Question 1

On December 8,1941 Congress declared war against ​

Accepted Answer

A) Germany. 
B) Japan. 
C) ​Germany and Japan. 
D) ​Japan and Italy. 
A) Germany. 
B) Japan. 
C) ​Germany and Japan. 
D) ​Japan and Italy.

Question 2

The Japanese government began to discuss surrender terms after ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviet navy moved into the Sea of Japan. 
B) the United States declared victory in the Battle of Iwo Jima. 
C) ​the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
D) ​the Allies insisted on unconditional surrender as a prerequisite to peace. 
A) the Soviet navy moved into the Sea of Japan. 
B) the United States declared victory in the Battle of Iwo Jima. 
C) ​the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
D) ​the Allies insisted on unconditional surrender as a prerequisite to peace.

Question 3

Who became president following the death of FDR on April 12,1945? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Herbert Hoover 
B) Warren Harding 
C) ​Calvin Coolidge 
D) ​Harry Truman 
E) ​Dwight Eisenhower 
A) Herbert Hoover 
B) Warren Harding 
C) ​Calvin Coolidge 
D) ​Harry Truman 
E) ​Dwight Eisenhower

Question 4

What was the significance of the 1943 battle at Stalingrad? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Russia's victory marked a turning point in the war. 
B) Germany's control following its victory hindered Soviet access to supplies. 
C) ​Germany's victory was one of the factors that compelled the United States to enter the war. 
D) ​Russia's victory was fleeting,as an undisciplined Russian army spread itself too thin to protect the city for long. 
A) Russia's victory marked a turning point in the war. 
B) Germany's control following its victory hindered Soviet access to supplies. 
C) ​Germany's victory was one of the factors that compelled the United States to enter the war. 
D) ​Russia's victory was fleeting,as an undisciplined Russian army spread itself too thin to protect the city for long.

Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding the fall of the Philippines is false? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Trapped U.S.troops held out for six months in the Bataan Peninsula before being forced to surrender to Japanese troops. 
B) President Roosevelt ordered commanding general Douglas MacArthur to slip out of the Philippines,leaving his troops behind. 
C) ​When the defenders surrendered,the Japanese forced them to walk roughly 70 miles with little or no food or water. 
D) ​The fall of the Philippines deeply divided Americans,who began to question whether the country should be at war. 
A) Trapped U.S.troops held out for six months in the Bataan Peninsula before being forced to surrender to Japanese troops. 
B) President Roosevelt ordered commanding general Douglas MacArthur to slip out of the Philippines,leaving his troops behind. 
C) ​When the defenders surrendered,the Japanese forced them to walk roughly 70 miles with little or no food or water. 
D) ​The fall of the Philippines deeply divided Americans,who began to question whether the country should be at war.

Question 6

On December 7,1941,Japanese planes destroyed the battleship Arizona in an attack that occurred where? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Hawaii 
B) the Philippines 
C) ​the South Pacific 
D) ​the Sea of Japan 
A) Hawaii 
B) the Philippines 
C) ​the South Pacific 
D) ​the Sea of Japan

Question 7

Which of the following supported the Lend-Lease Act of 1941? ​

Accepted Answer

A) America First Committee 
B) Henry Ford 
C) ​Charles Lindbergh 
D) ​Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
A) America First Committee 
B) Henry Ford 
C) ​Charles Lindbergh 
D) ​Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 8

The national debt increased only slightly between 1941 and 1945.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What battle marked a turning point in the Pacific theater,proving to be the end of the Japanese offensive? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Bulge 
B) Battle of the Coral Sea 
C) ​Battle of Guadalcanal 
D) ​Battle of Iwo Jima 
E) ​Battle of Midway 
A) Battle of the Bulge 
B) Battle of the Coral Sea 
C) ​Battle of Guadalcanal 
D) ​Battle of Iwo Jima 
E) ​Battle of Midway

Question 10

More than 3 million U.S.women entered the workforce for the first time during World War II.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Operation TORCH was the code name for the D-Day invasion of France.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​Immediately following the war,Congress awarded reparations to the Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The "zoot suit riots" targeted what group? ​

Accepted Answer

A) African Americans 
B) Japanese Americans 
C) ​Mexican Americans 
D) ​Jewish Americans 
A) African Americans 
B) Japanese Americans 
C) ​Mexican Americans 
D) ​Jewish Americans

Question 14

What was the Atlantic Charter? ​

Accepted Answer

A) an accord in which Britain,Russia,and the United States agreed to a united strategy in the Pacific theater 
B) the predecessor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,an intergovernmental military alliance 
C) ​the program by which the United States pledged financial support for the Allies fighting in the war 
D) ​a statement in which FDR and Churchill called for freedom of the seas and self-determination for all people 
A) an accord in which Britain,Russia,and the United States agreed to a united strategy in the Pacific theater 
B) the predecessor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,an intergovernmental military alliance 
C) ​the program by which the United States pledged financial support for the Allies fighting in the war 
D) ​a statement in which FDR and Churchill called for freedom of the seas and self-determination for all people

Question 15

What was the Manhattan Project? ​

Accepted Answer

A) a top-secret program aimed at creating an atomic bomb 
B) a program to ensure the profitability of private corporations with government contracts 
C) ​a program in which the government assumed ownership of automobile factories to make planes and tanks 
D) ​a program aimed at developing new technologies to counter the threat of German submarines 
A) a top-secret program aimed at creating an atomic bomb 
B) a program to ensure the profitability of private corporations with government contracts 
C) ​a program in which the government assumed ownership of automobile factories to make planes and tanks 
D) ​a program aimed at developing new technologies to counter the threat of German submarines

Question 16

Germany's lightening strike invasion of Poland was called the ​

Accepted Answer

A) Anschluss 
B) Blitzkrieg 
C) ​Kristallnacht 
D) ​Luftwaffe 
A) Anschluss 
B) Blitzkrieg 
C) ​Kristallnacht 
D) ​Luftwaffe

Question 17

Who was the British prime minister that proclaimed in 1938 that an agreement with Hitler had achieved "peace in our time"? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Clement Attlee 
B) Neville Chamberlain 
C) ​Winston Churchill 
D) ​Edouard Daladier 
A) Clement Attlee 
B) Neville Chamberlain 
C) ​Winston Churchill 
D) ​Edouard Daladier

Question 18

The first U.S.offensive in the Pacific theater occurred at Guadalcanal,a small island off New Guinea.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Roughly how many people perished in Nazi concentration camps in Poland and Germany? ​

Accepted Answer

A) 100,000 
B) 500,000 
C) ​1 million 
D) ​2 million 
E) ​10 million 
A) 100,000 
B) 500,000 
C) ​1 million 
D) ​2 million 
E) ​10 million

Exam 20: World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

On December 8,1941 Congress declared war against ​

The Japanese government began to discuss surrender terms after ​

Who became president following the death of FDR on April 12,1945? ​

What was the significance of the 1943 battle at Stalingrad? ​

Which of the following statements regarding the fall of the Philippines is false? ​

On December 7,1941,Japanese planes destroyed the battleship Arizona in an attack that occurred where? ​

Which of the following supported the Lend-Lease Act of 1941? ​

The national debt increased only slightly between 1941 and 1945.​

What battle marked a turning point in the Pacific theater,proving to be the end of the Japanese offensive? ​

More than 3 million U.S.women entered the workforce for the first time during World War II.​

Operation TORCH was the code name for the D-Day invasion of France.​

​Immediately following the war,Congress awarded reparations to the Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps.

The "zoot suit riots" targeted what group? ​

What was the Atlantic Charter? ​

What was the Manhattan Project? ​

Germany's lightening strike invasion of Poland was called the ​

Who was the British prime minister that proclaimed in 1938 that an agreement with Hitler had achieved "peace in our time"? ​

The first U.S.offensive in the Pacific theater occurred at Guadalcanal,a small island off New Guinea.​

Roughly how many people perished in Nazi concentration camps in Poland and Germany? ​

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Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

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On December 8,1941 Congress declared war against

The Japanese government began to discuss surrender terms after

Who became president following the death of FDR on April 12,1945?

What was the significance of the 1943 battle at Stalingrad?

Which of the following statements regarding the fall of the Philippines is false?

On December 7,1941,Japanese planes destroyed the battleship Arizona in an attack that occurred where?

Which of the following supported the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

The national debt increased only slightly between 1941 and 1945.

What battle marked a turning point in the Pacific theater,proving to be the end of the Japanese offensive?

More than 3 million U.S.women entered the workforce for the first time during World War II.

Operation TORCH was the code name for the D-Day invasion of France.

Immediately following the war,Congress awarded reparations to the Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps.

The "zoot suit riots" targeted what group?

What was the Atlantic Charter?

What was the Manhattan Project?

Germany's lightening strike invasion of Poland was called the

Who was the British prime minister that proclaimed in 1938 that an agreement with Hitler had achieved "peace in our time"?

The first U.S.offensive in the Pacific theater occurred at Guadalcanal,a small island off New Guinea.

Roughly how many people perished in Nazi concentration camps in Poland and Germany?