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The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning

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to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner.

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The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to

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the establishment of day-care centers by the government.

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Once at war, America's first great challenge was to

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Retool it's industry for all-out war production

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When the United States entered World War II in December 1941,

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a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.

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While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the

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United Mine Workers

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Which one of the following is LEAST related to the other three?

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Smith-Conally Act

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The main reason the majority, or half of women war workers left the labor force at the end of World War II was

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Family obligations

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The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime policies was

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Japanese Americans

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During World War II, the United States government commissioned the production of synthetic _________________ in order to offset the loss of access to prewar supplies in East Asia.

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Rubber

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Match each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function: A. War Production B. Office of Price C. War Labor Board D. Fair Employment Practices Commission 1. assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation facilities. 2. controlled inflation by rationing essential goods. 3. imposed ceilings on wage increases. 4. saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries.

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A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

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The general American attitude toward World War II was

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less idealistic and ideological and more practical than the outlook in World War I.

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During World War II

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labor unions substantially increased their membership.

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African Americans did all of the following during World War II EXCEPT

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Fight in integrated combat units

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In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the United States were

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a select group who was better educated than mot European immigrants.

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Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during World War II

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We're further assimilated into American society

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Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II

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as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.

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Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through

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Borrowing

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Hitler's advances in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of _______________, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

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Stalingrad

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The conquest of _________________ in 1944 was especially critical, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

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Guam

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The Allies postponed opening a secong front in Europe until 1944 because

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of British reluctance and lack of adequate resources.

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The national debt increased most during

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World War II

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The first naval battle in history in which all the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of

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The Coral Sea

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During World War II, most Americans economically experienced

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Prosperity and doubling a of personal income

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Until Spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was

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the German U-boats would destroy Allied shipping.

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By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States' African American community had shifted to

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Northern cities

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The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of

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Midway

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Roosevelt's and Churchill's insistance of the absolute and "unconditional surrender" of Germany

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eventually complicated the problems of postwar reconstruction.

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The northward migration of African Americans accelerated after World War II because

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mechanical cotton pickers came into use.

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During World War II, American Indians

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moved off reservations in large numbers.

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The Japanese made a crucial mistake in 1942 in their attempt to control much of the Pacific when they

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overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains.

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In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of

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"island hopping" across the South pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds.

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As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf

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Japan was finished as a naval power

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Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B) Casablanca, (C) Teheran.

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B, C, A

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Who died on April 30, 1945?

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Adolf Hitler

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Who died on April 12, 1945?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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In a sense, Franklin Roosevelt was the "forgotten man" at the Democratic Convention in 1944 because

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so much attention was focused on who would gain the vice presidency.

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Where was the final Japanese surrender conducted on September 2, 1945?

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On the USS Missouri

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After the Italian surrender in August 1943,

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the German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance.

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The Potsdam conference

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issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed.

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At the wartime Teheran Conference,

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plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe.

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The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General

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Dwight Eisenhower

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The spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that

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the Germans might acquire such a weapon first.

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Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) V-J Day, (B) V-E Day, (C) D Day, (D) Invasion of Italy.

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D, C, B, A

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The real impact of the Italian front on World War II may have been that it

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delayed the D-Day invasion and allowed the Soviet Union to advance further into Eastern Europe.

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Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because

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The war was going well

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Which of the following was NOT among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?

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a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation

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The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was

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the overthrow of Mussolini and Italy's unconditional surrender.

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The "unconditional surrender" policy toward Japan was finally modified by

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agreeing to let the Japanese keep Emperor Hirohito on the throne.

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What two cities in Japan were atomic bombs dropped on by the United States?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Hitler's last ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in

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The Battle of the Bulge

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President Roosevelt's promise to the Soviets to open a second front in western Europe by the end of 1942

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Was utterly impossible to keep

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