Chapter 35

Question 1

As World War II began for the United States in 1941, President Roosevelt

Answer 1

decided to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war on hold

Question 2

Once at war, Americans first great challenge was to

Answer 2

retool its industry for all-out war production

Question 3

Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during World War II

Answer 3

were further assimilated into American society

Question 4

Japanese-Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II

Answer 4

as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear

Question 5

The minority groups most adversely affected by Washington’s wartime policies was

Answer 5

Japanese-Americans

Question 6

In the 1800s the Japanese government drove many Japanese farmers off their land by

Answer 6

imposing a steep land tax

Question 7

In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the U.S. were

Answer 7

select representatives of their nation

Question 8

When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941,

Answer 8

a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about

Question 9

During World War II, the United States government commissioned the production of synthetic ________________ in order to offset the loss of access to prewar supplies in East Asia.

Answer 9

rubber

Question 10

While American workers, on the whole, were committed to the war effort, several unions went on strike. The most prominent was the

Answer 10

United Mine Workers

Question 11

During World War II,

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labor unions substantially increased their membership

Question 12

The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to

Answer 12

the establishment of day-care centers by the government

Question 13

The main reason that the majority of women war workers left the labor force at the end of WWII was

Answer 13

family obligations

Question 14

African-Americans did all of the following during World War II except

Answer 14

fight in integrated combat units

Question 15

Which of the following is least related to the other three?

Answer 15

Smith-Connally Act

Question 16

Big-government intervention got its biggest boost from

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World War II

Question 17

The northward migration of African-Americans accelerated after World War II because

Answer 17

Mechanical cotton pickers came into use

Question 18

During World War II, American Indians

Answer 18

moved off reservations in large numbers

Question 19

By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States’ African-American community had shifted to

Answer 19

northern cities

Question 20

The national debt increased most during

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WWII

Question 21

Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through

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borrowing

Question 22

The first naval battle in history in which all of the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of

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The Coral Sea

Question 23

The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of

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Midway

Question 24

The Japanese made a crucial mistake in 1942 in their attempt to control much of the Pacific when they

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overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains

Question 25

In waging war against Japan, the United States relied on a strategy of

Answer 25

“island hopping” across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds

Question 26

The conquest of ________________ was especially important, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

Answer 26

Guam

Question 27

The Allies won the Battle of the Atlantic by doing all of the following except

Answer 27

organizing Allied “wolf packs” to chase down German U-boats

Question 28

Hitler’s advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of Battle of ________________, after which his fortunes gradually

Answer 28

Stalingrad

Question 29

The Allies postponed opening a second front in Europe until 1944 because

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of British reluctance and lack of adequate shipping

Question 30

The Allied demand for unconditional surrender was criticized mainly by opponents who believed that such surrender would

Answer 30

encourage the enemy to resist as long as possible

Question 31

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced at their wartime conference in Casablanca that their principal war aim was to

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force the unconditional surrender of both Germany and Japan

Question 32

Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) V-J Day, (B) V-E Day, (C) D Day, (D) invasion of Italy

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D, C, B, A

Question 33

The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was

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a modification of the demand of unconditional surrender of Italy

Question 34

After the Italian surrender in August, 1943,

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the Soviets accepted the wisdom of delaying the invasion of France and pursuing the second front in Italy

Question 35

The real impact of the Italian front on World War II may have been that it

Answer 35

delayed the D-Day invasion and allowed the Soviet Union to advance further into Eastern Europe

Question 36

At the wartime Teheran Conference,

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the Soviet Union agreed to declare war on Japan within three months

Question 37

The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General

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Bernard Montgomery

Question 38

In a sense, Franklin Roosevelt was the “forgotten man” at the Democratic Convention in 1944 because

Answer 38

he remained in Washington, D.C., to conduct the war

Question 39

Action by the U.S. against Hitler’s campaign of genocide against the Jews

Answer 39

was reprehensibly slow in coming

Question 40

As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf,

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Japan was finished as a naval power

Question 41

The Potsdam conference

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determined the fate of Eastern Europe