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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 the answers are correct A. saw the United States suffer great losses. B. was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy. C. lasted four days.

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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

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In 1942, the North African campaign against the Nazis saw

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the Americans successfully regroup from a defeat at Kasserine Pass

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In 1943, at the Casablanca Conference, 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 the answers are correct A. left the Soviet Union deeply embittered. B. put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe. C. occurred after the Soviet Union had won a significant victory in Stalingrad.

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The United States government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

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during the first years after U.S. involvement

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During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

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None of the answers are correct A. the crematoria at Auschwitz. B. the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz. C. the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz.

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In regards to 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 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 fifteen 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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Throughout World War II, in organized American labor

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"wildcat" strikes were quite common

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The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

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All the answers are correct A. was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt. B. authorized the president to seize a war factory where workers had gone on strike. C. passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers.

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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 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 ended by the development of

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All the answers are correct A. acoustic countermeasures. B. sonar. C. centrimetric radar.

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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 location

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During World War II, all of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering EXCEPT the

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creation of the Enigma 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 United States 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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In 1943, the "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

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led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suit

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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

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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 the answers are correct A. were drafted in a higher proportion than any other national group. B. received a favorable image in U.S. government propaganda. C. saw the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts.

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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 shopper

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All the answers are correct A. faced many shortages of consumer goods. B. made consumerism a powerful force in society. C. had more money to spend than they had the decade before.

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In the 1940s, swing music

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was a new form of jazz

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During World War II, the United States military services

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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

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the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channe

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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 the answers are correct A. destroyed 75% of the previously undamaged city. B. killed approximately 135,000 people. C. resulted in mostly civilian casualties.

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The Battle of the Bulge

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was the last major battle on the western front

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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

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the Battle of Iwo Jima

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

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All the answers are correct A. sending thousands of pilots on suicide missions. B. nighttime attacks by Japanese troops against American lines. C. the loss of over 100,000 Japanese lives at Okinawa

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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

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Albert Einstein was in charge of the program

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In 1945, the first atomic explosion in history took place 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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In August 1945, the primary reason the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan was because

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the Japanese did not immediately surrender after the first bomb was dropped

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In 1945, the Japanese surrender to the United States

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All the answers are correct A. was announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped. B. was formally signed on the American battleship Missouri. C. occurred on September 2, 1945

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Casualties in World War II

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All the answers are correct A. saw fourteen million combatants die. B. saw more than one million Americans killed or wounded. C. were relatively light in the United States compared to those of other countries

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