Unit 9 and 10

President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941 would "live in infamy" because on that day

• Germany invaded Poland.

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• France was invaded by Germany.

• Japan invaded the Philippines.

The Neutrality Acts (1936-1939) held that the United States

• would stay out of World War I.

• would try to prevent a war in Europe.

• would stay out of European discussions to contain Hitler.

• would not sell war materials nor give loans to any nation at war.

At the beginning of both World War I and World War II, the initial policy of the United States was to

• remain neutral.

• create a naval blockades.

• provide military assistance.

• end ties with the warring countries.

The main goal of the Japanese in their attacks against the United States in December 1941 was

• to cripple the U.S. Pacific fleet.

• to divert U.S. attention from the war in Europe.

• to convince the United States not to enter the war.

• to enforce the U.S. to enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers.

How did Germany and Japanese government's MOST LIKELY view America's passing of the Lend-Lease Act?

• As a guarantee that the United States would stay neutral.

• As a symbol of the United States aggressive foreign policy.

• As the United States making an official declaration of war.

• As the United States moving away from isolationists policies.

Who was the President of the United States when World War II began?

• Harry Truman

• John Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Franklin Roosevelt

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

• U.S. plan to invade Japan.

• German use of jet aircraft.

• Allied plan to invade Europe.

• U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb.

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

• he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.

• it was the last hope the U.S. had of winning the war.

• Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

• it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

The Battle of Midway was significant in World War II because it marked the end of

• the Japanese assault on China.

• the Germany advance into France.

• the Japanese eastward advance in the Pacific.

• the German bombing of British population centers.

The Axis Powers in World War II included all of the following EXCEPT

• Germany

• Italy

• Poland

• Japan