World War II

The immediate event that started World War II was

• The immediate event that started World War II was

• The Treaty of Munich allowing Hitler to occupy part of Czechoslovakia.

• Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.

• Hitler’s alliance with the Italian dictator, Mussolini.

Although officially neutral, the United States increasingly helped Britain through actions like (a)  

• the Neutrality Acts.
• the lend-lease act
• The American First Committee
• enforcement of the arms embargo.

After aligning itself with Germany and Italy, the island country of Japan sought to (a)  

• make peace with China.
• invade Manchuria.
• control Europe.
• control Asia and the Pacific.

The standoff in negotiations between the United States and Japan involved

• trading oil and steel for nonaggression in Asia.

• competition between their naval forces in the Pacific.

• the possession of Hawaii.

• the growth of the military in Japan.

“A date which will live in infamy” was President Roosevelt’s description of the

• invasion of Poland by Germany.

• bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.

• surrender of France after Paris was captured.

• the Battle of Britain.

The principal war strategy that the United States and her allies agreed to pursue was to (a)  

• defeat Hitler first.
• sink Japanese merchant ships.
• control North Africa.
• bomb multiple targets.

The main reason that the Soviet Union became an ally of Britain and the United States was because the Soviet Union:

• was Fascist and opposed Communism.

• mistrusted Japan.

• needed the soldiers of Britain and the United States.

• was attacked by Germany in spite of their 10-year Nonaggression Pact.

The liberation of Europe from Hitler began with the

• invasion of Normandy Beach on the coast of France.

• evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk on the coast of France.

• defense of Britain by the Royal Air Force.

• deciphering of German communication codes by British intelligence.

The Pacific victory that ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii and encouraged additional victories island by island was the battle of (a)  

• Guam
• Iwo Jima
• Midway
• the Philippines

President Truman’s main decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was influenced by all of the following reasons except the:

• Lend Lease Acts

• fear that an invasion of Japan would mean death for thousands of American soldiers.

• refusal of Japan to surrender in spite of their losses.

• thousands of American lives already lost in the war.