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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the United States called the “arsenal of democracy” in 1940?The leaders in the democratic nations of Europe were educated in the United States.Most of the battles to defend worldwide democracy took place on American soil.The United States supervised elections in European nations before the war.The United States provided much of the weaponry needed to fight the Axis powers.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the role of the War Production Board during World War II?Controlling the prices of American consumer goodsManaging the recruitment and draft of military personnelProviding upbeat information to magazines and newspapersTransforming the nation’s factories to create military supplies
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?island-hoppingisland-jumpingappeasementrationing
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTo help pay for World War II, the United States government relied heavily on themoney borrowed from foreign governmentssale of war bondssale of United States manufactured goods to neutral nationsprinting of additional paper money
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDuring World War II, the federal government used rationing tohold down prices of military weaponsincrease educational benefits for veteransincrease imports of scarce productsprovide more resources for the military
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDuring World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because theywere known spies for Japanwere seen as a security threatrefused to serve in the United States militaryexpressed their support for Italy and Germany
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich wartime policy toward Japanese Americans was upheld by the Supreme Court in its 1944 ruling in Korematsu v. United States?deportation to Japanmandatory military servicedenial of voting rightsconfinement in internment camps
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Zoot Suit Riots pitted Mexican American youths againstJapanese Americans.braceros from Mexico.white soldiers and sailors.Jewish refugees from Germany.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceShortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project towork on the development of an atomic bombincrease economic production to meet wartime demandsdefend New York City against a nuclear attackrecruit men for the military services
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat event led to the US joining WWII?Germany invaded Poland.Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram.Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.Germany bombed Pearl Harbor.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat was rationing?growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyarddonating money to the government to help in the war efforta practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buyused to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies)
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho often filled in the jobs left open by the departure of military servicemen?Women and MinoritiesMilitaryAnimalsGermans
- 13. Multiple ChoicePresident Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief thatan invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualtiesGermany would refuse to surrender in European alliance was developing between Japan and the Soviet UnionJapan was threatening to use an atomic bomb on the U.S.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the role of the War Production Board during World War II?Controlling the prices of American consumer goodsManaging the recruitment and draft of military personnelProviding upbeat information to magazines and newspapersTransforming the nation’s factories to create military supplies
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Allied D-Day invasion of Europe wasa final battle in the war for Europe.a turning point in the war in Russia.an air and sea attack on occupied France.an attempt to liberate concentration camps.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAs a neutral country prior to 1941, the United States supported the Allied effort through theFair Trade Act.Freedom of the Seas Act.Smoot-Hawley Tariff.Lend-Lease Act.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAn important strategy used by American forces in the Pacific wasblitzkrieg.island-hopping.kamikaze attacks.the Bataan Death March.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat are civilian grown gardens to reverse national food sources for the war effort?farmvictory gardensbarnVictory in Euorupe
- 19. Multiple Choice
The project in which scientists created and tested atomic weaponsManhattan ProjectWashington ProjectEinstein ProjectNuclear Project - 20. Multiple ChoiceExecutive Order 9066 removed the Japanese from the U.S. West Coast becauseAmericans feared for the safety of the Japanese AmericansAmericans feared they would help Japanthey refused to sign loyalty oathsthey stole information from the U.S. government
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe rights of citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —internment camps for Japanese Americansthe Office of War Mobilizationnuclear test sites in Nevadathe Office of Price Administration
- 22. Multiple ChoiceBesides paying federal income tax, Americans supported the cost of WWII byBuying war bondsWorking one week per month for freeAdopting English war babiesHaving school fund raisers
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat name did soldiers receive because of their government issued gear?GruntJarheadGang GangGI
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho were the famous African American pilots known for their heroism?Tuskegee AirmenBrooklyn BombersSaskatchewan SabersNew England Patriots
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich President gave the order to drop the Atomic Bomb?Herbert HooverHarry S. TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerRonald Reagan
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Lend-Lease program do?Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn't be attacked by themSent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the AxisSent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effortSent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhen Japanese Americans had to report to the camps what did most of the families have to do?Sale or store all of their belongings because they could only take what they could carry in a suitcaseFind a neighbor or family member to leave their children withGive all of their money and property to the US governmentEnlist in the US Army
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhere were most of the internment camps built?in isolated areas such as swamps and desertsin cities out westonly on the east coastin Tennessee
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAbout how many Japanese Americans were sent to the camps?8,00040,000120,000200,000
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe Korematsu legal team argued that Executive Order 9066 was a violation of Korematsu's ...13th Amendment rights14th Amendment rights15th Amendment rights16th Amendment rights
- 31. Multiple ChoiceIn Korematsu v. U.S. the Supreme ruled that...Japanese Americans had a right to move back to Japan during WWII.Japanese Americans could NOT fight for the U.S. in WWII.Were responsible for the Pearl Harbor bombings.could be kept in Internment camps during WWII.
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