World War II

The immediate event that started WWII was

• Britain and France's policy of appeasement

• the Treaty of Munich allowing Hitler to occupy part of Czechoslavokia

• Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939

• Hitler's alliance with the Italian dictator, Mussolini

"A date which will live in infamy" was President Roosevelt's description of the

• invasion of Poland by Germany.

• bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.

• surrender of France after Paris was captured.

The principal war strategy that the United States and her allies agreed to pursue was to

• defeat Hitler first.

• sink Japanese merchant ships.

• control North Africa.

The main reason that the Soviet Union became an ally of Britain and the United States was because the Soviet Union

• was Fascist and opposed Communism.

• mistrusted Japan.

• was attacked by Germany in spite of their 10-year Nonaggression Pact.

The Pacific victory that ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii and encouraged additional victories island by island was the battle of

• Guam.

• Midway.

• the Philippines.

President Truman's main decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was influenced by all of the following reasons except the

• Lend-Lease Acts.

• fear that an invasion of Japan would mean death for thousands of American soldiers.

• refusal of Japan to surrender in spite of their losses.

Thousands of African Americans soldiers served bravely in a WWII flight crew known as

• Nisei Airmen.

• Navajo Code Talkers.

• Tuskegee Airmen.

Even though some Japanese Americans were removed from the West Coast,

• Japanese Americans, or Nisei, served honorably in segregated regiments.

• Japanese Americans were still disloyal to the United States government.

• Japanese were still allowed to migrate to the U.S.

The Navajo code-talkers were instrumental or important because

• they broke Germany's communication codes.

• they broke Japan's communication codes.

• creating a communication code that Japanese could not break.

The 1929 Geneva Convention provided rules for

• avoiding civilian casualties.

• humane treatment for prisoners of war.

• avoiding wars.