VUS 11 - WWII

World War II began in 1939 when –

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• Hitler invaded Poland

• France armed its military

• Stalin resigned his position

The United States during the first two years of World War II –

• sent troops to Europe

• drafted servicemen to fight

• remained officially neutral

• invaded the Soviet Union

Which gave the President of the United States authority to send equipment to countries to defend themselves against the Axis Powers?

• Fourteen Points

• Neutrality Acts

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Lend-Lease Act

Germany’s pounding attack on Britain by air was called –

• D-Day

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of El Alamein

What is significant about the date of December 7, 1941?

• France was invaded

• Pearl Harbor was attacked

• Neutrality Acts were approved

• Peace was finalized

Which militaristic nation invaded and brutalized the Chinese province of Manchuria?

• Korea

• Germany

• Japan

• Soviet Union

The Allied strategy of “Defeat Hitler First” meant –

• most American military resources were targeted for Europe

• to organize and invade Australia

• to quickly defeat and gain access to Soviet oil fields

• Britain had to be forced out of the war quickly

Which battle turned the tide against Germany on the eastern front?

• Moscow

• Warsaw

• Berlin

• Stalingrad

What event shown took place on June 6, 1944?

• El Alamein

• Normandy landings

• Pearl Harbor

• Stalingrad

The systematic and purposeful decision to exterminate the Jewish population through genocide is referred to as the –

• German Assimilation

• Final Solution

• Jewish Nativism

• Suffrage Movement