WWII Review

What prevented the U.S. arms sales to nations at war

• Neutrality Act

• Atlantic Charter

• Lend-Lease Act

• Yalta Conference

What allowed FDR to "loan" weapons to the Allies?

• Neutrality Act

• Atlantic Charter

• Lend-Lease Act

• Yalta Conference

Two days after Hitler’s invasion of ____, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

• Austria

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

• France

Why was the US able to recover from the Pearl Harbor attacks?

• Aircraft Carriers were not at Pearl Harbor

• Battleships were not at Pearl Harbor

• The U.S. did not suffer much loss at Pearl Harbor

• Japan had missed their target

What happened to U.S. soldiers in the Philippines?

• Captured and sent to Japanese internment camps

• Fought against the Japanese and won, halting their advance in the islands

• Some died while others tortured during the Bataan Death March

• U.S. soldiers were traded for Japanese POWs

This Battle in the Pacific stopped the Japanese from going any further south at the shores Australia and Papua New Guinea.

• Battle of the Coral Sea

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Pearl Harbor

• Battle at Midway

Who was the commander of the US forces at the Battle of Midway?

•    a) Dwight D. Eisenhower

•    b) Chester W. Nimitz

• c) Douglas MacArthur

• d) George S. Patton

4. What was the turning point of the Battle of Midway?

•    a) The sinking of the USS Yorktown

• b) The sinking of the USS Arizona

•    c) The sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers

•    d) The capture of Midway Island by the Japanese

What were Japan's reasons for attacking Midway?

• Midway was a good site to draw aircraft carriers in to fight and eliminate them.

• Midway was the Emperor's favorite island.

• The U.S. had an important naval base at Midway.

• Midway was once a Japanese possession.

During Executive Order 9066, where were Japanese Americans moved from?

• California

• Washington

• Oregon

• The West Coast