Gilded Age-WWII

Which action prompted the U.S. to officially enter WW2?

• German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

• Japanese military action in Indochina

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• U.S. trade sanctions (embargo) on oil to Japan

• Japanese defeat in the Battle of Midway

• Allies strategy of island hopping had disturbed Japan

The rights of citizens under the 14th amendment were violated by which U.S. action?

• Office of War Mobilization

• 
  internment camps for Japanese Americans (Executive Order 9066)

• Nuclear sites in Nevada

How did the Battle of Midway alter the course of the war in the Pacific?

• By halting the progress of Japanese expansion

• By preventing the continued use of Japanese kamikaze planes

Why did the U.S. seize Pacific islands through "island hopping" during WW2?

• To protect shipping routes for neutral countries

• To establish military bases for use in future attacks

What important military contributions did the Navajo Code Talkers make during World War II?

• They were part of a volunteer group of U.S. piolets that defended China from Japanese aggression.

• They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military information in the Pacific Theater.

Which amendment give you the right of Religion, Assembly, Speech, Petition and Press?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

The steel industry in the United States expanded largely because —

• European immigrants introduced new steel production techniques

• Telephone and telegraph lines required large amount of steel to build

• The Bessemer process made steel production more affordable and cheaper.

The purpose of the Dawes Act of 1877 was to —

• assimilate American Indian tribes into U.S. society

• draft members of American Indian tribes into the U.S. military

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed an increase in the number of Supreme Court Justices because the Court ruled against-

• some New Deal programs

• interment camps

• gold standard