Question 1

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 2

Why did Franklin D.Roosevelt announce his candidacy for a third term in 1940?

Accepted Answer

A)  He feared that the Republican incumbent Wendell Wilkie lacked the experience to govern the nation. 
B)  He argued that the nation should not switch its executive leadership in the middle of war. 
C)  He argued that the recovery was too fragile and the international situation too dangerous for him to leave his post. 
D)  He argued that the United States could only defeat the dictators of Italy, Germany, and Japan if they follow the leader with similar authority and power. 
E)  He did so reluctantly after recognizing that his eight years of leadership had failed to produce a viable successor in the Democratic Party. 
A)  He feared that the Republican incumbent Wendell Wilkie lacked the experience to govern the nation. 
B)  He argued that the nation should not switch its executive leadership in the middle of war. 
C)  He argued that the recovery was too fragile and the international situation too dangerous for him to leave his post. 
D)  He argued that the United States could only defeat the dictators of Italy, Germany, and Japan if they follow the leader with similar authority and power. 
E)  He did so reluctantly after recognizing that his eight years of leadership had failed to produce a viable successor in the Democratic Party.

Question 3

Fascism:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a political movement similar to Nazism. 
B)  became the political system in Spain by the late 1930s. 
C)  attracted widespread popularity in Sweden and Switzerland as an alternative to Nazism. 
D)  was initially embraced by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who viewed it more favorably than capitalism. 
E)  A and B 
A)  was a political movement similar to Nazism. 
B)  became the political system in Spain by the late 1930s. 
C)  attracted widespread popularity in Sweden and Switzerland as an alternative to Nazism. 
D)  was initially embraced by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who viewed it more favorably than capitalism. 
E)  A and B

Question 4

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 5

During World War II,African-Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  experienced full equality before the law. 
B)  witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws. 
C)  served in integrated units in the armed forces. 
D)  received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits. 
E)  witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement. 
A)  experienced full equality before the law. 
B)  witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws. 
C)  served in integrated units in the armed forces. 
D)  received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits. 
E)  witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

Women working in defense industries during the war:

Accepted Answer

A)  were viewed as permanent workers after the war, so long as they did a good job. 
B)  made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding. 
C)  had little impact on the war effort. 
D)  were small in number, as most women took clerical work or joined the military service as nurses. 
E)  were all young, single women who left their jobs once they got married. 
A)  were viewed as permanent workers after the war, so long as they did a good job. 
B)  made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding. 
C)  had little impact on the war effort. 
D)  were small in number, as most women took clerical work or joined the military service as nurses. 
E)  were all young, single women who left their jobs once they got married.

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Yalta Conference

Accepted Answer

A) interventionists 
B) opposed to colonialism 
C) Big Three meeting 
D) blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement 
E) Mexican agricultural workers
F)civil rights case
G)Mexican-American youths
H)United Nations
I)mobilized American public opinion
J)Navajos
K)education for veterans
L)Latin America 
A) interventionists 
B) opposed to colonialism 
C) Big Three meeting 
D) blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement 
E) Mexican agricultural workers
F)civil rights case
G)Mexican-American youths
H)United Nations
I)mobilized American public opinion
J)Navajos
K)education for veterans
L)Latin America

Question 10

The Manhattan Project:

Accepted Answer

A)  was kept a secret from the entire executive branch except President Roosevelt and Vice President Truman. 
B)  enabled the development of an atomic weapon based on the theories of German scientists involving energy and matter. 
C)  was operated jointly by the United States and Great Britain. 
D)  produced an atomic bomb that was successfully tested before FDR's death in 1945. 
E)  B and D 
A)  was kept a secret from the entire executive branch except President Roosevelt and Vice President Truman. 
B)  enabled the development of an atomic weapon based on the theories of German scientists involving energy and matter. 
C)  was operated jointly by the United States and Great Britain. 
D)  produced an atomic bomb that was successfully tested before FDR's death in 1945. 
E)  B and D

Question 11

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 12

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 antilynching 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)  in northeastern cities was not always improved, despite the promise of better economic opportunity through wartime jobs. 
E)  C and D 
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 antilynching 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)  in northeastern cities was not always improved, despite the promise of better economic opportunity through wartime jobs. 
E)  C and D

Question 13

Why did so many American workers walk out of their jobs between 1943 and 1944?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were protesting equal pay for women and men, blacks and whites. 
B)  They were protesting discriminatory hiring practices of FEPC. 
C)  They charged their employers with the unseemly expansion of corporate profits. 
D)  They sought to express moral objections to the mass manufacturing of guns and ordinance. 
E)  They were protesting the fact that the United States failed to make the destruction of German death camps a priority in its war efforts. 
A)  They were protesting equal pay for women and men, blacks and whites. 
B)  They were protesting discriminatory hiring practices of FEPC. 
C)  They charged their employers with the unseemly expansion of corporate profits. 
D)  They sought to express moral objections to the mass manufacturing of guns and ordinance. 
E)  They were protesting the fact that the United States failed to make the destruction of German death camps a priority in its war efforts.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-"Zoot suit" riots

Accepted Answer

The "Zoot Suit" riots were a series of r

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Smith v.Allwright

Accepted Answer

A) interventionists 
B) opposed to colonialism 
C) Big Three meeting 
D) blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement 
E) Mexican agricultural workers
F)civil rights case
G)Mexican-American youths
H)United Nations
I)mobilized American public opinion
J)Navajos
K)education for veterans
L)Latin America 
A) interventionists 
B) opposed to colonialism 
C) Big Three meeting 
D) blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement 
E) Mexican agricultural workers
F)civil rights case
G)Mexican-American youths
H)United Nations
I)mobilized American public opinion
J)Navajos
K)education for veterans
L)Latin America

Question 17

What did Roosevelt mean by the phrase "Freedom from Want"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It referred to his support of the Lend-Lease Act, which would equip Great Britain with war materiél. 
B)  Initially, it was a call to eliminate barriers to international trade. 
C)  It suggested the Great Depression would not continue after the war. 
D)  B and C 
E)  A and B 
A)  It referred to his support of the Lend-Lease Act, which would equip Great Britain with war materiél. 
B)  Initially, it was a call to eliminate barriers to international trade. 
C)  It suggested the Great Depression would not continue after the war. 
D)  B and C 
E)  A and B

Question 18

The Freedom House was a place of refuge for Jews that had escaped the Holocaust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The GI Bill of Rights:

Accepted Answer

A)  was very limited in scope. 
B)  included scholarships for education for veterans. 
C)  extended benefits to very few veterans. 
D)  did not include health insurance. 
E)  was unavailable for African-American veterans. 
A)  was very limited in scope. 
B)  included scholarships for education for veterans. 
C)  extended benefits to very few veterans. 
D)  did not include health insurance. 
E)  was unavailable for African-American veterans.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Native Americans have a long history of

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

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

Why did Franklin D.Roosevelt announce his candidacy for a third term in 1940?

Fascism:

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

During World War II,African-Americans:

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

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.

Women working in defense industries during the war:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Yalta Conference

The Manhattan Project:

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

The status of blacks during World War II:

Why did so many American workers walk out of their jobs between 1943 and 1944?

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

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -"Zoot suit" riots

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Smith v.Allwright

What did Roosevelt mean by the phrase "Freedom from Want"?

The Freedom House was a place of refuge for Jews that had escaped the Holocaust.

The GI Bill of Rights:

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

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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