Staar WWII

Which sentence completes this cause-and-effect diagram? The United States enters WWII, then National Defense spending increases, then BLANK

• The government reduces its use of propaganda

• the level of industrial production increases

• the government reduces its use of rationing programs

• the unemployment rate increases

Why did Japan attack America at Pearl Harbor?

• they wanted to invade America

• embargo of oil and rubber

• they hated Americans

What is one thing America did to help the Allies before we declared war?

• Lend Lease and Cash and carry act

• never helped our allies

• we just focused on our economy

What major role did Native Americans play in WWII?

• they were banned from serving in the military

• they used their medicines to help aid the soldiers

• they used their language as code to help transmit messages

Americans who volunteered to serve as pilots fighting the Japanese in China prior to the US entering the war.

• Glenn curtiss

• Charles Lindbergh

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Flying Tigers

These American Indians were recruited by the military to encode, transmit, and decode messages; the Navajo language was used to develop a code that was not broken by the enemy in WWII

• Cherokee

• Navajo

• Apache

• Sioux

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

What was the primary reason for the United States' involvement in WWII?

• To support the Axis powers

• To stop the spread of communism

• To respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor

• To gain control of European territories

Which event marked the official start of World War II?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The invasion of Poland by Germany

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• The attack on Hiroshima

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway in WWII?

• It marked the first use of atomic bombs

• It was a turning point in the Pacific Theater

• It led to the fall of Berlin

• It resulted in the capture of Paris