WWII

When WWII began, the U.S.

• immediately joined the Allied Powers

• immediately joined the Axis Powers

• remained neutral

• refused to trade with any country at war

The Neutrality Act of 1939 stated that the U.S. would sell weapons to any country if

• the buying country was an Axis Power

• the buying country paid cash and shipped its own weapons

• the buying country was an Allied Power

• the buying country had a democratic government

When WWII began, isolationists wanted

• to stay out of the war

• support the Allied Powers

• support the Axis Powers

• launch an invasion of Japan

When WWII began, interventionists wanted

• the U.S. to avoid alliances

• said that joining the war would be a mistake

• the U.S. to pursue a policy of neutrality

• the U.S. to respond to Axis aggression

Which of the following countries attacked Pearl Harbor?

• Germany

• Japan

• France

• Soviet Union

What was the purpose of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• persuade the U.S. to join the Axis Powers

• persuade the U.S to retaliate against Japan

• motivate the U.S. to pick a side in WWII

• destroy U.S. ships that threatened Japanese expansion

The attack on Pearl Harbor

• increased political divisions between the interventionists and isolationists.

• made the interventionists become isolationists.

• ended political divisions between the interventionists and isolationists.

• had no effect on the existing political divisions between the interventionists and isolationists.

After the attack on Pearl harbor,

• many Americans volunteered for military service.

• the U.S. Navy doubled in size due to new recruits.

• many women enlisted in the Women's Army Corps.

• all of the above

Commander of U.S. forces in Europe during WWII:

• Stalin

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• DeGaulle

U.S. president at the end of WWII:

• Patton

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• MacArthur

• Truman