Question 1

In the United States during World War II,

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A)  unemployment declined and income taxes increased. 
B)  the economy grew only slightly. 
C)  income taxes increased only for the wealthy. 
D)  little was done to regulate the economy. 
E)  the actual size of the federal government shrank as the New Deal ended. 
A)  unemployment declined and income taxes increased. 
B)  the economy grew only slightly. 
C)  income taxes increased only for the wealthy. 
D)  little was done to regulate the economy. 
E)  the actual size of the federal government shrank as the New Deal ended.

Question 2

How did "Patriotic Assimilation" differ from "Americanization"?

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A)  Patriotic assimilation advocated the forced integration of racial and ethnic groups into American society, whereas Americanization promoted tolerance. 
B)  Patriotic assimilation described the American way of life, where people of different backgrounds could live together in freedom and unite as a people. 
C)  Both terms essentially described the same wartime cultural practice, but referred to different periods of American history: World War I and World War II. 
D)  Patriotic assimilation was in reference to ethnic minorities who served in the military and experienced integration and greater equality while fighting overseas. 
E)  Americanization described plurality with a rigid hierarchy. 
A)  Patriotic assimilation advocated the forced integration of racial and ethnic groups into American society, whereas Americanization promoted tolerance. 
B)  Patriotic assimilation described the American way of life, where people of different backgrounds could live together in freedom and unite as a people. 
C)  Both terms essentially described the same wartime cultural practice, but referred to different periods of American history: World War I and World War II. 
D)  Patriotic assimilation was in reference to ethnic minorities who served in the military and experienced integration and greater equality while fighting overseas. 
E)  Americanization described plurality with a rigid hierarchy.

Question 3

Which statement about the Pearl Harbor attack is true?

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A)  Franklin Roosevelt knew the details of the Pearl Harbor attack well in advance of its occurrence. 
B)  It was a surprise attack by the Japanese. 
C)  It was launched after an agreement was struck between the Japanese and Germans. 
D)  The United States did everything in its power to try to prevent this attack. 
E)  Japanese-Americans set off explosives on U.S. naval vessels. 
A)  Franklin Roosevelt knew the details of the Pearl Harbor attack well in advance of its occurrence. 
B)  It was a surprise attack by the Japanese. 
C)  It was launched after an agreement was struck between the Japanese and Germans. 
D)  The United States did everything in its power to try to prevent this attack. 
E)  Japanese-Americans set off explosives on U.S. naval vessels.

Question 4

Eric Foner argues that, during World War II, "Officials rewrote history to establish"

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A)  the nation's worldwide military and economic supremacy. 
B)  that racial and ethnic tolerance had always been the American way. 
C)  that previous U.S. intolerance toward immigrants was justified. 
D)  that blacks and whites were treated equally in front of the law. 
E)  that the military industry is a highly profitable business. 
A)  the nation's worldwide military and economic supremacy. 
B)  that racial and ethnic tolerance had always been the American way. 
C)  that previous U.S. intolerance toward immigrants was justified. 
D)  that blacks and whites were treated equally in front of the law. 
E)  that the military industry is a highly profitable business.

Question 5

During the war, for the first time in American history, married women outnumbered single women in the labor force.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How did wartime experiences change Mexican-American life in California?

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A)  Tremendous wage increases prompted young Mexican workers to spend carelessly on frivolous outfits. 
B)  Employment opportunities in the defense sector attracted Mexican farmworkers to the cities, where they built exclusive barrio neighborhoods. 
C)  Service in segregated army units motivated Mexican-American activists to join ranks with African-American civil rights groups. 
D)  Employment opportunities in the defense sector prompted Mexican-Americans to find work outside of their neighborhoods. 
E)  The war increased the need for farmworkers, prompting Mexican-Americans to leave urban neighborhoods for rural regions. 
A)  Tremendous wage increases prompted young Mexican workers to spend carelessly on frivolous outfits. 
B)  Employment opportunities in the defense sector attracted Mexican farmworkers to the cities, where they built exclusive barrio neighborhoods. 
C)  Service in segregated army units motivated Mexican-American activists to join ranks with African-American civil rights groups. 
D)  Employment opportunities in the defense sector prompted Mexican-Americans to find work outside of their neighborhoods. 
E)  The war increased the need for farmworkers, prompting Mexican-Americans to leave urban neighborhoods for rural regions.

Question 7

Because the enemy (Germany and Japan) used racism, racism and nativism had been stripped of intellectual respectability in America, particularly with the publication of Ruth Benedict's Races and Racism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did the United States drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

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A)  The invasion of Japan was certain to cost as many as 250,000 American lives. 
B)  There was no indication that Japan was at all willing to surrender. 
C)  With the Soviet Union out of the war, the United States was to face the defeat of Japan on its own. 
D)  Since the nation had spent many millions developing the weapon, it was going to use it. 
E)  Hiroshima was a central site of weapons production in the Japanese empire. 
A)  The invasion of Japan was certain to cost as many as 250,000 American lives. 
B)  There was no indication that Japan was at all willing to surrender. 
C)  With the Soviet Union out of the war, the United States was to face the defeat of Japan on its own. 
D)  Since the nation had spent many millions developing the weapon, it was going to use it. 
E)  Hiroshima was a central site of weapons production in the Japanese empire.

Question 9

Under the bracero program

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A)  Mexican immigrants were denied entry to the United States. 
B)  Mexican immigrants were eligible for citizenship. 
C)  Mexicans immigrated without the right of citizenship. 
D)  Indians were encouraged to leave their reservations. 
E)  marriages between Mexicans and Americans were banned. 
A)  Mexican immigrants were denied entry to the United States. 
B)  Mexican immigrants were eligible for citizenship. 
C)  Mexicans immigrated without the right of citizenship. 
D)  Indians were encouraged to leave their reservations. 
E)  marriages between Mexicans and Americans were banned.

Question 10

What happened to most female war workers after the war?

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A)  Most of them received promotions and leadership positions. 
B)  They were offered higher salaries. 
C)  They lost their jobs, especially those in better-paying ones. 
D)  They managed to retain their jobs. 
E)  They willingly and humbly returned to fulfill their role as mothers and wives. 
A)  Most of them received promotions and leadership positions. 
B)  They were offered higher salaries. 
C)  They lost their jobs, especially those in better-paying ones. 
D)  They managed to retain their jobs. 
E)  They willingly and humbly returned to fulfill their role as mothers and wives.

Question 11

Once the war was over, the world power map radically changed. Briefly explain how the distribution of power in 1945 was different from that of 1939.

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In 1939, the distribution of power was l

Question 12

How did the promise of freedom in the postwar years differ for black and white Americans?

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A)  African-Americans wanted a return to the New Deal; white Americans wanted the unregulated free market. 
B)  African-Americans wanted churches to rein in individual freedom, while white Americans embraced consumer individualism. 
C)  For white Americans, freedom was a position to be defended; for African-Americans, it was a goal to be achieved. 
D)  White Americans thought of freedom exclusively in terms of property rights; African-Americans thought of it exclusively in terms of civil rights. 
E)  African-Americans considered freedom the ability to travel overseas, while white Americans equated freedom with homeownership. 
A)  African-Americans wanted a return to the New Deal; white Americans wanted the unregulated free market. 
B)  African-Americans wanted churches to rein in individual freedom, while white Americans embraced consumer individualism. 
C)  For white Americans, freedom was a position to be defended; for African-Americans, it was a goal to be achieved. 
D)  White Americans thought of freedom exclusively in terms of property rights; African-Americans thought of it exclusively in terms of civil rights. 
E)  African-Americans considered freedom the ability to travel overseas, while white Americans equated freedom with homeownership.

Question 13

The dropping of the atomic bombs to end World War II was the logical culmination of a war that was unprecedented in the targeting of civilian populations in the fighting.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Road to Serfdom

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A)  advocated for laissez-faire economics. 
B)  offered an intellectual basis for an active government. 
C)  was written by an Austrian-born economist who embraced the label of "conservative" all his life. 
D)  offered the first history of the rise of Nazi Germany. 
E)  offered an in-depth look at the Soviet Union and its gulags. 
A)  advocated for laissez-faire economics. 
B)  offered an intellectual basis for an active government. 
C)  was written by an Austrian-born economist who embraced the label of "conservative" all his life. 
D)  offered the first history of the rise of Nazi Germany. 
E)  offered an in-depth look at the Soviet Union and its gulags.

Question 15

The largest surrender in American military history occurred in Normandy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Executive Order 8802

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The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 17

In the case of Korematsu v. United States (1944), Robert Jackson wrote a dissent arguing that

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A)  an order applying only to Japanese descendants was constitutional. 
B)  Korematsu was not a U.S. citizen. 
C)  Korematsu was not loyal to the United States. 
D)  guilt is personal and not inheritable. 
E)  Korematsu needed to present himself for internment. 
A)  an order applying only to Japanese descendants was constitutional. 
B)  Korematsu was not a U.S. citizen. 
C)  Korematsu was not loyal to the United States. 
D)  guilt is personal and not inheritable. 
E)  Korematsu needed to present himself for internment.

Question 18

The 1943 Texas Caucasian Race-Equal Privileges resolution

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A)  specified that Japanese-Americans interned in that state were not allowed to use the same public accommodations as whites. 
B)  allowed Mexicans equal treatment in public accommodations, while still segregating blacks. 
C)  stated that German POWs being held in the state could be allowed to enjoy the same public accommodations as whites. 
D)  segregated blacks and Mexicans from all public accommodations. 
E)  granted equal privileges to all Texans, regardless of race. 
A)  specified that Japanese-Americans interned in that state were not allowed to use the same public accommodations as whites. 
B)  allowed Mexicans equal treatment in public accommodations, while still segregating blacks. 
C)  stated that German POWs being held in the state could be allowed to enjoy the same public accommodations as whites. 
D)  segregated blacks and Mexicans from all public accommodations. 
E)  granted equal privileges to all Texans, regardless of race.

Question 19

The Freedom House demanded the declaration of war against Germany.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During the war, Americans

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A)  experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline. 
B)  found fewer consumer goods available by 1944. 
C)  still suffered from high unemployment. 
D)  were told that the end of war might bring a return of the Great Depression. 
E)  experienced extreme deprivation. 
A)  experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline. 
B)  found fewer consumer goods available by 1944. 
C)  still suffered from high unemployment. 
D)  were told that the end of war might bring a return of the Great Depression. 
E)  experienced extreme deprivation.

Exam 22: Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

In the United States during World War II,

How did "Patriotic Assimilation" differ from "Americanization"?

Which statement about the Pearl Harbor attack is true?

Eric Foner argues that, during World War II, "Officials rewrote history to establish"

During the war, for the first time in American history, married women outnumbered single women in the labor force.

How did wartime experiences change Mexican-American life in California?

Because the enemy (Germany and Japan) used racism, racism and nativism had been stripped of intellectual respectability in America, particularly with the publication of Ruth Benedict's Races and Racism.

Why did the United States drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

Under the bracero program

What happened to most female war workers after the war?

Once the war was over, the world power map radically changed. Briefly explain how the distribution of power in 1945 was different from that of 1939.

How did the promise of freedom in the postwar years differ for black and white Americans?

The dropping of the atomic bombs to end World War II was the logical culmination of a war that was unprecedented in the targeting of civilian populations in the fighting.

The Road to Serfdom

The largest surrender in American military history occurred in Normandy.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Executive Order 8802

In the case of Korematsu v. United States (1944), Robert Jackson wrote a dissent arguing that

The 1943 Texas Caucasian Race-Equal Privileges resolution

The Freedom House demanded the declaration of war against Germany.

During the war, Americans

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