Deck 23: Global Conflict: World War Ii, 1937-1945

Question 1

The __________ Act required all foreign-born residents to be registered and fingerprinted.

A) Smith
B) Jones
C) Wilson
D) Mann

Answer 1

Smith

Question 2

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor __________.

A) only destroyed a few ships and planes
B) was not a surprise to FDR
C) destroyed most of the U.S. Pacific fleet
D) destroyed all of the U.S. aircraft carriers

Answer 2

destroyed most of the U.S. Pacific fleet

Question 3

The Axis Pact linked Italy and __________.

A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Germany
D) Austria

Answer 3

Germany

Question 4

What finally led France and Britain to declare war on Germany?

A) the invasion of France
B) the seizure of Czechoslovakia
C) the annexation of Austria
D) the invasion of Poland

Question 5

In February 1942, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which __________.

A) provided low-interest loans to Great Britain
B) extended Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union
C) banned racial discrimination in defense industry hiring
D) authorized the internment of Japanese Americans

Question 6

The genocidal murder of __________ Jews during World War II is known as the Holocaust.

A) 700,000
B) 2 million
C) 6 million
D) 20 million

Question 7

The war set off a large migration to __________.

A) Canada
B) northern industrial cities
C) the rural South
D) the mountain states

Question 8

In his "Four Freedoms" speech, FDR __________.

A) compared the Soviet Union and Germany
B) declared war on Germany and Japan
C) argued in favor of American neutrality
D) pledged his support for England against the Nazis

Question 9

In 1935, __________ invaded Ethiopia.

A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) France

Question 10

Which of the following was true of the internment of Japanese Americans?

A) Families were given no more than a week's notice to leave their homes.
B) Only about 10 percent of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were interned.
C) The U.S. government never admitted that internment was wrong.
D) Internment was ruled unconstitutional in 1945.

Question 11

During the 1930s, American leaders tried to __________.

A) forge an alliance with Japan
B) contain Japan's expansion in Asia
C) foment civil war in Japan
D) convince China to declare war on Japan

Question 12

FDR and __________ developed a joint declaration known as the Atlantic Charter.

A) Joseph Stalin
B) Harry Truman
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) Winston Churchill

Question 13

In the spring and summer of 1938, Hitler annexed __________ to the Third Reich.

A) Poland
B) Spain
C) Portugal
D) Austria

Question 14

In exchange for Hitler's promise not to seek additional territory, France and Britain agreed to __________.

A) allow Germany to invade Poland
B) Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland
C) pay Germany $100 million
D) allow Germany to rearm

Question 15

The bracero program __________.

A) accelerated the deportation of illegal immigrants
B) brought Mexican agricultural workers to California
C) encouraged Mexican nationals to join the U.S. army
D) was challenged in court by Mexican-Americans

Question 16

What did FDR call the day that would "live in infamy"?

A) D-Day
B) the attack on Pearl Harbor
C) the invasion of Poland
D) the annexation of Austria

Question 17

The America First Committee __________.

A) urged Americans to prepare for war
B) opposed U.S. intervention in Europe
C) called on America to ally itself with Nazi Germany
D) was repudiated by famed aviator Charles Lindbergh

Question 18

How did Hitler and Mussolini respond to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War?

A) They sent aid to the Republican forces.
B) They sent aid to the forces of General Francisco Franco.
C) They remained neutral.
D) They sent aid to both sides.

Question 19

In the mid-1930s, the overwhelming majority of Americans __________.

A) thought it was time for the country to prepare for war
B) supported Hilter and the Nazis
C) opposed intervention in foreign conflicts
D) were eager for the United States to acquire new colonies

Question 20

In 1939, with the help of __________, Germany invaded Poland.

A) the Soviet Union
B) Austria
C) Italy
D) Hungary

Question 21

The United States launched a surprise air strike on June 4, 1942, sinking four Japanese carriers at the battle of __________.

A) Midway
B) Guadalcanal
C) the Coral Sea
D) Okinawa

Question 22

What was "Magic"?

A) a secret plan to invade Japan
B) an encoding and decoding process
C) the code name for the atomic bomb
D) the code name for improved radar systems

Question 23

Why was the Battle of Midway so important?

A) The U.S. victory virtually eliminated Japanese offensive capabilities.
B) The U.S. victory pushed the Japanese to the brink of surrender.
C) The Japanese victory forced the U.S. to retreat to Australia.
D) The Japanese victory facilitated further Japanese expansion in Asia.

Question 24

The long-awaited Allied invasion of __________ began on June 6, 1944.

A) France
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) Spain

Question 25

The heroic symbol(s) of the woman war worker __________.

A) were "victory girls"
B) was Lady Liberty
C) was Rosie the Riveter
D) were USO girls

Question 26

The Soviets singlehandedly forced the German army into retreat at __________ in January 1943.

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

Question 27

U.S. government censors made sure that __________.

A) only white Americans were shown in war photographs
B) no criticism of FDR was ever published
C) no news of Allied defeats ever made it into newspapers
D) no photos of badly wounded soldiers were shown to the public

Question 28

Which of the following best helps explain the extreme brutality of the war in the Pacific?

A) the absence of sustained fighting on land
B) Japanese racism
C) racism on both sides
D) American racism

Question 29

The Office of War Information ____________.

A) gathered intelligence on political dissenters
B) spied on labor unions
C) coordinated censorship initiatives
D) published casualty figures

Question 30

By January 1944, Allied forces had __________.

A) lost control of the war in the Pacific
B) been forced to retreat and regroup
C) driven the Germans out of France
D) occupied southern Italy

Question 31

After its initial successes, what was the Japanese objective in early 1942?

A) to attack the Soviet Union from the east
B) to invade the U.S. mainland
C) to occupy British India
D) to destroy what remained of the U.S. fleet

Question 32

Over the course of the war, labor union membership __________ percent.

A) grew 50
B) grew 100
C) fell 25
D) fell 50

Question 33

In addition to women and minorities, what other group of workers found new opportunities during the war?

A) disabled workers
B) elderly workers
C) child workers
D) undentured workers

Question 34

In the United States, the war __________.

A) led to increased unemployment
B) opened up new opportunities for women and minorities
C) was unpopular in the South and West
D) revealed the weakness of American industry

Question 35

Which of the following accurately characterizes the response of American officials to the Holocaust during the war?

A) They knew about it and supported it.
B) They knew about it, and did everything they could to stop it.
C) They knew nothing about it.
D) They knew about it, but tried to keep it secret.

Question 36

In April 1942, General Douglas MacArthur was driven from __________.

A) Guam
B) the Philippines
C) Hawaii
D) Okinawa

Question 37

Which of the following was a consequence of wartime scarcities?

A) increased domestic labor
B) a decline in public health
C) reduced participation of women in the workforce
D) the crippling of American industry

Question 38

The __________ language was used to transmit secret information in the Pacific theater.

A) Navajo
B) Sioux
C) Iroquois
D) Pawnee

Question 39

OWI movies portrayed the war as a crusade to __________.

A) wipe Germany off the map
B) promote Christian values
C) preserve the American way of life
D) end global imperialism

Question 40

The British and the Soviet Union disagreed about which of the following?

A) The Soviets wanted the Allies to invade France early in the war.
B) The Soviets wanted Britain to focus on North Africa first.
C) The British did not think the Soviets were doing their share of the fighting.
D) The British wanted to reach a negotiated peace with Germany

Question 41

Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan?

A) He hoped to avoid an invasion of Japan.
B) He wanted to test the weapon's impact.
C) He wanted to frighten the British.
D) He wanted to demonstrate his strength as a leader.

Question 42

Describe the rise of Nazi Germany from the late 1920s to 1940.

Question 43

How did U.S. officials respond to Nazi persecution of Jews before the war? After the war had begun?

Question 44

At the 1943 __________ conference, Roosevelt insisted that the eastern European states should be independent after the war.

A) Teheran
B) Yalta
C) Casablanca
D) Potsdam

Question 45

In 1941, __________ threatened to organize a massive march on Washington D.C.

A) W. E. B. Du Bois
B) Paul Robeson
C) A. Philip Randolph
D) Marcus Garvey

Question 46

The allied plans for dealing with Germany after the war was won were finalized by the conference at __________ in February 1945.

A) Teheran
B) Potsdam
C) Yalta
D) Casablanca

Question 47

What steps did the U.S. government take to build support for the war effort?

Question 48

Which of the following was made apparent by the Yalta conference?

A) that the British were prepared to abandon their empire
B) that separate spheres of influence would prevail after the war
C) that Stalin was desperate to compromise with the U.S.
D) that the Soviets were working on a nuclear weapon

Question 49

"Double V" referred to which of the following?

A) victory over fascism abroad and racism at home
B) victory in Europe and the Pacific
C) Winston Churchill's hand gestures for victory
D) opening a two front war against Germany

Question 50

"Victory girls" reflected which of the following?

A) the desperation of the U.S. government
B) the low morale in southern cities
C) the impact of the war on the sexual order
D) the need to draft women into the military

Question 51

FDR created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to __________.

A) ensure equal pay for blacks and women
B) control wages in vital war industries
C) help unions organize wartime labor
D) arbitrate labor disputes and prevent strikes during the war

Question 52

__________ Americans were targeted by soldiers in the 1943 zoot-suit riots.

A) Italian
B) German
C) Japanese
D) Mexican

Question 53

Discuss the opposition of the American public to intervention in Europe during the 1930s.

Question 54

Why did Roosevelt authorize the Manhattan Project?

A) to strengthen relations within the western hemisphere
B) to create strategies to increase wartime farm productivity
C) to conceptualize plans for a postwar world
D) to develop nuclear weapons