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During the first few months following American entry into World War II: |
| | A) | national opinion was sharply divided about the war. |
| | B) | national opinion was remarkably unified even though the war was going badly. |
| | C) | national opinion was initially divided but soon unified by a string of impressive victories. |
| | D) | national opinion was ambivalent and fairly uninvolved due to the so-called phony war. |
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The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in: |
| | A) | saving the Philippines from being invaded. |
| | B) | thwarting the Japanese army's drive through Burma. |
| | C) | stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific. |
| | D) | driving the last vestiges of American sea power from the Pacific. |
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3 | |
The first area to be liberated from Axis occupation by the Allies was: |
| | A) | France. |
| | B) | Sicily. |
| | C) | the Balkans. |
| | D) | North Africa. |
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The Soviet Union's position regarding the American and British campaigns in North Africa and Italy was to: |
| | A) | favor both because they tied down Axis forces. |
| | B) | oppose both because they delayed the cross-channel invasion of France. |
| | C) | oppose North Africa but favor Italy since it was closer to Germany. |
| | D) | favor North Africa but oppose Italy because it was after the Stalingrad victory. |
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With reference to World War II, the term "Holocaust" refers to: |
| | A) | Hitler's "blitzkrieg" against Poland. |
| | B) | Hitler's campaign to exterminate the Jews. |
| | C) | the American nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| | D) | the American effort to prevent Hitler's extermination of the Jews. |
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6 | |
During the war years, the federal budget: |
| | A) | decreased by 20% |
| | B) | stayed the same. |
| | C) | increased by 100%. |
| | D) | increased by 1000%. |
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Which region of the United States benefited most from wartime spending? |
| | A) | Northeast |
| | B) | Midwest |
| | C) | Plains |
| | D) | West |
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Three of the following statements accurately describe conditions of organized labor during World War II. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | Union membership increased. |
| | B) | There were no strikes, thanks to the "no-strike" pledge. |
| | C) | Congress gave the president power to seize a struck war plant. |
| | D) | The Little Steel formula set a 15 percent limit on wage increases. |
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Government efforts to raise revenue and control inflation during World War II included three of the following. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | selling war bonds |
| | B) | imposing direct price controls |
| | C) | balancing the federal budget |
| | D) | levying higher taxes on personal incomes |
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The War Production Board: |
| | A) | never gained as much power as the War Industries Board of World War I. |
| | B) | caused a failure to meet the nation's critical war needs. |
| | C) | thrived under the political and administrative savvy of Donald Nelson. |
| | D) | controlled all purchases by the nation's armed forces during the war. |
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Three of the following statements accurately describe or characterize black experiences during World War II. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | Racial segregation was abolished in the military. |
| | B) | The black migration from the rural South to industrial cities increased. |
| | C) | Black organizations displayed greater militancy in putting forth their demands. |
| | D) | Blacks had some success in influencing the federal government to reduce racial inequities. |
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The two largest groups of migrants to American cities during World War II were: |
| | A) | Japanese-Americans and African-Americans. |
| | B) | Mexican-Americans and Southern whites. |
| | C) | African-Americans and Mexican-Americans. |
| | D) | Native Americans and Chinese-Americans. |
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13 | |
The famous image of "Rosie the Riveter": |
| | A) | symbolized the erosion of some of the prejudice against women working in traditionally male jobs. |
| | B) | symbolized a permanent change in the status of working mothers in the American economy. |
| | C) | symbolized the continued categorization of women in jobs deemed appropriate for them by male bosses. |
| | D) | showed how women's work was analogized to their traditional roles in the home. |
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Which does not describe the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II? |
| | A) | The Supreme Court upheld their evacuation from the West Coast. |
| | B) | Reparations were finally paid to evacuees about forty years after the war. |
| | C) | Many of the evacuees were United States citizens. |
| | D) | Outside California, there was widespread public opposition to the internment policy. |
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The objective of the Manhattan Project was to develop: |
| | A) | the atomic bomb. |
| | B) | synthetic rubber. |
| | C) | a system of coastal defenses. |
| | D) | a system for dispersion of civilian urban populations. |
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16 | |
Harry S. Truman came to national prominence and the vice presidency through: |
| | A) | chairing an investigative committee that exposed waste and corruption in wartime production. |
| | B) | leading the southern conservative wing in Congress. |
| | C) | managing Roosevelt's renomination campaign at the Democratic convention. |
| | D) | coordinating the planning of the D-Day invasion. |
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In the final months of World War II in Europe, American and British forces: |
| | A) | pushed into the heart of Germany while Soviet troops bogged down in Poland. |
| | B) | entered Germany from the west and Soviet troops entered Germany from the east and occupied Berlin. |
| | C) | stalled along the Rhine River just outside Germany until they linked with Soviet forces. |
| | D) | rushed toward Berlin to gain a "knock-out punch" on Hitler before the Soviet troops could arrive in the capital city. |
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Chinese-American relations were seriously strained during World War II because Chiang Kaishek: |
| | A) | ordered General Joseph Stilwell to leave the country. |
| | B) | would not commit his full strength against the Japanese. |
| | C) | would not allow United States bombers to operate from Chinese soil. |
| | D) | had too-close ties with the Chinese communist forces under Mao Zedong. |
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During World War II, the Japanese word "kamikaze" referred to: |
| | A) | atomic fallout. |
| | B) | ritual disembowelment. |
| | C) | the lightning speed with which the Japanese armies swept through Southeast Asia. |
| | D) | a suicide mission in which a Japanese pilot purposely crashed his plane into an enemy ship. |
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20 | |
The Battle of Leyte Gulf: |
| | A) | demonstrated that the Japanese fleet was still strong enough to slow the potential American invasion force. |
| | B) | brought the Soviet Union into the Pacific war. |
| | C) | all but destroyed Japan's ability to continue serious naval warfare. |
| | D) | stopped Japanese advance in the central Pacific near Guam and Midway. |
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In the weeks before the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, Japanese political and military leaders: |
| | A) | were united in their determination to continue the war. |
| | B) | were united in their decision to seek peace. |
| | C) | were split with some wishing to seek peace and others wishing to continue the fight. |
| | D) | offered to surrender if they could keep control of Okinawa and Korea. |
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The key facilities for development and production of the American atomic bomb were located in: |
| | A) | New York City and Chicago. |
| | B) | Tennessee, Washington, and New Mexico. |
| | C) | Wyoming and Pennsylvania. |
| | D) | Southern California, Georgia, and Oklahoma. |
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The two cities on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were? |
| | A) | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| | B) | Hiroshima and Yokohama |
| | C) | Yokohama and Tokyo |
| | D) | Nagasaki and Tokyo |
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When did the Soviet Union enter the Pacific war against Japan? |
| | A) | in June 1941, right after Hitler attacked the Soviet Union |
| | B) | in December 1941, right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| | C) | in February 1945, right after the Yalta Conference |
| | D) | in August 1945, about a week before the Japanese surrendered |
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When American soldiers returned home from the war, they found a nation that looked: |
| | A) | largely the same as it did when they left. |
| | B) | completely transformed by wartime rationing. |
| | C) | completely transformed by the economic prosperity the war created. |
| | D) | as different as the European and Asian nations they had left behind. |
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