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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