Quarter 3

Question 0

Which is the best definition of isolationism?

Answer 0

when a country is determined to not get involved in other countries’ problems no matter what

Question 1

Were significant numbers of women who worked during WWII fired when the war ended?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Which of these were conditions of the internment camps

Answer 2

1. family would all share a room, often separated from other families by only a partial wall
2. The housing was cold in the winter and very hot in the summer.
3. There were guard towers and guards always watching them

Question 3

What did Lend Lease do?

Answer 3

Allow the United States to help the Allies without committing military troops

Question 4

Which is the best explanation of what rationing was?

Answer 4

system designed to limit how much people could buy to make distribution of products more fair

Question 5

Which describes who was interned under Executive Order 9066?

Answer 5

All Japanese Americans except those in Hawaii

Question 6

Lend lease

Answer 6

Allowed the US to sell, loan, or give war materials to Allied Nations?

Question 7

Neutrality acts

Answer 7

1. US ships cannot carry passengers or articles to any country in a declared war
2. forbid the US from loaning money to any country at war
3. Forbid the US from trading with any country in a declared war

Question 8

Cash and carry

Answer 8

Gave the President the authority to sell non-war items to countries that were in a war as long as the country came and got the products on their own ships and paid up front for the products.

Question 9

How does the internment of Japanese Americans cause hardship for them?

Answer 9

1. People have to quit their jobs and have to sell their possessions for a fraction of what they are worth
2. During and after the war Japanese-Americans faced distrust and discrimination
3. When the war was over it was hard for Japanese-Americans to get back to the financial position they had been at before the war.
4. In the camps they had to live with uncomfortable conditions and constantly being watched by guards

Question 10

Why was rationing and price controls necessary in World War II?

Answer 10

To prevent hoarding and high prices because of high demand and low supply

Question 11

What impact did Rosie the Riveter and women like her have on the war?

Answer 11

The provided the workers necessary to manufacture everything needed for the war

Question 12

Which statement BEST describes how World War II affected women?

Answer 12

Because of WWII more women took jobs. When the war ended many wanted to keep working, but had to take lower paying jobs to do so.

Question 13

Which statement best finishes this sentence? When WWII started, the US military…

Answer 13

was very small and not prepared either to get involved in a war or to defend from an attack

Question 14

Which best describes the progression of US laws before World War II?

Answer 14

started out with very strict limits to keep us out of war, and gradually allowed more risks to be taken to help the Allies as it became clear they were in danger of being defeated

Question 15

What were the Neutrality Acts designed to do?

Answer 15

Make it harder for the US to get dragged in a foreign war

Question 16

Which of the following is the correct order of the laws the US passed before World War II?

Answer 16

Neutrality Acts, Cash & Carry, Lend Lease

Question 17

What are war bonds?

Answer 17

Something sold by the government to get money to pay for the war.