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Chapter 26

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What was the significance of the use of atomic bombs against Japan?
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They allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasion of Japan.
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War relocation camps:
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housed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during the war.
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What agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?
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War Production Board
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The Potsdam Declaration:
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demanded that Japan surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction."
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Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943?
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Sicily fell quickly after the Allied surprise landing.
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Following the defeat of Germany:
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came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust.
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How did Germany respond to Italy's decision to switch sides in September 1943?
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Germany slowed the Allied advance by pouring its own reinforcements into Italy.
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Which of the following countries was NOT an Axis Power by June 1941?
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the Soviet Union
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The Marco Polo Bridge incident brought Japan to war against what country?
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China
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By late 1942, the United States effectively countered German advantages in the Atlantic with what strategic response?
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subchasers
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The mobilization of women in the labor force during World War II:
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led to a significant increase of American women joining the labor force.
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Prime Minister Churchill worried that if the Red Army arrived in Berlin first:
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Stalin would control the postwar map of Europe.
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At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the Allies did all of the following EXCEPT:
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restore the original Polish government to power in Poland.
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What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?
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Both had established fascist forms of government.
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At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to all of the following EXCEPT:
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an immediate launching of a cross channel invasion into France.
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Large numbers of Americans of German, Italian, and Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II.
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False
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The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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True
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Perhaps the most bitterly criticized of the Yalta accords was a secret agreement about the:
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Far East.
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During World War II, presidential authority expanded significantly.
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True
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Following the declaration of war:
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men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted.
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The American assault on Okinawa:
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was a success, but with tremendous loss of life for both the United States and Japan.
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By the end of World War II, more than 8 million women had entered the workforce.
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True
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The Atlantic Charter:
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was a joint British-American statement of anti-Axis war aims.
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Just days after the D-day invasion, U.S. forces liberated all the following EXCEPT:
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Philippines.
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British and American differences over where to attack Germany first were resolved with the decision to launch an offensive:
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in North Africa.
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The bracero program mobilized Native Americans to support the war effort.
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False
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"D-day" refers to the cross channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
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True
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African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II.
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False
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"D-day" refers to the:
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Allied invasion at Normandy.
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What helped the Allies gain the advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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The Allies decoded German messages that indicated where the U-boats were.