Question 1

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

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A)   Rome.
B)   Warsaw.
C)   Stockholm.
D)   Paris.
E)   Amsterdam.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 2

During World War II, American Indians

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A)   saw government war contracts bring a higher standard of living to many reservations.
B)   were excluded from military service.
C)   were pushed out of white society and back onto the reservations.
D)   saw war work spread to almost every Indian reservation in the United States.
E)   saw the war effort undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 3

How was the defeat of Nazi Germany organized and orchestrated? What critical reasons can be advanced to account for the Allied victory in Europe?

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Question 4

Rapid technological advances by American and British scientists in ________ and sonar greatly assisted the Allied air and sea war efforts.

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Question 5

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

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A)   to help southern African Americans move to northern cities to take war jobs.
B)   by President Roosevelt to stop black protesters from marching on the capital.
C)   after serious racial rioting broke out in several northern industrial cities.
D)   and led by A. Philip Randolph.
E)   in response to significant protests led by the Congress of Racial Equality.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 6

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

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A)   the Soviet Union.
B)   China.
C)   Great Britain.
D)   the United States.
E)   Canada.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

________, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, planned a march on Washington in 1941 for the rights of black war plant workers.

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The answer of ________, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping...

Question 8

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What steps did the federal government take to mobilize the nation for World War II?

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During World War II, the federal governm...

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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A)   centimetric radar.
B)   rocket-propelled bombs.
C)   ocean mine detection.
D)   aircraft bombers.
E)   intelligence gathering.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

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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.
D)   both put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe, and left the Soviet Union deeply embittered.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

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

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A)   the Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb.
B)   the Soviet Union announced it would not enter into war against Japan.
C)   the Japanese government announced that the United States had only one atomic bomb.
D)   the emperor of Japan asked the United States for more time to consider surrendering.
E)   the emperor of Japan declared that his country would fight to the death.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

By the end of World War II, the Pacific Coast had become the center of the American ________ industry.

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The answer of By the end of World War II,...

Question 15

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

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A)   prior to World War II beginning in Europe.
B)   before the U.S. had entered the war.
C)   as early as 1942.
D)   only in the last year of the war.
E)   only after the war was over.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

During the early part of the war, the ________ campaign tied up a considerable proportion of Allied resources and contributed to the postponement of the planned May 1943 cross-channel invasion of France.

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The answer of During the early part of the war,...

Question 18

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

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A)   the crematoria at Auschwitz.
B)   the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.
C)   the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz.
D)   both the crematories at Auschwitz and the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

During World War II, the U.S. military

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A)   used quotas to limit the number of black servicemen in the military.
B)   excluded blacks from combat duty.
C)   began to relax its practices of racial segregation.
D)   allowed blacks into all branches of the military for the first time.
E)   doubled the number of black servicemen to 200,000.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: America in a World at War

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