WWII Closure Questions

The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s reflect the efforts of Congress to

• reject the terms of the Kellogg-Briand Pact

• avoid foreign policy mistakes that led the country into World War I

• form military alliances with other democratic nations

• strengthen the American military against European dictators

What is the main idea of this 1939 political cartoon?

• Great Britain and France do not want the United States to enter World War II.

• The United States should remain isolated from the war in Europe to preserve democracy.

• The survival of democracy requires that the United States enter the war

• The United States believes there is no real threat to democracy

Women played a major role on the domestic front during World War II by

• becoming candidates for public office

• campaigning for woman’s suffrage

• demonstrating against involvement in the war

• taking jobs in the defense industry

During World War II, the Manhattan Project was the name of the plan to

• open a second front in Europe

• capture Pacific islands held by the Japanese

• develop the atomic bomb

• liberate German concentration camps

The primary purpose for the creation of the United Nations was to

• maintain an international army

• promote peace through international agreements

• free Eastern European countries from communism

• supply food to all member countries