Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, what was America’s attitude toward
the rest of the world?
a. | interventionist | c. | internationalist | b. | isolationist | d. | none of these |
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Compared to the rest of the world, how strong was the U.S. military prior to the
attack on Pearl Harbor?
a. | Strongest military power | c. | 19th in the
world | b. | About equal to Germany | d. | 50th in the world |
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After Pearl Harbor, what was America afraid of in regards to California and
Japan?
a. | invasion | c. | air attacks | b. | submarine attacks | d. | all of these |
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How did Germany and Italy respond to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
a. | condemed it | c. | asked to remain neutral | b. | ignored
it | d. | declared war on the
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What kind of technology did FDR use to communicate with and calm the American
people after Pearl Harbor?
a. | radio | c. | black and white TV | b. | color television | d. | all of these |
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What was “the war effort.”
a. | feeling by everyone that they should do something to help in the war | c. | frustration by
Americans because they could not do anything to help the servicemen. | b. | feeling that the war
was interfering too much in the daily lives of Americans | d. | the fanatic effort of the Japanese to win the
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In WWII people had to have stamps to buy sugar, coffee, meats and other
groceries. They also had to have a sticker that determined how much gasoline you could buy. This
system was called .....
a. | war alocation | c. | recycling | b. | war rationing | d. | war welfare |
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Why did America inter Japanese Americans during the war?
a. | They had absolute most Japanese would help Japan invade America | c. | Citizenship was
taken away from the Japanese for the duration of the war. | b. | They wanted to
protect them from other Americans | d. | America was afraid that Japanese Americans would help Japan invade
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What did they call the Allied invasion of Europe from England to France?
a. | F Day | c. | Invasion Day | b. | D Day | d. | E to F Day |
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
a. | Last effort of the Germans to counter-attack the Allied forces | c. | Allied invasion of
France | b. | Allied invasion of Sicily | d. | German offensive in Italy |
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Who became president after FDR died?
a. | Vice President, J. Edgar Hoover | c. | Vice President, George
Marshall | b. | Vice President, Harry Truman | d. | General Dwight
Eisenhower |
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As the U.S. got closer to the Japanese mainland, the Japanese became more
fanatical and resistant. What did they call the suicide attacks by young Japanese pilots against the
American fleet?
a. | Kamikaze attacks | c. | Zero attacks | b. | Glory Missions | d. | Mission Impossib
le |
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How many Japanese cities were bombed with atomic bombs?
a. | one, Hiroshima | c. | two, Hiroshima and Tokyo | b. | two, Hiroshima and
Nagasaki | d. | one,
Tokyo |
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Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
a. | Harry Hopkins | c. | Dwight Eisenhower | b. | Harry Truman | d. | General
MacArther |
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What general led our forces in the war in Asia in WWII?
a. | General Patton | c. | General MacArthur | b. | General Eisenhower | d. | Admiral Halsey |
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