Question 1

According to Map 25.4: The European Theater of World War II, 1942-1945, which country was neither an Axis power nor under Axis control during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)   Libya
B)   Slovakia
C)   Finland
D)   Egypt

Question 2

How did American labor unions respond to the production demands of World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)   They agreed to disband temporarily in order to focus on production.
B)   They demanded increases in overtime pay for the duration of the war.
C)   They volunteered to enlist one-half of their workers in the armed forces.
D)   They granted the government's request that they pledge not to strike.

Question 3

By the summer of 1942, the Japanese had conquered which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hawai'i
B)   Dutch East Indies
C)   Australia
D)   New Zealand

Question 4

Identify specific ways in which U.S. entry into World War II improved the national economy and ended the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
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Question 5

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Nazi-Soviet treaty of nonaggression in August 1939?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hitler's invasion of Poland
B)   The U.S. declaration of war against Germany
C)   The end of Hitler's aggression in Europe
D)   England's confirmation of the effectiveness of appeasement

Question 6

The Double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for

Accepted Answer

A)   Thomas Dewey in the presidential election of 1944.
B)   Republicans in Congress.
C)   African Americans fighting racial prejudice at home.
D)   Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1944.

Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-June 3-6, 1942, naval battle in the Central Pacific in which American forces surprised and defeated the Japanese, who had been massing an invasion force aimed at Midway Island. The battle put the Japanese at a disadvantage for the rest of the war.

Accepted Answer

A)  appeasement
B)  Battle of Midway
C)  D Day
D)  Double V campaign
E)  GI Bill of RightsF) good neighbor policyG) HolocaustH) internment campsI) Lend-Lease ActJ) Manhattan projectK) neutrality actsL) Selective Service Act

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans. The thousands of Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.

Accepted Answer

A)  appeasement
B)  Battle of Midway
C)  D Day
D)  Double V campaign
E)  GI Bill of RightsF) good neighbor policyG) HolocaustH) internment campsI) Lend-Lease ActJ) Manhattan projectK) neutrality actsL) Selective Service Act

Question 9

A reluctant isolationist, President Roosevelt believed during the 1930s that

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A)   the United States should stay out of Europe's internal affairs.
B)   the United States should cease trading with Latin America.
C)   international amity was the key to ending the Depression.
D)   free trade was necessary for America's domestic prosperity.

Question 10

Which nation, in an effort to increase its global power, invaded the northern Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931?

Accepted Answer

A)   Germany
B)   Italy
C)   Japan
D)   The Soviet Union

Question 11

Who offered Adolf Hitler terms of appeasement in hopes of getting the German dictator to leave Czechoslovakia alone?

Accepted Answer

A)   Joseph Stalin
B)   Franklin Roosevelt
C)   Francisco Franco
D)   Neville Chamberlain

Question 12

What was the significance of the Battle of Britain in 1940?

Accepted Answer

A)   The British victory handed Hitler his first major defeat.
B)   It ended with England's occupation by Germany.
C)   It proved that Great Britain no longer needed U.S. assistance.
D)   It emboldened the French to expel occupying German forces.

Question 13

The Battle of Midway signaled to the American military that

Accepted Answer

A)   the Japanese force in the Pacific was almost unbeatable.
B)   the current Japanese strategy was working.
C)   the war in the Pacific was ending.
D)   Japanese domination of the Pacific was weakening.

Question 14

Match the term with the definition.
-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.

Accepted Answer

A)  appeasement
B)  Battle of Midway
C)  D Day
D)  Double V campaign
E)  GI Bill of RightsF) good neighbor policyG) HolocaustH) internment campsI) Lend-Lease ActJ) Manhattan projectK) neutrality actsL) Selective Service Act

Question 15

What motivated the U.S. government to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
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Question 16

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between American ethnic minorities and the armed forces during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)   They were largely uninterested in serving in the armed forces.
B)   The government discouraged them from serving in the armed forces.
C)   They fought in large numbers in the armed forces despite discriminatory treatment.
D)   They were barred from serving in the armed forces during the first two years of the war.

Question 17

What happened in the naval battle at Coral Sea in May 1942?

Accepted Answer

A)   The American fleet and warplanes defeated a Japanese armada.
B)   Japanese warships decisively defeated Australian troops.
C)   The Japanese defeated American soldiers.
D)   Australian troops defeated the Japanese before American reinforcements arrived.

Question 18

What factors motivated the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? Was the attack a victory for, or a miscalculation on the part of, Japan's leaders?

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Pearl Harb...

Question 19

Why did American scientists begin to develop a superbomb in 1942?

Accepted Answer

A)   Roosevelt was planning an attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
B)   The United States planned to attack the Soviet Union after the war.
C)   Japan was working on a similar weapon.
D)   They didn't want the Germans to develop one first.

Question 20

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

Accepted Answer

A)   To lend France enough money to defeat the Germans
B)   To make arms, munitions, and other supplies available to Britain
C)   To lend large sums of money to Latin American countries
D)   To give arms, munitions, and supplies to Canada

Exam 25: The United States and the Second World War

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Nazi-Soviet treaty of nonaggression in August 1939?

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What happened in the naval battle at Coral Sea in May 1942?

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Why did American scientists begin to develop a superbomb in 1942?

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What motivated the U.S. government to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II?

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Match the term with the definition. -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.

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Which nation, in an effort to increase its global power, invaded the northern Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931?

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How did American labor unions respond to the production demands of World War II?

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Who offered Adolf Hitler terms of appeasement in hopes of getting the German dictator to leave Czechoslovakia alone?

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What was the significance of the Battle of Britain in 1940?

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Match the term with the definition. -Top-secret project authorized by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb ahead of the Germans. The thousands of Americans who worked on the project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, succeeded in producing a successful atomic bomb by July 1945.

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The Double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for

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According to Map 25.4: The European Theater of World War II, 1942-1945, which country was neither an Axis power nor under Axis control during World War II?

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Which of the following statements describes the relationship between American ethnic minorities and the armed forces during World War II?

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What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

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A reluctant isolationist, President Roosevelt believed during the 1930s that

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The Battle of Midway signaled to the American military that

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What factors motivated the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? Was the attack a victory for, or a miscalculation on the part of, Japan's leaders?

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Match the term with the definition. -June 3-6, 1942, naval battle in the Central Pacific in which American forces surprised and defeated the Japanese, who had been massing an invasion force aimed at Midway Island. The battle put the Japanese at a disadvantage for the rest of the war.

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Identify specific ways in which U.S. entry into World War II improved the national economy and ended the Great Depression.

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By the summer of 1942, the Japanese had conquered which of the following?

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