Question 1

What government body was created to help implement Executive Order 8802, which forbade discrimination by race in hiring government and defense industry workers?

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A)   Fair Employment Practices Committee
B)   Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
C)   Equal Opportunity Bureau
D)   Fair Practices CommissionE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

During the war, minorities in the United States

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A)   enlisted in high numbers to avoid being sent to internment camps.
B)   avoided getting involved in the war effort as much as they could.
C)   enlisted to become a part of the American mainstream.
D)   overcame racial prejudice in the army, which was desegregated at the outset of the war.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

In 1942 the Allies launched Operation Torch, which was the code name for the

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A)   invasion of North Africa.
B)   invasion of Normandy.
C)   Battle of the Bulge.
D)   start of military action at Guadalcanal.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Describe the major war aims of the Allied Powers.

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Question 5

The systematic extermination of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and others who were considered deviant by the Germans during World War II has come to be known as the ________.

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Question 6

What did the Germans, British, and French agree to at Munich in 1938?

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Question 7

What steps did the Roosevelt administration take to maximize war production?

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The Roosevelt administration took severa...

Question 8

The war aims of the Allies were articulated before U.S. entry into the war, in the so-called Atlantic Charter. This document included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   a call for a new association of nations.
B)   a condemnation of Nazism.
C)   a commitment to the "Four Freedoms."
D)   the combined approval of Churchill and Roosevelt.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The key agreements at the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin Yalta Conference of 1945 can be portrayed as

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A)   a one-sided diplomatic victory for the Americans-until the Soviets broke their pledges.
B)   a sellout and betrayal of American ideals and interests by a naive and ill President Roosevelt.
C)   a series of compromises and U.S. concessions, relying on Soviet cooperation for fulfillment.
D)   a diplomatic stalemate: There was no agreement, because the U.S. sought maximum territorial control and the Soviets wanted a new collective security organization.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

General MacArthur did in fact make his prophetic return to the Philippines on October 1944, when he splashed ashore on the island of

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A)   Lagen.
B)   Luzon.
C)   Latuan.
D)   Leyte.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

How did political debate during the war reflect issues that had arisen during the New Deal?

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The political debate during the war refl...

Question 12

Concerning the background to the Pearl Harbor attack, which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Right up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt was one of the country's most outspoken isolationists.
B)   The Japanese attack was based on an unfortunate series of misunderstanding between the two nations.
C)   Clear evidence now exists that President Franklin Roosevelt knew about and even encouraged the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941.
D)   Before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. provided substantial military aid to the British and Russians.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Which statement regarding the "miracle"of war production is most accurate?

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A)   War production rested on the conversion of peacetime industries, so overall economic output grew very little.
B)   Both corporate profits and personal incomes rose, though more-flexible smaller firms and wealthier individuals gained the most.
C)   Worker productivity increased, due more to new job opportunities after a long depression than to any commitment to the war effort.
D)   U.S. achievements in war production proved as important to the Allied victory as success on the battlefield.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

What was NOT a principle or strategy that unified the diverse group known as isolationists?

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A)   opposition to war
B)   opposition to political commitments to other nations
C)   support for the Neutrality Acts
D)   support for the Lend-Lease ActE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of the Baltic states?

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A)   Romania
B)   Latvia
C)   Estonia
D)   LithuaniaE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

With respect to Japan, the Yalta Conference provided for

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A)   permanent Soviet occupation.
B)   a system of United Nations mandates.
C)   the return of Russian territories.
D)   the withdrawal of the Red Army and immediate self-government.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Explain why the battles at Midway, El Alamein, and Stalingrad were turning points in the war.

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Question 18

How did conservatives attempt to limit New Deal programs and liberal reform during the war?

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Conservatives attempted to limit New Dea...

Question 19

The chapter introduction tells the story of Hawaiian pipefitter John Garcia to make the point that

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A)   the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was used as justification for interning Japanese Americans.
B)   Mexican Americans made significant gains in acceptance because of their contribution to the war effort.
C)   the attack on Hawaii and subsequent global war taught Americans that they could not be isolated from the perils of the rest of the world.
D)   tragically, it now appears that U.S. entry into World War II could have been avoided if Roosevelt had been less preoccupied with Europe.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Winston Churchill's vision for the postwar world

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A)   stressed the balance of power to check the Soviets, achieved through military cooperation, which would guarantee peace.
B)   placed first priority on reviving a strong international organization to achieve collective security.
C)   sought expansive advantages to guarantee security for his own nation, based on suspicions about his two Allied counterparts.
D)   imagined the continuation of the Grand Alliance into the postwar world as "Policemen" of world peace and order.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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