WWII Test

Which action is an example of international appeasement?

• Congress authorizing the Manhattan Project

• Japan attacking Pearl Harbor

• Germany signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union

• Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for part of Czechoslovakia

The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 were enacted [passed] by Congress to

• help the United States recover from the Great Depression

• stop Nazi Germany from conquering Europe

• aid the Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War

• prevent the United States from being drawn into another world war

The “cash and carry” policy and the Lend-Lease Act were used by the United States to

• help fund League of Nations efforts to maintain peace

• encourage British appeasement of Germany

• fulfill treaty obligations with Great Britain and France

• provide support for the Allies in World War II without entering the war

Which of the following choices would be most likely to support the perspective seen in the above cartoon?

• Allied goals in World War II will affect every nation.

• The Atlantic Charter will help only Europe and Asia.

• The United States intends to rule the entire world.

• American strategy will be to win the war in the Pacific first.

"Yesterday, December 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 excerpt above is most consistent with which of the following? 

• the sinking of merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean

• the D-Day invasion of France

• the bombing of Pearl Harbor

• the air raids on the Panama Canal

The photograph above would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?

• deportation of Japanese Americans to Japan

• arrival of new Japanese immigrants in California

• migration of Japanese American families to the East Coast

• relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps

The situation pictured above occurred during World War II because 

• military authorities considered Japanese Americans a threat to national security 

• Japanese Americans refused to serve in the United States military

•  Japanese Americans were needed to work at inland defense industries

• most Japanese living in the United States were not citizens

Which event was a cause of the other three?

• Congress declared war against Japan.

• Japanese Americans were interned by the federal government.

• The United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor.

• The United States dropped an atomic bomb on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or 

his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the…

authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures.”

Which of the following choices most closely parallels the idea contained in the above excerpt?

• Individual rights need to be maintained in national emergencies.

• The Supreme Court lacks the power to block presidential actions taken during wartime.

•  Individual rights can be restricted under certain circumstances, including war

• Only the state court system can alter the constitutional rights of American citizens. 

Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or 

his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the…

authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures.”

The description in the above excerpt is most similar to which other event/time period?“

• Limiting freedom of speech during World War I in the Schenck v. U.S. Supreme Court case

• Creating a militia to prepare for war during the American Revolution

• Establishing the Miranda Rights in the Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court Case

• Establishing judicial review during the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Case