USA entry into WW2

What does this show?

• American Isolationism

• America joining WW2

• America's drive for global peace

• the importance of sleep to a well balance life

The invasion of _______ started WW2

• Austria

• Finland

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

What were the main causes of the Pearl Harbor attack?

• Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, U.S. oil embargo, breakdown of diplomatic negotiations

• Japan's desire for revenge, U.S. oil embargo, breakdown of diplomatic negotiations

• Japan's desire for expansion, U.S. oil embargo, breakdown of diplomatic negotiations

• Germany's invasion of Poland, U.S. oil embargo, breakdown of diplomatic negotiations

What was the immediate impact of the Pearl Harbor attack?

• The United States' declaration of neutrality in World War II

• The United States' withdrawal from World War II

• The United States' alliance with Japan

• The United States' entry into World War II

What was the main reason for Japan's aggression in the 2nd Sino-Japanese War?

• To retaliate against Chinese aggression

• To gain control over resources and territories in China

• To spread Japanese culture and influence in China

• To establish a puppet government in China

How did the Wall Street Crash help Hitler gain power? (choose two)

• It triggered an election

• It made his policies more appealing

• It made people dislike the government

• It made his rivals look bad

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

• U.S. trade sanctions/embargo had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

Match the following descriptions with the corresponding actions taken by the USA before WW2

• Isolationism

• A foreign policy which called for the USA to stay out of Foreign affairs, popular during the 1920s-late 1930s

• Lend-Lease Act

• 3 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. These laws banned Americans to sell arms and provide loans to countries at war.

• Neutrality Acts

• Changed the laws to allow countries to buy weapons from the United States as long as they paid for them right away and took them away on their own ships.

• Cash and Carry

• This allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the U.S (mostly Allied nations).

What policy did the United States adopt at the beginning of the 1930s to limit its involvement in international conflicts?

• Brinkmanship

• Containment

• Isolationism

• Detente

Organize the Countries into their alliance system in WW2

Groups:

(a) AXIS POWERS

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(b) Allies

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