World War II Review

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?

• Axis violations of international law caused the United States to hold criminal trials.
• German expansion in Western Europe caused the United States to assist France.
• Japanese aggression in the Pacific caused the United Sates to declare war.
• Allied defeats on the battlefield caused the United States to develop new weapons.

Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?

• The German annexation of Austria
• The Soviet occupation of Germany
• The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach
• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Which action replaces the question mark on this cause-and-effect diagram?

• implements an embargo against Japan
• sends ground troops to fight the Chinese
• bans the sale of weapons to China
• appeases Japanese demands for new territory

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to -

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan
• US entry into World War II
• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine
• US annexation of Hawaii

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German annexation of Austria
• Japanese militaryactions in Indochina
• German submarine attacks on US merchant ships
• The Japanese bombing of a US military base

What was one reason Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Habor?

• The US strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.
• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway
• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.
• US trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

President Roosevelt later used similar reasoning as one justification for -

• the implementation of the Marshall Plan
• dropping atomic bombs on Japan
• US involvement in World War II
• US participation in the League of Nations

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

• A surge of social unrest in South America
• The outbreak of World War II
• A shift in favor of the policy of appearance
• The overthrouw of the monarchy in Russia

How did President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union.
• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes.
• It enabled the United Nations to adminster territory in Japan
• It led to the establishement of the first global peacekeeping force.

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The US plan to relocate Japnanese Americans to internment camps
• The Allied plan to liberate concentraion camps in Eastern Europe
• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews
• The Japanese military strategy to destroy US aircraft carriers