WWII

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 sentence completes this cause-and-effect diagram?

The United States enters WWII, then National Defense spending increases, then BLANK

• The government reduces its use of propaganda

• the level of industrial production increases

• the government reduces its use of rationing programs

• the unemployment rate increases

What was one direct effect of WWII activities like those promoted 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

Why did Japan attack America at Pearl Harbor?

• they wanted to invade America

• embargo of oil and rubber

• they hated Americans

What is one thing America did to help the Allies before we declared war?

• Lend Lease and Cash and carry act

• never helped our allies

• we just focused on our economy

What major role did Native Americans play in WWII?

• they were banned from serving in the military

• they used their medicines to help aid the soldiers

• they used their language as code to help transmit messages

Who were the Tuskegee airmen?

• drivers

• Alabamian pilots

• African American military pilots

• People from Tuskegee

The medal of honor is the highest award you can receive in the military.

• True

• False

Americans who volunteered to serve as pilots fighting the Japanese in China prior to the US entering the war.

• Glenn curtiss

• Charles Lindbergh

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Flying Tigers

These American Indians were recruited by the military to encode, transmit, and decode messages; the Navajo language was used to develop a code that was not broken by the enemy in WWII

• Cherokee

• Navajo

• Apache

• Sioux