Standard 19 (a-c): WWII & Europe/Pacific Theater

President Franklin Roosevelt's Lend-Lease policy is BEST described as

• an economic protection policy in support of Italy.

• an economic protection policy in support of Japan.

• an aid policy for nations fighting against Nazi Germany.

• an aid policy for nations fighting against the Soviet Union.

Put these events in chronological order.

I. The US declares war on Japan.

II. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

III. Japan declares war on the US.

• I, II, III

• I, III, II

• II, III, I

• III, II, I

Why were the Normandy landings considered an important turning point in World War II?

• They allowed the Allied Powers to attack all of Germany's forces at once.

• They demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of beach invasions, which led to more successful Allied invasions.

• They helped the Allied Powers to reclaim immediate control of France.

• They forced Germany to fight on multiple fronts, which divided and weakened its military strength.

Operation Overlord, the largest land-sea-air operation in military history, took place at

• Berlin.

• Midway.

• Normandy.

• Casablanca.

This cartoon reflects the concerns that lead the US government to

• pass the Neutrality Acts.

• establish the Marshall Plan.

• institute the Lend-Lease policy.

• ratify the Eighteenth Amendment.

Prior to US entry into World War II, what approach did the United States take in response to Japanese aggression in the Pacific region?

• The US military bombed the Japanese mainland.

• The US government placed an oil embargo on Japan.

• The US military attempted to overthrow the Japanese emperor.

• The US government sent Japanese Americans to internment camps.

How did President Harry Truman justify the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities?

• He predicted that a conventional US invasion of the mainland would never succeed in conquering Japan.

• He thought that Japan was on the verge of developing its own nuclear bombs to use against the United States.

• He believed that it saved the lives of many US soldiers who would have died in a protracted Japanese invasion.

• He felt that it was an appropriate revenge for the lives lost during the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

• FDR Hour
• Hangin' With Franklin
• Fireside Chats
• Around the Fire

On which city was the first atomic bomb dropped?

• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Tokyo
• Kyoto

It was difficult to transport weapons, preserve food, and get medical supplies to troops on

• Pacific front

• African front

• American front

• Mexican front