World War II

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

• Operation Torch

Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in early 1945 to discuss the post war world?

• Casablance

• Yalta

• Potsdam

• Washington D.C.

What is Genocide?

• prejudice, racism, hatred against Jews

• systematic attempt to eliminate an entire race

• organized attack on Jewish homes and businesses

What do Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin all have in common?

• they are Communist dictators

• they are Fascist rulers

• they are Totalitarian dictators

During WWII, women were a very important asset to victory over Japan and Germany because..

• They were known for their courage on the battlefield

• They took over many of the factory jobns that men had held and made war materials

• They were used to distract enemy on the battlefield

• They were inspiration for the soldiers to return home

What did Japan gain from its new territories following its attack on Pearl Harbor to further its goals?

• Rich farmland and areas to fish

• Freshwater sources and timber resrves

• Rich oil reserves adn military bases

• Large coal reserves and an educated labor source.

Which of the following was an effect of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• Japan's emperor gave up his throne

• Allied leaders met in Potsdam

• Japan agreed to surrender

• The Soviet Union invaded Manchuria

What was the intended product of the Manhattan Project

• A long range bomber

• An atomic submarine

• A long range gun

• An atomic bomb

Why did Japan attack the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor?

• To sink U.S. ships preparing to attack and invade Japan

• To establish a colony in Hawaii and serve as a naval base for Japan

• To weaken U.S. naval power and alloew Japan to expand inthe Pacific

• To take over the naval base in the future invasion of the United States.

How was the Atlantic Charter a step toward the United States going to war?

• It was an agreement to join Great Britian in fighting Germany

• It led to the United States declaring war on Germany

• It was a joint decleration of war goals, protecting freedom of the seas.

• It led to different neutrality laws being repealed