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Why was the Battle of Midway a turning point in the war in the Pacific?

• Both sides realized that there was no hope for victory and came to peace

• The halting of Japanese advancement allowed the Allies to begin re-taking the Pacific

• It was a huge loss for America

• None of the above

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US.7(D) Midway

What was the reason that Japan attacked the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor?

• The Japanese were insulted by the Hull Note.

• The Japanese wanted to be a dominate world power

• They believed it would keep the United States out of the war.

• The Japanese wanted to show Hitler how powerful they were

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US.7(A) attack on Pearl Harbor

What year does the U.S. enter WWII?

• 1929

• 1917

• 1941

• 1991

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US.7(A) reasons for US involvement/Pearl Harbor

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base

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US.7(A) reasons for US involvement/Pearl Harbor

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway.

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.

• U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

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US.7(A) reasons for US involvement/Pearl Harbor

Which phrase best defines the Holocast?

• The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers

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US.7(C) Holocaust

Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
• Great Britain, Japan, United States
• Germany, France, United States
• Japan, Germany, Italy

Who was the leader of the United States during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

Why did the US enact the Lend-Lease Act?

• To stay out of World War II
• To divide land acquired from the Japanese.
• To supply iron and oil to Japan.
• To let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.

Two superpowers that emerged after World War II

• Soviet Union and Germany
• United States and Germany
• Soviet Union and China
• United States and Soviet Union