Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-A.Philip Randolph

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802 
A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802

Question 2

To Roosevelt,the Four Freedoms expressed deeply held American values worthy of being spread worldwide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Freedom House

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 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Good Neighbor Policy

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 5

The principles of freedom embodied by the 1941 Atlantic Charter:

Accepted Answer

A)  inspired Britain and France to abandon their overseas colonies after the war. 
B)  reflected the idea of a global extension of the New Deal that would improve the quality of life for people all over the world. 
C)  were initially embraced by Stalin after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. 
D)  advocated for racial equality in all nations, including the United States. 
E)  included all of Roosevelt's four freedoms. 
A)  inspired Britain and France to abandon their overseas colonies after the war. 
B)  reflected the idea of a global extension of the New Deal that would improve the quality of life for people all over the world. 
C)  were initially embraced by Stalin after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. 
D)  advocated for racial equality in all nations, including the United States. 
E)  included all of Roosevelt's four freedoms.

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Harry Truman

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802 
A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Fifth Freedom refers to the freedom

Question 9

The Bretton Woods meeting established a new international economic system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-"zoot suit" riots

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 11

In what aspect of American foreign policy did Franklin D.Roosevelt remove himself from Herbert Hoover's precedent?

Accepted Answer

A)  He called for the era of isolationism toward Europe to be over. 
B)  He promised nationalists in China to intervene in their civil war. 
C)  He promised Latin American neighbors to end his predecessor's policy of interventionism. 
D)  He formally recognized the Soviet Union in an effort to stimulate trade. 
E)  He urged European nations to abandon their colonial possessions in Africa. 
A)  He called for the era of isolationism toward Europe to be over. 
B)  He promised nationalists in China to intervene in their civil war. 
C)  He promised Latin American neighbors to end his predecessor's policy of interventionism. 
D)  He formally recognized the Soviet Union in an effort to stimulate trade. 
E)  He urged European nations to abandon their colonial possessions in Africa.

Question 12

The Office of War Information:

Accepted Answer

A)  imprisoned isolationists. 
B)  cast the war's sole goal as retaliation against the Japanese. 
C)  attempted to stir up nationalist hysteria. 
D)  was a New Deal program. 
E)  used radio, film, and press to give the war an ideological meaning. 
A)  imprisoned isolationists. 
B)  cast the war's sole goal as retaliation against the Japanese. 
C)  attempted to stir up nationalist hysteria. 
D)  was a New Deal program. 
E)  used radio, film, and press to give the war an ideological meaning.

Question 13

What did the members of the new United Nations Security Council all have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They all were in control of nuclear bombs. 
B)  They were all part of the allies that won World War II. 
C)  They were the wealthiest nations at the time. 
D)  They all had suffered the least casualties and financial losses during the war. 
E)  They all were Western industrialized nations. 
A)  They all were in control of nuclear bombs. 
B)  They were all part of the allies that won World War II. 
C)  They were the wealthiest nations at the time. 
D)  They all had suffered the least casualties and financial losses during the war. 
E)  They all were Western industrialized nations.

Question 14

During World War II,Native Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  served in the military and worked in war production. 
B)  prospered, especially those on reservations. 
C)  were eligible for GI Bill benefits only if living on reservations. 
D)  became more isolated within American society. 
E)  collaborated with the Japanese. 
A)  served in the military and worked in war production. 
B)  prospered, especially those on reservations. 
C)  were eligible for GI Bill benefits only if living on reservations. 
D)  became more isolated within American society. 
E)  collaborated with the Japanese.

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Gunnar Myrdal

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802 
A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT true of the Yalta conference in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stalin agreed to allow free and unfettered elections in postwar Poland. 
B)  The Yalta agreement planted the seeds of conflict. 
C)  Roosevelt and Churchill did not ultimately object to Soviet postwar control of the Baltics. 
D)  Stalin agreed to leave southern and eastern Europe out of the Soviet sphere. 
E)  Stalin refused to enter the war against Japan. 
A)  Stalin agreed to allow free and unfettered elections in postwar Poland. 
B)  The Yalta agreement planted the seeds of conflict. 
C)  Roosevelt and Churchill did not ultimately object to Soviet postwar control of the Baltics. 
D)  Stalin agreed to leave southern and eastern Europe out of the Soviet sphere. 
E)  Stalin refused to enter the war against Japan.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Adolf Hitler

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802 
A) Spanish Civil War 
B) The American Century 
C) An American Dilemma 
D) ordered the use of the atomic bombs 
E) One World
F)What the Negro Wants
G)The Road to Serfdom
H)Britain's prime minister
I)German leader
J)American painter
K)Soviet leader
L)Executive Order 8802

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Japanese internment refers to the forced

Question 20

How did World War II change the role of corporations in American life?

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. corporations became friendly and close collaborators with the federal government. 
B)  With the loss of its overseas affiliates in Asia and Europe, U.S. corporations once again became predominantly American. 
C)  Technological innovation and high productivity in the war effort restored the reputation of corporations from its Depression lows. 
D)  The heavy reliance of the Roosevelt administration on corporate leaders for its wartime agencies left U.S. corporations with the stain of government bureaucracy. 
E)  Thin profits during the war years forced U.S. corporations to dramatically innovate for increased efficiency. 
A)  U.S. corporations became friendly and close collaborators with the federal government. 
B)  With the loss of its overseas affiliates in Asia and Europe, U.S. corporations once again became predominantly American. 
C)  Technological innovation and high productivity in the war effort restored the reputation of corporations from its Depression lows. 
D)  The heavy reliance of the Roosevelt administration on corporate leaders for its wartime agencies left U.S. corporations with the stain of government bureaucracy. 
E)  Thin profits during the war years forced U.S. corporations to dramatically innovate for increased efficiency.

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -A.Philip Randolph

To Roosevelt,the Four Freedoms expressed deeply held American values worthy of being spread worldwide.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Freedom House

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Good Neighbor Policy

The principles of freedom embodied by the 1941 Atlantic Charter:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Harry Truman

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

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

The Bretton Woods meeting established a new international economic system.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"zoot suit" riots

In what aspect of American foreign policy did Franklin D.Roosevelt remove himself from Herbert Hoover's precedent?

The Office of War Information:

What did the members of the new United Nations Security Council all have in common?

During World War II,Native Americans:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Gunnar Myrdal

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

Which of the following is NOT true of the Yalta conference in 1945?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Adolf Hitler

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

How did World War II change the role of corporations in American life?

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