US History - VUS.11 Study Guide

Match the following nations to their leader at the time of WWII...

• Benito Mussolini

• Germany

• Adolf Hitler

• Italy

• Winston Churchill

• Russia

• Hideki Tojo

• Japan

• Joseph Stalin

• Britain

Which event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a day that will live in infamy?"

• Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor

• The United States' declaration of war on Japan

• The Battle of Britain

• Hitler's invasion of Poland

World War II started in what year?

• 1941

• 1940

• 1939

• 1938

World War II began with -

• Germany's invasion of Britain and France

• Japan's invasion of Manchuria and China

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• Germany's invasion of Poland

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Allied Nations

,

(b) Axis Nations

• Russia

• France

• United States

• Japan

• Germany

• Italy

• Britain

In mid-1941, Hitler turned on his former ally and invaded -

• France

• the Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• Italy

The Lend-Lease Act gave the president authority to

• impose embargoes on exports of oil and steel to Japan

• establish military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean

• sell or lend equipment to countries to defend themselves against the Axis Powers

• sell or lend equipment to Germany in exchange for isolationism

What happened as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The people of the United States became supportive of aiding Great Britain in World War II.

• The United States ignored Germany's attack on Poland.

• The people of the United States became supportive of the Lend-Lease Act.

• The United States abandoned the policy of neutrality and became fully involved in World War II.

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a desire to remain free from European conflicts led to the American policy of -

• isolationism

• internationalism

• appeasement

• limited negotiation

As a result of an alliance, which nation declared war on the United States after America declared war on Japan following their attack at Pearl Harbor?

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Italy