Question 1

It took only six weeks for Hitler's army to seize control of Europe's entire Atlantic coastline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee to draft the "Universal ____________________" adopted by the United Nations in 1948.

Accepted Answer

Declaratio

Question 3

Soon after the U.S.formally entered the war,President Roosevelt moved to integrate the U.S.armed forces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Roughly 25,000 Native Americans served in the armed forces in World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Office of War Information

Accepted Answer

branch of the U.S.government t

Question 6

The American people united behind President Roosevelt's decision to ask for a declaration of war when

Accepted Answer

A) they learned of the death camps in Europe. 
B) Japan attacked the Philippines. 
C) London fell to the Germans. 
D) France fell to the Germans. 
E) Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. 
A) they learned of the death camps in Europe. 
B) Japan attacked the Philippines. 
C) London fell to the Germans. 
D) France fell to the Germans. 
E) Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Question 7

The United States and Great Britain agreed on the unconditional surrender principle to assuage Soviet concerns about delays in launching the second front.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following best describes Japanese internment camps?

Accepted Answer

A) lavish 
B) spacious 
C) urban 
D) well built 
E) prison-like 
A) lavish 
B) spacious 
C) urban 
D) well built 
E) prison-like

Question 9

As wartime production systems created more jobs in cities such as Los Angeles and Detroit,black(s)

Accepted Answer

A) moved by the hundreds of thousands from the rural south to the north and west. 
B) generally proved unwilling to move from the south in pursuit of such jobs. 
C) were prevented from moving out of the south by Jim Crow laws. 
D) men moved into northern and western cities,but women generally stayed in the south. 
E) almost completely abandoned the rural south. 
A) moved by the hundreds of thousands from the rural south to the north and west. 
B) generally proved unwilling to move from the south in pursuit of such jobs. 
C) were prevented from moving out of the south by Jim Crow laws. 
D) men moved into northern and western cities,but women generally stayed in the south. 
E) almost completely abandoned the rural south.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Manhattan Project

Accepted Answer

large-scale scientif

Question 11

In 1943,a race riot broke out in ____________________ after a conflict between black and white youth at an amusement park.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1943,a race riot broke out in...

Question 12

Examine the situation of Japanese Americans during the Second World War.

Accepted Answer

People of Japanese ancestry suffered sys

Question 13

During World War II,Congress

Accepted Answer

A) abolished the job-creation programs of the New Deal era. 
B) extended government subsidies to businesses. 
C) saw Republicans gain seats. 
D) reduced the budget for national planning 
E) all of these choices. 
A) abolished the job-creation programs of the New Deal era. 
B) extended government subsidies to businesses. 
C) saw Republicans gain seats. 
D) reduced the budget for national planning 
E) all of these choices.

Question 14

The ____________________ consisted of American volunteers who fought on the side of the republicans and socialists in the Spanish Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Li

Question 15

"Spheres of influence" for Russia included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) Greece. 
B) Romania. 
C) Bulgaria. 
D) Lithuania. 
E) Estonia. 
A) Greece. 
B) Romania. 
C) Bulgaria. 
D) Lithuania. 
E) Estonia.

Question 16

____________________ led a Senate investigation that supported claims that bankers and arms manufacturers had maneuvered the nation into the First World War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ led a Senate investigation that supported...

Question 17

Poland was a point of great dissension between the Allies in 1945 because of all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviets failed to hold free elections. 
B) the Soviets did not relinquish control. 
C) the Allies were unclear in their communications with Stalin about their desires for Poland. 
D) Americans of Polish descent wanted open immigration for their fellow Poles. 
E) The Soviets considered Poland in their sphere of influence. 
A) the Soviets failed to hold free elections. 
B) the Soviets did not relinquish control. 
C) the Allies were unclear in their communications with Stalin about their desires for Poland. 
D) Americans of Polish descent wanted open immigration for their fellow Poles. 
E) The Soviets considered Poland in their sphere of influence.

Question 18

Which of the following would bridge racial differences and became the basis for the postwar struggle against discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A) Catholicism 
B) democracy 
C) Protestant Christianity 
D) assimilation 
E) eugenics 
A) Catholicism 
B) democracy 
C) Protestant Christianity 
D) assimilation 
E) eugenics

Question 19

Because the United States remained officially uninvolved,the Spanish Civil War did not affect the political debate over U.S.foreign policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following was not declared by the Atlantic Charter?

Accepted Answer

A) disavowal of territorial expansion 
B) endorsement of free trade 
C) call for an end to the Communist threat 
D) creation of a world organization to ensure "general security" 
E) support for common principles 
A) disavowal of territorial expansion 
B) endorsement of free trade 
C) call for an end to the Communist threat 
D) creation of a world organization to ensure "general security" 
E) support for common principles

Exam 26: America During the Second World War

It took only six weeks for Hitler's army to seize control of Europe's entire Atlantic coastline.

Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee to draft the "Universal ____________________" adopted by the United Nations in 1948.

Soon after the U.S.formally entered the war,President Roosevelt moved to integrate the U.S.armed forces.

Roughly 25,000 Native Americans served in the armed forces in World War II.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Office of War Information

The American people united behind President Roosevelt's decision to ask for a declaration of war when

The United States and Great Britain agreed on the unconditional surrender principle to assuage Soviet concerns about delays in launching the second front.

Which of the following best describes Japanese internment camps?

As wartime production systems created more jobs in cities such as Los Angeles and Detroit,black(s)

IDENTIFICATIONS -Manhattan Project

In 1943,a race riot broke out in ____________________ after a conflict between black and white youth at an amusement park.

Examine the situation of Japanese Americans during the Second World War.

During World War II,Congress

The ____________________ consisted of American volunteers who fought on the side of the republicans and socialists in the Spanish Civil War.

"Spheres of influence" for Russia included all of the following except

____________________ led a Senate investigation that supported claims that bankers and arms manufacturers had maneuvered the nation into the First World War.

Poland was a point of great dissension between the Allies in 1945 because of all of the following except

Which of the following would bridge racial differences and became the basis for the postwar struggle against discrimination?

Because the United States remained officially uninvolved,the Spanish Civil War did not affect the political debate over U.S.foreign policy.

Which of the following was not declared by the Atlantic Charter?

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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