What Led to the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

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Homeroom

1. What caused Japan to invade countries in Asia?

• to gain more land

• the need for raw materials

• they wanted to

• they were weak

2. Japan formed alliances with which two countries?

• Germany and Italy

• Great Britain and France

• Great Britain and Russia

• Germany and Russia

3. What caused President Roosevelt to move the main base of the U.S. Pacific fleet to Hawaii?

• He wanted the Pacific fleet to spy on Japan.

• Japanese aggressions in the Pacific made the president move the Pacific fleet closer to U.S. territories in Hawaii and Asia so the fleet could better protect them.

• Most Americans wanted another world war to stop Germany and Japan

• Moving the Pacific fleet to Hawaii was an aggressive move intended to provoke Japan into war.

4. Did Japan's plan to attack U.S. bases in Hawaii achieve the goal it desired?

• Yes, Japan's goal was to provoke the U.S. into war

• No, Japan's goal was to kill every American in Hawaii, and the attack did not succeed in doing that.

• Yes, Japan's goal was to destroy the ships in Pearl Harbor

• No, Japan's goal was to make the U.S. plead for peace, not declare war.

5. The U.S. stopped ______ oil, steel, and rubber to Japan.

• exporting

• selling

• sending

• all of the above

6. The U.S. was expecting an attack by Japan on American military bases in the Pacific.

• True

• False

7. Put these events in the order in which they happened:  

A. The main base of the U.S. Pacific fleet was moved from California to Hawaii.

B. Japan invaded China.

C. U.S. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Plan.

D. The U.S. warned military bases in the Pacific that the Japanese might attack.

• A, B, C, D

• D, A, C, B

• B, A, C, D

• C, D, B, A