Unit 11 Test 3.21.16

Question 1

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 1

rubber

Question 2

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

Answer 2

the establishment of day-care centers by the government

Question 3

During World War II,

Answer 3

labor unions substantially increased their membership

Question 4

African Americans did all of the following during World War II EXCEPT

a. serve in the Army Air Corps.
b. fight in integrated combat units.
c. move north and west in large numbers.
d. rally behind the slogan “Double V” (victory over dictators abroad and racism at home).

Answer 4

b. fight in integrated combat units

Question 5

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941,

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Once at war, America’s first great challenge was to

Answer 6

retool its industry for all-out war production

Question 7

Which one of the following is LEAST related to the other three?

a. Fair Employment Practices Commission
b. proposed “Negro March on Washington”
c. A. Philip Randolph
d. Smith-Connally Act

Answer 7

d. Smith-Connally Act

Question 8

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

Answer 8

were further assimilated into American society

Question 9

Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II

Answer 9

as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Japanese Americans

Question 11

Match each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function:

A. War Production Board 1. assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation facilities.
B. Office of Price Administration 2. controlled inflation by rationing essential goods.
C. War Labor Board 3. imposed ceilings on wage increases.
D. Fair Employment Practices Commission 4. saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries.

Answer 11

A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

Question 12

The general American attitude toward World War II was

Answer 12

less idealistic and ideological and more practical than the outlook in World War I

Question 13

The main reason the majority, or half of women war workers left the labor force at the end of World War II was

Answer 13

family obligations

Question 14

While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the

Answer 14

United Mine Workers

Question 15

The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning was

Answer 15

to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner

Question 16

In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the United States were

Answer 16

a select group who was better educated than mot European immigrants

Question 17

During World War II, most Americans economically experienced

Answer 17

prosperity and a doubling of personal income

Question 18

Hitler’s advances in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of _______________, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

Answer 18

Stalingrad

Question 19

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

Answer 19

of British reluctance and lack of adequate resources

Question 20

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

Answer 20

northern cities

Question 21

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

Answer 21

mechanical cotton pickers came into use

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Until Spring 1943, perhaps Hitler’s greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was

Answer 23

the German U-boats would destroy Allied shipping

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Midway

Question 25

During World War II, American Indians

Answer 25

moved off reservations in large numbers

Question 26

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

Answer 26

overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains

Question 27

The national debt increased most during

Answer 27

World War II

Question 28

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

Answer 28

borrowing

Question 29

Roosevelt’s and Churchill’s insistance of the absolute and “unconditional surrender” of Germany

Answer 29

eventually complicated the problems of postwar reconstruction

Question 30

The conquest of _________________ in 1944 was especially critical, because from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

Answer 30

Guam

Question 31

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

Answer 31

the Coral Sea

Question 32

Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because

Answer 32

the war was going well

Question 33

Who died on April 30, 1945?

Answer 33

Adolf Hitler

Question 34

What two cities in Japan were atomic bombs dropped on by the United States?

a. Nagasaki and Tokyo
b. Hiroshima and Tokyo
c. None of the choices are correct.
d. Nagasaki and Fuji

Answer 34

c. None of the choices are correct.

Question 35

Where was the final Japanese surrender conducted on September 2, 1945?

Answer 35

On the USS Missouri

Question 36

As a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Answer 36

Japan was finished as a naval power

Question 37

At the wartime Teheran Conference,

Answer 37

plans were made for the opening of a second front in Europe

Question 38

Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B) Casablanca, (C) Teheran.

Answer 38

B, C, A

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 40

President Roosevelt’s promise to the Soviets to open a second front in western Europe by the end of 1942

Answer 40

was utterly impossible to keep

Question 41

Hitler’s last ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in

Answer 41

the Battle of the Bulge

Question 42

Who died on April 12, 1945?

Answer 42

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 43

The Potsdam conference

Answer 43

issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed

Question 44

The “unconditional surrender” policy toward Japan was finally modified by

Answer 44

agreeing to let the Japanese keep Emperor Hirohito on the throne

Question 45

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

Answer 45

so much attention was focused on who would gain the vice presidency

Question 46

Island Hopping

Answer 46

The United States military strategy in the Pacific which captured small islands and set up air strips on them while skipping more fortified Japanese held islands.

Question 47

Which of the following was NOT among the qualities of the American participation in World War II?

a. a group of highly effective military and political leaders.
b. the preservation of the American homeland against invasion or destruction from the air.
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation
d. an enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies.

Answer 47

c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation

Question 48

After the Italian surrender in August 1943,

Answer 48

the German army poured into Italy and stalled the Allied advance.

Question 49

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

Answer 49

the overthrow of Mussolini and Italy’s unconditional surrender

Question 50

The spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that

Answer 50

the Germans might acquire such a weapon first

Question 51

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) V-J Day, (B) V-E Day, (C) D Day, (D) Invasion of Italy.

Answer 51

D, C, B, A

Question 52

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

Answer 52

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