World War II

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?

• Axis violations of international law caused the United States to hold criminal trials

• German expansion into western Europe caused the United States to assist France

• Japanese aggression in the Pacific caused the United States to declare war

• Allied defeats on the battlefield caused the United States to develop new weapons

Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?

• The German annexation of Austria

• The Soviet occupation of Germany

• The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Which action replaces the question mark in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• implements an embargo against Japan

• sends ground troops to fight the Chinese

• bans the sale of weapons to China

• appeases Japanese demands for new territory

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to-

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• U.S. entry in World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii

President Roosevelt later used similar justification for

• the implementation of the Marshall Plan

• dropping atomic bombs on Japan

• U.S. involvement in World War II

• U.S. participation in the League of Nations

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this situation?

• A surge of social unrest in South America

• The outbreak of World War II

• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement

• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

How did President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated an arms race with the Soviet Union

• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes

• It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan

• It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy American aircraft carriers

In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for-

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

• the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the internment of Japanese-Americans

This diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government

• provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefield

• developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies

• instituted a disaster-preparedness program for the civilian population

• nationalized industries considered essential to national security