Question 1

Similar to a militant and extreme version of the New Deal,the deficit spending by Hitler's Nazi government during the 1930s,including a massive German arms buildup which put many Germans to work,helped pull Germany out of its economic depression by 1936.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In June 1942,American forces halted Japan's advance at the Battle of

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A)   Midway.
B)   the Bulge.
C)   the Coral Sea.
D)   Iwo Jima.
E)   the Philippines.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Who were the major participants in the meeting that resulted in the Munich Agreement? What was included in that agreement? What famous statement issued after that agreement proved to be absolutely untrue?

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Question 4

The decisive military turning point for the United States and the Allies against Japan in the Pacific occurred in 1943 with the Allied offensive at the Battle of

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A)   Guadalcanal
B)   Coral Sea
C)   Manila Bay
D)   Guam
E)   Midway IslandF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Historians regard the Great Depression as probably the greatest factor in causing World War II because

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A)   Americans fared so much better than Europeans, leading to anger and in-fighting.
B)   Facing dwindling resources of its own, Germany hoped to improve its economy by annexing other countries.
C)   It led American businesses to reduce investments in Germany, which decreased that nation's production and its ability to repay its World War I reparations.
D)   All of these choices.
E)   None of these choices.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In 1940,the United States experienced its first

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A)   attempted attack from another country on American soil, in the state of Oregon.
B)   peacetime draft.
C)   request for military assistance from another country: Britain.
D)   debate in Congress as to whether the United States should enter the new European war.
E)   attack by a German submarine on an American merchant ship.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 7

The Zoot Suit Riots occurred between Mexican and American youths in the city of Brownsville,Texas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

From the spring of 1940 until the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941,President Roosevelt and the U.S government

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A)   refused to get caught up in the drama overseas.
B)   organized the manufacturing, transfer, and transportation of war materials and American defense bases to assist Great Britain and prepare for likely war against Nazi Germany.
C)   continued to believe that Americans could maintain complete neutrality and still sell to the Allies and the Axis powers.
D)   concentrated on providing massive military assistance to China and beefing up the defenses of American islands in the Pacific to prevent Japan from achieving territorial and geo-political gains in Asia and the Pacific.
E)   adopted a policy of strict neutrality that prohibited selling armaments and providing any military assistance to Great Britain.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Which of these aggressive acts of political defiance did Hitler commit in Europe in 1936?

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A)   Hitler invaded Poland.
B)   Hitler occupied the Rhineland.
C)   Hitler annexed German-speaking Austria.
D)   Hitler seized Czechoslovakia.
E)   Hitler occupied the Rhineland and annexed German-speaking Austria.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is not true about the Holocaust?

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A)   The mass killing of European Jews remained confined to concentration camps.
B)   Hitler's first step in murdering six million European Jews involved intimidating, isolating, and concentrating Jews in work and concentration camps throughout Europe.
C)   Until 1940, few outside Europe knew about Hitler's processes of terror and murder.
D)   German death camps began operations as early as 1942.
E)   Hitler used Social Darwinism and eugenics to justify his country's actions in the Holocaust.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 11

Stalin enthusiastically agreed to the four policemen approach to securing the postwar peace because

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A)   he thought it was Roosevelt's way of promising that governments friendly to Soviet interests would be installed in Eastern Europe.
B)   he did not want to bear the burden of the reorganization of Europe.
C)   he shied away from picking up the tab for the reconstruction of Europe.
D)   he wanted to engage France, Britain, and the United States in a coalition rather than have them build cordial and friendly ties to Germans, turning them once again into a threat to the Soviet Union.
E)   he understood that the United Nations could not possibly fulfill that role.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

Just under 1.5 million southerners,most of them African Americans,left the segregated South during World War II,despite the fact that jobs were available in southern defense industries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Lend Lease Act,passed mainly for the benefit of Great Britain,empowered the president to

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A)   send advisers to assist any country fighting the Germans.
B)   put warships in the Pacific to protect American interests from the Japanese.
C)   offer military materiel to any country willing to fight against the Germans.
D)   lend money but no hardware to those threatened by Germany.
E)   lend weapons and supplies to all nations fighting either the Germans or the Japanese.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Executive Order 8802 established

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A)   fair working conditions for women in the defense industries.
B)   desegregation in the armed forces.
C)   the bracero program, which brought Mexican migrant workers to America to fill acute labor needs.
D)   anti-discriminatory hiring practices in industries that had government defense contracts.
E)   price controls under the oversight of the Office of Price Administration.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

In the Munich Agreement (1938) ,the leaders of Britain and France

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A)   allowed Hitler to annex all of Czechoslovakia.
B)   elicited a promise from Hitler to end further aggressive action on smaller European countries.
C)   confronted Hitler about his treatment of the plight of Jews, communists, and gays in Germany, but in the name of peace, dropped the subject.
D)   permitted Hitler to occupy strategic areas of Czechoslovakia, in the hope that he would stop there.
E)   told Hitler and Mussolini that they would not go to war against Nazi Germany if Hitler decided to annex German-speaking provinces of western Poland.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

The Japanese decided to bomb America's naval fleet at Pearl Harbor because

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A)   they wanted the United States out of China.
B)   they were acting on behalf of Germany.
C)   they hoped to handicap the U.S. navy, giving Japan time to achieve its conquests before the U.S. could rebuild and strike back.
D)   they hoped to pull Americans into the war.
E)   they were angry when Americans blocked Japanese imports to the U.S. and influenced other countries to do the same.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) provided

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A)   some unemployment benefits for veterans.
B)   low-interest housing loans.
C)   medical care for veterans.
D)   financial aid for education.
E)   All of these choices.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The most famous spokesman of the "America First Committee" was Harry Truman.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of these events did not happen at Potsdam?

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A)   Churchill was called home mid-conference because his party had been defeated in a general election.
B)   The Allies divided Germany and Austria into four occupied zones.
C)   Truman learned that the atom bomb had been tested successfully.
D)   Poland was given an outlet to the sea and had its prewar territorial integrity and political independence fully restored and protected.
E)   Both the Americans and British became more concerned about and suspicious of Stalin and his political intentions than they had been earlier in the war.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 20

Women participated in the U.S.World War II effort by

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A)   working in war plants.
B)   joining the military.
C)   growing Victory Gardens.
D)   playing in baseball leagues.
E)   All of these choices.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Exam 23: World War II

Women participated in the U.S.World War II effort by

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From the spring of 1940 until the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941,President Roosevelt and the U.S government

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The Japanese decided to bomb America's naval fleet at Pearl Harbor because

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Just under 1.5 million southerners,most of them African Americans,left the segregated South during World War II,despite the fact that jobs were available in southern defense industries.

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In 1940,the United States experienced its first

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Similar to a militant and extreme version of the New Deal,the deficit spending by Hitler's Nazi government during the 1930s,including a massive German arms buildup which put many Germans to work,helped pull Germany out of its economic depression by 1936.

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Stalin enthusiastically agreed to the four policemen approach to securing the postwar peace because

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In the Munich Agreement (1938) ,the leaders of Britain and France

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Historians regard the Great Depression as probably the greatest factor in causing World War II because

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In June 1942,American forces halted Japan's advance at the Battle of

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The decisive military turning point for the United States and the Allies against Japan in the Pacific occurred in 1943 with the Allied offensive at the Battle of

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The most famous spokesman of the "America First Committee" was Harry Truman.

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The Lend Lease Act,passed mainly for the benefit of Great Britain,empowered the president to

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The Zoot Suit Riots occurred between Mexican and American youths in the city of Brownsville,Texas.

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Which of the following is not true about the Holocaust?

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Executive Order 8802 established

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The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) provided

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Who were the major participants in the meeting that resulted in the Munich Agreement? What was included in that agreement? What famous statement issued after that agreement proved to be absolutely untrue?

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