History - Unit 4 Test

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Which of the following best summarizes the status of World War II technologies today?
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They have continued to improve and are still used today.
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Which of the following best describes the state of the US economy in 1939?
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The US economy was in a depression.
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A goal of the Defense Plant Corporation was
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to give money to businesses to fund war production.
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How did radar technology help soldiers fighting in World War II?
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It helped them find enemy ships and planes.
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How did the production of penicillin change during World War II?
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Larger quantities of penicillin were able to be made.
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How did the Gross National Product (GNP) of the United States change between 1940 and 1944?
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It more than doubled.
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What was an effect of the US increase in production during World War II?
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It gave the Allies the advantage to win the war.
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As a result of wartime production,
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the average work week for people increased.
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Many struggling businesses made large profits during World War II through war contracts with
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the government.
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What was the main accomplishment of the Manhattan Project during World War II?
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the development of the atomic bomb
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During World War II, the US government sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps based on
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whether they lived in an exclusion zone.
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Which of the following best describes one reason that thousands of Japanese Americans voluntarily joined the US military during World War II?
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to show their loyalty to the US
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During World War II, how did the policy of internment affect people of Japanese descent in the United States?
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They were forced to relocate to assembly centers.
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Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?
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property damage and discrimination
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How did the Navajo serve in World War II?
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as code talkers in the Pacific
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The military code-talking system refers to
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secret languages used for communication.
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Why did the US government think internment camps were necessary during World War II?
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to protect national security
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What pivotal event led the United States to enter World War II?
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
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Who issued Executive Order 9066?
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Which is one advantage of using Navajo as a military code language?
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Since few people understood it, it was a difficult code to break.
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During World War II, the battle that turned the tide of war against Germany on the eastern front was the
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Battle of Stalingrad.
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Which of the following was an important challenge of fighting a two-front war for the Allies?
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supplying the troops across a huge part of the globe
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Who was the leader of an Allied nation during the war in Europe?
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Joseph Stalin
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During World War II, Germany tried to capture the Russian city of Stalingrad because
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it had a strategic location along the Volga River.
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In 1941, who commanded US troops in Europe?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Which of the following best describes the 1942 Allied strategy in North Africa?
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The Allies pushed Rommel's troops out of Egypt and trapped them against more Allied forces in the west.
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Which Allied nation controlled the Suez Canal in North Africa?
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Great Britain
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Which of the following events led most directly to the end of World War II in Europe?
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the Red Army's capture of Berlin
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During World War II, the United States was a member of the
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Allies.
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Which of the following occurred after Allied forces invaded the Italian mainland in September 1943?
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Italian forces quickly surrendered.
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During World War II, the Battle of Guadalcanal was significant because it
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was the first major Allied offensive against Japanese forces.
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As a result of Japan's increasing use of suicide attacks in 1945, Allied leaders began
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thinking of a new strategy besides invading the Japanese mainland.
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Which Allied nation dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945?
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United States
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Why did the Allies capture so few Japanese soldiers when they attacked Iwo Jima?
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The Japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners.
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During World War II, which battle denied the Japanese the opportunity to attack Australia?
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Which is a result of island-hopping?
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The end of the war was faster and fewer lives were lost.
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Which of the following arguments decided the debate over using the atomic bomb against Japan in 1945?
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Using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops.
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During World War II, the Battle of the Coral Sea was significant because it
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denied the Japanese the chance to launch a direct attack on Australia.
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Before August 1945, military leaders in Japan
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refused Allied requests for their surrender.
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During World War II, who was the commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet?
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Chester Nimitz
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How did the Holocaust affect the Jewish population in Europe after World War II?
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Millions were left without families or homes.
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Which contributed to Hitler's rise to power in Germany?
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Hitler scapegoated German Jews by blaming them for Germany's bad economy and defeat in World War I.
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What Nazi policy targeted people who had disabilities?
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euthanasia
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In 1947, the United Nations helped create a country
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where survivors of the Holocaust could live.
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The term coined after the end of World War II to describe the Nazis' strategy to exterminate European Jews and other groups is the
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Holocaust
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In 1933, Hitler took action against Jews in Germany by
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boycotting Jewish businesses.
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Hitler gained support for anti-Jewish policies in Germany by
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blaming Jews for the economic depression after World War I.
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The Final Solution was Nazi Germany's plan to
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physically exterminate all Jews in Europe.
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In addition to Jews, a specific group that the Nazis systematically killed during the Holocaust was
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people who had disabilities.
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Nazis thought that killing Jews, gypsies, and other groups would
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purify the German race.
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How did the US change the government of Japan after World War II?
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It created a democratic government.
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What was a major concern of scientists who left Nazi Germany for the United States before World War II?
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They feared Germany was trying to develop nuclear weapons.
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Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would
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save American lives.
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The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was built by the US government in the early 1940s as a site
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for research on atomic weapons.
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A result of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that
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Japan surrendered within a few days.
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A strategy President Truman and his advisers considered to end World War II was
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continuing to fight the war the same way.
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Which scientist is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" because of his work as the head of the Manhattan Project?
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Robert Oppenheimer
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How did changes that the US made affect Japan's economy after World War II?
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Japan became one of the world's strongest economies.
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During the US occupation of Japan after World War II, Japan's military was
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dismantled by the US military.
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What did the Einstein-Szilard letter warn President Roosevelt about in 1939?
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that Germany was researching nuclear weapons
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The introduction to an argumentative essay begins with
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a hook to capture the audience.
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[1] Many people have argued that nothing could justify the president's use of the atomic bomb because it killed so many innocent civilians. [2] Truman himself refused to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan because he was horrified by the death and devastation the bomb had caused. [3] However, he never regretted his decision to use the bomb in the first place. [4] Using the bomb brought an immediate end to a war that might have gone on for months or even years longer. Which sentence states a counterclaim?
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sentence 1
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1. Introduction: Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan A. Claim: Truman's choice to use the atomic bomb against Japan was the right one because it brought the war to an end, saved lives, and established a lasting peace. [...] 4. Body paragraph: Using the bomb established a lasting peace. A. Evidence: There has been no global war since WWII and no further use of nuclear weapons. B: Counterargument: There have been many other wars since 1945, and other countries have developed nuclear weapons. C: Conclusion: Which of these sentences provides a strong conclusion for the fourth paragraph?
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Although there have been other wars since 1945, none have been as big as WWII or ended with as much devastation.
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Which sentence would be the best thesis statement for an argumentative essay supporting American use of the atomic bomb?
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Harry Truman's difficult decision to use atomic bombs against Japan ended the war, saved lives, and secured a lasting peace.
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As Carl Becker [1] pointed out during the rise of European fascism after World War I [2], for democracy to prosper, it needs "a certain measure of economic security" [3]. [4] In which position should a citation be inserted?
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position 3
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When writing an argumentative essay, what is the most important reason authors conduct research?
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to find evidence to support their arguments
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In an argumentative essay, reasons should be supported by
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details, statistics, and facts.
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I'm going to tell you what I think about how Japanese Americans were put in camps in World War II. It was done for the wrong reasons, and it hurt a lot of people for a long time. Which best describes the voice in these statements?
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conversational
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The thesis statement of an argumentative essay should
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appear in the introduction.
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Which citation is in correct MLA format?
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(Alperovitz 156)
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Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Washington, DC, shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941?
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to plan an overall strategy for the rest of World War II
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For which of the following crimes was Fred Korematsu found guilty?
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violating military orders
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During World War II, which was an Allied nation?
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China
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What was the policy regarding Japanese Americans in the military during World War II?
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Japanese Americans could only fight in Europe, not the Pacific.
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The occurrence of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in Germany in 1938 showed that the Nazi government
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fully supported violence against Jews.
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A similarity between the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea is that both
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were fought by warplanes from aircraft carriers.
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When Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, they lost many things. Which is the best revision of this sentence to make it more specific?
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When Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, they lost homes, farms, and belongings.
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What was the main way that war mobilization helped to end the Great Depression?
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Many unemployed people went to work in war-related industries.
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Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan at the end of World War II thought an invasion would
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cost too many American lives.
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What was General MacArthur's main motivation as he led forces in the Southwest Pacific between 1942 and 1944?
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his desire to keep his promise to return to the Philippines
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Supporters of the atomic bomb argued against the idea that the US should not use the bomb against Japan by
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noting that firebombing had already caused extensive damage in Japan.
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During the final years of World War II, how did the Allies gain control of the North Atlantic?
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They used better anti-submarine technology.
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In 1945, what concern did the Allies have about invading the Japanese mainland with ground forces?
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They were worried there would be too great a loss of life.
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How did Admiral Chester Nimitz displease the US Congress during World War II?
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He refused to take the US fleet into battle immediately after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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The raw materials that the United States produced more of during World War II than any other country were
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oil and steel.