Chapter 26 America in a World at War Lesson 1

In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

• concentrate U.S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands

• encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from behind

• mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions

• establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese

• quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese

In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was

• Dwight Eisenhower

• George Marshall

• George Patton

• Omar Bradley

• Chester Nimitz

The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

• saw the United States forced to withdraw its naval forces

• marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan

• marked the major turning point of the war in the Pacific

• saw the Japanese lose most of its aircraft carriers

• saw the Americans take the offensive for the first time

The Battle of Midway in 1942

• lasted four days

• All these answers are correct

• both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy

• was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy

• saw the United States suffer great losses

After 1943, the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from

• England and the Soviet Union

• England and France

• Australia and New Zealand

• the Soviet Union and China

• the Dutch and the Soviet Union

During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was

• George S. Patton

• Dwight D Eisenhower

• Omar Bradley

• Douglas MacArthur

• George C. Marshall