World War II Part I

Read the list and answer the question that follows

What should be a title for these events?

• Events that led to U.S. involvement in World War II

• Events that rejected the League of Nations

• Events that inspired Nationalism during World War I

• Events that encourage the US to join NATO

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?

• Axis violations of international law

• German expansion

• Japanese agrression in the Pacific

• Allied defeats on the battlefield

Which event prompted the US to enter World War II?

• The German annexation of Austria

• The Soviet occupation of Germany

• The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

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

• implements an embargo against Japan

• sends ground troops to fight the Chinese

• bans the sale of weapons to China

• appeases Japanese demands for new territory

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to-

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• US entry into World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• US annexation of Hawaii

What was on reason Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor

• The US strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.

• the battle of Midway

• Japanese internment camps

• US trade sanctions caused shortages of oil, gas and rubber

President Roosevelt later used similarr reason as on justification for-

• the implementation of the Marshall Plan

• dropping atomic bombs on Japan

• US involvement in World War II

• US participation in the League of Nations

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

• A surge of social unrest in South America

• The outbreak of World War II

• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement

• the overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

Which pgrases from President Roosevelt's address reveal a turning away isolationism?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

How did President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union.

• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes.

• It enabled the United Nation to help Japan

• They thought he was the coolest guy in history