WWII Concept Check Review

What was the cause of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Executive Order 9066

• Japanese Internment

• U.S. oil embargo against Japan

• Hitler's invasion of Poland

What impact did WWII and defense spending have on the U.S. economy?

• Lifted the trade ban with Japan
• Ended the Great Depression
• Opened up trade with other Allied Powers
• expanding government control of industry

What happened to U.S. soldiers in the Philippines?

• Captured and sent to Japanese internment camps
• Fought against the Japanese and won, halting their advance in the islands
• Died during the Bataan Death March
• U.S. soldiers were traded for Japanese POWs

Why did the U.S. cut off trade with Japan?

• Japanese aggression in Indochina and other areas of Asia
• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
• U.S. entered an agreement to protect China
• Japan invaded the Philippines

The first African American fighter pilot squadron

• Navajo Code Talkers
• Flying Tigers
• Tuskegee Airmen
• Manhattanites

Government agency that produced posters and pamphlets to encourage Americans to support the war effort

• Office of War Information
• Securities & Exchange Commission
• Civilian Conservation Corp
• Office of Homeland Security

Why was June 6 1944 D-Day important to the Allied powers?

• Gained valuable access to Japanese troops

• Allowed Allied troops to gain a foothold in Europe

• Stopped Italian forces from invading the Soviet Union

• Axis powers gained a valuable foothold in France

What June 1942 battle was the turning point in the Pacific war against Japan halting the Japanese advance destroying 4 battleships?

• The Philippines

• Iwo Jima

• Okinawa

• Midway

What was the name given to the development of atomic weaponry?

• Operation Overlord
• Final Solution
• Manhattan Project
• Island Hopping

What was the purpose of Executive Order 9066?

• Detain all German-Americans
• Halt immigration of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.
• Place all Japanese Americans in isolated Internment camps
• Require all men over the age of 18 to enter the draft