World War II

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 was the purpose of the "cash and carry" policy adopted by the US government in 1939?

• to preserve US neutrality
• to gain access to new trade markets
• to spread democracy around the world
• to punish aggressor nations

Why did Americans buy war bonds during World War II?

• To avoid paying taxes.
• To donate part of their wages to the military
• To finance public works projects.
• To lend the government money to pay for the war.

Why did the US enact the Lend-Lease Act?

• To stay out of World War II
• To divide land acquired from the Japanese.
• To supply iron and oil to Japan.
• To let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.

Why did President Truman ultimately decide to use atomic weapons in Japan?

• To prevent the potential loss of American lives from an invasion of Japan.
• The need to defeat Japan before defeating Germany
• plan to bring democratic government to Japan 
• The failure of the island hopping campaign against Japan

The American campaign to defeat the Japanese shown in the map above was known as

• island blitzkrieg
• shock and awe in the islands
• island hopping
• island trenching

Hoping to avoid war, Great Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement and gave in to Germany's demand for more territory.

• True
• False