WWII and Cold War

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?

• Support the Allies while maintaining neutrality

• Supporting the Axis powers while maintaining neutrality

• Boosting the American wartime economy

• Economic aid to Europe in an effort to contain communism

Yesterday, Dec. 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… The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu…

Source: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941, To the Congress of the United States

Roosevelt’s speech most directly reflects the

• amphibious landing of D-Day.

• attack on Pearl Harbor.

• German use of unrestricted submarine warfare.

• VE-Day and the Fall of Berlin.

The poster was intended to

• persuade women to enlist in the military.

• promote the ideals of republican motherhood.

• advocate for the elimination of sex discrimination in employment.

• convince women that they had an essential role in the war effort.

The conditions shown in the image depict which of the following events in U.S. History?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Vietnam War

• D-Day

• Battle of Midway

Which of the following battles ended World War II in Europe?

• The Fall of Berlin

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day

The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to

• supply the Allies with more fighter planes

• develop the atomic bomb

• ban the use of chemical and biological warfare.

• coordinate troop movements between New York and Europe.

This photograph shows U.S. residents at an interment camp during World War II after the signing of Executive Order 9066. These people are most likely _______.

• Jewish

• German-Americans

• Communists

• Japanese Americans

Which of the following had a dramatic impact on U.S. innovation and education during the Cold War Era?

• Sputnik

• Cell phone

• Internet

• Air Conditioning

What best fits Truman’s justification for using the atomic bombs populations Japan?

• The Japanese were about to use atomic weapons on West Coast targets

• The casualties from the bombs would be less than a mainland invasion

• Japan was allied with the Soviets and would spread communism

• Japan had broken the Navajo “Windtalker” code

The Truman Doctrine was a pledge on the part of the United States to help Greece and Turkey

• avoid engaging in a war over oil reserves.

• recover land they had lost during World War II.

• resist the spread of communism in the region.

• prosecute captured military leaders for war crimes.