US History TEST Topic 6 Review (22-23)

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?

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

• German expansion in 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 on this cause-and-effect diagram? (TEK 7A)

• 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 into World War II.

• The establishment of the Truman Doctrine.

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii.

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

The U.S. Army distributed posters like the one to the right with the goal of encouraging- (TEK 7F)

• the sale of war bonds

• young men to voluntarily enlist

• the creation of a selective service

• young men to return to school

This 1944 poster was produced most likely in response to the-

[TEKS US.17(A)]

• growing demand for equal pay for equal work

• growing demand for personnel to support the war effort

• lack of women with the skills necessary to join labor force

• lack of women able to serve in combat

In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for- (TEK 7C)

• 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

What was the purpose of this World War II poster?

• To persuade women to purchase food ration coupons

• To encourage families to put more money into bank savings accounts

• To encourage citizens to help pay for the costs of the war

• To persuade women to pay for the release of prisoners of wa

What was the main purpose of this World War II poster?

• To persuade citizens to enlist in the armed forces.

• To inform citizens about the wartime dangers facing the nation.

• To encourage citizens to volunteer to help support the war.

• To notify citizens of mandatory programs for national security.