The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning was...?
answer
to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner.
question
Once at war, America's first great challenge was to...?
answer
retool its industry for all-out war productions.
question
Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during Word War II...?
answer
were further assimilated into American society.
question
Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II...?
answer
as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.
question
The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime policies was...?
answer
Japanese Americans.
question
The general American attitude toward World War II was...?
answer
less idealistic and idealogical and more practical than the outlook in World War I.
question
In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the United States were...?
answer
a select group who was better educated than most European immigrants.
question
When the United States entered World War II in December 1941...?
answer
a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.
question
During World War II, the United States government commissioned the production of synthetic __________ in order to offset the loss of access to prewar supplies in East Asia.
answer
rubber
question
Match each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function:
A. War Production Board
B. Office of Price Administration
C. War Labor Board
D. Fair Employment Practices Commission
answer
A. assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation facilities
B. controlled inflation by rationing essential goods
C. imposed ceilings on wage increases.
D. saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries
question
While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the...?
answer
United Mine Workers.
question
During World War II...?
answer
labor unions substantially increased their membership.
question
The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to...?
answer
the establishment of day-care centers by the government.
question
The main reason the majority of women war workers left the labor force at the of WWII was...?
answer
family obligations.
question
African Americans did all of the following during World War II EXCEPT...?
a. fight in integrated combat units.
b. rally behind the slogan "Double V" (victory over dictators abroad and racism at home).
c. move north and west in large numbers.
d. form a militant organization called the Congress of Racial Equality.
e. serve in the Army Air Corps.
answer
a. fight in integrated combat units.
question
Which of the following is LEAST related to the other three?
a. Smith-Connally Act
b. A. Philip Randolph
c. Fair Employment Practices Commission
d. racial discrimination in wartime industry
e. proposed "Negro March on Washington"
answer
a. Smith-Connally Act
question
During World War II, most Americans economically experienced...?
answer
prosperity and a doubling of personal income.
question
The northward migration of African Americans accelerated after World War II because...?
answer
mechanical cotton pickerel came into use.
question
During World War II, American Indians...?
answer
moved off reservations in large numbers.
question
By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States' African-American community had shifted to...?
answer
northern cities.
question
The national debt increased most during...?
answer
World War II.
question
Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through...?
answer
borrowing.
question
The first naval battle in history in which all of the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of...?
answer
the Coral Sea.
question
The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of...?
answer
Midway.
question
The Japanese made a crucial mistake in 1942 in their attempt to control much of the Pacific when they...?
answer
overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains.
question
In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of...?
answer
"island hopping" across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds.
question
The conquest of _____________ in 1944 was especially critical, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.
answer
Guam
question
Until spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was...?
answer
that German U-boat would destroy Allied shipping.
question
Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ______________, after which his fortunes gradually declined.
answer
Stalingrad
question
The Allies postponed opening a second front in Europe until 1944 because...?
answer
of British reluctance and lack of adequate resources.
question
Roosevelt's and Churchill's insistence on the absolute and "unconditional surrender" of Germany...?
answer
eventually complicated the problems of postwar reconstruction.
question
President Roosevelt's promise to the Soviets to open a second front in western Europe by the end of 1942...?
answer
was utterly impossible to keep.
question
Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order:
A. Potsdam
B. Casablanca
C. Teheran
answer
B, C, A
question
Arrange these events in chronological order:
A. V-J Day
B. V-E Day
C. D Day
D. Invasion of Italy
answer
D, C, B, A
question
The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was...?
answer
the overthrow of Mussolini and Italy's unconditional surrender.
question
After the Italian surrender in August 1943...?
answer
the German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance.
question
The real impact of the Italian front on World War II may have been that it...?
answer
delayed the D-Day invasion and allowed the Soviet Union to advance further into Eastern Europe.
question
At the wartime Teheran Conference...?
answer
plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe.
question
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General...?
answer
Dwight Eisenhower.
question
In a sense, Franklin Roosevelt was the "forgotten man" at the Democratic Convention in 1944 because...?
answer
so much attention was focused on who would gain the vice presidency.
question
Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because...?
answer
the war was going well.
question
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in...?
answer
the Battle of the Bulge.
question
As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf...?
answer
Japan was finished as a naval power.
question
The Potsdam conference...?
answer
issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed.
question
The spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that...?
answer
the American public would not tolerate the casualties that would result from a land invasion of Japan.
question
The "unconditional surrender" policy toward Japan was finally modified by...?
answer
agreeing to let the Japanese keep Emperor Hirohito on the throne.
question
Which of the following was NOT among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?
a. a group of highly effective military and political leaders
b. an enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation
d. the preservation of the American homeland against invasion or destruction from the air
e. the maintenance and re-affirmation of the strength of American democracy
answer
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other allied nation
question
As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf...?
answer
Japan was finished as a naval power.
question
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in...?
answer
the Battle of the Bulge.
question
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General...?
The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning was...?
answer
to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner.
question
Once at war, America's first great challenge was to...?
answer
retool its industry for all-out war productions.
question
Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during Word War II...?
answer
were further assimilated into American society.
question
Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II...?
answer
as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.
question
The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime policies was...?
answer
Japanese Americans.
question
The general American attitude toward World War II was...?
answer
less idealistic and idealogical and more practical than the outlook in World War I.
question
In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the United States were...?
answer
a select group who was better educated than most European immigrants.
question
When the United States entered World War II in December 1941...?
answer
a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.
question
During World War II, the United States government commissioned the production of synthetic __________ in order to offset the loss of access to prewar supplies in East Asia.
answer
rubber
question
Match each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function:
A. War Production Board
B. Office of Price Administration
C. War Labor Board
D. Fair Employment Practices Commission
answer
A. assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation facilities
B. controlled inflation by rationing essential goods
C. imposed ceilings on wage increases.
D. saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries
question
While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the...?
answer
United Mine Workers.
question
During World War II...?
answer
labor unions substantially increased their membership.
question
The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to...?
answer
the establishment of day-care centers by the government.
question
The main reason the majority of women war workers left the labor force at the of WWII was...?
answer
family obligations.
question
African Americans did all of the following during World War II EXCEPT...?
a. fight in integrated combat units.
b. rally behind the slogan "Double V" (victory over dictators abroad and racism at home).
c. move north and west in large numbers.
d. form a militant organization called the Congress of Racial Equality.
e. serve in the Army Air Corps.
answer
a. fight in integrated combat units.
question
Which of the following is LEAST related to the other three?
a. Smith-Connally Act
b. A. Philip Randolph
c. Fair Employment Practices Commission
d. racial discrimination in wartime industry
e. proposed "Negro March on Washington"
answer
a. Smith-Connally Act
question
During World War II, most Americans economically experienced...?
answer
prosperity and a doubling of personal income.
question
The northward migration of African Americans accelerated after World War II because...?
answer
mechanical cotton pickerel came into use.
question
During World War II, American Indians...?
answer
moved off reservations in large numbers.
question
By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States' African-American community had shifted to...?
answer
northern cities.
question
The national debt increased most during...?
answer
World War II.
question
Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through...?
answer
borrowing.
question
The first naval battle in history in which all of the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of...?
answer
the Coral Sea.
question
The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of...?
answer
Midway.
question
The Japanese made a crucial mistake in 1942 in their attempt to control much of the Pacific when they...?
answer
overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains.
question
In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of...?
answer
"island hopping" across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds.
question
The conquest of _____________ in 1944 was especially critical, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.
answer
Guam
question
Until spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was...?
answer
that German U-boat would destroy Allied shipping.
question
Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ______________, after which his fortunes gradually declined.
answer
Stalingrad
question
The Allies postponed opening a second front in Europe until 1944 because...?
answer
of British reluctance and lack of adequate resources.
question
Roosevelt's and Churchill's insistence on the absolute and "unconditional surrender" of Germany...?
answer
eventually complicated the problems of postwar reconstruction.
question
President Roosevelt's promise to the Soviets to open a second front in western Europe by the end of 1942...?
answer
was utterly impossible to keep.
question
Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order:
A. Potsdam
B. Casablanca
C. Teheran
answer
B, C, A
question
Arrange these events in chronological order:
A. V-J Day
B. V-E Day
C. D Day
D. Invasion of Italy
answer
D, C, B, A
question
The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was...?
answer
the overthrow of Mussolini and Italy's unconditional surrender.
question
After the Italian surrender in August 1943...?
answer
the German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance.
question
The real impact of the Italian front on World War II may have been that it...?
answer
delayed the D-Day invasion and allowed the Soviet Union to advance further into Eastern Europe.
question
At the wartime Teheran Conference...?
answer
plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe.
question
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General...?
answer
Dwight Eisenhower.
question
In a sense, Franklin Roosevelt was the "forgotten man" at the Democratic Convention in 1944 because...?
answer
so much attention was focused on who would gain the vice presidency.
question
Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because...?
answer
the war was going well.
question
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in...?
answer
the Battle of the Bulge.
question
As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf...?
answer
Japan was finished as a naval power.
question
The Potsdam conference...?
answer
issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed.
question
The spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that...?
answer
the American public would not tolerate the casualties that would result from a land invasion of Japan.
question
The "unconditional surrender" policy toward Japan was finally modified by...?
answer
agreeing to let the Japanese keep Emperor Hirohito on the throne.
question
Which of the following was NOT among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?
a. a group of highly effective military and political leaders
b. an enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation
d. the preservation of the American homeland against invasion or destruction from the air
e. the maintenance and re-affirmation of the strength of American democracy
answer
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other allied nation
question
As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf...?
answer
Japan was finished as a naval power.
question
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in...?
answer
the Battle of the Bulge.
question
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General...?
answer
Dwight Eisenhower.
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