America Enters WWII

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the

• impact a single event can have on public opinion in a time of crisis

• effectiveness of a policy of appeasement in stopping aggression

• success of the pacifist movement in the United States

• role of communism as a negative influence in global affairs

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan..."

-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, December 8, 1941

In this statement, President Roosevelt was addressing Congress about the...

• sinking of merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean

• D-Day invasion of France

• bombing of Pearl Harbor

• air raids on the Panama Canal

3 countries that are credited with causing WWII

• Germany, Britain, Canada 
• Germany, Italy, Japan 
• Japan, China, Italy 
• Japan, Italy, Russia 

US wanted to remain________ by not taking any sides.

• Isolated
• passive
• neutral 
• invisible

This man was elected president 4  times, created the New Deal, and became part of the Allied powers during WWII?

• HItler
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Stalin 
• Mussolini

 Which form of government puts the country and government above the rights of the individual people?

• buddhism
• Democracy
• Fascism
• theocracy
  daosim

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4. Who were in the Allied Power? 

• Germany, Italy
• US, Great Britain, U.S.S.R.
• US, Japan, Italy
• Germany, Japan, Italy

Why did President Roosevelt ask Congress to declare war on Japan?

• the attack at Pearl Harbor
• the attack at Iwo Jima
• the sinking of the Lusitania
• the explosion of the USS Maine

At the start of WWII, the Soviet Union created a secret alliance with Germany. However, they broke that alliance and the Soviet Union joined the Allied Powers after:

• the Soviet Union decided Hitler was conquering too many countries.

• Germany attacked the Soviet Union.

• Germany attacked France.

• the Soviet Union decided that Hitler wasn't a good ally.

At the start of WWII, the United States had a policy of isolationism. Isolationism means:

• going to war to help countries that need it.

• not becoming involved in issues concerning other countries.

• helping countries, but not going to war.

• only going to war if you have to.