history exam ch 27

Question 1

What was the conclusion of the Nye committee’s 1933 report on World War I?

Answer 1

The greed of American munitions makers, bankers, and financiers was responsible for the nation’s entry into World War I.

Question 2

What event sparked the beginning of World War II?

Answer 2

germans invasion of Poland in 1939

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

Answer 3

To make arms, munitions, and other supplies available to Britain

Question 4

What was the immediate consequence of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

Answer 4

Congress endorsed President Roosevelt’s call for a declaration of war.

Question 5

Why did President Roosevelt authorize the roundup and internment of all Americans of Japanese descent in 1942?

Answer 5

A large number of people believed that Japanese Americans were potential sources of espionage and subversion.

Question 6

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between American ethnic minorities and the armed forces during World War II?

Answer 6

They fought in large numbers in the armed forces despite discriminatory treatment.

Question 7

By the summer of 1942, the Japanese had conquered which of the following?

Answer 7

Dutch East Indies

Question 8

At their meeting in Casablanca in January 1943, Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill

Answer 8

announced that they would accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of Germany and Italy.

Question 9

How did women who remained at home contribute to the American war effort?

Answer 9

They planted Victory Gardens of home-grown vegetables.

Question 10

The Double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for

Answer 10

African Americans fighting racial prejudice at home.

Question 11

The Allied assault against the German army on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is commonly known as

Answer 11

D Day

Question 12

What occurrence made April 30, 1945, a turning point in the war?

Answer 12

Hitler hung himself in underground bumper

Question 13

The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki only three days after the attack on Hiroshima

Answer 13

because Japan didn’t surrender after first bomb

Question 14

During World War II, unionized workers agreed

Answer 14

to keep production going by not striking

Question 15

The program to recruit Mexican agricultural workers during World War II was the

Answer 15

bracero program

Question 16

Which of the following demands did the Soviet Union make of Britain and the United States?

Answer 16

the invasion of western Europe to help draw German forces away from the Soviet Union