Unit 7 War World II- US

The Lend-Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to

• Stay out of World War I.

• Supply iron and oil to Japan.

• Divide land acquired from the Mexican War

• Let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.

The United States became directly involved in World War II following

• Germany's attack on Britain.

• the German invasion of Poland.

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

• the sinking of the Lusitania.

The United States involvement in the European theatre of World War II took place first in

• the Mediterranean

• France

• Sweden

• Germany

EXCERPT FROM EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War: to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any persons to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restriction the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942

The purpose of this declaration by President Roosevelt was to:

• prevent Japanese spies from causing harm to the United States.

• prevent African Americans from enlisting in the Army

• imprison German Americans during World War I.

• create jobs in the American military.

President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941, would "live in infamy" because on that day

• Germany invaded Poland.

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

• France was invaded by Germany.

• Japan invaded the Philippines.

The Battle of Midway was significant in World War II because it marked the end of

• the Japanese assault on China.

• the German advance into France.

• the Japanese eastward advance in the Pacific.

• the German bombing of British population centers

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

• U.S. plan to invade Japan.

• German use of jet aircraft.

• Allied plan to invade Europe.

• U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

• he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.

• it was the last hope the U.S. had of winning the war

• Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

• it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

The Allied assault on German-occupied France in June of 1944 is known as

• D-Day.

• VJ Day.

• Operation Barbarossa.

• Operation Market Garden.

The poster seen here makes reference to

• the involvement of women in the abolitionist movement.

• the role of women in securing the prohibition of alcohol.

• women contributing to the labor force during World War II.

• women’s fight to gain the right to vote after World War I.