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Official question #106US Citizenship Test
Why did the United States enter World War II?
Correct answer
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Also accepted: Bombing of Pearl Harbor · Pearl Harbor · Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor · To support the Allied Powers · To oppose the Axis Powers
Why
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941; the U.S. entered the war against the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan). Attacks on U.S. ships in 1917 led to World War I, not World War II.
Answer choices
- ATo force Iraq out of Kuwait
- BTo stop the spread of communism in Korea
- CBecause Germany attacked U.S. ships in 1917
- DBombing of Pearl Harbor