Exam 26: America in a World at War

During the early part of the war, the ________ campaign tied up a considerable proportion of Allied resources and contributed to the postponement of the planned May 1943 cross-channel invasion of France.

The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

Congress abolished both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Association during World War II.

What steps did the federal government take to mobilize the nation for World War II?

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

During World War II, Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in

The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after

________, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, planned a march on Washington in 1941 for the rights of black war plant workers.

In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was

How was the defeat of Nazi Germany organized and orchestrated? What critical reasons can be advanced to account for the Allied victory in Europe?

During World War II, the U.S. military

Germany's rocket-propelled bombs caused more psychological harm than actual damage in England.

By the end of 1942, Allied technology had caught up with that of Germany and Japan.

Rapid technological advances by American and British scientists in ________ and sonar greatly assisted the Allied air and sea war efforts.

By the end of World War II, the Pacific Coast had become the center of the American ________ industry.

During World War II, American Indians

In June 1942, the United States gained control of the central Pacific with the Battle of Midway.