WWII 2/1/24

Why did the United States enter WWII?    

• The US didn’t enter WWII – it remained neutral
• The US was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii  
• Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked the US for its help

Which side did the United States take during WWII?    

• the US sided with the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan
• the US sided with the Allied Powers of Britain, France, and the Soviet Union (USSR)
  

What was the name of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

• Little boy

• C-78

• Fat man

• This bomb was not named

What was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

• Little Boy

• it didn't have a name

• C-76

• Fat man

what happened to Japanese in America after pearl harbor?

• They left the country in humiliation

• they were sent to internment camps

• Nothing happened to them

• They were forced to fight in the war

“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.   The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific."       Franklin D. Roosevelt
    The quote above describes what event?

• Hiroshima
• D-Day
• Pearl Harbor

Where is Pearl Harbor?

• Japan
• Hawaii
• Atlantic Ocean
• China

When this ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor, over one thousand US soldiers lost their lives.      

• USS Arizona
• USS Utah 
• USS Oklahoma 
• USS Chicago

On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?

• December 7, 2016
• December 7, 1916
• December 7, 1941
• December 14, 1971

What was General MacArthur's strategy in the Pacific during WWII?

• Scorched earth

• Island hopping

• Guerrilla warfare

• Blitzkrieg