Question 1

In early 1942, the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was:

Accepted Answer

The German Submarines (U Boats)

Question 2

By late 1942, the United States effectively countered German advantages in the Atlantic with what strategic response?

Accepted Answer

With convoys and escorts.

Question 3

From late 1941 into early 1942, during World War II in the Pacific:

Accepted Answer

There was a lot of Japanese victories, and a lot of Allied losses.

Question 4

The country that suffered the most deaths in the fighting of World War II was:

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union.

Question 5

Following the declaration of war:

Accepted Answer

Men between the ages of 18 and 45 were drafted. Europe prepared themselves for combat, but did not go into combat for some time.

Question 6

What agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?

Accepted Answer

The war production board.

Question 7

A significant economic problem during the war was:

Accepted Answer

Finding enough workers in the wartime industries.

Question 8

The Office of Price Administration:

Accepted Answer

Agency in charge of keeping prices and rents stable. They put a ration program into place to help those at war.

Question 9

Operation Overlord is also known as:

Accepted Answer

D-Day.

Question 10

After dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the United States:

Accepted Answer

Japan officially surrendered and the US accepted the surrender, and Japan's emperor remained in power.

Question 11

The mobilization of women in the labor force during World War II:

Accepted Answer

This caused a larger number of married women to joining the labor force.

Question 12

Which of the following countries was NOT an Axis Power by June 1941?

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union

Question 13

The Bracero Program:

Accepted Answer

A program that let farm workers from Mexico work in the US.

Question 14

In June 1941, Germany widened the war by:

Accepted Answer

Going into the Soviet Union.

Question 15

Which statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans were put into normal units.

Question 16

War Relocation Camps:

Accepted Answer

More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps.

Question 17

The Atlantic Charter:

Accepted Answer

A joint charter set in place that would encourage values after the war.

Question 18

The Atlantic Charter included all the following principles EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The elimination of communism.

Question 19

British and American differences over where to attack Germany first were resolved with the decision to launch an offensive:

Accepted Answer

In North Africa

Question 20

At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

An immediate launching of a cross-channel invasion into France

Question 21

What helped the Allies gain the advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

The Allies were able to decode messages that showed where the U-Boats were at.

Question 22

Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943?

Accepted Answer

Sicily was easily taken over in less than a month by the Allies.

Question 23

How did Germany respond to Italy's decision to switch sides in September 1943?

Accepted Answer

Germany sent its own troops into Italy.

Question 24

The main purpose of the 1943 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at Tehran was to:

Accepted Answer

To put together their plan on the Invasion of France and the Russian Offensive of Eastern Europe.

Question 25

Following the Pearl Harbor Attack:

Accepted Answer

Germany and Italy declared war on the US.

Question 26

D-day refers to the:

Accepted Answer

The Allied Invasion of Normandy France

Question 27

What was the most significant consequences of the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

Accepted Answer

The Japanese weren't able to defend the Philippines because they lost the rest of their sea power.

Question 28

Just days after the D-day invasion, U.S. forces liberated all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The Philippines

Question 29

During the presidential election of 1944:

Accepted Answer

FDR won a fourth term as president.

Question 30

Prime Minister Churchill worried that if the Red Army arrived in Berlin first:

Accepted Answer

Churchill worried that if Stalin went in first then he would gain control of the Post War Europe Map.

Question 31

When Soviet forces re-entered Poland in 1944, they created a puppet Communist regime in:

Accepted Answer

In Lublin

Question 32

At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the Allies did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Restore the original Polish government to power in Poland

Question 33

Perhaps the most bitterly criticized of the Yalta accords was a secret agreement about the:

Accepted Answer

An agreement about the far east.

Question 34

Less than a month before the surrender of Germany:

Accepted Answer

FDR died in office.

Question 35

What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Both government groups were based off of fascism.

Question 36

The Marco Polo Bridge incident brought Japan to war against what country?

Accepted Answer

War against China

Question 37

Following the defeat of Germany:

Accepted Answer

All of the results of the Holocaust were seen.

Question 38

The American assault on Okinawa:

Accepted Answer

The assault was successful, but both sides had a large amount of casualties.

Question 39

The Potsdam Declaration:

Accepted Answer

An ultimatum created by Great Britain, the US, and China to Japan that was either total annihilation and unconditional surrender.

Question 40

What was the significance of the use of atomic bombs against Japan?

Accepted Answer

This prevented a US amphibious invasion of Japan.

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