Question 1

Discuss America's industrial and economic mobilization for World War II and explain how it proved essential to the eventual Allied victory.

Accepted Answer

America's industrial and economic mobili

Question 2

The bracero program:

Accepted Answer

A)  led to the forced evacuation of over 100,000 Japanese Americans 
B)  was a reaction to the Zoot Suit Riots 
C)  allowed most recent immigrants to join the American armed services after a thorough background check 
D)  sought to mobilize Indian reservations in support of the American war effort 
E)  brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States 
A)  led to the forced evacuation of over 100,000 Japanese Americans 
B)  was a reaction to the Zoot Suit Riots 
C)  allowed most recent immigrants to join the American armed services after a thorough background check 
D)  sought to mobilize Indian reservations in support of the American war effort 
E)  brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States

Question 3

How significant a role did the demand for strategic and military resources like oil play in the origins of World War II? How did decisions about strategic and military resources influence the road to war?

Accepted Answer

The demand for strategic and military re

Question 4

Discuss America's attempt at neutrality in the 1930s. How did government policies help steer America away from global conflict? Were these measures successful?

Accepted Answer

America attempted to maintain neutrality

Question 5

What was the Good Neighbor policy? How did it reflect the general foreign policy mood of the nation?

Accepted Answer

The Good Neighbor policy was a foreign p

Question 6

Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?

Accepted Answer

A)  Commerce Department 
B)  Treasury Department 
C)  War Production Board 
D)  Office of Scientific Research and Development 
E)  Office of War Information 
A)  Commerce Department 
B)  Treasury Department 
C)  War Production Board 
D)  Office of Scientific Research and Development 
E)  Office of War Information

Question 7

The 1939 Neutrality Act's cash-and-carry provision:

Accepted Answer

A)  permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France as long as they paid up-front and allowed American ships to deliver the purchase 
B)  prohibited all arms exports, even to countries with cash who could carry them on their own ships 
C)  was removed from the final bill due to isolationist opposition to permitting any trade with warring nations 
D)  permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France if they paid up-front and carried their purchases on their own ships 
E)  permitted all trade, except arms and munitions, with warring nations who paid and carried their own goods 
A)  permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France as long as they paid up-front and allowed American ships to deliver the purchase 
B)  prohibited all arms exports, even to countries with cash who could carry them on their own ships 
C)  was removed from the final bill due to isolationist opposition to permitting any trade with warring nations 
D)  permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France if they paid up-front and carried their purchases on their own ships 
E)  permitted all trade, except arms and munitions, with warring nations who paid and carried their own goods

Question 8

Describe the major steps in America's move away from neutrality between 1935 and 1941.

Accepted Answer

The major steps in America's move away f

Question 9

The cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Act of 1937 permitted belligerent nations to purchase American goods, including arms and munitions, as long as they were transported on the belligerent nation's own ships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Following the Pearl Harbor attack:

Accepted Answer

A)  American isolationism increased 
B)  a congressional resolution for war passed unanimously 
C)  the United States avoided involvement in the European conflict 
D)  Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States 
E)  Franklin Roosevelt resigned the presidency 
A)  American isolationism increased 
B)  a congressional resolution for war passed unanimously 
C)  the United States avoided involvement in the European conflict 
D)  Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States 
E)  Franklin Roosevelt resigned the presidency

Question 11

The Potsdam Declaration:

Accepted Answer

A)  accepted the Japanese surrender and allowed the emperor to remain on the throne "subordinate to the authority of the Allied occupation" 
B)  is the formal name for the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan 
C)  threatened that Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced an "atomic holocaust" if Japan did not surrender 
D)  demanded that Japan surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction" 
E)  presented Japan's terms for surrendering to the Allied powers 
A)  accepted the Japanese surrender and allowed the emperor to remain on the throne "subordinate to the authority of the Allied occupation" 
B)  is the formal name for the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan 
C)  threatened that Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced an "atomic holocaust" if Japan did not surrender 
D)  demanded that Japan surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction" 
E)  presented Japan's terms for surrendering to the Allied powers

Question 12

Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.

Accepted Answer

The Yalta Conference was a meeting held

Question 13

In early 1942, the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was:

Accepted Answer

A)  German-American disloyalty 
B)  German aircraft carrier attacks 
C)  German blitzkrieg 
D)  German espionage 
E)  German submarine warfare 
A)  German-American disloyalty 
B)  German aircraft carrier attacks 
C)  German blitzkrieg 
D)  German espionage 
E)  German submarine warfare

Exam 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945

Discuss America's industrial and economic mobilization for World War II and explain how it proved essential to the eventual Allied victory.

The bracero program:

How significant a role did the demand for strategic and military resources like oil play in the origins of World War II? How did decisions about strategic and military resources influence the road to war?

Discuss America's attempt at neutrality in the 1930s. How did government policies help steer America away from global conflict? Were these measures successful?

What was the Good Neighbor policy? How did it reflect the general foreign policy mood of the nation?

Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?

The 1939 Neutrality Act's cash-and-carry provision:

Describe the major steps in America's move away from neutrality between 1935 and 1941.

The cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Act of 1937 permitted belligerent nations to purchase American goods, including arms and munitions, as long as they were transported on the belligerent nation's own ships.

Following the Pearl Harbor attack:

The Potsdam Declaration:

Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.

In early 1942, the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was:

The Collision of Cultures

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The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

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Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

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Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

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Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

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