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What was the name of the organization isolationists formed in 1940 to keep the United States out of the European war?

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America First Committee

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This graph, which compares government defense spending and government spending for civilian purposes from 1920 to 1980, supports which statement?

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Defense spending spiked significantly during World War II and dropped quickly thereafter.

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How did many Americans supplement their food budgets and daily diets during World War II?

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By planting "victory gardens"

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What did Churchill and Roosevelt agree to do for Stalin at the Tehran conference in November 1943?

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Open up a second front against Germany

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Which nation struggled under the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles following World War I?

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Germany

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Why did American employers begin to hire women and African Americans during the early 1940s, when they had previously refused to do so?

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Military mobilization created a shortage of white male workers.

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Why did California's population grow more than that of any other state during World War II?

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As the center of defense production for the Pacific war, it had many jobs.

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Who became President of the United States after Franklin Roosevelt died suddenly on April 12, 1945?

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Harry Truman

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Which action was part of the government's mobilization for war in World War II?

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Spending that dwarfed New Deal programs

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Which battle in the European theater of operations produced three times the casualty rate for the Soviet Union compared to the casualties suffered by the Americans and British at D-Day?

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Battle of Kursk

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Which expression of popular culture particularly reinforced the connections between the home front and the war effort?

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Movies

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The Japanese surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Fascists who took power in the 1930s created centralized, authoritarian states and rejected

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individual rights.

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The United States brought tens of thousands of Mexican contract laborers into the United States during World War II for what reason?

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To meet wartime labor demands

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Which federal agency strove to disseminate information and promote patriotism during World War II?

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Office of War Information

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Which three nations were the "Big Three" among the coalition known as the Allies during World War II?

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Great Britain, Soviet Union, and United States

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This cartoon, depicting Charles Lindbergh standing on a soapbox labeled "fascism" and looking up at Lady Liberty, was published in the New York Post in October 1941. What attitude does the cartoonist apparently have about Lindbergh at this point in time?

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Americans should not take Lindbergh seriously.

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Why did Democratic Party leaders drop Vice President Henry Wallace from the presidential ticket in the election of 1944?

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They feared his support for labor and civil rights might alienate moderate voters.

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In early 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to evacuate what group of Americans from the West Coast and place them in internment camps?

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Japanese

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What was the result of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?

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Galvanized the American public into a determination to fight

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What defense contractor was known as the "Miracle Man" for his achievements in shipbuilding during World War II?

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Henry Kaiser

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Why did many American automobile owners have to put their cars in storage during World War II?

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Rubber shortages made it increasingly difficult for them to buy tires.

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What prevented the United States from relaxing its immigration standards in order to grant asylum to a larger number of Jewish refugees in the late 1930s and early 1940s?

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Anti-Semitic attitudes

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What empowered black leaders in the United States to organize the Double V campaign after World War II began?

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Wartime rhetoric about the need to fight for freedom against Nazi anti-Semitism and aggression

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Which U.S. state experienced the largest share of wartime migration between 1941 and 1945?

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California

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American naval forces halted the Japanese offensive against Australia in the May 1942 in what battle?

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The Coral Sea

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Which of the following policies expressed the increasing isolationism in the U.S. Congress in the 1930s?

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The Neutrality Act of 1935

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Which piece of legislation gave Franklin D. Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort?

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The War Powers Act

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Increased racial tensions and the outbreak of race riots in more than a hundred cities in 1943 were caused by what factor?

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Competition for housing and jobs between whites and blacks

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What was the major turning point in World War II in Europe?

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The Soviet halting of the German offensive at Stalingrad

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Why did the German legislature, the Reichstag, grant Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers in 1933?

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He promised to deal with the economic crisis.

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Which female military volunteers served close to the battle fronts during World War II?

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Nurses

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Which statements describe the status of gays and lesbians in military settings during World War II?

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Military gays and lesbians found one another but hid their sexuality from authorities.

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Which of the following played a critical role in Americans' successful creation of an atomic bomb during World War II?

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European refugee scientists

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What was the term used for the antidemocratic movement, spawned by the Great Depression, which developed in Italy during the 1920s and then spread to Japan, Germany, and Spain?

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Fascism

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Which statement describes the experience of women in the workforce during World War II?

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Wartime work was a bittersweet experience for women.

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What did the Los Angeles City Council do to address the crisis caused by the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943?

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Passed an ordinance outlawing the wearing of zoot suits

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American physicists' secret work to produce an atomic bomb during World War II was known by what name?

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The Manhattan Project

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Which group of Americans did the American army segregate during World War II?

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African Americans

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Which members of the Japanese American population were exempt from internment?

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Residents of the Hawaiian Islands

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Where did the German armies mount their final offensive in Europe in December of 1944?

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Belgium

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Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's opponent in the 1940 presidential election?

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Wendell Willkie

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In 1943, Congress overrode President Franklin Roosevelt's veto of the Smith-Connally Labor Act, which allowed the president to prohibit strikes in defense industries and had what other provision?

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Forbade political contributions by unions

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What historical development helped fascism gain popularity in some parts of Europe and Japan in the 1930s?

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The Great Depression

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How would photos like this one of women installing fixtures in the tail fuselage of a B-17 bomber reassure Americans who had concerns about women's participation in the industrial workforce during World War II?

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Although they are wearing pants, the women still look feminine.

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Which act allowed the United States to sell arms to countries that could not afford to pay cash for them?

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Lend-Lease Act

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Individuals associated with which of the following groups made up the majority of American isolationists in the late 1930s?

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Conservatives

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The program that assisted veterans returning from World War II with education, job training, housing, and medical care was known as the

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GI Bill of Rights.

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Which of the following was true of the racial and ethnic tensions that manifested in the United States during World War II?

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Racial and ethnic conflicts complicated an otherwise calm home front.

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Why did working-class teens in Los Angeles and elsewhere take up the zoot-suit style of Mexican American youths during World War II?

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To emphasize their rejection of middle-class values

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Women who joined the army were known as what?

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WACs

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Which piece of legislation gave Franklin D. Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort?

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The War Powers Act

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Which expression of popular culture particularly reinforced the connections between the home front and the war effort?

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Movies

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Which group of Americans did the American army segregate during World War II?

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African Americans

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In early 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to evacuate what group of Americans from the West Coast and place them in internment camps?

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Japanese

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What did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt articulate in issuing the Atlantic Charter in 1941?

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The ideological foundation of the Western cause in World War II

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How did most Americans react when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, starting World War II?

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With strong support for the Allied side but no desire to enter the war

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Why did President Franklin Roosevelt increase sanctions against Japan in the summer of 1941?

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Its invasion of Indochina

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What was the name of the organization isolationists formed in 1940 to keep the United States out of the European war?

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America First Committee

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What defense contractor was known as the "Miracle Man" for his achievements in shipbuilding during World War II?

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Henry Kaiser

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Which of the following conclusions is supported by the data in this graph?

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The New Deal increased the level of nondefense spending, which remained large thereafter.

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Which female military volunteers served close to the battle fronts during World War II?

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Nurses

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Which statement describes American women's impact on the industrial workforce during World War II?

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They made up a greater proportion of the workforce than before the war.

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In a 1987 interview, Tina Hill, an African American woman who had worked in an aircraft factory in California during World War II, said, "Well, my sister always said. . . 'Hitler was the one that got us out of the white folks' kitchen.'" Hill's sister said this because she believed which of the following?

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That America's involvement in World War II had led to new economic opportunities for black women

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Why did the relocation of Japanese Americans in 1942 take place?

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Prejudice against Japanese Americans made the government doubt their loyalty.

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What did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt articulate in issuing the Atlantic Charter in 1941?

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The ideological foundation of the Western cause in World War II

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How did most Americans react when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, starting World War II?

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With strong support for the Allied side but no desire to enter the war

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What role did American popular media serve for the public during World War II?

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It reinforced the connections between the home front and troops overseas.

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How did the nation's defense mobilization affect the daily lives of every American after 1942?

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Federal agencies subjected almost every consumer item to rationing or regulation.

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Which statement describes the impact of labor unions' activities during World War II?

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Their policies assisted the government war effort.

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Which statement describes race relations in the United States during World War II?

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Racial hostility led to violent race riots in many cities.

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Why did President Franklin Roosevelt agree to issue Executive Order 8802, which prohibited racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries and government jobs?

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Black leaders threatened to stage a large march on Washington if he failed to address the issue.

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Which phenomena facilitated the emergence of gay and lesbian communities in cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Buffalo during the World War II years?

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Wartime migration

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How would photos like this one of women installing fixtures in the tail fuselage of a B-17 bomber reassure Americans who had concerns about women's participation in the industrial workforce during World War II?

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Although they are wearing pants, the women still look feminine.

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The program that assisted veterans returning from World War II with education, job training, housing, and medical care was known as the

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GI Bill of Rights.

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