Quiz: WWII, Part II (Mobilizing for Defense/The Battle in the Pacific/The Home Front) RETAKE

Question 1

Secret research project that resulted in the Atomic Bomb.

a. WWII Nuke Project
b. Manhattan Project
c. Ballistics Project

Answer 1

b. Manhattan Project

Question 2

What are one of the ways the war changed the life at home?

a. The nation’s factories quickly switched to peacetime policies
b. The nation’s factories quickly switched to war production

Answer 2

b. The nation’s factories quickly switched to war production

Question 3

The 33rd president of the US.

a. Harry S. Truman
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 3

a. Harry S. Truman

Question 4

City that was the site of the first site of the first atomic-bomb drop in Japan.

a. Nagasaki
b. Hiroshima

Answer 4

b. Hiroshima

Question 5

Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb?

a. it would give the US an advantage over the Soviets after the war
b. it would give the US an advantage over the British after the war

Answer 5

a. it would give the US an advantage over the Soviets after the war

Question 6

Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life?

a. Veteran Readjustment Rights
b. GI Bill of Rights

Answer 6

b. GI Bill of Rights

Question 7

How did WWII affect African - Americans and Mexican Americans?

a. many found skilled jobs and got paid well and treated much better prior to the war
b. many found skilled jobs and got paid well but experienced prejudice

Answer 7

b. many found skilled jobs and got paid well but experienced prejudice

Question 8

What reason was given for the internment of Japanese Americans?

a. a “military necessity” because there was evidence of subversion
b. a “military necessity” but no actual evidence of subversion

Answer 8

b. a “military necessity” but no actual evidence of subversion

Question 9

How did the United States government eventually make reparations to Japanese - Americans to all internees?

a. Congress passed bills to repay those affected via cash payments
b. a. Congress passed bills to repay those affected via purchase of new homes lost

Answer 9

a. Congress passed bills to repay those affected via cash payments

Question 10

Make sure you write a notecard for “How some of the scientists working on the Manhattan Project feel about the use of the atomic-bomb?”

Answer 10

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