Copy of World war 2 quiz

Which of the following events brought America into the war and is known as "a date that will live in infamy

• D-day
• Stalingrad
• Peral Harbor
• None of the above

The Lend-Lease Act was passed by the United States Congress in response to increased -

• concern about German aggression in Europe
• anger over the Japanese invasion of China
• concern about Italian demands in North Africa
• fear over the German pact with the Soviet Union

The Battle of Stalingrad was significant because Germany was

• cut off from Italian reinforcements
• denied access to valuable oil resources
• forced to surrender its western armies
• invaded by the Allied Troops

President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was influenced by all the following except the

• Fear that an invasion of Japan would mean death for thousands of American soliders
• Fear of Germany winning the war
• Fear of the Japanese Naval fleet
• None of the above.

Thousands of African American soldiers, including the Tuskegee Airmen or Black Eagles, served bravely in World War II despite

• A reluctance to serve
• Poor training
• Strong Feelings against the war
• Discrimination at home and in segregated military units
• Option 5

The Main Reason the Soviet Union became an ally of Britain and Later the U.S was because the soviet Union

• was Communist
• mistrusted Japan
• Needed the resources of Britain and the U.s
• Was attacked by Germany in spite of their nonaggression pact

What did the neutrality acts mean?

• The United states wanted to try to remain Netural
• The United States wanted to support the allied powers
• The United States supported the German war effort
• None of the above.

The attack on Normandy (D-Day) was a large scale invasion to -

• force the surrender of Japan
• liberate France and the rest of Europe
• seek the support of Russia
• free Germany

The standoff in Negotiations between the United States and Japan Involved

• Imposition of an embargo on exports of oil and steel to Japan
• The [possession of Hawaii
• the growth of the military in Japan
• Competition between their naval forces in the Pacific

The principal war strategy that the U.S. and her allies agreed to pursue was to

• control North Africa
• Bomb multiple targets
• Defeat Hitler First
• Was attacked by Germany in spite of their nonaggression pact