Deck 26: Americas Rise to Globalism

Question 1

The chapter introduction tells the story of Hawaiian pipefitter John Garcia to make the point that

A) the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was used as justification for interning Japanese Americans.
B) Mexican Americans made significant gains in acceptance because of their contribution to the war effort.
C) the attack on Hawaii and subsequent global war taught Americans that they could not be isolated from the perils of the rest of the world.
D) tragically, it now appears that U.S. entry into World War II could have been avoided if Roosevelt had been less preoccupied with Europe.

Answer 1

the attack on Hawaii and subsequent global war taught Americans that they could not be isolated from the perils of the rest of the world.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the Baltic states?

A) Romania
B) Latvia
C) Estonia
D) Lithuania

Answer 2

Romania

Question 3

The Southeast Asia state known as French Indochina is today known as

A) Indonesia.
B) Vietnam.
C) Cambodia.
D) Laos.

Answer 3

Vietnam.

Question 4

Concerning the background to the Pearl Harbor attack, which of the following statements is true?

A) Right up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt was one of the country's most
Outspoken isolationists.
B) The text ultimately explains the coming of war with Japan by showing how each side came to understand the other's intentions.
C) Clear evidence now exists that President Franklin Roosevelt knew about and even encouraged the
Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941.
D) Before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. provided substantial military aid to the British and Russians.

Question 5

Concerning the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A) Because of American outrage over Pearl Harbor, both Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agreed
that the Pacific war against Japan would be their priority military objective.
B) Ironically, American unity forged by the disastrous loss at Pearl Harbor made the Allied defeat of
Germany possible.
C) Misreading of each other's cultural character and likely behavior explain both Japan's successful
surprise attack and America's decisive response.
D)Pearl Harbor was just the first in a series of Japanese victories that by summer 1942 led to Japanese
control over most of the western Pacific, as well as the eastern edge of the Asian mainland.

Question 6

Which Soviet city was NOT being threatened by Nazi forces by the end of summer in 1942?

A) Leningrad
B) Stalingrad
C) Vladivostok
D) Moscow

Question 7

After Allied forces in North Africa were halted at the Kasserine Pass, which general regrouped them and masterminded an impressive string of victories?

A) Eisenhower
B) Patton
C) Montgomery
D) Rommel

Question 8

Which of the following does NOT describe an aspect of the impact of World War II on American society?

A) It brought recovery from the stagnation and unemployment of the Great Depression.
B) Military life served as a melting pot, as well as taking Americans far from home.
C) Women and minorities felt resentment at being barred from military service.
D) Women found new economic opportunities despite little change in gender attitudes.

Question 9

Which statement regarding the "miracle" of war production is most accurate?

A) War production rested on the conversion of peacetime industries, so overall economic output grew
Very little.
B) Both corporate profits and personal incomes rose, though more-flexible smaller firms and wealthier individuals gained the most.
C) Worker productivity increased, due more to new job opportunities after a long depression than to any commitment to the war effort.
D) U.S. achievements in war production proved as important to the Allied victory as success on the battlefield.

Question 10

What happened to the New Deal during the war?

A) Since wartime spending brought recovery, neither Roosevelt nor Congress thought the New Deal was needed anymore.
B) Since "Dr. New Deal" had become "Dr. Win-the-War," there was little political interest in domestic
Legislation.
C) An anti-New Deal coalition moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political environment.
D Although cloaked in wartime labels, several additional New Deal-style agencies were in fact created to . provide relief, recovery, and reform.

Question 11

Roosevelt established the ________, similar to the agency Wilson had created during World War I, to ease tensions between business and labor and end labor strife.

A) War Labor Board
B) National Labor Relations Board
C) War Labor Relations Board
D) National War Labor Board

Question 12

General MacArthur did in fact make his prophetic return to the Philippines on October 1944, when he splashed ashore on the island of

A) Lagen.
B) Luzon.
C) Latuan.
D) Leyte.

Question 13

Winston Churchill's vision for the postwar world

A) stressed the balance of power to check the Soviets, and resisted ending colonial empires.
B) placed first priority on reviving a strong international organization to achieve collective security.
C) sought expansive advantages to guarantee security for his own nation, based on suspicions about his
Two Allied counterparts.
D) imagined the continuation of the Grand Alliance into the postwar world as "Policemen" of world peace and order.

Question 14

The text portrays the key agreements at the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin Yalta Conference of 1945 as

A) a one-sided diplomatic victory for the Americans-until the Soviets broke their pledges.
B) a sellout and betrayal of American ideals and interests by a naive and ill President Roosevelt.
C) a series of compromises and U.S. concessions, relying on Soviet cooperation for fulfillment.
Da diplomatic stalemate: There was no agreement, because the U.S. sought maximum territorial control . and the Soviets wanted a new collective security organization.

Question 15

The vast majority of Nazi Germany's war casualties occurred

A) on the Eastern Front.
B) in the hedgerows in France.
C) in Italy, in trying to halt the southern advance.
D) while defending German soil.

Question 16

Between December 1941 and March 1945, at least 15.3 million people had changed their ________ of residence.

Question 17

Because of Anglo hostility toward Latinos focused on pachucos, the Los Angeles city council passed an ordinance making it a crime to wear a ________.

Question 18

What steps did the Roosevelt administration take to maximize war production?

Question 19

What did the Germans, British, and French agree to at Munich in 1938?

Question 20

What steps did the government take to ease discrimination against minorities in war industries?

Question 21

What reasons did the government have for placing Japanese Americans in relocation centers?

Question 22

How did conservatives attempt to limit New Deal programs and liberal reform during the war?

Question 23

How did the government try to limit labor unrest during the war?

Question 24

What are the major reasons given for the decision to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Question 25

Discuss the three events you consider most important in drawing the United States into World War II.

Question 26

Describe the major war aims of the Allied Powers.

Question 27

Explain why the battles at Midway, El Alamein, and Stalingrad were turning points in the war.

Question 28

Why did the United States fail to take steps to help Europe's Jews during the Holocaust?

Question 29

Compare the treatment of Italian Americans with that of Japanese Americans during World War II. How do you account for the differences?

Question 30

Explain what you think were the government's least and most effective responses to the problems of war production.

Question 31

How did the war change the attitudes of women and minorities toward their status in American society?

Question 32

How did political debate during the war reflect issues that had arisen during the New Deal?
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