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America's Entry into the War (USHB)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1930s, America pursued a foreign policy called _________, avoiding alliances and other international relations.

a)

internationalism

b)

imperialism

c)

isolationism

d)

culturalism

2.

The monetary cost for the U.S. in WWII was about _____ billion.

a)

$15

b)

$45

c)

$32

d)

$78

3.

In the 1930s, Congress passed a series of designed to protect American neutrality.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

In _______, the U.S. revised laws to prohibit loans to countries at war.

a)

1936

b)

1937

c)

1935

d)

1940

5.

A word meaning “lightning war,” a German World War II tactic involving combined air attacks and fast-moving ground forces.

a)

militarism

b)

cash-and-carry

c)

blitzkrieg

d)

isolationism

6.

The U.S. wartime policy of allowing belligerent countries to buy goods from the United States if they paid cash and transported them in their own ship.

a)

appeasement

b)

non-agression pact

c)

cash-and-carry

d)

destroyer plan

7.

On August 23, 1939, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with ___________.

a)

the Soviet Union

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Belgium

8.

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded ___________.

a)

Norway

b)

Italy

c)

Hungary

d)

Poland

9.

On September 3, 1939, France and Britain declare war on Germany.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Which of the following is true of the Battle of the Atlantic?

a)

it began in the winter of 1940

b)

it was essential to Great Britain's survival to have control of the seas

c)

the British had a more powerful Navy

d)

all answer choices are correct

11.

German U-boats sank many commercial ships.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Which countries did Germany invade in the Spring of 1940?


select all that apply

a)

Denmark

b)

Norway

c)

Belgium

d)

France

e)

Luxembourg

13.

In May of 1940, evacuation at ________ barely saves British and French troops.

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Marseille

c)

Calais

d)

Dover

14.

Which city surrendered to Germany in June of 1940?

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Oslo

d)

Rome

15.

______ was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.

a)

Nathan Barbarossa

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

16.

Germany launched a successful land invasion of Great Britain in 1941.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Operation Barbarossa was when Germany attacked the Soviet Union.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

In 1940, _______ for Bases put U.S. bases on British territory.

a)

Destroyers

b)

Munitions

c)

Cash

d)

U-boats

19.

Which president led the U.S. during WWII?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Richard M. Nixon

20.

In 1941, the Lend-Lease Act allowed U.S. allied to have arms now and pay for them later.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Roosevelt declared that the United States had a duty to protect freedoms for all people, including—


select all that apply

a)

freedom of speech

b)

freedom of worship

c)

freedom from want

d)

freedom from fear

22.

In 1936, Japan formed a pact with Germany and _________.

a)

Hungary

b)

Russia

c)

Belgium

d)

Italy

23.

In 1937, Japan invaded _________ , killing hundreds of thousands in the Nanjing Massacre.

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Thailand

d)

North Korea

24.

On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in the U.S. territory of __________.

a)

the Falkland Islands

b)

Indochina

c)

Hawaii

d)

Guam

25.

The recording of Roosevelt's report to Congress:


Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in ________, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor, looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

a)

appeasement

b)

history

c)

infamy

d)

obscurity