EOC - World War II

Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?

• The German annexation of Austria

• The Soviet occupation of Germany

• The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy beach

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Which action replaces the question mark on this cause-and-effect diagram?

• implements an embargo against Japan

• sends ground troops to fight the Chinese

• bans the sale of weapons to China

• appeases Japanese demands for new territory

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to--

• the implementation of sanctions of Japan

• US entry into World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• US annexation of Hawaii

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on US merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a US military base

what was one reason Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The US strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

• US trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

President Roosevelt later used similar reasoning as one justification for--

• the implementation of the Marshall Plan

• dropping atomic bombs on Japan

• US involvement in World War II

• US participation in the League of Nations

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

• A surge of social unrest in South America

• The outbreak of World War II

• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement

• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

How did President Harry S Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union

• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes

• It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan

• It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The US plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy US aircraft carriers

Which technological advancement was developed in installations near these cities during World War II?

• Long-range submarines

• Radio navigation

• Atomic bombs

• Jet engines