USH Unit Review: World War II 2020

[1] Which of these is NOT a cause of World War II? (You will write down 4 after review)

• The Treaty of Versailles leading to the rise of Dictators

• League of Nations was weak and had no army

• Appeasement- allowing Dictators to do and take what they wanted

• The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939

• The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

[1] Why did the U.S. get involved in WWII?

• To respond to the Japanese embargo

• Japan captured the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941

• Germany tried to get Mexico to go to war against the United States

[1] Which of these was Not one of the US Special Forces in World War II (You will write down 3)

• Flying Tigers- Pilots who defended China from Japan

• Tuskegee Airmen- America's 1st African American airmen

• SAS- British-American overseas special forces

• Navajo Code Talkers- created a secret military encryption code using the Navajo Language

[3] What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

• It was the training corps that recruited the Navajo Code Talkers

• It trained special assassins to take the Japanese Emperor

• To create working atomic weapons for use in the war

• To improve the Island Hopping strategy

[2] Which describes the Appeasement policy?

• The US strategy to go from island to island to bomb Japanese cities

• To force Japanese Americans into interment camps

• Allowing dictators to aggressively expand hoping they'd eventually stop; this failed

• Allowing the League of Nations to use other nation's armies to enforce policy

[2] Which describes the D-Day (Operation Overlord) offensive?

• December 9, 1941: An attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor

• August 6, 1945: US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

• April 30, 1945: Soviet force stake German capital Berlin and Hitler dies

• June 6, 1944: Allied forces invade beaches of Normandy, France to open a second front

[2] Why did the US take pictures of the concentration camps?

• To record exactly how many were killed

• To ensure they were properly relocated after World War II

• To endorse the creation of a Jewish state after World War II

• To ensure those responsible for the Holocaust would face justice for their crimes

[3] Which describes the Bataan Death March?

• June 4-7, 1942: US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy ending its naval supremacy- turning point of Pacific theater

• 1942-1945: US strategy of taking one island at a time to build bases to put Japan in bombing range

• December 7, 1941: The attack of the US base in Pearl Harbor

• April 9, 1942: Japan tortured and forced marched American Prisoners of War (POWs)

[3] Which describes Pearl Harbor?

• June 4-7, 1942: US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy ending its naval supremacy- turning point of Pacific theater

• 1942-1945: US strategy of taking one island at a time to build bases to put Japan in bombing range

• December 7, 1941: The attack of the US base in Pearl Harbor

• April 9, 1942: Japan tortured and force marched American Prisoners of War (POWs)

[3] Which describes Island Hopping?

• June 4-7, 1942: US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy ending its naval supremacy- turning point of Pacific theater

• 1942-1945: US strategy of taking one island at a time to build bases to put Japan in bombing range

• December 7, 1941: The attack of the US base in Pearl Harbor

• April 9, 1942: Japan tortured and forced marched American Prisoners of War (POWs)