Ch. 36 Test 2011-05-27
America in World War II, 1941-1945
- 1.Short-answer: What were the arguments for and against the Japanese American relocation camps used in World War II? Do you agree with the textbook authors that these camps were unnecessary and unfair? Why or why not?
- 2.Short-answer: In what ways did the United States emerge from World War II fundamentally changed? Consider national power, economic health, and the home front.
- 3.Do you believe the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was the proper one? Why or why not?
- 4.As World War II began for the United States in 1941, President Roosevelt
- A.
Led a seriously divided nation into the conflict
- B.
Endorsed the same king of government persecution of German-Americans as Wilson had in World War I
- C.
Called the American people to the same kind of idealistic crusade with the same rehtoric that Wilson had used in World War I
- D.
Decided to concenetrate first on war in Europe and to place the Pacific war on hold
- 5.Once at war, America’s first great challenge was to
- A.
Pass a conscription law
- B.
Raise an army and navy
- C.
Extend aid to the Soviet Union
- D.
Develop atomic weapons
- E.
Retool its industry for all-out war productions
- 6.Japanese-Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II
- A.
Due to numerous acts of sabotage
- B.
In retaliation for the placement of Americans in concentration camps by the Japanese
- C.
As a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear
- D.
Because many were loyal to Japan
- E.
All of the above
- 7.The minority group most adversely affected by Washington’s wartime policies was
- A.
German-Americans
- B.
Blacks
- C.
Japanese-Americans
- D.
American communists
- E.
Italian-Americans
- 8.When the United States entered World War II in December 1941
- A.
It took nearly two years for the country to unite
- B.
The conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy
- C.
The government repudiated the Atlantic Charter
- D.
A majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.
- 9.The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to
- A.
Equal pay for men and women
- B.
A greater percentage of American women in war industries than anywhere else in the world
- C.
The establishment of day-care centers by the government
- D.
A reduction in employment for black males
- 10.Checkbox question: Check all that apply: African-Americans did all of the following during World War II:
- 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 (CORE)
- E.
Serve in the Army Air Corps
- 11.Big-government intervention received its greatest boost from
- A.
The New Deal
- B.
World War II
- C.
The Depression
- D.
World War I
- E.
The Cold War
- 12.The northward migration of African-Americans accelerated after World War II because
- A.
The southern system of sharecropping was declared illegal
- B.
Latinos had replaced blacks in the work force
- C.
Mechanical cotton pickers came into use
- D.
The South made it clear that they were not wanted
- 13.During World War II, American Indians
- A.
Demanded that President Roosevelt end discrimination in defense industries
- B.
Rarely enlisted in the armed forces
- C.
Moved south to replace African-American laborers
- D.
Moved off reservations in large numbers
- 14.By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States’ African-American community had shifted to
- A.
Florida and the Carolinas
- B.
Southern cities
- C.
The Pacific Northwest
- D.
Midwestern small towns
- E.
Northern cities
- 15.The national debt increased most during
- A.
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
- B.
Herbert Hoover’s administration
- C.
World War II.
- D.
World War I.
- E.
The 1920s
- 16.Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through
- A.
Tariff collections
- B.
Excise taxes on luxury goods
- C.
Raising income taxes
- D.
Voluntary contributions
- E.
Government borrowing
- 17.The first naval battle in history in which all the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of
- A.
Leyte Gulf
- B.
The Java Sea
- C.
The Coral Sea
- D.
Iwo Jima
- 18.The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of
- A.
Leyte Gulf
- B.
Bataan and Corregidor
- C.
Midway
- D.
Tehran
- 19.In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of
- A.
Heavy bombing from Chinese air bases
- B.
Invading Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia
- C.
Fortifying China by transporting supplies from India over the Himalayan “hump.”
- D.
“leapfrogging” across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds.
- E.
Turning the Japanese flanks in New Guinea and Alaska
- 20.The conquest of________________was especially important, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.
- A.
Guadalcanal
- B.
Wake Island
- C.
New Guinea
- D.
Okinawa
- E.
Marianas Islands, including Guam
- 21.Hitler’s advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ________________, after which his fortunes gradually declined.
- A.
The Bulge
- B.
Stalingrad
- C.
Monte Cassino
- D.
Britain
- E.
El Alamein
- 22.Checkbox: Check ALL that apply: The Allies won the Battle of the Atlantic by doing all of the following:
- A.
Escorting convoys of merchants' vessels
- B.
Organizing Allied "wolf packs" to chase down German U-boats
- C.
Dropping depth charges from destroyers
- D.
Bombing submarine bases
- E.
Deploying the new technology of radar
- 23.The Allies postponed opening a second front in Europe until 1944 because
- A.
They hoped that Germany and the Soviet Union would cripple each other
- B.
Men and material were needed more urgently in the Pacific
- C.
The Soviet Union requested a delay until it could join the campaign
- D.
They believed that North Africa was more strategically vital
- E.
Of British reluctance and lack of adequate shipping
- 24.The Allied demand for unconditional surrender was criticized by those who believed that such surrender would encourage the enemy to resist as long as possible
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill announced at their wartime conference in Casablanca that their principal war aim was to
- A.
Destroy the last remnants of European imperialism
- B.
Promote the national independence of all European nations
- C.
Contain the postwar power of the Soviet Union
- D.
Force the unconditional surrender of both Germany and Japan.
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