter will help only Europe and Asia.

• The United States intends to rule the entire world.

• American strategy will be to win the war in the Pacific first.

In this statement, President Roosevelt was addressing Congress about the

• sinking of merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean

• D-Day invasion of France

• bombing of Pearl Harbor

• air raids against British targets like London

The scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II were responsible for

• designing weapons for the D-Day invasion

• building satellites to spy on the Axis nations

• creating materials for biological and chemical warfare

• developing the atomic bomb

President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan was based on the belief that the action would

• save American lives by avoiding an invasion of Japan

• force Germany and Italy to lay down their arms

• help create a military alliance with China

• persuade the Soviet Union to surrender

Rationing was used in the United States during World War II as a way to

• ensure adequate supplies of scarce resources

• raise production of consumer goods

• increase the number of imports

• provide markets for American-made products

These World War II posters encouraged Americans to

• demand higher wages

• enlist in the armed services

• purchase new automobiles

• support home-front war efforts