WWII US History

Required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

• Zimmerman Note

• Selective Service Act

• American Expenditionary Force

• Convoy System

the laws which made it a crime to say anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort

• Selective Service Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Espionage & Sedition Act

• 007 Bond Act

The International Organization that some Americans (especially Henry Cabot Lodge) was afraid would lead the US into another war.

• Yalta Conference

• Justice League

• Armistice Day

• League of Nations

The League of Nations was greatly weakened

• US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

• US Senate refused to change the Insular Cases

• US Senate refused to send delegates to Colombia

• US Senate refused to ratify the 19th Amendment

Which conclusion is most clearly supported by information on the map?

• The United States respected the sovereignty of Latin American nations

• United States military action was used to protect American interests

• The United States rarely used its armed forces in Latin America before WWII

• United States military action in Latin America supported European colonies

This offered assistance to soldiers returning home after WWII

• GI Bill

• GI Joe

• 23rd Amendment

• Highway Act

This allowed the US to get passed a Soviet blockade

• Berlin Wall

• Berlin Airlift

• Tanks

• Jeeps

What was the primary purpose of the Lend-Lease Act during WWII?

• To provide financial aid to American citizens

• To supply military aid to Allied nations

• To establish trade agreements with Axis powers

• To fund the Manhattan Project

Which battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII?

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of the Coral Sea

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Okinawa

Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover