WWII Review

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe 
• Japanese military actions in Indochina
• German submarine attacks on merchants ships 
• The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

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

• The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.
• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway. 
• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps. 
• U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber. 

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

• internment camps of Japanese Americans 
• the Office of War Mobilization 
• nuclear test sites in Nevada 
• the Office of Price Administration 

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

• A surge of social unrest in South America
• The outbreak of World War Ii
• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement 
• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

This diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government - 

• provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefield 
• developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies 
• instituted a disaster-preparedness program for the civilian population
• nationalized industries considered essential to national security 

This 1944 order was addressed to U.S. troops sent to - 

• capture the Italian mainland
• transport weapons to Great Britain
• invade the beaches at Normandy
• repel an attack on Stalingrad 

Initially when WWII started the United States 

• Joined the Allies 
• Joined the Axis 
• Stayed Neutral 
• Launched NAFTA

This organization was designed to keep the peace after WWII?

• League of Nations
• United Nations

Limiting the amount of goods available in a time of war?

• rationing
• contentious objection 

What did people on the homefront do to support the war effort?

• Ration gas, bread, metal, ect
• Work in factories creating war materials
• Recycle and donate old usable materials
• All of the above