Question 1

Black internationalism during World War II:

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d) connected the plight of black Americans to that of people of color worldwide.

Question 2

Men like Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Father Coughlin were members of the:

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c) America First committee, an isolationist group.

Question 3

The Lend-Lease Act:

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b) authorized military aid to those fighting against Germany and Japan.

Question 4

France and Britain's policy toward Germany of giving concessions in hopes of avoiding war was called:

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d) appeasement.

Question 5

The Four Freedoms:

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c) were President Roosevelt's statement of the Allied war aims.

Question 6

December 7, 1941, is known as a date that will live in infamy, referring to:

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c) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Question 7

At the Yalta conference in 1945:

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d) Stalin agreed to enter the war against the Japanese immediately.

Question 8

Executive Order 9066:

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d) authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans.

Question 9

During the 1930s, the Good Neighbor Policy:

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c) was a foreign policy based on the recognition

Question 10

The Atlantic Charter:

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a) was made between Stalin and Hitler. b) outlawed submarine warfare. c) endorsed the freedoms from want and fear. d) established the World Bank and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). e) established the United Nations.

Question 11

During World War II, African-Americans:

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a) experienced full equality before the law. b) witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws. c) served in integrated units in the armed forces. d) received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits. e) witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement.

Question 12

World War II:

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d) produced a radical redistribution of world power.

Question 13

What was the final solution?

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b) Adolf Hitler's plan to mass-exterminate undesirable peoples.

Question 14

The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

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c) remains controversial in the United States and the world.

Question 15

In 1940, the cash and carry plan:

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a) allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis.

Question 16

The GI Bill of Rights:

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b) included scholarships for education for veterans.

Question 17

Who is considered the founder of fascism?

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a) Benito Mussolini.

Question 18

D-Day refers to the:

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e) Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.

Question 19

As fascism rose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s, most Americans:

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b) supported U.S. neutrality.

Question 20

In the United States during World War II:

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a) unemployment declined, production soared, and income taxes increased.

Question 21

Women working in defense industries during the war:

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b) made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and ship building. - were told by advertisers that they were fighting for freedom

Question 22

Under the bracero program:

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c) Mexicans were encouraged to immigrate, but they were denied the right of citizenship.

Question 23

In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court:

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b) upheld the legality of Japanese internment.

Question 24

The program that began in 1942 that allowed experienced Mexican agricultural workers to cross the border to work under government labor contracts was called the:

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a) bracero program.

Question 25

The Office of War Information:

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e) used radio, film, and press to give the war an ideological meaning.

Question 26

in 1940, Franklin roosevelt

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won an unprecedented third term as president

Question 27

FDR's Four Freedoms include all of the following EXCEPT:

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freedom of enterprise

Question 28

Which group issued its own declaration of war against the Axis powers?

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the Iroquois

Question 29

the economic bill of rights was

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not passed by Congress

Question 30

which area of the United States witnessed the greatest growth during the war

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west coast

Question 31

the Fair Employment Practices Commission

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was the first...was created in 1941 in the United States to implement Executive Order 8802 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work.

Question 32

organized labor assisted in the war effort by

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Agreeing to a no strike pledge

Question 33

the double-v campaign was

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the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism.

Question 34

as fascism rose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s, most Americans

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supported US neutrality

Question 35

at Yalta the big three met for a summit. it was here that they finally agreed

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that the Soviet Union

Question 36

For most women workers, World War II:

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allowed them to make temporary gains.

Question 37

after the United States entered world war II

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Americans experienced a

Question 38

the 1944 conference at dumbarto oaks established the

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United Nations

Question 39

the zoo suit riots of 1943 highlighted

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the limits of racial tolerance

Question 40

which statement about the japanese-american internment is false

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once their loyalty was proven they were free to leave

Question 41

the four freedoms show toured the country to persuade Americans to

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buy war bonds

Question 42

Rose the Riveter

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refers to norman Rockwell's image of a female industrial laborer

Question 43

government propaganda and war films portrayed the Japanese as

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bestial and subhuman

Question 44

during the war Americans experienced

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the rationing scarce consumer goods such as gasoline

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