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WorksheetsAmerica's Entry into the War (USHB)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
During the 1930s, America pursued a foreign policy called _________, avoiding alliances and other international relations.
internationalism
imperialism
isolationism
culturalism
The monetary cost for the U.S. in WWII was about _____ billion.
$15
$45
$32
$78
In the 1930s, Congress passed a series of designed to protect American neutrality.
true
false
In _______, the U.S. revised laws to prohibit loans to countries at war.
1936
1937
1935
1940
A word meaning “lightning war,” a German World War II tactic involving combined air attacks and fast-moving ground forces.
militarism
cash-and-carry
blitzkrieg
isolationism
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.
appeasement
non-agression pact
cash-and-carry
destroyer plan
On August 23, 1939, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with ___________.
the Soviet Union
France
Italy
Belgium
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded ___________.
Norway
Italy
Hungary
Poland
On September 3, 1939, France and Britain declare war on Germany.
true
false
Which of the following is true of the Battle of the Atlantic?
it began in the winter of 1940
it was essential to Great Britain's survival to have control of the seas
the British had a more powerful Navy
all answer choices are correct
German U-boats sank many commercial ships.
true
false
Which countries did Germany invade in the Spring of 1940?
select all that apply
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
In May of 1940, evacuation at ________ barely saves British and French troops.
Dunkirk
Marseille
Calais
Dover
Which city surrendered to Germany in June of 1940?
London
Paris
Oslo
Rome
______ was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.
Nathan Barbarossa
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany launched a successful land invasion of Great Britain in 1941.
true
false
Operation Barbarossa was when Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
true
false
In 1940, _______ for Bases put U.S. bases on British territory.
Destroyers
Munitions
Cash
U-boats
Which president led the U.S. during WWII?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
In 1941, the Lend-Lease Act allowed U.S. allied to have arms now and pay for them later.
true
false
Roosevelt declared that the United States had a duty to protect freedoms for all people, including—
select all that apply
freedom of speech
freedom of worship
freedom from want
freedom from fear
In 1936, Japan formed a pact with Germany and _________.
Hungary
Russia
Belgium
Italy
In 1937, Japan invaded _________ , killing hundreds of thousands in the Nanjing Massacre.
China
Vietnam
Thailand
North Korea
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in the U.S. territory of __________.
the Falkland Islands
Indochina
Hawaii
Guam
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.
appeasement
history
infamy
obscurity
