Question 1

The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they

Accepted Answer

A)  were expanded to gear up for wartime production. 
B)  were discontinued due to wartime production needs. 
C)  provided much-needed jobs for the poor. 
D)  became an established fixture of U.S. government programs. 
E)  None of these 
A)  were expanded to gear up for wartime production. 
B)  were discontinued due to wartime production needs. 
C)  provided much-needed jobs for the poor. 
D)  became an established fixture of U.S. government programs. 
E)  None of these

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The term "second front" in the context o

Question 3

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)  Saipan 
B)  Wake Island 
C)  New Guinea 
D)  Okinawa 
E)  ​Marianas including Guam 
A)  Saipan 
B)  Wake Island 
C)  New Guinea 
D)  Okinawa 
E)  ​Marianas including Guam

Question 4

Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

Accepted Answer

A)  pass a conscription law. 
B)  maintain public support and patriotism for the war effort. 
C)  extend aid to the Soviet Union. 
D)  develop atomic weapons. 
E)  retool its industry for all-out war production. 
A)  pass a conscription law. 
B)  maintain public support and patriotism for the war effort. 
C)  extend aid to the Soviet Union. 
D)  develop atomic weapons. 
E)  retool its industry for all-out war production.

Question 5

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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​ABC-1 agreement

Accepted Answer

The ABC-1 agreement was a military allia

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The Tehran Conference, also known as the

Question 8

The national debt increased most during

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
B)  Herbert Hoover's administration. 
C)  World War II. 
D)  World War I. 
E)  the 1920s. 
A)  Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
B)  Herbert Hoover's administration. 
C)  World War II. 
D)  World War I. 
E)  the 1920s.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Kamikazes were Japanese suicide pilots d

Question 10

Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bulge 
B)  Stalingrad 
C)  Monte Cassino 
D)  Britain 
E)  El Alamein 
A)  the Bulge 
B)  Stalingrad 
C)  Monte Cassino 
D)  Britain 
E)  El Alamein

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

Accepted Answer

The Fair Employment Practices Commission

Question 12

Present arguments for and against the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Had it been your decision, what would you have done? Why?

Accepted Answer

The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiro

Question 13

Which of the following was not among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  A group of highly effective military and political leaders 
B)  An enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies 
C)  A higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation 
D)  The preservation of the American homeland against invasion or destruction from the air 
E)  The maintenance and reaffirmation of the strength of American democracy 
A)  A group of highly effective military and political leaders 
B)  An enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies 
C)  A higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation 
D)  The preservation of the American homeland against invasion or destruction from the air 
E)  The maintenance and reaffirmation of the strength of American democracy

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dwight D. Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th Presid

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Henry A. Wallace was an American politic

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Winston Churchill

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill was a British statesma

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The Navajo "code talkers" were a group o

Question 18

Should the Allied victory in World War II be seen as proof of the strength of democracy? Support your answer with specific evidence regarding the course and conduct of the war.

Accepted Answer

The Allied victory in World War II can b

Question 19

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​National War Labor Board

Accepted Answer

The National War Labor Board (NWLB) was

The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they

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

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.

Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -ABC-1 agreement

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

The national debt increased most during

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

Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

Present arguments for and against the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Had it been your decision, what would you have done? Why?

Which of the following was not among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winston Churchill

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

Should the Allied victory in World War II be seen as proof of the strength of democracy? Support your answer with specific evidence regarding the course and conduct of the war.

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: -National War Labor Board

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Filters

Exam 13: America in World War II 1941–1945

The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they

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

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.

Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​ABC-1 agreement

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

The national debt increased most during

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

Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

Present arguments for and against the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Had it been your decision, what would you have done? Why?

Which of the following was not among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Winston Churchill

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

Should the Allied victory in World War II be seen as proof of the strength of democracy? Support your answer with specific evidence regarding the course and conduct of the war.

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: -​National War Labor Board

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Filters

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -ABC-1 agreement

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winston Churchill

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National War Labor Board