Unit 8: America in WWII Review

The United States providing critical aid to Great Britain and other Allies was a direct result of the...

• Neutrality Act of 1939

• Neutrality Laws

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

How did the Lend-Lease Act help to defend the United States?

• It moved the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• It converted civilian manufacturing to produce wartime goods

• It provided weapons to America's allies to fight the Germans and Japanese

• It sought to improve relations with Japan to prevent the outbreak of war

The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, what did President Franklin Roosevelt ask Congress to do?

• Approve the creation of the Manhattan Project

• Declare war on Japan

• Start arresting and interning Japanese-Americans

• Attack the Japanese fleet at Midway

Use the list to help answer the question:

-America places an oil embargo on Japan

-American controls territories Japan wants to claim

-Japan fears American naval power in the Pacific

All of these things led to which of the following?

• Japanese invasion of China

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Germany declared war on the United States

• Japan's invasion of the US West Coast

The Japanese ruling groups are aware of the desperate military

situation...but still find unconditional surrender unacceptable. The basic

policy of the present government is to fight as long and as desperately

as possible in the hope of avoiding complete defeat and of acquiring a

better bargaining position in a negotiated peace. The Japanese believe that

unconditional surrender would be the equivalent of national extinction.

—Excerpt from a July 1945 report from members of the

American Intelligence Community

Based on the conclusions from the report above, what did President Truman decide to do with Japan?

• Enact the Lend-Lease Act to sell military equipment to China

• Bomb the Japanese using fire bombs

• Invade Japan

• Bomb the Japanese using nuclear weapons

Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific Theater?

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day/Operation Overlord

• Battle of Berlin

• Battle of Iwo Jima

Why did the United States decide to use atomic weapons against Japan instead of a land invasion?

• Japan's geography did not make a land invasion practical

• America did not have sufficient numbers of troops for a land invasion

• Because of the challenges of the Pacific Theater, a land invasion was not possible

• A land invasion was estimated to result in too many American casualties

Due to Albert Einstein's influence, the United States made the decision to...

• Create the Manhattan Project

• Adopt the Lend-Lease Act

• Declare war on the Axis Powers

• Invade and liberate France

Which event forced the Germans to fight the war on multiple fronts, which divided and weakened its military strength?

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day/Operation Overlord

• Battle of Berlin

• Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Berlin is best described by which of the following?

• It was the most successful allied invasion during WWII

• It was insignificant to the outcome of the war

• It occurred without much loss of life as the German people were ready to surrender.

• It was one of the bloodiest battles in history and one of the last battles of the European Theater