Question 1

Prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan,President Harry Truman

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A)   issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation.
B)   sent evidence of a test explosion to the Japanese government.
C)   did not send any kind of message to Japan.
D)   warned the Japanese about the atomic bomb and sent evidence of its effect.
E)   told Japan to evacuate Hiroshima or face the consequences.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

During World War II,American women who worked outside the home

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A)   None of these answers is correct.
B)   both tended to be older than women who worked in the past, and were not allowed to have children under the age of three in their care.
C)   were barred from unions.
D)   were not allowed to have children under the age of three in their care.
E)   tended to be older than women who had worked in the past.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 3

In 1942,when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

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A)   a powerful popular movement sprung up to protest the internments.
B)   the move was protested by California Attorney General Earl Warren.
C)   there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk.
D)   all of those affected were first-generation Japanese immigrants.
E)   all of the affected Japanese were American citizens.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

) During World War II,the United States Army chief of staff was

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A)  George S.Patton.
B)  Dwight D.Eisenhower.
C)  Omar Bradley.
D)  Douglas MacArthur.
E)  George C.MarshallF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

In World War II,the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

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A)   concentrate U.S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands.
B)   encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from behind.
C)   mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.
D)   establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese.
E)   quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

The federal government's budget in 1945 had increased more than ten-fold from 1939.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

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A)   began when off-duty Mexican American soldiers refused to wear their military uniforms.
B)   both began when off-duty Mexican American soldiers refused to wear their military uniforms, and led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.
C)   resulted from tensions between the African American and Mexican American communities.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Consider racial minorities and women in the United States during World War II.Which groups made notable gains from the war and which did not? Explain.

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During World War II, both racial minorit...

Question 9

The Soviet Union favored the Allied African campaign as a way to divert German resources from the eastern front.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the key technological developments by the Allies during World War II.Why were the Allies able to quickly move ahead of Germany and Japan in this area?

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During World War II, the Allies made sig...

Question 11

In 1942,the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program,which

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A)   increased the number of Mexican immigrants the United States would accept as new citizens.
B)   allowed U.S. businesses to establish war production factories in Mexico.
C)   eliminated the tariff on goods produced in Mexico.
D)   admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time.
E)   accepted Mexican citizens into the U.S. armed forces.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Trace the significant battles and events in the Pacific between the United States and Japan during World War II.

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The significant battles and events in th...

Question 13

What were the reasons,strategic and otherwise,for a lack of action by the Allies toward the Holocaust in Europe during World War II? Were these reasons justified by the need to win the war? What do you think the Allies could have done?

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Question 14

During World War II,Allied bombers targeted

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A)   both the crematories at Auschwitz and the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.
B)   the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz.
C)   the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.
D)   the crematoria at Auschwitz.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

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A)   was the only time German and Japanese naval forces fought together.
B)   resulted in the American capture of Tinian, Guam, and Saipan.
C)   was the largest naval engagement in history.
D)   saw Japanese forces sink four American aircraft carriers.
E)   included the American capture of Okinawa.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

In February 1944,American naval forces won a series of victories in the Marshall Islands,under the command of

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A)   Joseph Stilwell.
B)   Douglas MacArthur.
C)   Omar Bradley.
D)   Dwight Eisenhower.
E)   Chester Nimitz.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 17

In April 1945,American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

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A)   because their supply lines had become overextended.
B)   to wait for the Russian army to arrive.
C)   due to fierce German resistance.
D)   at the announcement that President Franklin Roosevelt had died.
E)   because all bridges over the river had been destroyed.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 18

During World War II,Chinese Americans

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   saw the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
C)   were drafted in a higher proportion than any other national group.
D)   both received a favorable image in U.S. government propaganda and saw the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
E)   received a favorable image in U.S. government propaganda.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

During World War II,the National Defense Research Committee

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A)   concentrated its work on developing an atomic bomb.
B)   spent more than $100 million on research.
C)   had, by 1941, pushed the U.S. into a position of technological superiority over Germany.
D)   received more private funding than government money.
E)   funded less research than its predecessor had during World War I.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Germany's rocket-propelled bombs caused more psychological harm than actual damage in England.

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A) True 
 B)False

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