WW2 (Japan & USA)

America entered WWII on Dec. 8 1941 the day after Japan attacked the navy base at ________ _______

• Pearl Harbor

• San Francisco

• Washington DC

• Los Angeles

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the development of this weapon.

• atomic bomb

• jet engine

• rocket

• nuclear submarine

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the development of this weapon.

• atomic bomb

• jet engine

• rocket

• nuclear submarine

Japan refused to surrender even after both the cities ofHiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by atomic bombs

• True

• False

What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?

• Germany invading Poland
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• France being taken over

What lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the Pacific?

• US dropped atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities.

• Russia defeated the Japanese in North Korea.

• Japan dropped atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor Naval base.

• United States agreed to help rebuild Japan

On what Japanese city was the "Little Boy" uranium bomb used?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

On what city was the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb used?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

In April of 1945 president FDR suddenly dies. Who becomes president in his place?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry Truman

• George Patton

• Douglas MacArthur

The Potsdam Declaration was the formal documentation of Japan's surrender. What was the ship's name where this took place?

• USS Arizona

• USS Lexington

• USS Missouri

• USS Oklahoma