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In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

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mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

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In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was

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Chester Nimitz.

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The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

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marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.

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The Battle of Midway in 1942

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All these answers are correct.

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After 1943, the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from

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Australia and New Zealand.

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During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was

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George Marshall.

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In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was

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the Soviet Union.

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In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on

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fighting in North Africa and southern Europe.

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In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

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Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.

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In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade

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Sicily.

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During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was

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Italy.

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The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

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All these answers are correct.

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The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

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as early as 1942.

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During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

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None of these answers is correct.

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Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

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refused to accept large numbers of refugees.

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Between 1939 and 1945, the federal budget of the United States

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rose over ten-fold.

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During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the

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West.

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During World War II, the labor force of the United States

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saw 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces.

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During World War II, organized labor in the United States

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won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers.

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Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?

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"Wildcat" strikes were the most common.

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The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

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All these answers are correct.

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Over the course of World War II, inflation in the United States

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was much less serious a problem than it had been during World War I.

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In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

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automatic payroll deductions.

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During World War II, the War Production Board

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favored large over small contractors.

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During World War II, the National Defense Research Committee

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was headed by a scientist who was a pioneer in the development of the computer.

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During World War II, the effectiveness of German U-boats and underwater mines was greatly reduced by the development of

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All these answers are correct.

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During World War II, Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in

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rocket-propelled bombs

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During World War II, the Allied development of the Gee navigation system

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used electronic pulses to plot course locations.

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All of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the

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creation of the Purple machine for coded communications.

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During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

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by President Roosevelt to stop black protesters from marching on the capital.

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During World War II, the U.S. military

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began to relax its practices of racial segregation.

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During World War II, American Indians

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saw the war effort undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions.

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In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which

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admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time.

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The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

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led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.

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In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

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there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk.

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All of the following statements regarding the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II are true EXCEPT that

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the United States government has never admitted wrongdoing.

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During World War II, Chinese Americans

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All these answers are correct.

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During World War II, American women who worked outside the home

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tended to be older than women who worked in the past.

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During World War II, in the United States, all of the following social indicators experienced a rise in their rate of occurrence EXCEPT

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high school enrollment.

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During World War II, American shoppers

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faced many shortages of consumer goods.

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Most employed women during the war worked in

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the service sector.

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During World War II, the United States military services

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quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships.

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During World War II, Congress abolished the

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CCC and WPA.

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A significant issue in the 1944 election was

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the domestic economy.

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In the 1944 elections,

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Democrats increased their control of the House.

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All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that

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the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel.

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In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

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Paris.

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In February 1945, an Allied bombing attack on Dresden, Germany

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All these answers are correct.

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The Battle of the Bulge

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ended serious German resistance in the west.

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In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

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to wait for the Russian army to arrive.

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In February 1944, American naval forces won a series of victories in the Marshall Islands, under the command of

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Chester Nimitz.

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The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

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was the largest naval engagement in history.

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The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of

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Iwo Jima.

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In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included

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All these answers are correct.

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In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

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Nazi Germany.

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All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT that

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Albert Einstein was in charge of the development program.

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The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in

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Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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Prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan, President Harry Truman

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issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation.

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The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after

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the Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb.

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The Japanese surrender to the United States

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All these answers are correct.

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Which of the following is true of casualties in World War II?

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All these answers are correct.

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Despite the power of prewar isolationism, there was a large degree of unity once the United States was involved in World War II.

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True

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In June 1942, the United States gained control of the central Pacific with the Battle of Midway.

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True

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Britain and the Soviet Union were not in agreement on where to strike at the Nazis.

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True

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The Soviet Union favored the Allied African campaign as a way to divert German resources from the eastern front.

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False

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The Allied invasion of Sicily led to the collapse of the Mussolini government.

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True

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The U.S. government consistently resisted calls to make an Allied effort to save Jews caught in the Holocaust.

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True

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The federal government's budget in 1945 had increased more than ten-fold from 1939.

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True

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During World War II, around 6 million Americans joined the armed forces.

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False

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World War II gave a great boost to union membership, even though the government extracted "no-strike" pledges from unions for the duration of the war.

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True

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Congress enacted a system of automatic tax withholding through payroll deductions as a wartime measure.

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True

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By the end of 1942, Allied technology had caught up with that of Germany and Japan.

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True

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The Allied introduction of an "acoustic" mine was a major advance in naval warfare.

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False

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Germany's rocket-propelled bombs caused more psychological harm than actual damage in England.

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True

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American intelligence broke the Japanese coding system prior to Pearl Harbor.

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True

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African Americans' strategy for social and economic improvement during World War II was to gain favor with the Roosevelt administration rather than make demands of it.

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False

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At the start of World War II, black leaders carried out a massive march on Washington to call attention to racial discrimination.

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False

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Native American languages were useful in American military communications.

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True

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The braceros program allowed Mexicans to enter the United States and become citizens if they agreed to work in war plants for the duration of the war.

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False

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The repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts in 1943 resulted in a flood of Chinese immigrants into the United States.

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False

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Many employers used domestic analogies to recruit women for industrial labor.

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True

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Working mothers during World War II usually relied on private child-care facilities.

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False

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The war effort led military leaders to largely ignore the presence of homosexual men and women serving in the ranks.

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False

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The 1944 presidential campaign revolved primarily around domestic, rather than foreign, policy issues.

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True

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During the 1944 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt was gravely ill.

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True

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Congress abolished both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Association during World War II.

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True

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Near the end of World War II, American, British, and Russian troops battled Nazi troops in the streets of Berlin.

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False

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Harry Truman did not know of the existence of the Manhattan Project at the time that he became president.

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True

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The United States was preparing to drop an atomic bomb on Germany when it surrendered.

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False

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The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was followed by the firebombing of Tokyo.

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False

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When President Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb he believed he was making a simple military decision.

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True

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