World War II Review Questions I

Which event prompted the United States to enter WW2?

• The German annexation of Austria

• The Soviet occupation of Germany

• The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to--

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• U.S. entry into WW2

• The establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii

Which action replaces the question mark on the. cause-and-effect diagram?

• implements an embargo against Japan

• sends ground troops to fight Chines

• bans the sale of weapons to China

• appeases Japanese demands for new territory

In this excerpt, General Eisenhower is describing his reaction to--

• the Bataan Death March

• Nazi concentration camps

• Japanese American internment camps

• the bombing of Hiroshima

In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for--

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the verdict of the Sacco Vanzetti trial

• the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the internment camps of Japanese Americans

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers

Why did the United States seize the Pacific Islands during World War II?

• To gain access to vital natural resources

• to fulfill commitments to military alliances

• To protect shipping routes for neutral countries

• To establish military bases for use in further attacks

Many of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline —

• remained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasion

• were exchanged for Japanese prisoners of war

• escaped and were redeployed to the European theater

• died during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines

This 1944 order was addressed to U.S. troops sent to —

• capture the Italian mainland

• transport weapons to Great Britain

• Invade the beaches at Normandy

• repel attack on Stalingrad

The U.S. Army distributed posters like this one with the goal of encouraging —

• the sale of war bonds

• young men to voluntarily enlist

• the creation of a selective service

• young men to return to school