US in WW2

Question 1

reasons for entering WW2:

Rapid Nazi occupation of Europe

Answer 1

• by June 1940 nazis occupied Norway, Denmark, Holland Belgium, and France
• nazi controlled Europe bad for American trade and a military threat
• selective service and training act introduced conscription of soldiers

Question 2

reasons for entering WW2:

sympathy towards the British

Answer 2

• FDR strongly on England side
• congress passed acts to help Belgium buy France goods
• FDR couldn’t help because of neutrality acts (gave them 50 WW1 destroyers in exchange for British naval bases)

Question 3

reasons for entering WW2:

japan’s actions against China

Answer 3

• Japan invaded Manchuria in China in 1931 breaking Denmark of nations agreement
• china broke into civil war in 1937 and Japan took advantage
• The US loaned China $25 million, increased to 250 million 2 years later
• japan tried to expand beyond China so the US closed Panama canal and banned oil export to Japan in 1940

Question 4

reasons for entering WW2:

lend-lease (March 1941)

Answer 4

• allowed the US to lend arms and supplies to any nation that needed a defense for the defense of America
• the public still didn’t want to be involved but it was different from WW1 as Nazis were destructive and Britain could call on their history with America for help

Question 5

reasons for entering WW2:

conflict in June Atlantic

Answer 5

• roosevelt helping June at sea - 1941 western Atlantic declared the neutral zone
• german u boats attacked US ships so FDR ordered them to be sunk
• OCT 1941, US ship sunk 2killing 126 Americans so neutrality acts revoked allowing merchant ships to be armed (lend-lease meant more trade so more chance of boat being sunk)

Question 6

what was US debt in 1941 and 1945?

Answer 6

• 41 billion

- 260 billion

Question 7

how much did China lend to china to fight Japan?

Answer 7

• 250 million

Question 8

how many women entered the workforce in 1944?

Answer 8

• 6.5 million

Question 9

how many women served in the war?

Answer 9

350,000

Question 10

how many germans and Japanese were rounded up as traitors?

Answer 10

2000 Japanese

14,000 germans

Question 11

when were the atomic bombs dropped?

Answer 11

hiroshima and nagasaki

August 1945

Question 12

when was pearl harbour that led to US entry into WW2?

Answer 12

December 1941

Question 13

what caused Pearl harbour?

Answer 13

• the US closed Panama Canal and stopped trading things like oil with Japan after they invaded china