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Unit Test

Question 1 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026

Why did the United States declare war in 1941?

Answer
A
Germany had threated to attack a US city.
B
Germany had invaded Poland.
C
Japan had attacked an American naval base.
D
Japan had invaded the continental United States.

Explanation

Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The next day, the United States declared war on Japan. Germany’s invasion of Poland had begun World War II in Europe, but it was not the direct reason the United States declared war in 1941.

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