World War II Exit Ticket

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In the decade leading up to World War II, America ______

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was trying to recover from the Great Depression.

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What event directly caused the U.S. to join World War II?

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the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Which of the following was a reason that Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan? An invasion of Japan could have cost up to 1 million American soldier lives, Japan was threatening to drop atomic bombs on U.S. naval bases, Truman did not know how destructive the atomic bombs would be, Truman wanted to scare Germany into surrendering.

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An invasion of Japan could have cost up to 1 million American soldier lives

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What happened on D-Day?

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Efforts to liberate France and Italy from Germany's control began.

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What was the purpose of the original concentration camps built in the early 1930s?

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to imprison groups like Jews, gypsies and have them perform slave labor