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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement is most accurate about race relations during WWII?
There was a lack of support for the war by minority ethnic groups.
Most units contained a high-ranking African-American commander
Federal courts refused to allow the integration of the armed forces.
Despite support for the war effort, racial minorities often faced discrimination.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes how WWII affected the home front in the United States?
Gasoline was rationed, Victory Gardens were planted, and more women found jobs in factories.
Many American homes were bombed, heavy industrial factories were closed, and food production declined
Factory production declined, African Americans were denied serving in the armed forces, and unemployment rose.
Unemployment increased, businesses collapsed, and many farms failed.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which statement best explains why the U.S. mainland suffered little physical damage in WWII?
The policy of isolationism discouraged foreign attacks.
Latin America provided a buŢer zone from acts of aggression by others.
Geographic isolation kept America protected from most of the fighting.
U.S. military forti cations prevented attacks on U.S. soil.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the United States in its years between World War I and World War II?
isolation from European military conflicts
containment of Communism
active membership in the League of Nations
military alliances with France and Great Britain
- 5. Multiple Choice
World War II brought many changes to the nation. Place a check mark next to all of the changes to American society that resulted from the mobilization of resources by the United States during WWII.
planting of Victory Gardens, use of internment camps for Japanese Americans, rationing of goods needed for the war effort, increase of women in the work force
introduction of the "Good Neighbor Policy" and enactment of the Lend-Lease Act
Creation of the F.D.I.C. and passage of the Social Security Act
Passage of the Wagner Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act.
- 6. Multiple Choice
These posters were created during World War II to encourage American women to
serve in the armed forces
buy war bonds
contribute to the war effort by working
exercise their right to vote
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement about the U.S. economy during WWII is accurate?
Many essential goods were rationed.
The manufacturing of automobiles increased.
Worker productivity declined.
Prices on most goods fell rapidly.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II occurred primarily because
most of them were not citizens of the United States
they refused to serve in the United States military
they were needed to work at inland defense plants
military authorities saw them as a threat to national security
- 9. Multiple Choice
Wars not inevitable for this country. Such a claim is defeatism in the true sense of the word. No one can make us fight abroad unless we ourselves are willing to do so. Over a hundred million people in this nation are opposed to entering the war. If the principles of democracy mean anything at all, that is reason enough for us to stay out. If we are forced into war against the wishes of an overwhelming majority of our people, we will have proved democracy such a failure at home that these will be little use fighting for it abroad..."
Based on this document, what would Charles Lindbergh and those that agreed with this speech have been labeled?
Charles Lindbergh, speech at a rally of the America First Committee, April 23, 194
imperialists
isolationists
intervetionists
socialists
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which statement about the U.S. economy during WWII is accurate?
Many essential goods were rationed.
The manufacturing of automobiles increased
Worker productivity declined.
Prices on most goods fell rapidly.
- 11. Multiple Choice
At the start of World War II, the United States mobilized to fight the war.
Describe ways wartime mobilization impacted the domestic lives of citizens in the United States during the early 1940's.
People lost jobs and could eat as much food as they wanted
Men stayed home and women and children worked
Job opportunities increased in wartime industries.
Rationing limited certain foods.
Americans conserved products needed for war.
Men left families to serve in the war.
Americans kept stuff and did not care about the war
- 12. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the U.S. government created a system to ration the distribution of certain resources such as petroleum.
How did this new system of regulation affect the distribution of resources in the United States?
It granted more privileges to wealthy business owners
It provided more goods and services to the working class.
It limited the number of goods and services individuals could purchase.
It supplied members of the upper class better quality goods.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the "cash and carry" policy?
U.S. could sell war supplies to other nations if they paid cash and transported them tthemselves
During the war citizens were required to pay cash for their groceries up front and bring their own bags to carry them away.
Wartime rationing policy that said you could only buy what you could carry at one time and had to pay cash for it.
U.S. policy to aid the Allies with cash and transportation from the war front.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed nations at war to buy arms and other supplies from the United States as long as those nations
adopted democratic policies in their own countries.
agreed to keep the United States out of the conflict.
paid cash and transported the materials themselves.
promised not to use the materials against the United States.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which was seen as an economic declaration of war against the Axis Powers?
the Atlantic Charter
the Lend-Lease Act
the Munich Pact
the Tripartite Act
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech?
persuade Congress to stay neutral in the war
get Congress to increase economic support for the Allies
appease Hitler and the Axis Powers
encourage Congress to declare war
- 17. Multiple Choice
What event led the U.S. to declare war?
FDR's Japanese embargo
Japan's demand for Pacific expansion
Japanese internment in the U.S.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 18. Multiple Choice
How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect the political divisions between isolationists and interventionists in the U.S.?
Interventionists began to agree with isolationists.
The divisions between the two sides increased.
It didn't change anything.
The attack ended the political divisions.
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did entering WWII affect the U.S.'s economic situation?
The economy worsened.
The economy stalled.
The economy improved.
The economic situation stayed the same.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Los Angeles "zoot suit" riots occurred due to conflicts between U.S. servicemen and
German-Americans
Japanese-Americans
African-Americans
Mexican-Americans
- 21. Multiple Choice
This civil rights leader fought for equal pay for black factory workers during WWII through threat of a March on Washington?
Marcus Garvey
A Philip Randolph
Booker T Washington
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- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Executive Order #9066 do?Sent Japanese Americans to prison.Sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps.Sent German-Americans to relocation camps.Sent German-Americans to prison.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the D-Day battle take place?EnglandFranceGermanyHawaii
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the United States drop two atomic bombs during WWII?In a secret lab Washington, D.C.Nagasaki and Hiroshima, JapanThe desert in New MexicoPearl Harbor
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat were some opportunities that were given to women and African-Americans that weren't available before the war?Working as pilots in the military.Making weapons for the war.Playing in an All American Girls baseball league.All of the above
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Manhattan Project?Military program to start building submarines.An atomic bomb programA building in New York CityA city in New York
- 27. Multiple Choice
How did Stalin solidify his power in the Soviet Union?
He used the media to create a cult of personality as a savior and father figure.
He gained the support of the strong Soviet military leaders.
He supported public education throughout the country.
He was given credit for the Soviet industrial production and resulting strong economy.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war
Wanda the Welder
Rosie the Riveter
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
- 29. Multiple Choice
In Potsdam, the Big Three agree
that Stalin will enter the war against Japan in the Pacific.
to help Churchill win re-election against Atlee.
to hold free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.
to divide Germany into four zones of occupation.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Who guided the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
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