A.P. U.S. 7.13

What event directly led to the United States' entry into World War II?

• Germany's invasion of Poland

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• Japan's expansion in East Asia

• The signing of the Axis Pact

Which government agency was responsible for controlling news and promoting the goals of World War II in the United States?

• Department of Defense

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Office of War Information

• Voice of America

The racialized portrayal of the enemy during World War II contributed to which executive action in the United States?

• The creation of the Tuskegee Airmen

• The desegregation of the armed forces

• The internment of Japanese Americans

• The establishment of the Voice of America

The United States' alliance with the Soviet Union during World War II complicated its moral stance because the Soviet Union was considered what type of state?

• A democratic republic

• A fascist regime

• An authoritarian communist state

• A neutral power

What significant atrocity committed by Japan against American and Filipino troops occurred in the Philippines in April 1942?

• The Rape of Nanking

• The Bataan Death March

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The Battle of Midway

The Nazi regime's implementation of the Nuremberg Laws, which stripped German Jews of their rights, was influenced by their study of which American legal system?

• Constitutional amendments

• Jim Crow laws

• Federal immigration policies

• Native American tribal laws

Which group of African American pilots, trained at the Tuskegee Institute, earned numerous military awards for their flight skills during World War II despite serving in a segregated military?

• The Harlem Hellfighters

• The Buffalo Soldiers

• The Tuskegee Airmen

• The Navajo Code Talkers

Which World War II technological advancement, developed in part by Hedy Lamarr, laid the groundwork for modern wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth?

• Radar

• Atomic bomb

• Frequency hopping

• Sonar

Who was the lead scientist on the Manhattan Project, responsible for developing the atomic weapon?

• Harry Truman

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Douglas MacArthur

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Where was the first successful test of an atomic weapon conducted?

• Hiroshima, Japan

• Los Alamos, New Mexico

• Alamogordo, New Mexico

• Bikini Atoll