Question 1

In 1945,the first atomic explosion in history took place in

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A)  Hiroshima,Japan.
B)  the Bikini Islands.
C)  Alamogordo,New Mexico.
D)  the Salt Lake desert in Utah.
E)  Oak Ridge,Tennessee.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

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

Question 3

In August 1944,the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

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A)  Rome.
B)  Warsaw.
C)  Stockholm.
D)  Paris.
E)  Amsterdam.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Regarding European Jewish refugees,between 1939 and 1945,the United States

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A)  refused to accept large numbers of refugees.
B)  won an agreement from England to accept several thousand refugees.
C)  made many efforts to help refugees escape the Nazis but not to enter the United States.
D)  denied the Nazis were targeting Jews for murder.
E)  rescinded the provisions of the 1924 National Origins Act dealing with Jewish immigrants.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

Over the course of World War II,inflation in the United States

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A)  remained low before 1941.
B)  was much less serious a problem than during World War I.
C)  was largely uncontrolled by the federal government.
D)  was at its highest in the last year of the war.
E)  was less a concern during the war than fears of deflation.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 7

Throughout World War II,in organized American labor,

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A)  no major union went on strike.
B)  "wildcat" strikes were quite common.
C)  unions accepted a freeze on wages until the war ended.
D)  many states passed laws expanding the influence of unions.
E)  opposition to strikes was led by the influential United Mine Workers.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 8

The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

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A)  was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt.
B)  authorized the president to seize a war factory where workers had gone on strike.
C)  passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers.
D)  both was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt and passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

At the January 1943 ________ Conference,Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to a British plan for the invasion of Sicily.

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Question 10

During World War II,Chinese Americans

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

Question 11

In 1943,to simplify tax collections,Congress enacted

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A)  automatic payroll deductions.
B)  a short form for paying income taxes.
C)  a sales tax.
D)  a flat tax.
E)  an earned income tax credit.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

Non-naturalized,first-generation Japanese immigrants and naturalized or native-born Japanese American citizens are called ________ and Nisei,respectively.

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Question 13

In the North African campaign against the Nazis in 1942,the

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A)  Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley.
B)  Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.
C)  Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad.
D)  Americans pushed Germans out of Egypt.
E)  British lost a key early battle at El Alamein.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Congress enacted a system of automatic tax withholding through payroll deductions as a wartime measure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Rapid technological advances by American and British scientists in ________ and sonar greatly assisted the Allied air and sea war efforts.

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Question 16

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 17

What were the reasons,strategic and otherwise,which resulted in 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 18

The ________ recruited thousands of women to be hostesses in their clubs for American servicemen.

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United Ser...

Question 19

The Battle of Midway in 1942

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A)  saw the United States suffer great losses.
B)  was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.
C)  lasted four days.
D)  both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 20

The Allied introduction of an "acoustic" mine was a major advance in naval warfare.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: America in a World at War

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