Chapter 27 World War II

Question 1

By late 1942, the United States effectively countered German advantages in the Atlantic with what strategic response?

Answer 1

subchasers

Question 2

At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 2

an immediate launching of a cross channel invasion into France.

Question 3

Just days after the D-day invasion, U.S. forces liberated all the following EXCEPT:

Answer 3

Philippines.

Question 4

“D-day” refers to the:

Answer 4

Allied invasion at Normandy.

Question 5

War relocation camps:

Answer 5

housed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during the war.

Question 6

T or F: African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Perhaps the most bitterly criticized of the Yalta accords was a secret agreement about the:

Answer 7

Far East.

Question 8

The bracero program:

Answer 8

brought some 200,000 Mexican farm workers into the western United States.

Question 9

Following the defeat of Germany:

Answer 9

came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust.

Question 10

A significant economic problem during the war was:

Answer 10

finding enough workers for the essential wartime industries.

Question 11

At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the Allies did all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 11

restore the original Polish government to power in Poland.

Question 12

T or F: In May 1945, Germany surrendered in exchange for assurances that Hitler would not be tried as a war criminal.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

T or F: During World War II, presidential authority expanded significantly.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T or F: Despite the length and duration of World War II, total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained fewer than 1 million.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Which of the following countries was NOT an Axis Power by June 1941?

Answer 15

the Soviet Union

Question 16

T or F: By the end of World War II, more than 8 million women had entered the workforce.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The Office of Price Administration:

Answer 17

set price ceilings on highly demanded items such as tires, sugar, and gasoline.

Question 18

Following the Pearl Harbor attack:

Answer 18

Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States.

Question 19

When Soviet forces reentered Poland in 1944, they created a puppet Communist regime in:

Answer 19

Lublin.

Question 20

Prime Minister Churchill worried that if the Red Army arrived in Berlin first:

Answer 20

Stalin would control the postwar map of Europe.

Question 21

Which statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World War II?

Answer 21

Native American servicemen were integrated into regular units.

Question 22

T or F: “D-day” refers to the cross channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T or F: At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the terms for ending the war must include the unconditional surrender of all enemies.

Answer 23

True