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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups would most likely support the perspective of this cartoon?
America First Committee
Roosevelt administration
Pan-American Conference
American Federation of Labor
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most directly contributed to the perspective of this cartoon?
Nye Committee
Atlantic Charter
Stimson Doctrine
Quarantine Speech
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following public figures was a leading spokesperson for the perspective of this cartoon?
Thomas Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Wendell Willkie
Charles Lindbergh
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would the author(s) of this excerpt most likely support?
Passing the Lend-Lease Act
Prohibiting travel on ships of belligerent nations
Extending the Good Neighbor Policy to Great Britain
Aiding the Soviet Union in case the British surrendered
- 5. Multiple Choice
At the time this excerpt was published, which of the following was the most pressing problem faced by the British?
The bombing of British cities
The loss of British colonies in Asia
The threat of an invasion by Germany
The attacks on supply lines by German submarines in the Atlantic
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who of the following would most likely support the sentiments found in this excerpt?
Senator Gerald Nye
Colonel Charles Lindbergh
Colonel Robert McCormick
President Franklin Roosevelt
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the primary economic purpose for the rationing program found in the above document?
Discourage the development of black markets
Control inflation caused by shortages of consumer goods
Encourage industries to stop making consumer products
Encourage workers and unions not to demand higher wages
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains the campaign behind the above government documents?
Salvaging waste materials promoted patriotism by giving everyone a way to support the war effort
Industrial production was essential to successful modern warfare and it required an effort by the entire nation
Governments needed to control civilian behavior during wartime to reassure people that they were still in control
Governments had to stop civilian hoarding during wartime so that people would not focus their anger on each other
- 9. Multiple Choice
All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT
the federal rationing of gasoline and sugar
an increase in Black migration to urban areas
the prohibition of interstate travel without government permission
a dramatic increase of married women entering the paid work force
the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to camps in the interior
- 10. Multiple Choice
American participation in the Second World War had which of the following major effects on the home front?
A decline in farm income
The growth of isolationism in the Midwest
A movement of women into factory work
The breakdown of racial segregation in the South
The introduction of a system of national health insurance
- 11. Multiple Choice
During the Second World War the United States sought greater cooperation with the national of Latin America primarily to
promote the industrialization of Latin America
end repressive Latin American military dictatorships
develop a hemispheric common front against fascism
encourage Latin American social and economic reforms
end the threat of Latin Americans communist movements
- 12. Multiple Choice
The main function of the Office of War Mobilization during the Second World War was to
create a system of selective service
use the media to stir popular support for the war
coordinate government agencies involved in the war effort
ration industrial materials that would be needed for the war effort
fix prices and establish a system for rationing certain consumer goods
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