Question 1

Which of the following combinations is correctly paired?

Accepted Answer

A)  National War Labor Board-gave the president unprecedented authority to run the war 
B)  War Powers Act-established wages,hours,and working conditions 
C)  Office of Price Administration-worked to get the country and economy into defense production 
D)  War Production Board-oversaw the conversion of industry to military manufacturing 
A)  National War Labor Board-gave the president unprecedented authority to run the war 
B)  War Powers Act-established wages,hours,and working conditions 
C)  Office of Price Administration-worked to get the country and economy into defense production 
D)  War Production Board-oversaw the conversion of industry to military manufacturing

Question 2

What prevented the United States from relaxing its immigration standards in order to grant asylum to a larger number of Jewish refugees in the late 1930s and early 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Great Depression 
B)  Anti-Semitic attitudes 
C)  An attitude of denial about Jewish persecution 
D)  Hitler's threat to invade the United States 
A)  The Great Depression 
B)  Anti-Semitic attitudes 
C)  An attitude of denial about Jewish persecution 
D)  Hitler's threat to invade the United States

Question 3

Which of the following nations was not overrun by Germany in June 1940?

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Denmark 
C)  Britain 
D)  Belgium 
A)  France 
B)  Denmark 
C)  Britain 
D)  Belgium

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Four Freedoms

Accepted Answer

A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States. 
A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States.

Question 5

Answer the following  questions :
-Lend-Lease Act

Accepted Answer

A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States. 
A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States.

Question 6

Korematsu v.United States legitimized

Accepted Answer

A)  the renewal of the Root-Takahira agreement. 
B)  discrimination against Japanese men in the U.S.military. 
C)  the forced internment of Japanese Americans into relocation camps. 
D)  the use of Japanese Americans in the armed forces. 
A)  the renewal of the Root-Takahira agreement. 
B)  discrimination against Japanese men in the U.S.military. 
C)  the forced internment of Japanese Americans into relocation camps. 
D)  the use of Japanese Americans in the armed forces.

Question 7

Evaluate the relative contributions of the Russians and the Americans to the Allied victory.What were the tensions among the Allies over military strategy and postwar territorial issues?

Accepted Answer

Russia bore the brunt of the fighting in

Question 8

Which of the following statements describes the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government interned only those Japanese Americans who were not native-born citizens. 
B)  The Supreme Court ruled the policy unconstitutional in 1943 and the internees returned home. 
C)  The internment policy was not applied to the many Japanese Americans who lived in Hawaii. 
D)  There was widespread American protest against the internment program as it took effect. 
A)  The government interned only those Japanese Americans who were not native-born citizens. 
B)  The Supreme Court ruled the policy unconstitutional in 1943 and the internees returned home. 
C)  The internment policy was not applied to the many Japanese Americans who lived in Hawaii. 
D)  There was widespread American protest against the internment program as it took effect.

Question 9

Which of the following caused increased racial tensions and an outbreak of race riots in more than a hundred cities in 1943?

Accepted Answer

A)  Competition for housing and jobs between whites and black migrants 
B)  Episodes of police brutality against peaceful black residents 
C)  The massive influx of southern whites into the urban North 
D)  Whites' resistance to African Americans' attempt to integrate their neighborhoods 
A)  Competition for housing and jobs between whites and black migrants 
B)  Episodes of police brutality against peaceful black residents 
C)  The massive influx of southern whites into the urban North 
D)  Whites' resistance to African Americans' attempt to integrate their neighborhoods

Question 10

What was the principal reason that Harry Truman and his American advisors decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan in the summer of 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  They demanded unconditional surrender and were not willing to invade Japan. 
B)  The U.S.military forces and defense industries were close to exhaustion. 
C)  The Soviet Union reneged on its promise to assist in the war against Japan. 
D)  Congress,which distrusted Truman,threatened to revoke the War Powers Act. 
A)  They demanded unconditional surrender and were not willing to invade Japan. 
B)  The U.S.military forces and defense industries were close to exhaustion. 
C)  The Soviet Union reneged on its promise to assist in the war against Japan. 
D)  Congress,which distrusted Truman,threatened to revoke the War Powers Act.

Question 11

Which of the following states experienced the largest share of wartime migration in the 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas 
B)  California 
C)  New York 
D)  Florida 
A)  Texas 
B)  California 
C)  New York 
D)  Florida

Question 12

Answer the following  questions :
-Manhattan Project

Accepted Answer

A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States. 
A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States.

Question 13

How did the geographic and demographic migrations that occurred in the United States as a result of World War II change the political landscape of the nation leading into the postwar period?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Urbanizati

Question 14

Which of the following was the United States's initial response to world problems in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Appeasement 
B)  Neutrality 
C)  Quarantine of belligerents 
D)  Preparation for war 
A)  Appeasement 
B)  Neutrality 
C)  Quarantine of belligerents 
D)  Preparation for war

Question 15

Franklin Roosevelt responded to A.Philip Randolph's plan for a March on Washington by

Accepted Answer

A)  issuing Executive Order 8802. 
B)  empowering the Congress of Racial Equality. 
C)  implementing the GI Bill of Rights. 
D)  passing the Smith-Connally Labor Act. 
A)  issuing Executive Order 8802. 
B)  empowering the Congress of Racial Equality. 
C)  implementing the GI Bill of Rights. 
D)  passing the Smith-Connally Labor Act.

Question 16

What did President Roosevelt call "a date that will live in infamy"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany's invasion of Poland 
B)  Japan's invasion of Manchuria 
C)  England's declaration of war on Germany 
D)  Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor 
A)  Germany's invasion of Poland 
B)  Japan's invasion of Manchuria 
C)  England's declaration of war on Germany 
D)  Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 17

The events depicted in the photograph below were the result most directly of

Accepted Answer

A)  a popular commitment to advancing democratic ideals. 
B)  the transformation of the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world. 
C)  wartime debates over race,segregation,and the internment of Japanese Americans. 
D)  American industrial production and scientific advances. 
A)  a popular commitment to advancing democratic ideals. 
B)  the transformation of the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world. 
C)  wartime debates over race,segregation,and the internment of Japanese Americans. 
D)  American industrial production and scientific advances.

Question 18

In 1934,the Nye committee's report concluded that

Accepted Answer

A)  "merchants of death" were leading the nation into World War II. 
B)  the New Deal had led to the recession of 1937. 
C)  war profiteers had maneuvered the nation into World War I for financial gain. 
D)  new immigrants were undermining American society. 
A)  "merchants of death" were leading the nation into World War II. 
B)  the New Deal had led to the recession of 1937. 
C)  war profiteers had maneuvered the nation into World War I for financial gain. 
D)  new immigrants were undermining American society.

Question 19

Answer the following  questions :
-Rome-Berlin Axis

Accepted Answer

A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States. 
A) Identified by President Franklin D.Roosevelt as the most basic human rights.The president used these ideas to justify support for England during World War II,which in turn pulled the United States into the war. 
B) German political party led by Adolf Hitler,who became chancellor of Germany in 1933.Its ascent was fueled by huge World War I reparation payments,economic depression,fear of communism,labor unrest,and rising unemployment. 
C) Legislation that sought to avoid entanglement in foreign wars while protecting trade.It imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared that Americans traveling on the ships of belligerent nations did so at their own risk. 
D) A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japanese bombers on December 7,1941;more than 2,400 Americans were killed.The following day,President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. 
E) Oversized clothing in fashion in the 1940s,particularly among young male African Americans and Mexican Americans.In June 1943,a group of white sailors and soldiers in Los Angeles,seeking revenge for an earlier skirmish with Mexican American youths,attacked anyone they found wearing this type of clothing,causing riots.
F)A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose the entrance of the United States into World War II.The membership of the committee included senators,journalists,publishers,and well-respected figures such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
G)Germany's campaign during World War II to exterminate all Jews living in German-controlled lands,along with other groups the Nazis deemed "undesirable." In all,some eleven million people were killed,most of them Jews.
H)A small but vocal group of Americans who pushed for greater U.S.involvement in Europe.American Communist Party members,African American civil rights activists,and trade unionists,among other members of the coalition,encouraged Roosevelt to take a stronger stand against European fascism.
I)An authoritarian system of government characterized by dictatorial rule,extreme nationalism,disdain for civil society,and a conviction that imperialism and warfare are principal means by which a nation attains greatness.The United States went to war against this system when it faced Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Italy under Benito Mussolini during World War II.
J)Native American soldiers trained to use Native languages to send messages in battle during World War II.Neither the Japanese nor the Germans could decipher the codes used by these Navajo,Comanche,Choctaw,and Cherokee speakers,and the messages they sent gave the Allies great advantage in the battle of Iwo Jima,among many others.
K)An act that expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.These taxes on personal incomes and business profits paid half the cost of World War II.
L)Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans.The Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos,New Mexico,among other highly secretive sites around the country,succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.
M)A group of interventionists who believed in engaging with,rather than withdrawing from,international developments.Interventionists became increasingly vocal in 1940 as war escalated in Europe.
N)A political and military alliance formed in 1936 between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
O)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war.
P)An order signed by President Roosevelt in 1941 that prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race,creed,color,or national origin" and established the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEP
C) .
Q)A meeting held in September 1938 during which Britain and France agreed to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland-a German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia-in return for Hitler's pledge to seek no more territory.
R)The name given to the Allied invasion of northern France on June 6,1944.It was the largest amphibious assault in world history.The invasion opened a second front against the Germans and moved the Allies closer to victory in Europe.
S)A press release by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1941 calling for economic cooperation,national self-determination,and guarantees of political stability after the war.
T)Legislation in 1941 that enabled Britain to obtain arms from the United States without cash but with the promise to reimburse the United States when the war ended.The act reflected Roosevelt's desire to assist the British in any way possible,short of war.
U)Popularly known as the GI Bill,legislation authorizing the U.S.government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education,housing,and health care,as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
V)The law that gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort during World War II.
W)Officially the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (signed with Mexico),a federal program that brought hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers to the U.S.during and after World War II.The program continued until 1964 and was a major spur of Mexican immigration to the United States.

Question 20

Why did Franklin Roosevelt issue Executive Order 9066 in order to detain most Japanese Americans temporarily during the war?

Accepted Answer

They lived primarily in small enclaves a

Exam 23: The World at War, 1937-1945

Which of the following combinations is correctly paired?

What prevented the United States from relaxing its immigration standards in order to grant asylum to a larger number of Jewish refugees in the late 1930s and early 1940s?

Which of the following nations was not overrun by Germany in June 1940?

Answer the following questions : -Four Freedoms

Answer the following questions : -Lend-Lease Act

Korematsu v.United States legitimized

Evaluate the relative contributions of the Russians and the Americans to the Allied victory.What were the tensions among the Allies over military strategy and postwar territorial issues?

Which of the following statements describes the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II?

Which of the following caused increased racial tensions and an outbreak of race riots in more than a hundred cities in 1943?

What was the principal reason that Harry Truman and his American advisors decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan in the summer of 1945?

Which of the following states experienced the largest share of wartime migration in the 1940s?

Answer the following questions : -Manhattan Project

How did the geographic and demographic migrations that occurred in the United States as a result of World War II change the political landscape of the nation leading into the postwar period?

Which of the following was the United States's initial response to world problems in the 1930s?

Franklin Roosevelt responded to A.Philip Randolph's plan for a March on Washington by

What did President Roosevelt call "a date that will live in infamy"?

The events depicted in the photograph below were the result most directly of

In 1934,the Nye committee's report concluded that

Answer the following questions : -Rome-Berlin Axis

Why did Franklin Roosevelt issue Executive Order 9066 in order to detain most Japanese Americans temporarily during the war?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

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