President Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy.” Which of these definitions is the best meaning of the word “infamy”?
Which of these terms best describes the official foreign policy of the United States at the start of World War II in 1939?
Who led Japan during World War II?
Which statements accurately describe the Battle of Guadalcanal? Select three answers.
After their attack on Pearl Harbor, what did Japanese leaders do next?
In response to Japan’s aggressive actions in the Pacific in the 1930s, the United States
Who was president of the United States when World War II started in Europe?
Read these sentences from a famous speech made by President Roosevelt in 1941.Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. –President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941To which event was the president referring?
In a major blow to Japan, Allied troops returned to free which of these areas from Japanese control in 1944?
To win the war in the Pacific, the United States adopted a strategy called
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