Question 1

Anti-Semitism in the United States during World War II resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  Jews being banned from the U.S. Army 
B)  Jews being sent to U.S. internment camps 
C)  Jewish children being fully segregated in New York schools 
D)  Jews being encouraged to leave for Mexico. 
E)  only 21,000 Jewish refugees being allowed in the United States. 
A)  Jews being banned from the U.S. Army 
B)  Jews being sent to U.S. internment camps 
C)  Jewish children being fully segregated in New York schools 
D)  Jews being encouraged to leave for Mexico. 
E)  only 21,000 Jewish refugees being allowed in the United States.

Question 2

Japanese propaganda depicted Americans as a self-indulgent people contaminated by ethnic and racial diversity, as opposed to the racially "pure" Japanese.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The double-V campaign was

Accepted Answer

A)  the Allied war efforts in Europe and Asia. 
B)  the effort to end discrimination against Mexican immigrants and blacks. 
C)  women's struggle for acceptance as industrial workers and mothers. 
D)  the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism. 
E)  not supported by the NAACP. 
A)  the Allied war efforts in Europe and Asia. 
B)  the effort to end discrimination against Mexican immigrants and blacks. 
C)  women's struggle for acceptance as industrial workers and mothers. 
D)  the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism. 
E)  not supported by the NAACP.

Question 4

What was the "final solution"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Allied operation for D-Day. 
B)  Adolf Hitler's plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" peoples. 
C)  The United States' plan for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan. 
D)  Japan's plan to attack Pearl Harbor. 
E)  Joseph Stalin's plan to spread communism throughout the world. 
A)  The Allied operation for D-Day. 
B)  Adolf Hitler's plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" peoples. 
C)  The United States' plan for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan. 
D)  Japan's plan to attack Pearl Harbor. 
E)  Joseph Stalin's plan to spread communism throughout the world.

Question 5

The status of blacks during World War II

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthened somewhat after the Red Cross reversed its long-standing policy against mixing blood from whites and blacks in its blood banks. 
B)  changed dramatically, particularly in the South, after a federal anti-lynching law was finally passed. 
C)  was not affected by Roosevelt's denunciation of any race of people claiming the right to be "master" over another. 
D)  not always improved in northeastern cities, despite the promise of better economic opportunity through wartime jobs. 
E)  changed when the army placed black recruits into desegregated units around the world. 
A)  strengthened somewhat after the Red Cross reversed its long-standing policy against mixing blood from whites and blacks in its blood banks. 
B)  changed dramatically, particularly in the South, after a federal anti-lynching law was finally passed. 
C)  was not affected by Roosevelt's denunciation of any race of people claiming the right to be "master" over another. 
D)  not always improved in northeastern cities, despite the promise of better economic opportunity through wartime jobs. 
E)  changed when the army placed black recruits into desegregated units around the world.

Question 6

What was one result of the Good Neighbor Policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States supported dictators in Latin America. 
B)  Nazi Germany took control of parts of South America. 
C)  Franklin Roosevelt had to send American troops to Cuba. 
D)  The United States had to reissue the Platt Amendment. 
E)  Herbert Hoover urged Roosevelt to send troops to the Dominican Republic. 
A)  The United States supported dictators in Latin America. 
B)  Nazi Germany took control of parts of South America. 
C)  Franklin Roosevelt had to send American troops to Cuba. 
D)  The United States had to reissue the Platt Amendment. 
E)  Herbert Hoover urged Roosevelt to send troops to the Dominican Republic.

Question 7

How did the experiences of African-Americans during World War II lay the foundation for the modern civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

The experiences of African-Americans dur

Question 8

The Four Freedoms traveling exhibition resulted in what?

Accepted Answer

A)  more rights for black Americans 
B)  a declaration of war on Germany 
C)  a refuge for Holocaust survivors 
D)  the purchase of millions of dollars of war bonds 
E)  a fund-raising campaign for wounded veterans 
A)  more rights for black Americans 
B)  a declaration of war on Germany 
C)  a refuge for Holocaust survivors 
D)  the purchase of millions of dollars of war bonds 
E)  a fund-raising campaign for wounded veterans

Question 9

What influenced the ideas in the reports of the National Resources Planning Board from 1942 to 1943?

Accepted Answer

A)  laissez-faire economics 
B)  socialism 
C)  Progressivism 
D)  Wilsonian moralism 
E)  Keynesian economics 
A)  laissez-faire economics 
B)  socialism 
C)  Progressivism 
D)  Wilsonian moralism 
E)  Keynesian economics

Question 10

The Lend-Lease Act

Accepted Answer

A)  urged Germany to sign a treaty of nonaggression with Great Britain and the Soviet Union. 
B)  authorized the U.S. government to send troops to the war front. 
C)  authorized military aid as long as countries promised to return it after the war. 
D)  banned all sort of commercial activities with Japan and Germany. 
E)  declared war against Japan. 
A)  urged Germany to sign a treaty of nonaggression with Great Britain and the Soviet Union. 
B)  authorized the U.S. government to send troops to the war front. 
C)  authorized military aid as long as countries promised to return it after the war. 
D)  banned all sort of commercial activities with Japan and Germany. 
E)  declared war against Japan.

Question 11

What accounted for the tension between Great Britain and the United States at the Yalta conference?

Accepted Answer

A)  Churchill resented Roosevelt's private meetings with Stalin over proposed divisions of conquered Japanese territory in the Far East. 
B)  Churchill did not agree with Roosevelt's proposal to have the Soviet Union join the war against Japan. 
C)  Churchill and Roosevelt disagreed over the future status of Britain's overseas colonies. 
D)  Churchill resented an early suggestion by Roosevelt to allow communism in postwar Europe if the people supported it by popular referendum. 
E)  Roosevelt and Churchill disagreed on the best method to set colonies on the road to independence. 
A)  Churchill resented Roosevelt's private meetings with Stalin over proposed divisions of conquered Japanese territory in the Far East. 
B)  Churchill did not agree with Roosevelt's proposal to have the Soviet Union join the war against Japan. 
C)  Churchill and Roosevelt disagreed over the future status of Britain's overseas colonies. 
D)  Churchill resented an early suggestion by Roosevelt to allow communism in postwar Europe if the people supported it by popular referendum. 
E)  Roosevelt and Churchill disagreed on the best method to set colonies on the road to independence.

Question 12

Growth in the South and West during World War II was sparked by

Accepted Answer

A)  the technology industry. 
B)  tranquility. 
C)  agricultural expansion. 
D)  road construction. 
E)  military industrial growth. 
A)  the technology industry. 
B)  tranquility. 
C)  agricultural expansion. 
D)  road construction. 
E)  military industrial growth.

Question 13

Texas passed the Caucasian Race-Equal Privileges resolution in 1943 in a goodwill effort to help Mexican-Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

By 1945, support for racial justice had finally taken its place on the liberal-left agenda alongside full employment, civil liberties, and the expansion of the New Deal welfare state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The National Resources Planning Board's slogan was

Accepted Answer

A)  stop Social Security benefits. 
B)  economic security and full employment. 
C)  less government spending. 
D)  the survival of the fittest. 
E)  get rid of the welfare state. 
A)  stop Social Security benefits. 
B)  economic security and full employment. 
C)  less government spending. 
D)  the survival of the fittest. 
E)  get rid of the welfare state.

Question 16

Why did Executive Order 9066 not apply to persons of Japanese descent living in Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the wake of the U.S. Navy's defeat at Pearl Harbor, it was the Japanese that governed Hawaii. 
B)  The number of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii was so insignificant that the order seemed irrelevant. 
C)  Since nearly 40 percent of the population was of Japanese descent, the evacuation order would have been impractical. 
D)  Most persons of Japanese descent in Hawaii actually served in military units. 
E)  At the time, the federal government did not yet have such jurisdiction over its territorial possessions. 
A)  In the wake of the U.S. Navy's defeat at Pearl Harbor, it was the Japanese that governed Hawaii. 
B)  The number of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii was so insignificant that the order seemed irrelevant. 
C)  Since nearly 40 percent of the population was of Japanese descent, the evacuation order would have been impractical. 
D)  Most persons of Japanese descent in Hawaii actually served in military units. 
E)  At the time, the federal government did not yet have such jurisdiction over its territorial possessions.

Question 17

Discuss the renewed interest of some Americans in political and economic conservatism during World War II. What schools of thought saw a revival, and how may the emergence of a so-called Fifth Freedom have played a part in this development?

Accepted Answer

During World War II, there was a renewed

Question 18

The majority of the Japanese-Americans who were interned during the war were not actually citizens of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Black internationalism refers to the pol

Question 20

The war experience brought many more Native Americans closer to the mainstream of American life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Anti-Semitism in the United States during World War II resulted in

Japanese propaganda depicted Americans as a self-indulgent people contaminated by ethnic and racial diversity, as opposed to the racially "pure" Japanese.

The double-V campaign was

What was the "final solution"?

The status of blacks during World War II

What was one result of the Good Neighbor Policy?

How did the experiences of African-Americans during World War II lay the foundation for the modern civil rights movement?

The Four Freedoms traveling exhibition resulted in what?

What influenced the ideas in the reports of the National Resources Planning Board from 1942 to 1943?

The Lend-Lease Act

What accounted for the tension between Great Britain and the United States at the Yalta conference?

Growth in the South and West during World War II was sparked by

Texas passed the Caucasian Race-Equal Privileges resolution in 1943 in a goodwill effort to help Mexican-Americans.

By 1945, support for racial justice had finally taken its place on the liberal-left agenda alongside full employment, civil liberties, and the expansion of the New Deal welfare state.

The National Resources Planning Board's slogan was

Why did Executive Order 9066 not apply to persons of Japanese descent living in Hawaii?

Discuss the renewed interest of some Americans in political and economic conservatism during World War II. What schools of thought saw a revival, and how may the emergence of a so-called Fifth Freedom have played a part in this development?

The majority of the Japanese-Americans who were interned during the war were not actually citizens of the United States.

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

The war experience brought many more Native Americans closer to the mainstream of American life.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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