World War II: Pearl Harbor

According to the section titled "A World at War," what event marked the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War II?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day Invasion

• Battle of the Bulge

According to the section titled "A World at War," how long did it take for Japanese planes to empty their bombs and bullets during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• 2 hours and 30 minutes

• 1 hour and 55 minutes

• 3 hours

• 45 minutes

According to the section titled "A World at War," what was the immediate reaction in Hawaii when the attack on Pearl Harbor began?

• Celebration

• Silence

• Alarms sounded all over Hawaii

• Evacuation

According to the section titled "A World at War," which U.S. President asked Congress for a declaration of war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Herbert Hoover

According to the section titled "A World at War," what was the main reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

• To gain control of Hawaii

• To disable the U.S. military force in Hawaii

• To capture American soldiers

• To start peace talks

According to the section titled "A World at War," what did the United States do in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Declared war on Germany

• Declared war on Japan

• Signed a peace treaty

• Increased trade with Japan

According to the section titled "An End to the War," who became president of the United States after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?

• 
  Harry S. Truman

• 
  John F. Kennedy

• 
  Dwight D. Eisenhower

• 
  Lyndon B. Johnson

According to the section titled "An End to the War," what event marked the end of World War II?

• 
  
  The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• 
  The fall of the Berlin Wall

• 
  
  The surrender of Japan

• 
  
  The Battle of Gettysburg

According to the section titled "An End to the War," what did the U.S. use to try to force Japan to surrender during World War II?

• 
  Tanks

• 
  Submarines

• 
  Fighter jets

• 
  
  Atomic Bombs

According to the chart in the section titled "Texas Cities Grow as a Result of the War," which Texas city had the largest population in 1950

• 
  
  Corpus Christi

• 
  Houston

• 
  Dallas

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  Fort Worth