Pearl Harbor / U.S. Entry into WWII

FDR said the U.S. must be the "arsenal of democracy". Which concept below is best associated with this phrase?

• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Washington Naval Treaty
• Lend-Lease Act
• Atlantic Charter

What did Germany do after the Lend-Lease Act went into effect?

• Declared war on the U.S.
• Allied themselves with Japan in the Tripartite Pact.
• Started a long-range bomber program for reaching the U.S.
• Harassed Allied shipping lanes in the Atlantic with U-boats.

Japan became modernized in the late 1800's in order to

• declare war on the U.S.
• avoid becoming a colony of the West.
• finally put an end to samurai rebellions.
• become an isolationist country.

Japan knew it needed to expand because

• Japan wanted a vast empire but it was an island nation with little oil and steel resources.

• it wanted to keep up with Germany and Italy in biological weapons research.

• the United States had threatened use of nuclear weapons.

• the main islands of Japan were prone to volcanic activity and they needed a safer place to live.

As a result of the Japanese signing the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, President Roosevelt

• declared war on Japan.
• cut off oil and steel exports and froze Japanese assets in the U.S.
• declared war on the Axis Powers.
• signed a non-aggression pact with Japan.

Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor because

• it needed to disable the fleet in order to conquer the Pacific region.
• they thought the U.S. was encroaching on their territory.
• the U.S. had sent its air forces to bomb Tokyo.
• U.S. submarines had been discovered off the coast of Japan.

F.D.R addressed Congress and asked for a declaration of war on the Empire of Japan on

• Dec 6th, 1941
• Dec 7th, 1942
• Dec 7th, 1941
• Dec 8th, 1941

The Axis Powers of World War Two consisted of (Choose 3 options)

• Germany
• Japan
• Italy
• United States
• Great Britain

The battleship that still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor as a memorial is the

• U.S.S. Maine

• R.M.S. Lusitania

• R.M.S. Titanic

• U.S.S. Missouri

• U.S.S. Arizona

Who stated "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." in reference to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Gen. George Marshall

• Admiral Yamamoto

• Prime Minister

  Hideki Tojo

• Emperor Hirohito