Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Accepted Answer

The National Association for the Advance

Question 2

Summarize the grand strategy of the Big Three allies in World War II.What aspects of that strategy became controversial? Why?

Accepted Answer

The grand strategy of the Big Three alli

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-flying "over the hump"

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

WAVEs, or Women Accepted for Volunteer E

Question 5

The Potsdam conference

Accepted Answer

A)  determined the fate of Eastern Europe. 
B)  brought France and China in as part of the Big Five. 
C)  concluded that the Soviet Union would enter the war in the Pacific. 
D)  was Franklin Roosevelt's last meeting with Churchill and Stalin. 
E)  issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed. 
A)  determined the fate of Eastern Europe. 
B)  brought France and China in as part of the Big Five. 
C)  concluded that the Soviet Union would enter the war in the Pacific. 
D)  was Franklin Roosevelt's last meeting with Churchill and Stalin. 
E)  issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed.

Question 6

Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because

Accepted Answer

A)  Republican Thomas E. Dewey favored an international organization for world peace. 
B)  labor unions turned out for Roosevelt. 
C)  Harry Truman was his running mate. 
D)  questions arose regarding Thomas E. Dewey's honesty. 
E)  the war was going well. 
A)  Republican Thomas E. Dewey favored an international organization for world peace. 
B)  labor unions turned out for Roosevelt. 
C)  Harry Truman was his running mate. 
D)  questions arose regarding Thomas E. Dewey's honesty. 
E)  the war was going well.

Question 7

Despite the demands of the wartime economy,inflation was kept well in check during the war by

Accepted Answer

A)  directing production to whatever goods were in most demand. 
B)  prosecuting war profiteers and black marketers who tried to earn windfall profits. 
C)  permitting large numbers of illegal migrants to enter the work force. 
D)  sharply constricting the flow of credit from the Federal Reserve Board. 
E)  federally imposed wage and price controls. 
A)  directing production to whatever goods were in most demand. 
B)  prosecuting war profiteers and black marketers who tried to earn windfall profits. 
C)  permitting large numbers of illegal migrants to enter the work force. 
D)  sharply constricting the flow of credit from the Federal Reserve Board. 
E)  federally imposed wage and price controls.

Question 8

President Roosevelt's promise to the Soviets to open a second front in Western Europe by the end of 1942

Accepted Answer

A)  was fulfilled by the invasion of North Africa. 
B)  was made to deceive Stalin and encourage him to slow his army's movement into Eastern Europe. 
C)  was strongly supported by Churchill and British military leaders. 
D)  proved utterly impossible to keep. 
E)  represented the key goal to which all early American military efforts were directed. 
A)  was fulfilled by the invasion of North Africa. 
B)  was made to deceive Stalin and encourage him to slow his army's movement into Eastern Europe. 
C)  was strongly supported by Churchill and British military leaders. 
D)  proved utterly impossible to keep. 
E)  represented the key goal to which all early American military efforts were directed.

Question 9

Explain why America's participation in World War II never really became an idealistic crusade in the mold of World War I.

Accepted Answer

America's participation in World War II

Question 10

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A)V-J Day,(B)V-E Day,(C)D Day,and (D)Invasion of Italy.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Roosevelt's and Churchill's insistence on the absolute and "unconditional surrender" of Germany

Accepted Answer

A)  guaranteed that Germany would have to be totally reconstructed after the war. 
B)  clearly shortened the war. 
C)  was largely unacceptable to the Soviets, who hoped to encourage a communist revolution inside Germany. 
D)  may have prevented a "separate peace" between Hitler and Stalin. 
E)  encouraged anti-Hitler resisters in Germany to try to overthrow the Nazis. 
A)  guaranteed that Germany would have to be totally reconstructed after the war. 
B)  clearly shortened the war. 
C)  was largely unacceptable to the Soviets, who hoped to encourage a communist revolution inside Germany. 
D)  may have prevented a "separate peace" between Hitler and Stalin. 
E)  encouraged anti-Hitler resisters in Germany to try to overthrow the Nazis.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry A.Wallace

Accepted Answer

Henry A. Wallace was an American politic

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Manhattan Project

Accepted Answer

The Manhattan Project was a research and

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Navajo "code talkers"

Accepted Answer

The Navajo "code talkers" were a group o

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Erwin Rommel

Accepted Answer

Erwin Rommel, also known as the "Desert

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Okinawa, also known as Ope

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Midway was a pivotal naval

Question 18

At the wartime Teheran Conference

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union agreed to declare war on Japan within three months. 
B)  the Big Three allies agreed to divide postwar Germany into separate occupied zones. 
C)  the Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern European nations that its armies occupied at the end of the war. 
D)  plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe. 
E)  it was agreed that five Big Powers would have veto power in the United Nations. 
A)  the Soviet Union agreed to declare war on Japan within three months. 
B)  the Big Three allies agreed to divide postwar Germany into separate occupied zones. 
C)  the Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern European nations that its armies occupied at the end of the war. 
D)  plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe. 
E)  it was agreed that five Big Powers would have veto power in the United Nations.

Question 19

After the United States entered World War II in 1941,the term "enemy aliens" referred to

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese living in the U.S. 
B)  Italians living in the U.S. 
C)  Germans living in the U.S. 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  Japanese living in the U.S. 
B)  Italians living in the U.S. 
C)  Germans living in the U.S. 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 20

Historians look to the fact that many women wanted to keep work and did after the war as

Accepted Answer

A)  foreshadowing the eventual revolution in women's roles in America. 
B)  helping to expand the nation's economy. 
C)  fueling the rise of home-buying across America. 
D)  facilitating the increasing divorce rate. 
E)  None of these 
A)  foreshadowing the eventual revolution in women's roles in America. 
B)  helping to expand the nation's economy. 
C)  fueling the rise of home-buying across America. 
D)  facilitating the increasing divorce rate. 
E)  None of these

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Summarize the grand strategy of the Big Three allies in World War II.What aspects of that strategy became controversial? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -flying "over the hump"

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

The Potsdam conference

Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because

Despite the demands of the wartime economy,inflation was kept well in check during the war by

President Roosevelt's promise to the Soviets to open a second front in Western Europe by the end of 1942

Explain why America's participation in World War II never really became an idealistic crusade in the mold of World War I.

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A)V-J Day,(B)V-E Day,(C)D Day,and (D)Invasion of Italy.

Roosevelt's and Churchill's insistence on the absolute and "unconditional surrender" of Germany

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry A.Wallace

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Manhattan Project

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Navajo "code talkers"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Erwin Rommel

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

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

At the wartime Teheran Conference

After the United States entered World War II in 1941,the term "enemy aliens" referred to

Historians look to the fact that many women wanted to keep work and did after the war as

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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