Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Guadalcanal Island

Accepted Answer

Guadalcanal Island is historically signi

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas E. Dewey

Accepted Answer

Thomas E. Dewey was an American politici

Question 3

During World War II, most Americans economically experienced

Accepted Answer

A) serious hardships due to rationing of essential goods. 
B) prosperity and a doubling of personal income. 
C) a continuing struggle to find employment. 
D) growing class conflict between the wealthy and the working class. 
E) prosperity in the cities but disastrous conditions on farms and in small towns. 
A) serious hardships due to rationing of essential goods. 
B) prosperity and a doubling of personal income. 
C) a continuing struggle to find employment. 
D) growing class conflict between the wealthy and the working class. 
E) prosperity in the cities but disastrous conditions on farms and in small towns.

Question 4

The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime policies was

Accepted Answer

A) German Americans. 
B) blacks. 
C) Japanese Americans. 
D) American communists. 
E) Italian Americans. 
A) German Americans. 
B) blacks. 
C) Japanese Americans. 
D) American communists. 
E) Italian Americans.

Question 5

The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning of the war was to

Accepted Answer

A) plan for a second front in Western Europe as soon as possible. 
B) force Italy out of the war first by attacking the soft underbelly of Europe. 
C) arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade of the same sort that Woodrow Wilson had so effectively used in World War I. 
D) concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner. 
E) fight an equally vigorous naval war against Japan and a land war against Germany and Italy. 
A) plan for a second front in Western Europe as soon as possible. 
B) force Italy out of the war first by attacking the soft underbelly of Europe. 
C) arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade of the same sort that Woodrow Wilson had so effectively used in World War I. 
D) concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner. 
E) fight an equally vigorous naval war against Japan and a land war against Germany and Italy.

Question 6

Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

Accepted Answer

A) pass a conscription law. 
B) maintain public support and patriotism for the war effort. 
C) extend aid to the Soviet Union. 
D) develop atomic weapons. 
E) retool its industry for all-out war production. 
A) pass a conscription law. 
B) maintain public support and patriotism for the war effort. 
C) extend aid to the Soviet Union. 
D) develop atomic weapons. 
E) retool its industry for all-out war production.

Question 7

Until spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was

Accepted Answer

A) the possibility of a successful invasion across the English Channel. 
B) that German U-boat would destroy Allied shipping. 
C) the German V-2 rockets fired into Britain that would cause their terrified civilian population to demand Prime Minister Churchill to surrender to Nazi Germany. 
D) that General Rommel would conquer Egypt and the Suez Canal. 
E) that the American-British-Soviet alliance would collapse. 
A) the possibility of a successful invasion across the English Channel. 
B) that German U-boat would destroy Allied shipping. 
C) the German V-2 rockets fired into Britain that would cause their terrified civilian population to demand Prime Minister Churchill to surrender to Nazi Germany. 
D) that General Rommel would conquer Egypt and the Suez Canal. 
E) that the American-British-Soviet alliance would collapse.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry Stimson

Accepted Answer

Henry Lewis Stimson (1867–1950) was an A

Question 9

Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

Accepted Answer

A) the Bulge 
B) Stalingrad 
C) Monte Cassino 
D) Britain 
E) El Alamein 
A) the Bulge 
B) Stalingrad 
C) Monte Cassino 
D) Britain 
E) El Alamein

Question 10

The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they

Accepted Answer

A) were expanded to gear up for wartime production. 
B) were discontinued due to wartime production needs. 
C) provided much-needed jobs for the poor. 
D) became an established fixture of U.S.government programs. 
E) None of these 
A) were expanded to gear up for wartime production. 
B) were discontinued due to wartime production needs. 
C) provided much-needed jobs for the poor. 
D) became an established fixture of U.S.government programs. 
E) None of these

Question 11

List at least three major military turning points of World War II. Justify your choices.

Accepted Answer

1. The Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)

Question 12

Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B) Casablanca, and (C) Teheran.

Accepted Answer

A) A, B, C 
B) C, B, A 
C) B, C, A 
D) B, A, C 
E) A, C, B 
A) A, B, C 
B) C, B, A 
C) B, C, A 
D) B, A, C 
E) A, C, B

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)

Accepted Answer

WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer E

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​ABC-1 agreement

Accepted Answer

The ABC-1 agreement was a military allia

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Executive Order No. 9066

Accepted Answer

Executive Order No. 9066 was a United St

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Midway

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Midway was a pivotal naval

Question 17

About half of the women war workers said that the main reason they left the labor force at the end of World War II was

Accepted Answer

A) union demands. 
B) employer demands that they quit because of inferior work efficiency and output. 
C) male discrimination on the job. 
D) government requirements to hire veterans under the GI Bill of Rights. 
E) family obligations. 
A) union demands. 
B) employer demands that they quit because of inferior work efficiency and output. 
C) male discrimination on the job. 
D) government requirements to hire veterans under the GI Bill of Rights. 
E) family obligations.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​SPARs (U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve)

Accepted Answer

The SPARs, which stands for "Semper Para

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-braceros

Accepted Answer

The term "braceros" refers to Mexican la

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) i

Exam 34: America in World War Ii 1941-1945

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Guadalcanal Island

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas E. Dewey

During World War II, most Americans economically experienced

The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime policies was

The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning of the war was to

Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

Until spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry Stimson

Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they

List at least three major military turning points of World War II. Justify your choices.

Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B) Casablanca, and (C) Teheran.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​ABC-1 agreement

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Executive Order No. 9066

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Midway

About half of the women war workers said that the main reason they left the labor force at the end of World War II was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​SPARs (U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -braceros

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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