US History WW2

American Naval base in Hawaii; a surprise attack on the base by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941 resulted in the US entering World War II

• Fort Myers

• Fort Benning

• Savannah Harbor

• Pearl Harbor

US cargo ships made during WWII. In all 187 of these ships were made in Georgia.

• Liberty Ships

• Patriot Ships

• Freedom Ships

• Justice Ships

What is the best explanation why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

• Japan wanted to surprise and destroy the U.S. Navy in the Pacific ocean so it would expand it's Empire

• The United States had already declared war on Germany and Japan and Japan wanted to attack first

• Japan was responding to threats made by the United States Navy

• Japan was following orders from Germany to attack the U.S. Navy

How did President Roosevelt try and help Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union before the United States declared war on Germany?

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The New Deal

• Naval Blockades

• Housing Prisoners of War

Due to demand for workers in factories during the war, which part of the population was employed in large numbers for the first time?

• Women

• African-American Men

• Children

• The elderly

What was the name of the factory that opened in Marietta, GA and brought industry to Cobb County for the first time? This factory produced B-29 bomber planes.

• Bell Bomber

• Boeing Aircraft

• Rolls Royce Engines

• Northrop Bomber

How did the cities of Savannah and Brunswick Georgia benefit from World War II?

• The shipyards and ports employed hundreds of workers to help build Naval ships

• The cities became major training centers for the Army.

• They became centers for building bombers

• They became major training centers for the Air Force

Which conference established the United Nations after World War II?

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Tehran Conference

• San Francisco Conference

Who was the President of the United States at the end of World War II?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

What was the primary objective of the Manhattan Project during World War II?

• To develop radar technology

• To create the atomic bomb

• To build aircraft carriers

• To establish the United Nations