U.S. History | Common Assessment Quiz-WWII

Identify and analyze the Lend-Lease Act of 1941.

1941, Roosevelt passed the "Lend-Lease" law: the United States could supply arms to the British, who could pay for or return them after the war. This was done to help England fight the Axis Powers without having to enter into the war.

"Lend-Lease" Act

1941, Roosevelt pushed the "Lend-Lease" Act through Congress: the United States could supply arms to the British, who could pay for or return them after the war.

Analyze FDR's Embargo Act. What was it intended to do? How did Japan ultimately respond to FDR's embargo?

Japan treatens England's colonies. Roosevelt ordered the freezing of Japanese assets in the US, and the imposition of a oil and steel trade embargo against Japan. With oil embargoed the road to war was set. As a result Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Chronologically (put in order) identify the following WWII events: VE-Day, Battle of Midway, D-Day, VJ-Day, and Pearl Harbor.

Pearl harbor, Battle of Midway, D-Day, VE-Day, VJ-Day

Study and analyze the purpose of The Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937

The Neutrality Acts were aimed at keeping the United States out of war in Europe. -The first 2 Neutrality Acts prohibited Americans from sending arms to countries at war. -The Neutrality Act of 1937 prohibited Americans from traveling on the ships of nations at war, but allowed Americans to sell non-military goods to countries at war on a "cash and carry" basis. The buyer had to pay cash and transport the goods.

Identify and analyze the United States' decision after WWI NOT to join the League of Nations. What effect did it have on the League?

The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that set up the League of Nations and not agreeing to it meant not being part of the League of Nations. The reason that America did not want to get involved in European affairs (league of Nations) is because they did not want to risk more Americans dying in a war, as they had in World War I. It made the League of Nations weak and ineffectual, because after World War I, the United States was the only country left with enough muscle to enforce the League's decisions.

The Neutrality Act of 1939

This Neutrality Act expanded "cash and carry" to include the sale of arms. Roosevelt was concerned to help the British, who faced Nazi Germany alone.

How did military warfare in WWII differ from warfare in WWI?

WWI Fought from lines of trenches and supported by artillery and machine guns, infantry assault, tanks, early airplanes and poisonous gas. Mobility was minimal. In WWII Nuclear power and missiles were used, modern concepts of covert and special operations. Submarines and tanks were also more heavily used. Encryption codes for secret communication became more complex. Germany used the Blitzkrieg fighting method.

Analyze the U.S. government's policy toward women in the workforce during WWII. ********

Women were both powerful and integral to the Home Front effort. They worked long shifts in the factories and actually boosted production over the time when men were the dominant segment of the workforce. the government realized both how much they needed women, and what their political potential was. WAAC

Identify the military campaigns in Western Europe form June 1944 to May 1945. Identify and analyze the Battle of the Bulge. ******

a month long battle in which the allies succeeded inturning back the last major German offensive of the war.

Analyze Hitler's international actions from 1935-1939. How does he violate the Treaty of Versailles?******

introducing compulsory military drafting in Germany and rebuilding the armed forces. also taking over some places like Czechoslovakia and Austria.

Identify A. Phillip Randolph. How does he change American society just prior to American involvement in WWII?

the nation's most respected African-American labor leader, organized a march on Washington. He called on blacks everywhere to come and march under the banner: "we loyal colored americans demand the right to work and fight for our country." In return for Randolph's promise to cancel the march, the president issued an order calling on employers and labor unions "to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin."