Mr. Hansen WWII

Hitler and his Nazi Party attracted supporters by preaching German racial superiority.

• True
• False

The United States declared war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

• True
• False

To solve the shortage of farm workers during World War II, the U.S. government requests the help of Mexican farm workers known as braceros.

• True
• False

Where were the atomic bombs dropped? 

• Hiroshima/Nagasaki
• China
• Tokyokawa
• Okinawa

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

• to create an international peacekeeping organization

• top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb

• to provide benefits to World War II veterans

• to help workers who lost their jobs when the was ended

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Which dictator(s) helped cause World War II?

• Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo

• Tojo, and Mussolini

• Hitler

• Mussolini, and Hitler

Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?

• They never did that.

• They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.

• To make Japan "salty".

• They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.

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Allied strategy in the Pacific was called island hopping.

• True

• False

In what ways did Americans at home contribute to the war effort?

• Working in War Related Industries

• Rationing

• Buying War Bonds

• All of the Above

Why did Japan attack the U.S. navel base at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

• Its leaders wanted to punish the Unites States for its role in World War I.
• Its leaders believed the U.S. Navy blocked Japanese expansion.
• Its leaders wanted to gain control of Hawaii's natural resources.
• The United States had recently declared war on Japan.