Question 1

Following the Pearl Harbor attack:

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A)   American isolationism increased
B)   a congressional resolution for war passed unanimously
C)   the United States avoided involvement in the European conflict
D)   Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States
E)   Franklin Roosevelt resigned the presidencyF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Discuss the negotiations between the United States and Japan in 1940 and 1941. How did the actions of each contribute to war?

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Question 3

American isolationism declined in the turmoil of the Great Depression of the early 1930s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Detail the expanding Axis power in the 1930s. What did its expansion signal for the future of the world?

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Question 5

Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.

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Question 6

Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?

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Question 7

Following the defeat of Germany:

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A)   came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust
B)   Hitler was executed after his conviction of war crimes
C)   the Prussian monarchy was restored to the German throne
D)   the Allies established a liberal democratic government with its capital in Berlin
E)   Franklin Roosevelt died in officeF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?

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A)   Both had established communist forms of government.
B)   Both had thriving liberal democracies.
C)   Both had strong monarchies.
D)   Both had established fascist forms of government.
E)   Both went to war with the United States.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was only one part of a larger offensive launched into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Battle of Leyte Gulf underscored Japan's ability to continue its defense of the Philippines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe the major steps in America's move away from neutrality between 1935 and 1941.

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Question 12

President Roosevelt did not intervene in the Spanish Civil War because:

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A)   Catholics favored the Spanish Republic
B)   the Neutrality Act of 1938 forbade intervention
C)   he accepted the French and British position that the western democracies should not intervene
D)   Germany and Italy were supporting the Spanish Republic
E)   his preference for Francisco Franco was not popular in the United StatesF) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 13

The 1939 Neutrality Act's cash-and-carry provision:

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A)   permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France as long as they paid up-front and allowed American ships to deliver the purchase
B)   prohibited all arms exports, even to countries with cash who could carry them on their own ships
C)   was removed from the final bill due to isolationist opposition to permitting any trade with warring nations
D)   permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France if they paid up-front and carried their purchases on their own ships
E)   permitted all trade, except arms and munitions, with warring nations who paid and carried their own goodsF) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 14

Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?

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A)   Commerce Department
B)   Treasury Department
C)   War Production Board
D)   Office of Scientific Research and Development
E)   Office of War InformationF) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Franklin Roosevelt's opponent in the 1940 presidential election was:

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A)   Thomas Dewey
B)   Wendell Willkie
C)   Theodore Roosevelt
D)   Herbert Hoover
E)   Robert TaftF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

By November 1941, the United States insisted it would reopen trade with Japan only after that country:

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A)   gave up its recently acquired territory in New Zealand
B)   signed an agreement not to attack Russia
C)   withdrew completely from China
D)   paid Britain and Holland for the oil and other resources it had taken from their colonies
E)   compensated the United States for the loss of life and property during the Panay incidentF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

In June 1941, Germany widened the war by:

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A)   declaring war on the United States
B)   invading the Soviet Union
C)   attacking Spain
D)   invading Britain
E)   declaring war on PolandF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

During the Spanish Civil War:

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A)   Franklin Roosevelt advocated U.S. official support of the loyalist faction
B)   the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy all supported the government
C)   Hitler and Mussolini helped the armed uprising led by Francisco Franco
D)   the European democracies helped the armed uprising, whereas Germany and Italy refused to intervene
E)   no outside powers intervenedF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

The bracero program:

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A)   led to the forced evacuation of over 100,000 Japanese Americans
B)   was a reaction to the "zoot-suit" riots
C)   allowed most recent immigrants to join the American armed services after a thorough background check
D)   sought to mobilize Indian reservations in support of the American war effort
E)   brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United StatesF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The Office of Price Administration:

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A)   was designed to combat the serious wartime deflation
B)   was designed to raise consumer prices
C)   set price ceilings on and rationed highly demanded items such as tires, sugar, and gasoline
D)   lacked any authority to set consumer prices or ration any items
E)   set price ceilings and directed the rationing of all goods and items for sale in the wartime economyF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Exam 28: The Second World War

Following the Pearl Harbor attack:

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The bracero program:

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Following the defeat of Germany:

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Detail the expanding Axis power in the 1930s. What did its expansion signal for the future of the world?

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Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?

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American isolationism declined in the turmoil of the Great Depression of the early 1930s.

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The 1939 Neutrality Act's cash-and-carry provision:

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Franklin Roosevelt's opponent in the 1940 presidential election was:

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What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?

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Discuss the negotiations between the United States and Japan in 1940 and 1941. How did the actions of each contribute to war?

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President Roosevelt did not intervene in the Spanish Civil War because:

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By November 1941, the United States insisted it would reopen trade with Japan only after that country:

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was only one part of a larger offensive launched into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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In June 1941, Germany widened the war by:

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Describe the major steps in America's move away from neutrality between 1935 and 1941.

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During the Spanish Civil War:

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The Office of Price Administration:

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Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf underscored Japan's ability to continue its defense of the Philippines.

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Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.

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