Unit 9

In the 1930s, how did the US respond to the rise of fascism in Europe?

• By invading Germany and Italy
• By forming military alliances
• By joining the League of Nations.
• by passing a series of neutrality laws.

Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt, authorized which of the following actions?

• deployment of US military forces to the Pacific theater
• conscription of adult male citizens into the armed forces
• creation of the Manhattan Project, first US nuclear weapon
• forced internment of US citizens of Japanes, Italian, and German ancestry.

Which conclusion can be made about the role of women during WWII, based on this picture?

• women worked only in traditionally female-dominated jobs
• it was acceptable for women to work, with men away at war
• it was considered unpatriotic for women to leave their home to seek employment
• women's contributions were not valued by American society

What was the effect of the United States' use of atomic weapons in the war in the Pacific?

• The use of atomic weapons resulted in a massive "kamikaze"-style counter-offensive from the Japanese military.
• It gave the U.S. military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan.
• It brought about the unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin.
• It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.

What caused the United States to enter WWII?

• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Holocaust
• Atomic Bomb

All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:

• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Soviet Union

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• African Americans who served in the military
• Native Americans who served in the military
• German Americans who served in the military
• Japanese Americans who served in the military

Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?

• The elderly
• Children
• Japanese Americans
• Women

Benito Mussolini

• Germany
• Italy
• United States
• Soviet Union 

Stalin

• Germany
• Italy
• United States
• Soviet Union