America and World War II - Page 3

Questions
  • Why did President Truman agree to use the the atomic bomb?
  • Why was the United States motivated to launch the Marshall Plan immediately following World War II?
  • What was the D-Day operation?
  • Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
  • Truman always described Marshall Aid and the Truman Doctrine as "Two haIves of the same walnut". What do you think he meant by this?
  • Which women's military unit was established to transport airplanes from the manufacturers to military bases?
  • Which 1942 battle was a decisive victory for the United States in the Pacific theater of World War II?
  • Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless?
  • What was a "cow sub" in WWII?
  • What did the Truman administration hope to prevent with the European Recovery Program?
  • What caused America to enter World War II?
  • What was the response of the United States to reports of German persecution of Jews?
  • Why and how did the Americans force the Japanese to trade with the United States?
  • What was the purpose of the visit to Japan by the U.S. Naval Fleet commanded by Matthew C. Perry?
  • Which president desegregated the American military after World War II?
  • What did the United States hope to achieve with the Manhattan Project?
  • In terms of global strategy, where was America's "second front" in World War II?
  • Who attacked America at Pearl Harbor?
  • Why was the Battle of Midway considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
  • What was the name given to the U.S. strategy for winning the war against Japan in the Pacific?