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- 1. Multiple Choice
In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to
mount two offensive campaigns to attack from two directions
concentrate U.S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands
quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese
establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese
- 2. Multiple Choice
In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was
Omar Bradley
George Marshall
George Patton
Chester Nimitz
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Battle of Midway in 1942
saw the U.S. suffer great losses
was a stunning defeat of the Japanese navy.
lasted four days
All of these answers is correct
- 4. Multiple Choice
After 1943, the U.S. advanced on Japan primarily with the aide of forces from
the Dutch and the Soviet Union
England and the Soviet Union
Australia and New Zealand
The Soviet Union and China
- 5. Multiple Choice
In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was
the Soviet Union
China
Great Britain
the United States
- 6. Multiple Choice
In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on
freeing France from German control
supporting the Russians
fighting in North Africa
protecting England
- 7. Multiple Choice
In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allied decided they would next invade
Greece
Sicily
France
Cyprus
- 8. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was
Italy
Japan
Austria
Spain
- 9. Multiple Choice
Between 1939 and 1945, the federal budget of the United States
halved
doubled
tripled
rose ten-fold
- 10. Multiple Choice
During World War II, organized labor in the U.S.
lost membership as wages rose across most industries
frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages
agree to freeze union memership and wages until the war was over
won automatic union membership for new defense-plant workers
- 11. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the labor force of the U.S.
saw 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces
saw the supply of civilian labor decline by 25%
was forced to content with a large labor surplus
None of these answers is correct
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?
"Wildcat" strikes were the most common.
Unions accepted a freeze on wages until the war ended.
Many states passed laws expanding the influence of unions
No major union went on strike.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Over the course of World War II, inflation in the U.S.
remained low before 1941
was much less serious a problem than it had been during World War I
was largely controlled by the federal government
was less a concern than fears of deflation
- 14. Multiple Choice
In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted
a flat tax
a sales tax
a short form for paying income taxes
authomatic payroll deductions
- 15. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the War Production Board
favored large over small contractors
had complete control over military purchases
was directed by Roosevelt ally Leon Henderson
was maintained under the auspices of the Department of Labor
- 16. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the effectiveness of German U-boats and underwater mines was effectively ended by the development of
sonar
acoustic countermeasures
centimetric radar
All these answers are correct
- 17. Multiple Choice
All of the following were ALLIED advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the
creating of the Purple machines for coded communications
caputring of an Enigma machine
breaking of the German codes early in the war
breaking of Japanese codes before American entry into the War
- 18. Multiple Choice
During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created
to help southern African Americans move to northern cities to take war jobs
by President Roosevelt to stop black protestors from marching on the capital
after serious racial rioting broke out in several northern industrial cities.
and led by A. Philip Randolph
- 19. Multiple Choice
During World War II, American Indians
saw the war effort undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions
saw war work spread to almost every Indian reservation in the U.S.
were pushed out of white society and back onto the reservations
saw government war contracts bring a higher standard of living to many reservations
- 20. Multiple Choice
In 1943, "zoot-suit riots'" in Los Angeles
resulted from tensions between African Americans and Mexican American communities
led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits
began when off-duty Mexican American soldiers refused to wear their military uniforms
All these answers are correct.
- 21. Multiple Choice
During World War II, Chinese Americans
were drafted in a higher proportion than any other national group
received a favorable image in U.S. government propaganda
saw the repeal of the Chinese Exlusion Acts
All these answers are correct
- 22. Multiple Choice
During World War II, American women who worked outside the home
were barred from unions
were not allowed to have children under the age of three in their care
tended to be older than women who worked in the past
None of these answers is correct.
- 23. Multiple Choice
During World War II, in the U.S., all of the following social indicators experienced a rise in their rate of occurrence EXCEPT
the marriage rate
high school enrollment
the birth rate
the juvenile crime rate
- 24. Multiple Choice
Swing music
was a new form of jazz
originated in Latin America
grew out of the square dance
first appeared in the U.S. in Kansas City
- 25. Multiple Choice
During World War II, Congress abolished the
CCC
WPA
FDIC
CCC and WPA
- 26. Multiple Choice
A significant issue in the 1944 election was
America's relationship with the Soviet Union
the strategy of the war
civil rights
the domestic economy
- 27. Multiple Choice
In the 1944 elections
Republicans gained control of the Senate
President FDR was too ill to campaign
Democrats increased their control of the House
Thomas Dewey nearly won the electoral House
- 28. Multiple Choice
All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that
the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel
the attack involved perhaps the largest number of haval vessels and armaments every assembled in one place
Allied paratroopers were dropped behind German lines prior to the beach landings
American, British, and Canadian forces stormed the beaches on June 6, 1944.
- 29. Multiple Choice
In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of
Rome
Warsaw
Paris
Stockholm
- 30. Multiple Choice
The Battle of the Bulge
began in the spring of 1945
saw the American army drive deep into Germany
ended seroius German reistance in the west
None of these answers is correct
- 31. Multiple Choice
In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germay at the Elbe River
because their supply lines had become overextended
to wait for the Russian army to arrive
due to fierce German resistance
at the announcement that President FDR had died
- 32. Multiple Choice
The costliest battle in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps was the Battle of
Iwo Jima
Leyte Gulf
Okinawa
Midway
- 33. Multiple Choice
In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included
the sending of thousands of pilots on suicde missions
nighttime attacks by Japanese troops agains American lines
the loss of over 100,000 Japanese lives at Okinawa
All these answers are correct.
- 34. Multiple Choice
In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by
the Soviet Union
the U.S.
Japan
Nazi Germany
- 35. Multiple Choice
The first new atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in
Hiroshima, Japan
the Bikini Islands
Alamogordo, New Mexico
the Salt Lake desert in Utah
- 36. Multiple Choice
The Japanese surrender to the United States
was announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped
was formally signed on the American battleship Missouri
occurred on September 2, 1945
All of these answers are correct
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