Question 1

At a January 1943 meeting in ________, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to a British plan for the invasion of Sicily.

Accepted Answer

Casablanca

Question 2

When President Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb he believed he was making a simple military decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

During World War II, organized labor in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  lost membership as wages rose across most industries. 
B)  frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages. 
C)  agreed to freeze union membership and wages until the war was over. 
D)  won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers. 
E)  won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act. 
A)  lost membership as wages rose across most industries. 
B)  frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages. 
C)  agreed to freeze union membership and wages until the war was over. 
D)  won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers. 
E)  won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act. D

Question 4

In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade

Accepted Answer

A)  Cyprus. 
B)  France. 
C)  Sicily. 
D)  Corsica. 
E)  Greece. 
A)  Cyprus. 
B)  France. 
C)  Sicily. 
D)  Corsica. 
E)  Greece.

Question 5

How did the war affect the American economy? How did it affect the New Deal? What economic factors of the war would fuel a post-war boom of material prosperity in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The war had a significant impact on the

Question 6

World War II gave a great boost to union membership, even though the government extracted "no-strike" pledges from unions for the duration of the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Britain and the Soviet Union were not in agreement on where to strike at the Nazis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What strategic concerns and desires divided the Americans, the British, and the Soviets during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Several strategic concerns and desires d

Question 9

The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

Accepted Answer

A)  was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt. 
B)  authorized the president to seize a war factory where workers had gone on strike. 
C)  passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. 
D)  both was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt and passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt. 
B)  authorized the president to seize a war factory where workers had gone on strike. 
C)  passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. 
D)  both was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt and passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 10

The Battle of Midway in 1942

Accepted Answer

A)  saw the United States suffer great losses. 
B)  was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy. 
C)  lasted four days. 
D)  both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  saw the United States suffer great losses. 
B)  was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy. 
C)  lasted four days. 
D)  both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 11

During World War II, American shoppers

Accepted Answer

A)  faced many shortages of consumer goods. 
B)  did not buy as many magazines, as part of the war effort. 
C)  had less money to spend than they had had the decade before. 
D)  had less money to spend than they had had the decade before, but did not buy as many magazines, as part of the war effort. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  faced many shortages of consumer goods. 
B)  did not buy as many magazines, as part of the war effort. 
C)  had less money to spend than they had had the decade before. 
D)  had less money to spend than they had had the decade before, but did not buy as many magazines, as part of the war effort. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 12

The braceros program allowed Mexicans to enter the United States and become citizens if they agreed to work in war plants for the duration of the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

Accepted Answer

A)  because their supply lines had become overextended. 
B)  to wait for the Russian army to arrive. 
C)  due to fierce German resistance. 
D)  at the announcement that President Franklin Roosevelt had died. 
E)  because all bridges over the river had been destroyed. 
A)  because their supply lines had become overextended. 
B)  to wait for the Russian army to arrive. 
C)  due to fierce German resistance. 
D)  at the announcement that President Franklin Roosevelt had died. 
E)  because all bridges over the river had been destroyed.

Question 14

All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the program was code-named the Manhattan Project. 
B)  plutonium was a practical fuel for the bomb. 
C)  the program proceeded at a faster pace than had been expected. 
D)  the government secretly poured nearly $2 billion into the project. 
E)  Albert Einstein was in charge of the development program. 
A)  the program was code-named the Manhattan Project. 
B)  plutonium was a practical fuel for the bomb. 
C)  the program proceeded at a faster pace than had been expected. 
D)  the government secretly poured nearly $2 billion into the project. 
E)  Albert Einstein was in charge of the development program.

Question 15

Native American languages were useful in American military communications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Describe the key technological developments by the Allies during World War II. Why were the Allies able to quickly move ahead of Germany and Japan in this area?

Accepted Answer

During World War II, the Allies made sig

Question 17

The U.S. government consistently resisted calls to make an Allied effort to save Jews caught in the Holocaust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

Accepted Answer

A)  automatic payroll deductions. 
B)  a short form for paying income taxes. 
C)  a sales tax. 
D)  a flat tax. 
E)  an earned income tax credit. 
A)  automatic payroll deductions. 
B)  a short form for paying income taxes. 
C)  a sales tax. 
D)  a flat tax. 
E)  an earned income tax credit.

Question 19

At the start of World War II, black leaders carried out a massive march on Washington to call attention to racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A new civil rights organization to mobilize mass resistance to racial discrimination, the ________, came into existence during World War II.

Accepted Answer

Congress o

Exam 26: America in a World at War

At a January 1943 meeting in ________, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to a British plan for the invasion of Sicily.

When President Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb he believed he was making a simple military decision.

During World War II, organized labor in the United States

In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade

How did the war affect the American economy? How did it affect the New Deal? What economic factors of the war would fuel a post-war boom of material prosperity in the United States?

World War II gave a great boost to union membership, even though the government extracted "no-strike" pledges from unions for the duration of the war.

Britain and the Soviet Union were not in agreement on where to strike at the Nazis.

What strategic concerns and desires divided the Americans, the British, and the Soviets during World War II?

The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

The Battle of Midway in 1942

During World War II, American shoppers

The braceros program allowed Mexicans to enter the United States and become citizens if they agreed to work in war plants for the duration of the war.

In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT that

Native American languages were useful in American military communications.

Describe the key technological developments by the Allies during World War II. Why were the Allies able to quickly move ahead of Germany and Japan in this area?

The U.S. government consistently resisted calls to make an Allied effort to save Jews caught in the Holocaust.

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

At the start of World War II, black leaders carried out a massive march on Washington to call attention to racial discrimination.

A new civil rights organization to mobilize mass resistance to racial discrimination, the ________, came into existence during World War II.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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