Deck 8: 1941-1947: War and Peace

Question 1

During World War II, most Americans did not view the Japanese and the Germans as being "evil."

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The attack on Pearl Harbor united U.S. opinion in favor of war.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During World War II, the U.S. government established a war economy designed to produce profits for U.S. businesses.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

During World War II, employers were happy to hire women to perform tasks traditionally reserved for men.

Question 5

The new roles that opened up for women during World War II proved permanent.

Question 6

During World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court frequently defended the rights of unpopular groups.

Question 7

Labor unions did not strike during World War II.

Question 8

Roosevelt won his most sweeping election victory in the 1944 presidential election.

Question 9

World War II effected lasting changes in the role of the federal government.

Question 10

World War II benefited small businesses.

Question 11

During the war, what was Roosevelt's dilemma concerning organized labor, and how did he solve it?

Question 12

What affect did World War II have on U.S. businesses?

Question 13

Should the United States have entered World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Question 14

What best describes U.S. businesses' relationship to the government during World War II?

A) Antagonistic
B) Compliant
C) Subsumed
D) Cooperative

Question 15

The number of women employed by the defense industry increased by what percent between 1940 and 1945?

A) 100
B) 245
C) 310
D) 460

Question 16

How many women lost their jobs between 1944 and 1946?

A) 1 million
B) 2 million
C) 4 million
D) 10 million

Question 17

Which of the following groups belonged to the "New Deal coalition"?

A) Southern white farmers
B) The middle class
C) Blue-collar workers
D) All of the above

Question 18

What did the "Double V" campaign call for?

A) Victory over Germany and Japan
B) The end of racial discrimination in the U.S.
C) The continuation of women's gains during the war
D) All of the above

Question 19

What U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawed white-only primaries?

A) Smith v. Allwright
B) Roe v. Wade
C) Brown v. Board of Education
D) Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 20

How many African-Americans served in the U.S. military by the fall of 1944?

A) 300,000
B) 700,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 1,500,000

Question 21

A race riot broke out in Detroit in what year?

A) 1942
B) 1943
C) 1944
D) 1945

Question 22

How many Americans were imprisoned for refusing to participate in the war?

A) 5,500
B) 10,500
C) 15,500
D) 20,500

Question 23

Why were Japanese-Americans vulnerable during World War II?

A) Few adult Japanese-Americans were citizens who could vote
B) Most Japanese-Americans born in the U.S. were too young to vote
C) There were relatively few Japanese-Americans
D) All of the above

Question 24

The expenditures of the federal government increased from $9 billion in 1940 to what in 1945?

A) $24 billion
B) $53 billion
C) $79 billion
D) $98 billion

Question 25

What was the peak of daily expenditures on the war?

A) $90 million
B) $120 million
C) $250 million
D) $325 million

Question 26

Who was FDR's running mate in 1944?

A) Harry Truman
B) Adlai Stevenson
C) Henry A. Wallace
D) Joseph McCarthy

Question 27

In 1946, the Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time since what year?

A) 1896
B) 1912
C) 1920
D) 1928

Question 28

What year saw a greater number of strikes than ever before in U.S. history?

A) 1944
B) 1945
C) 1946
D) 1947

Question 29

Who was Martha Graham?

A) An actress
B) A journalist
C) A women's-rights activist
D) A dancer

Question 30

World War II increased membership in trade unions by approximately what percent?

A) 10
B) 50
C) 75
D) 100

Question 31

What did the GI Bill of Rights promise veterans?

A) A bonus
B) Money to pay for education
C) Loans
D) All of the above

Question 32

Which of the following New Deal agencies did Congress not dismantle during the war?

A) Works Progress Administration
B) The Import-Export Bank
C) The Civilian Conservation Corps
D) The Nation Youth Administration

Question 33

Executive Order 8802 related to what?

A) The war
B) Organized labor
C) Civil rights
D) Women's rights

Question 34

Talk About:
-Congress on Racial Equality

Question 35

Talk About:
-GI Bill

Question 36

Talk About:
-Harry Truman

Question 37

Talk About:
-Office of Civilian Defense

Question 38

Talk About:
-Office of War Information Answer : Agency that helped entice women to work into the defense industry

Question 39

Talk About:
-OPA

Question 40

Talk About:
-relocation centers

Question 41

Talk About:
-Rosie the Riveter

Question 42

Talk About:
-Selective Service Act

Question 43

Talk About:
-Smith v. Allwright

Question 44

Talk About:
-Taft-Hartley Act

Question 45

Talk About:
-voluntary cooperation

Question 46

Talk About:
-War Manpower Commission

Question 47

Talk About:
-War Production Board

Question 48

In what ways did World War II transform American society?

Question 49

Was the suppression and demonization of communism and communists following World War II consistent with American ideals of freedom and liberty?