Chapter 23 & 24 Test – Flashcards
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What were the Four Freedoms articulated by FDR in a 1941 speech?
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Speech, worship, from want, from fear
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During the 1930s, what countries did fascism and militarism develop in?
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Italy, Germany, Japan
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As a result of the Munich Conference (1938), to which Czechoslovakia was not invited, Britain and France accepted what action taken by Germany?
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Have Sudetenland in return for his promise that he would seek no more territory
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By 1940, all of the following countries had fallen to Germany EXCEPT
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Britain
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The "Great Debate" discussed in Ch. 23 of the textbook refers to what issue?
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Overt aggression in Africa, Europe, Asia; nation's relationship with outside world
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When Japan invaded China in 1937, FDR ignored what law to offer loans to the Chinese?
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Neutrality Act
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The most visible spokesman for the America First Committee was Charles Lindbergh. The America First Committee opposed FDRs efforts to do what?
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Comply with Neutrality Act and offering loans to Chinese
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Who was the determined war-time leader of Great Britain during WWII?
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Winston Churchill
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The United States entered WWII immediately after what attack?
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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One-third of Japanese Americans _______ to demonstrate their loyalty to the US
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Joined armed services
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The communist movement in China during WWII was led by whom?
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Chiang Kai-shek
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To coordinate morale-boosting efforts and generate support for the war effort, FDR created the...
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office of war info
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The heroic symbol of the woman war worker during WWII was...
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Rosie the Riveter
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FDR created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to ensure equal pay for...
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blacks and women
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The "Double V" among African-Americans during WWII referred to
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their fight for complete emancipation
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What racial group had the highest per capita enlistments during WWII?
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Native Americans
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What does the D-Day in WWII refer to?
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The day in which a military operation begins
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When President Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly in 1945, he was succeeded by...
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Harry S. Truman
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All of the following were conquered by WWII Japan EXCEPT which?
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Australia
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The estimates of world-wide deaths in WWII vary widely, but what figure does the textbook give?
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60 million
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Which combatant country in WWII escaped physical destruction?
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United States
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At the end of WWII, the US possessed 6 percent of the world's population, but controlled ___ of its wealth.
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50%
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The defeat in WWII of fascism and militarism encouraged the growth of what leftist ideologies?
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Communist governments in Eastern Europe
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Following WWII, violent anti-colonial movements developed in all of the following EXCEPT which?
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Indochina
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When the United Nations Security Council was formed, what nations were given a permanent seat in the Council?
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U.S.S.R, Britain, France, Chinese and United States
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After WWII the GI Bill provided veterans with all of the following economic benefits EXCEPT which one?
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retirement pensions
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With the end of WWII, women who had held men's jobs were encouraged and pressured to do what regarding the jobs they had during the war?
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return to their domestic lives
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At the end of WWII, what was the experience of returning African American veterans regarding racism?
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Racism had changed little during the war
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Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in what professional sport?
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Baseball
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In 1948, Native Americans were granted the right to vote for the first time in which states?
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New Mexico and Arizona
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What was the ruling in the Mendez v. Westminster by the U.S. Court of Appeals?
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Outlawing segregated schools for Mexican Americans in California
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According to the text, after WWII the Congress of Industrial Organization union lost some public support because many of its organizers were also followers of what political ideology?
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Leftist revolutions abroad amplified fears of communist influence in American Unions
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What did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 place restrictions on?
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Secondary Boycotts
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Who was the Father of Containment?
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George Kennan
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The influential "iron curtain" speech articulating the ideological and physical division of Europe lasting through the Cold War was given by...
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Winston Churchill
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The Truman doctrine included all of the following elements EXCEPT which?
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Counter Soviet efforts of expansion where ever they might occur
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What did the post-WWII Marshall Plan provide for to Europe?
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$13 billion to fund the European economy
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After WWII, what treaty became the first US peacetime military alliance?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Reflecting post-WWII anti-imperialism, the US granted independence to...
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Philippines
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Though some of his administration advised against it, President Truman granted recognition to the new state of _____.
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Israel
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Symbolic of the new consumerism of the early post-WWII era was the introduction of what system of payment to make purchases?
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credit card
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The third epoch of American residential history discussed in Ch. 24 began with the shift of the population from urban areas to ______.
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suburbs
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The new demographic center of the country known as the "Sunbelt" was dominated by what state?
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California
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In his presidential reelection bid in 1948, Truman made an unprecedented political stand by campaigning on a platform of support for _____ ______.
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public action
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The "Dixiecrats" discussed in Ch. 24 were led by what politician?
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Harry Truman
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The early 1950s Red Scare hysteria was whipped to a frenzy by what politician?
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Julius Rosenberg
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True or False: The Cold War spanned from the years 1945 to 1989.
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True
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True or False: Hawaii and Alaska became states in 1959.
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True
