Question 1

Although Japan's sea and air power was totally shattered by the end of 1944, why didn't the imperial government surrender to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Roosevelt refused to allow a surrender until a full-scale invasion of Japan could be accomplished. 
B)  Japanese military leaders insisted on fighting until the bitter end. 
C)  The tripartite pact required that Japan continue fighting until Germany had been victorious in Europe. 
D)  Every Japanese election demonstrated that the Japanese people wanted to continue the war. 
E)  The Emperor had developed Alzheimer's disease and did not understand what was happening. 
A)  President Roosevelt refused to allow a surrender until a full-scale invasion of Japan could be accomplished. 
B)  Japanese military leaders insisted on fighting until the bitter end. 
C)  The tripartite pact required that Japan continue fighting until Germany had been victorious in Europe. 
D)  Every Japanese election demonstrated that the Japanese people wanted to continue the war. 
E)  The Emperor had developed Alzheimer's disease and did not understand what was happening.

Question 2

In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved. 
B)  Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany. 
C)  The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong. 
D)  The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity. 
E)  All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him. 
A)  The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved. 
B)  Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany. 
C)  The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong. 
D)  The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity. 
E)  All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him.

Question 3

Describe the situations faced by Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Japanese-Americans,. Why were they confronted by these problems?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Joseph Stalin

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet political lea

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
"Destroyers-for-bases" swap

Accepted Answer

The "Destroyers-for-Bases" swap refers t

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Arsenal of Democracy

Accepted Answer

The term "Arsenal of Democracy" refers t

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Holocaust

Accepted Answer

The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sp

Question 8

How did the American people and government respond to the international crises of the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

The American people and government respo

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Adolf Hitler

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
WACS, WAVES, WASPS

Accepted Answer

WACS, WAVES, and WASPS refer to three di

Question 11

Which of these statements does not describe women's experience as workers in defense plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were nicknamed "Rosie the Riveter." 
B)  Women were told by the government that it was their "patriotic duty" to work in war industries. 
C)  Most of the war workers were single and under age thirty. 
D)  Their jobs included traditional men's work of tending blast furnaces, operating cranes, welding and shipbuilding. 
E)  Many women were forced into women-only jobs, and those in manufacturing earned 65% of what men earned. 
A)  They were nicknamed "Rosie the Riveter." 
B)  Women were told by the government that it was their "patriotic duty" to work in war industries. 
C)  Most of the war workers were single and under age thirty. 
D)  Their jobs included traditional men's work of tending blast furnaces, operating cranes, welding and shipbuilding. 
E)  Many women were forced into women-only jobs, and those in manufacturing earned 65% of what men earned.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
T he "Good Neighbor" policy

Accepted Answer

The "Good Neighbor" policy was a foreign

Question 13

Which of the following was not one of the changes in the American "social topography" that occurred during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Millions of Americans moved to the West Coast states. 
B)  Many Americans moved far from their hometowns. 
C)  Some Americans who moved left their traditional values for new attitudes. 
D)  The family unit was strengthened, and divorce rates dropped, as Americans united in the effort to defend the nation. 
E)  Some 6 million Americans left farms and moved to cities. 
A)  Millions of Americans moved to the West Coast states. 
B)  Many Americans moved far from their hometowns. 
C)  Some Americans who moved left their traditional values for new attitudes. 
D)  The family unit was strengthened, and divorce rates dropped, as Americans united in the effort to defend the nation. 
E)  Some 6 million Americans left farms and moved to cities.

Question 14

The various federal agencies created during World War II to coordinate the war effort did all the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  limit or stop the production of civilian goods. 
B)  impose strict ceilings on corporate profits. 
C)  mediate disputes between management and labor. 
D)  impose strict price controls. 
E)  allocate materials. 
A)  limit or stop the production of civilian goods. 
B)  impose strict ceilings on corporate profits. 
C)  mediate disputes between management and labor. 
D)  impose strict price controls. 
E)  allocate materials.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
"Double V" campaign

Accepted Answer

The "Double V" campaign was a significan

Question 16

What were the points of contention between the United States and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s? Could armed conflict have been avoided?

Accepted Answer

The points of contention between the Uni

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Pearl Harbor

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor refers to a naval base loca

Question 18

The experiences of E.B. Sledge illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance of the secretary of war. 
B)  the complexity of naval operations in the Pacific theatre. 
C)  the extreme hardships of fighting in the Pacific theatre 
D)  why U.S. technological superiority was so important. 
E)  the horrors of fighting in Europe. 
A)  the importance of the secretary of war. 
B)  the complexity of naval operations in the Pacific theatre. 
C)  the extreme hardships of fighting in the Pacific theatre 
D)  why U.S. technological superiority was so important. 
E)  the horrors of fighting in Europe.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Navajo "code talkers"

Accepted Answer

The Navajo "code talkers" were a group o

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration

Accepted Answer

The War Production Board (WPB) and the O

Exam 25: Americans and a World in Crisis

Although Japan's sea and air power was totally shattered by the end of 1944, why didn't the imperial government surrender to the United States?

In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

Describe the situations faced by Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Japanese-Americans,. Why were they confronted by these problems?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Joseph Stalin

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Destroyers-for-bases" swap

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Arsenal of Democracy

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Holocaust

How did the American people and government respond to the international crises of the 1930s?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Adolf Hitler

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. WACS, WAVES, WASPS

Which of these statements does not describe women's experience as workers in defense plants?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. T he "Good Neighbor" policy

Which of the following was not one of the changes in the American "social topography" that occurred during World War II?

The various federal agencies created during World War II to coordinate the war effort did all the following except

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Double V" campaign

What were the points of contention between the United States and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s? Could armed conflict have been avoided?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Pearl Harbor

The experiences of E.B. Sledge illustrate

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Navajo "code talkers"

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration

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