World War II Era

What did Hitler call Germany's quick air strikes?

• Blitzkrieg

• Kristallnacht

• Anschluss

• gestapo

In the 1930's the United States responded to the rise of fascism in Europe by

• invading Germany and Italy.

• forming military alliances.

• passing a series of neutrality laws.

• joining the League of Nations.

When Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act in 1941, he said that the United States must become the "arsenal of democracy" in order to

• end the Drepression

• help the Allied Powers

• remain neutral

• help Britain

Match the following leaders to the countries they ruled or governed in

• United States

• Adolf Hitler

• China

• Hirohito

• Italy

• Mao Zedong

• Japan

• Benito Mussolini

• Germany

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

To aid in the war effort, American citizens accepted that some items would be subject to what?

• rationing

• disappearance

• abundance

• commandeering

Cash and Carry (1937)

Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal (1940)

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

Which change in United States foreign policy is demonstrated by the above acts prior to World War II?

• A shift from neutrality toward more direct involvement.

• An effort to become more neutral.

• A movement from isolationism to containment of communism.

• a desire to provide aid to both Allied and Axis Powers.

Shortly after entering WWII, the U.S. began the Manhattan Project to

• work on the development of the Atomic Bomb

• increase economic production to meet wartime demands.

• defend NYC against a nuclear attack.

• recruit meant for the military.

During WWII, the federal government used rationing to

• hold down prices of military weapons

• increase educational benefits for veterans

• increase imports of scarce products

• provide more resources for the military

What goal did President Roosevelt hope to achieve when he enacted the embargo on naval and aviation supplies in 1940? (consider what they did not want Japan to do)

• to stop Japanese expansion

• to provoke Japan into war

• to avoid war with Japan

• to appease Japan

After the United States joined WWII, the nation's economic situation

• improved

• worsened

• stalled

• remained unchanged