World War II

The excerpt below comes from a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941.

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked . . . “

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

In what context did President Roosevelt deliver this speech?

• asking for a declaration of war against Germany

• as justification for dropping the atomic bomb

• in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor

• in response to the Normandy invasion

Select the nations that came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940.

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• China

• Russia

What was the goal of the Neutrality Acts of 1935 to 1937?

• For the U.S. to enter WWII immediately

• To encourage the Axis powers to take over Europe

• Laws that made it legal to discriminate against Jews

• For the U.S. to stay out of European conflicts

Which of the following was an effect of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

• The United States provided critical aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact.

• Western Europe recovered from the damage caused by World War I.

• Japan declared war against the United States.

The graph depicts unemployment trends between the years 1929 and 1942.

The graph most reveals which of the following historical events?

• The stock market crash caused massive unemployment that was significantly lowered by the Second World War.

• By entering manufacturing and industrial jobs, women took on a significant role in supporting the war effort.

• Factory jobs attracted people to cities, causing a growth in urban populations.

• The Roaring 20s was a time of rapidly increasing unemployment for Americans.

Which of the following was the ULTIMATE cause of the official American declaration of war during World War II?

• The Nazi Germany attack on Great Britain

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan

• The Lend-Lease policy towards Great Britain

In the case Korematsu v. United States, what was the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the internment of Japanese Americans?

• It was constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses.

• It was unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once.

• It was constitutional because it was based on military urgency.

• It was unconstitutional because it was based on race.

This image from World War II of a child sleeping safely relates to....

• President Roosevelt's campaign to fight childhood diseases.

• President Roosevelt's campaign to support the isolationists.

• President Roosevelt's speech calling for equal access to public education.

• President Roosevelt's speech against Nazi and Japanese militarism.

During World War II the Allied forces employed strategies during the war in hopes of establishing military bases for launching campaigns to defeat the Axis Powers. Select all military strategies below that are associated with the Allied forces during World War II.

• blitzkrieg

• island-hopping

• amphibious landings

• trench warfare

• guerrilla warfare

In 1939 the ______________ project oversaw the Trinity Test and successful development of the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945.