WWII- home front + Pacific

1.

Multiple Choice

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Which is most accurate concerning the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII?

President FDR authorized the action as a military necessity

Few of those relocated were actually US citizens

Widespread Japanese American disloyalty forced officials to relocate

The Japanese American experience was very similar to what happened to German Americans at this time.

2.

Multiple Choice

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A major cause of internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was

national segregation policies

immigration quotas

economic depression

racial prejudice

3.

Multiple Choice

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which WWII action was later determined to be a violation of civil liberties

rationing of scarce commodities

employment of women

internment of Japanese Americans

use of military draft

4.

Multiple Choice

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The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII illustrates that

The Supreme Court can be relied on to defend civil rights

Threats to national security are often ignored by the government

Minorities are not allowed to enlist in the US military

Civil liberties are sometimes limited during times of national crisis.

5.

Multiple Choice

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Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in WII mainly to

satisfy allied demands

gain valuable information for future peacetime use of atomic power

increase the prestige of the US

bring an immediate end to the war

6.

Multiple Choice

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Because of the Nuremburg trials,

war crimes are no longer overlooked

only a nation's leader can be charged with war crimes

War crimes are taken less seriously

the use of atomic bombs are less controversial

7.

Multiple Choice

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A major difference btw WWI and WWII is that AFTER WWII, the US

became a world leader

adopted a policy of isolationism

suffered a major economic depression

rejected membership in a world peacekeeping organization

8.

Multiple Choice

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a reason that president Truman decided to use atomic weapons against Japan was to

end the war while limiting the loss of American lives

punish the Japanese people by destroying their country

increase japan;s potential as a future aggressor

divert forces to fight Germany

9.

Multiple Choice

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a controversial issue that resulted from WWII was the

future role of the league of nations

morality of nuclear weapons

commitment of troops without congressional approval

civilian control of the military

10.

Multiple Choice

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The purpose of the Nuremberg trials were to

bring Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini to justice

force Japan to pay for Pearl Harbor

make German leaders accountable for the holocaust

punish German government for bombing England

11.

Multiple Choice

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Women volunteers who served in non-combat positions

women's auxiliary army corps

manhattan project

war production board

Women's production project

12.

Multiple Choice

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secret research project that resulted in the atomic bomb

manhattan project

rationing board

war production board

Nagasaki project

13.

Multiple Choice

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agency of the federal government that fought inflation

office of price administration

rationing

manhattan project

war production board

14.

Multiple Choice

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government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials

office of price administration

rationing

manhattan project

war production board

15.

Multiple Choice

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restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the miltiary

rationing

manhattan project

office of price administration

war production board

16.

Multiple Choice

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Allied invasion to liberate Europe

d day

ve day

kristallnacht

battle of midway

17.

Multiple Choice

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Victory in Europe day, May 8 1945

V-E day

D-Day

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Midway

18.

Multiple Choice

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American Commander in the Phillippines

Douglas MacArthur

Chester Nimitz

Dwight D. Eisenhower

George Patton

19.

Multiple Choice

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33rd president of the US (When WWII ended)

Harry Truman

Franklin Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Chester Nimitz

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Japanese suicide planes

kamikaze

nuremberg

hiroshima

internment

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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american victory that was the turning point in the war

battle of midway

hiroshima

nagasaki

Berlin

22.

Multiple Choice

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City that was the site of the FIRST atomic bomb drop in Japan

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

23.

Multiple Choice

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Japanese city that was the site of the SECOND atomic bomb drop

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Trial that tried Nazi leaders for war crimes

Nuremberg trials

Hiroshima Trials

Nimitz Trials

Holocaust Trials

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Law passed by congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life

GI bill of rights

Congress of racial equality

internment

Nuremberg laws

26.

Multiple Choice

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confinement under guard, especially during war time

internment

concentration camp

kamikaze

gi bill of rights

27.

Multiple Choice

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set free from oppression, imprisonment, or foreign control

liberate

internment

concentration

surrender

28.

Multiple Choice

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giving up to an enemy without any demands or requests

unconditional surrender

race riots

outpost

tribunal

29.

Multiple Choice

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On D-day the allies

landed in Normandy to liberate Europe

defeated Japan

Defeated Germany

30.

Multiple Choice

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The Battle of the Bulge was

an allied campaign in north africa

a battle against Japan in the pacific

the final German counterattack in Europe

31.

Multiple Choice

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The manhattan project

sent japanese americans to internment camps

planned the allie's strategy

developed the atomic bomb

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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In the Nuremberg trials, the Nazis

desegregated the armed forces

were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity

starved and froze outside of a soviet city

destroyed jewish property

33.

Multiple Choice

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the GI bill of Rights

desegregated the armed forces

paid for veterans to go to college

allowed women to serve in the military

reinstitutes the draft

34.

Multiple Choice

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Rationing was

the scientific process of developing the atomic bomb

the percentage of women allowed to work in defense industries

a way of allotting scarce products, like meat and gasoline

an internment camp in the US

35.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Hiroshima was

the japanese city where the first bomb was dropped

the emperor of japan

an internment camp in the US

36.

Multiple Choice

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communist dictator of the soviet union

joseph stalin

Benito Mussolini

adolf hitler

francisco franco

37.

Multiple Choice

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Fascist dictator of italy

joseph stalin

Benito Mussolini

adolf hitler

francisco franco

38.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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nazi dictator of germany

joseph stalin

Benito Mussolini

adolf hitler

francisco franco

39.

Multiple Choice

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Laws passed by congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war

neutrality acts

nonagression pact

blitzkrieg

appeasement

40.

Multiple Choice

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trying to pacify an aggressor in order to avoid war/keep peace

neutrality acts

nonagression pact

blitzkrieg

appeasement

41.

Multiple Choice

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in order to defeat the Japanese in the pacific, the US used which of the following military tactics?

island hopping

genocide

trench warfare

blitzkrieg

42.

Multiple Choice

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Which advertising campaign represents the expanding role of women in the workplace?

rosie the riveter

loose lips sink ships

the harvest is plentiful

sweetless, meatless, wheatless days

43.

Multiple Choice

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Which of the following is MOST aligned to the US's goal for WWII?

Unconditional surrender of the Axis powers

End the war quickly

Preserve freedom and democracy

Bring about a just and lasting peace

44.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

(No timer on this question) In which pair of events is the second event a response to the first?

Truman Doctrine --> D-day invasion

Manhattan Project --> Lend lease act

Holocaust --> Nuremberg War trials

Germany's invasion of Poland --> Munich Conference

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