STAAR EOC US History Questions: World War II

Which action replaces the question mark on this cause-and-effect diagram?

• Implements an embargo against Japan.

• Sends ground troops to fight the Chinese.

• Bans the sale of weapons to China.

• Appeases Japanese demands for new territory.

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to —

• The implementation of sanctions against Japan.

• U.S. entry into World War II.

• The establishment of the Truman Doctrine.

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii.

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.

President Roosevelt later used similar reasoning as one justification for —

• the implementation of the Marshall Plan.

• dropping atomic bombs on Japan.

• U.S. involvement in World War II.

• U.S. participation in the League of Nations.

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.

How did President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union.

• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes.

• It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan.

• It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force.

What was the purpose of this type of Office of War Information poster?

• To provide jobs to unemployed artists during an economic crisis.

• To help the public understand its role in national security.

• To encourage young men to join the war effort.

• To protect civil liberties during times of national emergency.

Which technological advancement was developed in installations near these cities during World War II?

• Long-range submarines.

• Radio navigation.

• Atomic bombs.

• Jet engines.

In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for —

• The passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

• The verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

• The hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

• The internment of Japanese Americans.

In this excerpt, General Eisenhower is describing his reaction to —

• The Bataan Death March.

• Nazi concentration camps.

• Japanese American internment camps.

• The bombing of Hiroshima.