Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Teheran Conference

Accepted Answer

The Teheran Conference was a meeting hel

Question 2

What are the arguments for and against the Japanese American relocation camps used in World War II? Do you agree with the text authors that these camps were "unnecessary and unfair"? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The arguments for the Japanese American

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Douglas MacArthur

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur was a prominent Americ

Question 4

The most significant development in the Democratic convention of 1944 was that

Accepted Answer

A)  Roosevelt's third-term vice president, Henry Wallace, was dumped in favor of Senator Harry Truman. 
B)  Roosevelt's appearance at the convention revealed how physically frail he was. 
C)  party leaders developed a campaign that downplayed the New Deal's success. 
D)  there was growing resistance to Roosevelt's pursuit of a fourth term. 
E)  the issue of civil rights came to the fore as the dominant concern of the party. 
A)  Roosevelt's third-term vice president, Henry Wallace, was dumped in favor of Senator Harry Truman. 
B)  Roosevelt's appearance at the convention revealed how physically frail he was. 
C)  party leaders developed a campaign that downplayed the New Deal's success. 
D)  there was growing resistance to Roosevelt's pursuit of a fourth term. 
E)  the issue of civil rights came to the fore as the dominant concern of the party.

Question 5

In terms of defending America's national interests,which do you think was the most critical front in World War II,the European theater or the Pacific? Why?

Accepted Answer

In terms of defending America's national

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Office of Price Administration

Accepted Answer

The Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harry S Truman

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President o

Question 8

Was the early strategic decision of Roosevelt and Churchill to "get Hitler first," while putting the Pacific war on the back burner a wise one? Why did the Americans and British believe that Germany presented the greater immediate threat to defeat the Allies?

Accepted Answer

The early strategic decision of Roosevel

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-island-hopping strategy

Accepted Answer

The island-hopping strategy, also known

Question 10

Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through

Accepted Answer

A)  tariff collections. 
B)  excise taxes on luxury goods. 
C)  raising income taxes. 
D)  voluntary contributions. 
E)  borrowing. 
A)  tariff collections. 
B)  excise taxes on luxury goods. 
C)  raising income taxes. 
D)  voluntary contributions. 
E)  borrowing.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-second front

Accepted Answer

The term "second front" in the context o

Question 12

During World War II,American Indians

Accepted Answer

A)  demanded that President Roosevelt end discrimination in defense industries. 
B)  rarely enlisted in the armed forces. 
C)  moved south to replace African American laborers. 
D)  moved off reservations in large numbers. 
E)  promoted recovery of tribal languages. 
A)  demanded that President Roosevelt end discrimination in defense industries. 
B)  rarely enlisted in the armed forces. 
C)  moved south to replace African American laborers. 
D)  moved off reservations in large numbers. 
E)  promoted recovery of tribal languages.

Question 13

The American conquest of ____ in 1944 was especially critical,because from there,U.S.aircraft could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

Accepted Answer

A)  Guadalcanal 
B)  Wake Island 
C)  New Guinea 
D)  Okinawa 
E)  Guam 
A)  Guadalcanal 
B)  Wake Island 
C)  New Guinea 
D)  Okinawa 
E)  Guam

Question 14

All of the following are true statements about the effect of Executive Order No.9066 on Japanese living in the U.S.except

Accepted Answer

A)  they were put in internment camps. 
B)  they were victims of anti-Japanese prejudice. 
C)  they lost hundreds of millions of dollars in property and lost wages. 
D)  The U.S. Supreme Court declared the Japanese relocation unconstitutional. 
E)  The U.S. government officially apologized four decades later and gave each camp survivor $20,000. 
A)  they were put in internment camps. 
B)  they were victims of anti-Japanese prejudice. 
C)  they lost hundreds of millions of dollars in property and lost wages. 
D)  The U.S. Supreme Court declared the Japanese relocation unconstitutional. 
E)  The U.S. government officially apologized four decades later and gave each camp survivor $20,000.

Question 15

After the Italian surrender in August 1943,the

Accepted Answer

A)  Allies found it easy to conquer Rome and the rest of Italy. 
B)  Soviets accepted the wisdom of delaying the invasion of France and pursuing the second front in Italy. 
C)  British demanded the restoration of the monarchy in Italy. 
D)  Americans withdrew from Italy to prepare for D-Day. 
E)  German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance. 
A)  Allies found it easy to conquer Rome and the rest of Italy. 
B)  Soviets accepted the wisdom of delaying the invasion of France and pursuing the second front in Italy. 
C)  British demanded the restoration of the monarchy in Italy. 
D)  Americans withdrew from Italy to prepare for D-Day. 
E)  German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Kamikazes were Japanese suicide pilots d

Question 17

The northward migration of African Americans accelerated after World War II because

Accepted Answer

A)  the southern system of sharecropping was declared illegal. 
B)  Latinos had replaced blacks in the workforce. 
C)  mechanical cotton pickers came into use. 
D)  northern cities repealed segregation laws. 
E)  the South made it clear that they were not wanted. 
A)  the southern system of sharecropping was declared illegal. 
B)  Latinos had replaced blacks in the workforce. 
C)  mechanical cotton pickers came into use. 
D)  northern cities repealed segregation laws. 
E)  the South made it clear that they were not wanted.

Question 18

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941

Accepted Answer

A)  it took nearly two years for the country to unite. 
B)  the conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy. 
C)  the government repudiated the Atlantic Charter. 
D)  a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about. 
E)  the idea of allying with the Communist Soviet Union was repugnant. 
A)  it took nearly two years for the country to unite. 
B)  the conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy. 
C)  the government repudiated the Atlantic Charter. 
D)  a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about. 
E)  the idea of allying with the Communist Soviet Union was repugnant.

Question 19

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

Guadalcanal is an island in the Solomon

Exam 35: America in World War II,1941-1945

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Teheran Conference

What are the arguments for and against the Japanese American relocation camps used in World War II? Do you agree with the text authors that these camps were "unnecessary and unfair"? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Douglas MacArthur

The most significant development in the Democratic convention of 1944 was that

In terms of defending America's national interests,which do you think was the most critical front in World War II,the European theater or the Pacific? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Office of Price Administration

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harry S Truman

Was the early strategic decision of Roosevelt and Churchill to "get Hitler first," while putting the Pacific war on the back burner a wise one? Why did the Americans and British believe that Germany presented the greater immediate threat to defeat the Allies?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -island-hopping strategy

Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -second front

During World War II,American Indians

The American conquest of ____ in 1944 was especially critical,because from there,U.S.aircraft could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

All of the following are true statements about the effect of Executive Order No.9066 on Japanese living in the U.S.except

After the Italian surrender in August 1943,the

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

The northward migration of African Americans accelerated after World War II because

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941

During World War II,most Americans economically experienced

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

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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