Test - WWII

1. Which event brought the United States directly into World War II?

• The invasion of Poland by Germany
• The murder of many Jews throughout Europe
• The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan

2. The Japanese attack on _____(1)________ prompted the _______(2)______ to officially enter World War II.

• (1) Paris (2) Russia
• (1) Moscow (2) France
• (1) London (2)Great Britain
• (1) Pearl Harbor (2) United States

3. In the World War II era, what was the major reason for Jewish immigration to the United States?

• To escape famine and drought causes by natural disaster
• To seek better educational opportunities
• To escape state-sponsored genocide

4. D-Day is known as -

• Allied forces liberated France in June 6, 1944
• U.S. dropped two atomic bombs
• surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor

5. What was a key challenge faced by the United States during World War II?

• Lack of public support for the war effort
• Fighting the war on several fronts
• Difficulty gaining congressional support

6. The United States justification for dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that—

• The bombs’ destructive power might end the war quickly
• Japan’s military power was centered in these two cities
• Japan had attacked major cities in other nations

7. President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in World War II mainly to -

• Gain valuable information for future peacetime use of atomic power
• Increase the prestige of the United States
• Bring an immediate end to the war

8. The main reason the United States entered World War II was to -

• Gain additional overseas territories
• Stop totalitarian aggression
• Honor its treaty commitments

9. The D-Day Invasion in June 1944 was important to the outcome of World War II in Europe because it-

• Opened a new Allied front in Europe
• Avoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian targets
• Forced Italy to surrender

10. What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?

• A police attack on strikers in Detroit
• The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
• An explosion of a West Virginia coal mine