1/13/23 Causes of WW2

Which event led directly to the outbreak of World War II?

• The invasion of the Rhineland

• The invasion of Poland

• The Munich Conference

• The Dunkirk evacuation

The year 1939 was a turning point in world history

because it marked -

• The end of the Great Depression

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• The D-Day invasion of France

• The beginning of World War II

Winston Churchill requested aid to the Allies in 1940.

What did this lead Franklin Roosevelt to do?

• It spurred Roosevelt to propose the Lend-Lease Act

• It led Roosevelt to institute a draft

• It prompted Roosevelt to declare war on Germany

• It forced Roosevelt to sign the War Powers Act

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval

base at Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed

  Pacific trade routes

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the

  Battle of Midway

• U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil,

  gas, and rubber

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to

  internment camps

Which most accurately characterizes the policy

followed by the United States in the years between

World War I and World War II?

• Military alliances with France and Great Britain

• Isolation from European military conflicts

• Active membership in the League of Nations

• Containment of Communism

What was the ultimate result of the situation President

Roosevelt refers to in the excerpt?

• The outbreak of World War II

• The surge of social unrest in South America

• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement

President Roosevelt later used similar reasoning as one justification for -

• U.S. participation in the League of Nations

• Dropping atomic bombs on Japan

• The implementation of the Marshall Plan

• U.S. involvement in World War II

Which of the following should be added to the list above?

• Germany signed the Munich Pact with Japan

• Germany invades Poland

• Germany invades Ethiopia

• Germany attacks the United States at Pearl Harbor

Judging from the excerpt, this text of the World War II era came from the -

• U.S. declaration of war

• National Labor Relations Act that granted new

  rights to workers

• Executive order banning racial discrimination in

  wartime factories

• Lend-Lease Act

What was one direct effect of World War II activities promote by this poster?

• Changes in the traditional roles of women

• The establishment of women’s suffrage

• Combat training for women

• The election of women political leaders