Question 1

How many American men and women ultimately served in the armed forces?

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A)  Approximately 1 million 
B)  Approximately 5 million 
C)  Approximately 10 million 
D)  Approximately 15 million 
E)  Approximately 25 million

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Dwight Eisenhower

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Question 3

The World War II War Production Board was created to

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A)  regulate production of military equipment. 
B)  insure that the military branches were producing military equipment efficiently. 
C)  regulate the railroad system and airplane industries. 
D)  ration vital materials like rubber and gasoline. 
E)  allocate materials, limit the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among workers.

Question 4

After what event did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender terms?

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A)  the Battle of Iwo Jima 
B)  the dropping of unconditional surrender as a prerequisite 
C)  the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
D)  the threatened invasion of Japan by the China 
E)  the collapse of Fascist Italy

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Wendell Willkie

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Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
C ash-and-carry

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Question 7

Describe the functioning of the "Grand Alliance" during World War II. Why did it hold together? How did the personalities of the leaders of the Alliance affect its functioning? What points of disagreement began to develop as the war progressed?

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Question 8

How did World War II affect millions of American women?

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A)  The federal government adopted a policy of gender equality in all federal hiring and in all companies doing business with the government. 
B)  The proportion of women in the labor force rose from one-quarter to more than one-third, as 19 million women were employed. 
C)  Because of the importance of their war work, women for the first time achieved equal pay for equal work. 
D)  The public attitude toward women's employment underwent a transformation, as the majority of Americans began to admit that they approved of married women working outside the home. 
E)  In order to show the strength of traditional American values, women stayed at home to nurture their children.

Question 9

Congress created the Office of Price Administration to

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A)  control inflation during the war. 
B)  preserve uranium production. 
C)  raise money to pay for the war. 
D)  lower prices to help American families survive the economic hardships of the war. 
E)  decrease the national debt.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Atlantic Charter

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Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
America First Committee

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Question 12

Which of these does not represent the Native American experience during World War II?

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A)  They served as code talkers, relaying secret messages for the U.S. military in a complex language that the Japanese couldn't understand. 
B)  Many Native Americans left reservations for good-paying jobs in West Coast defense industries. 
C)  Anti-Indian discrimination forced many Native Americans back onto reservations. 
D)  Many Native American reservations saw their budgets nearly triple, thanks to money sent back by Indian defense workers. 
E)  Native Americans once again faced the risk of their land being taken, and organized the National Congress of American Indians to fight this trend.

Question 13

The U.S. quest for an atomic bomb dubbed the "Manhattan Project" was started because

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A)  The U.S. wanted a weapon that would end the war quickly. 
B)  Albert Einstein warned Roosevelt that Nazi scientists were already working on developing an atomic weapon. 
C)  Word of a successful nuclear chain reaction experiment reached Roosevelt, and he wanted to make sure the U.S. developed the bomb first. 
D)  Several universities agreed to underwrite the research and supply their best scientists for the project. 
E)  Wealthy Americans agreed to secretly provide the $2 billion necessary to develop the ultimate weapon.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battle of the Midway

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Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein

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Question 16

Why didn't America take action in 1938 when German tanks rolled into Vienna and Czechoslovakia, in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty?

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A)  The American public thought U.S. participation in World War I was a mistake. 
B)  The U.S. had a long tradition of isolationism and did not want to get involved in foreign struggles. 
C)  Americans wanted the government to focus on the economic turmoil at home caused by the Great Depression. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 17

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except

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A)  entry into the war against Japan. 
B)  recognition of Mao Zedong as the ruler of China. 
C)  establishment of "broadly representative" governments in Eastern Europe. 
D)  created a postwar commission to address reparations. 
E)  a founding conference for the new United Nations.

Question 18

What new issues did the U.S. government confront in defeating Germany and Japan in 1945?

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
A ppeasement

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Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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Exam 25: Americans and a World in Crisis

How many American men and women ultimately served in the armed forces?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dwight Eisenhower

The World War II War Production Board was created to

After what event did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender terms?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Wendell Willkie

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. C ash-and-carry

Describe the functioning of the "Grand Alliance" during World War II. Why did it hold together? How did the personalities of the leaders of the Alliance affect its functioning? What points of disagreement began to develop as the war progressed?

How did World War II affect millions of American women?

Congress created the Office of Price Administration to

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Atlantic Charter

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. America First Committee

Which of these does not represent the Native American experience during World War II?

The U.S. quest for an atomic bomb dubbed the "Manhattan Project" was started because

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battle of the Midway

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein

Why didn't America take action in 1938 when German tanks rolled into Vienna and Czechoslovakia, in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty?

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except

What new issues did the U.S. government confront in defeating Germany and Japan in 1945?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. A ppeasement

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa