WWII Review

What TWO goals did the US government hope to accomplish by rationing goods during WWII?

• To provide soldiers with necessary food

• To build enough weapons to win the war.

• To create jobs in the US.

• To help business in Europe grow.

What was one of the main reasons Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

• Japan needed oil and gas.

• Japan believed that the US was going to invade Japan.

• Japan wanted to expand its territory and power in the Pacific and needed to weaken the US to make it easier.

• Japan wanted to take over America.

What country did German invade that led to Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• United States

• Beljium

• Austria

• Poland

Why did the US believe that the League of Nations should be replaced with the United Nations?

• League of Nations was controlled by Germany.

• League of Nations failed to prevent WWII.

• League of Nations supported communism.

• League of Nations caused the Great Depression.

In which TWO ways did the US work to conserve important resources during WWII?

• Issuing war bonds.

• Planting Victory Gardens.

• Rationing food and resources.

• Creating labor unions.

Why did counties use propaganda posters using Roise the Riveter during WWII?

• To encourage women to join the police force.

• To encourage women to serve in the military and replace all the men.

• To encourage women to work in factories and defense industries to help the war effort.

• To encourage women to run for government offices.

Choose a reason why Germany was showing aggression before the start of WWII.

• They were running out of food.

• They were mad at what Germany was left with and blamed for after WWII.

• France wanted to take over Germany.

• They wanted to invade America.

Why did the US want to overtake Iwo Jima in WWII?

• It was close to Japan and would be easier for the US to invade Japan from there.

• It was a US territory.

• It is where Americans wanted to vacation.

• It was close to Germany.

What major event happened on December 7th, 1941?

• Japan attacked and bombed Pearl Harbor.

• D-Day invasion.

• The end of the war.

• The Holocaust began.

Who was the leader of the Fascist Party in Italy during WWII?

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Hirohito

• Benito Mussolini