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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich retaliatory measure did the Japanese take in response to the U.S. freezing Japanese funds and implementing an embargo on petroleum?established a corrupt government in Manchuriaattacked U.S. forces in the Pacificcreated an alliance with China against the U.S. forcesdeveloped the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat world leader said these famous words on December 7, 1941: "a date that will live in infamy."Winston Churchill - Requesting U.S. military & economic aidDwight Eisenhower - Announcing the D-Day invasion of FranceJoseph Stalin - Proclaiming Russia's decisive victory at StanlingradFranklin D. Roosevelt - Asking Congress to declare war on Japan
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe 1941 March on Washington promoted greater opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil rights leader organized this event?Martin Luther King Jr.James MeredithPhillip RandolphThurgood Marshall
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGeorge Marshall gave a speech at Harvard University in 1947 telling the audience that Europe will require 3 or 4 years of foreign food and other products from America or they will face economic, social and political deterioration. Which statement best describes the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?providing a safety net by creating social programs in Europeallowing U.S. corporations to benefit from foreign investmentslimiting communist expansion by assisting reconstruction in Europeenabling U.S. farmers to increase exports by increasing crop yields
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat factor(s) contributed to the expanding role of the United States during World War II?Nuclear technology was developed by the Manhattan ProjectNational economy expanded due to wartime productionIndustrial infrastructure remained undamaged during WWIIall of the above
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Tuskegee Airmen contribute to the Allied victory in World War II?They destroyed over 200 enemy planes in the Atlantic theaterthey served as the lead force at the Battle of NormandyThey developed an unbroken code based on their native languagethey fought as a highly commended infantry unit in Italy and France
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow did World War II affect the U.S. economy?It helped reduce the number of specialized servicesIt decreased the number of labor unions in manufacturing industriesIt helped stimulate a financial market suffering from depressionIt increased demand for consumer products in the market
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat motivated the U.S. to place embargoes on steel, iron, aviation fuel and Japanese assets in 1940-1941?Japan's refusal to join the League of Nationsaggressive actions by Japan in China and Southeast Asiafear of competition with Japan due to the Open Door PolicyJapan's failure to make reparation payments from World War I
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich group of people provided secure battlefield communication in the Pacific Theater in World War II?Nisei RegimentTuskegee AirmenNavajo Code TalkersFlying Tigers
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement describes the status of minorities in America after World War II?they received promotions based on employment meritthey were protected by affirmative action programsthey received wages greater than the national averagethey were replaced in the workforce by returning veterans
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Japan's main objective in attacking Pearl Harbor?destroying U.S. naval strengthtaking political control of Hawaiiestablishing a permanent military baseexpanding an economic trade embargo
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. had a choice to end the war with Japan by invading the Japanese mainland or the use of?torpedoesrocketschemical weaponsatomic bombs
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat foreign policy stance did the U.S. adopt in response to Nazi aggression during the 1930s?neutralityappeasementdetenteinterventionism
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did President Roosevelt ask Americans to grow a victory garden during the year?Resources for civilians were reserved for the militaryStrategic demands created civilian employment opportunitiesPrograms to ration scarce goods were eliminatedImproved nutrition in schools was encouraged
- 15. Multiple ChoiceJustice Robert H. Jackson gave the dissenting opinion in Korematsu v. United States, 1944. Which event was the focus of this Supreme Court case?supporting the lend-lease actimplementing the Marshall Plansegregation of African Americansinternment of Japanese Americans
- 16. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1940s, which military technology led to the construction of scientific complexes in New Mexico?infrared radar systemsarmored vehiclesnuclear weaponslong-range bombers
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the result of the U.S. victory in the Battle of Okinawa?the U.S. was about to mount an invasion of the Japanese mainlandthe Japanese recaptured naval bases in the Philipinesthe Japanese navy advanced toward Hawaiithe U.S. opened a second front to relieve attacks on China
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWorld War II ended with an unconditional surrender; the emperor of Japan accepted Allied rule and General Douglas MacArthur was named supreme commander. Which event resulted in the actions on this list?bombing civilian targets in Londonsending bombers against Berlinusing an atomic bomb in Hiroshimadropping incendiary bombs on Dresden
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference in 1945?to convince the Soviet Union to assist in the war in the Pacificto encourage the Soviet Union to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationto divide Poland between Germany and the Soviet Unionto negotiate a nuclear weapons treaty with the Soviet Union
- 20. Multiple ChoicePresident Franklin Roosevelt defined his foreign policy as: extending a Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America; officially recognizing the Soviet Union and?The repeal of the Neutrality Acts to allow assistance to AlliesSupported isolationist sentiments during the Great DepressionExtended U.S. territorial claims in China and the PacificEmphasized the collection of war reparations owed by European nations
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the Battle of Iwo Island (Iwo Jima) important to the U.S. forces?it led to the unconditional surrender of Japan's militaryit supported long-range bombing missions against mainland Japanit blocked a massive Japanese assault against Australiait forced Japan's government to negotiate treaty terms
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat major change in American society occurred due to the G.I. Bill of Rights?decreased household sizesincreased college attendancedecreased investment in marketsincreased growth in urban areas
- 23. Multiple Choice"Rosie the Riveter" was a World War II symbol of women's contributions in?military servicevolunteer organizationswar-related industriestraditional domestic roles
- 24. Multiple ChoiceFrom 1941 to 1944 - U.S. forces fought in the Pacific, North Africa, Italy, mainland Japan and in Normandy France. Which phrase best describes this list of events of World War IIprotecting Great Britain from a sea invasionfighting on multiple frontsending the threat of German submarinespreventing the spread of Communism
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThree Goals of Volunteerism during World War II were: investment, production and conservation. Which statement best explains the purpose of these goals?to increase military recruitmentto end the system of racial segregation in the militaryto encourage home-front contributions to the war effortto promote women's social equality
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich event prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask the U.S. Congress to repeal the embargo provisions of the Neutrality Acts?Japan invaded ChinaGermany annexed AustriaJapan occupied French IndochinaGermany invaded Poland
- 27. Multiple ChoiceBritish Prime Minister Winston
Churchill made an appeal to the U.S. government saying "Give us the tools and we'll finish the job." (1940) Which legislation did the U.S. Congress pass to fulfill his request?Selective Service ActLend-Lease ActWar Revenue ActWagner Act - 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich phrase describes the goal of U.S. foreign policy after World War II?ending colonial empirescontaining the spread of Communismrevitalizing the Soviet economyreducing aid to the British
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich event best illustrates the use of U.S. foreign policy to protect economic interests after World War II?participating in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tradeorganizing the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationapproving the charter for he establishment of the United Nationsintervening to aid South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
- 30. Multiple ChoicePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress in January 1941 and advised that the European countries engaged in WWII needed weapons and assistance. Critics of his stance best described his policy as?supporting involvement in international organizations would infringe on U.S. sovereigntypromoting open immigration policies would counteract U.S. foreign alliancessending weapons to other countries would violate U.S. neutralityimplementing tariffs on weapons would hurt the U.S. economy
- 31. Multiple ChoiceHow did the United States attempt to fulfill the goals of the Truman Doctrine?by increasing trade between Europe and the United Statesby extending economic aid to European countriesby establishing an alliance between Turkey and Greeceby increasing immigration to the United States
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Truman Doctrine developed to contain?communismfascismmilitarismnationalism
- 33. Multiple ChoiceAfter WWII, the U.S. became the founding member of the United Nations; founding member of the NATO and opposed communism through the Truman Doctrine. Which other event helped establish the U.S. as a world leader?aid for countries through the Marshall Planendorsed the civil rights goals of the Freedom Ridersaccepted the demands of the American Federation of Laborencouraged allies to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- 34. Multiple ChoiceAfter Great Britain's infrastructure was devastated by the war and its factories had lower industrial productivity - who became the dominant global power?The United StatesThe United NationsThe North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationTruman Doctrine
- 35. Multiple ChoicePresident Harry S. Truman desegregated the military because of?continuation of the New Deal programs that supported African Americansneed to increase the number of soldiers in the armed forcesservice that African Americans performed during World War IIneed to regulate the operations of the defense industry
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of these slogans: "United We Win," "Save the Freedom of Worship: Buy War Bonds" and "We Can Do It!"to promote better race relations during wartimeto increase national trade and to support the import of goodsto convince people to join the militaryto motivate the public to support the draft and wartime rationing
- 37. Multiple ChoiceIn a telegram during 1946, Secretary of State George Kennan said that "world communism is like a malignant parasite which feeds only on diseased tissue...Which question does this excerpt most help answer?what ideas contributed to the development of the U.S. containment policyhow did the events of the Korean War reshape U.S. foreign policywhy was the public so willling to support the claims of Joseph McCarthywhat measures did the U.S. take to establish the Marshall Plan
- 38. Multiple ChoiceA. Phillip Randolph began to organize a march of thousands of African Americans in Washington, D.C. in 1941. Which statement best explains one effect of this planned protest?President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an order ending discrimination in defense industriesSupreme Court justices ruled that "separate but equal" practices were unconstitutionalThe U.S. Army Corps created the Tuskegee training programThe U.S. Congress ended segregation in the armed forces
- 39. Multiple ChoiceFrom 1930 to 1945, the U.S. government limited immigration from Nazi Germany and delayed releasing information to the U.S. public about the Holocaust. The information in this list is an example of?occurrences of anti-Semitism in U.S. historyreports by U.S. journalists during World War IIactions by Germans against U.S. citizenspolicies of U.S. isolationists during World War II
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. supplied weapons to Allies during WWII. Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter and the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending WWII. What was one result of these events?the United Nations sought to limit the expansion of communismthe British government continued to dominate European politicsthe public's fear of a major military conflict decreasedthe global role of teh United States in world politics increased
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