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WWII Test Questions with 100%Correct Answers
The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President
Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning was
A) to plan for a "second front" in western Europe as soon as possible.
B) to force Italy out of the war first by attacking the "soft underbelly" of
Europe.
C) to arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade of the same sort
that Woodrow Wilson had so effectively used in World War I.
D) to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war
against Japan on the back burner.
E) to fight an equally vigorous naval war against Japan and a land war
against Germany and Italy. - -D) to concentrate first on the war in Europe
and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner.
-Once at war, America's first great challenge was to
A) pass a conscription law.
B) raise an army and navy.
C) extend aid to the Soviet Union.
D) develop atomic weapons.
E) retool its industry for all-out war production. - -E) retool its industry for all-
out war production.
-Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during World War II
A) were further assimilated into American society.
B) were not allowed to serve in the military.
C) had their patriotism questioned as in World War I.
D) cast their vote for Republican candidates opposed to the war.
E) served in ethnically distinct military units. - -A) were further assimilated
into American society.
-Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War
II
A) due to numerous acts of sabotage.
B) in retaliation for the placement of Americans in concentration camps by
the Japanese.
C) as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.
D) because many were loyal to Japan.
E) all of the above. - -C) as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.
-The minority group most adversely affected by Washington's wartime
policies was
A) German Americans.
,B) blacks.
C) Japanese Americans.
D) American communists.
E) Italian Americans. - -C) Japanese Americans.
-The general American attitude toward World War II was
A) resentment at having to disrupt civilian life.
B) gratitude that the Great Depression was finally over.
C) a fervent ideological belief in democracy and hatred of fascism.
D) less idealistic and ideological and more practical than the outlook in World
War I.
E) that it was necessary to defend white American society against racial
assaults. - -D) less idealistic and ideological and more practical than the
outlook in World War I.
-In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the United States
were
A) poorly educated.
B) primarily from the island of Hokkaido.
C) some of the poorest people to enter the country.
D) almost exclusively males.
E) a select group who was better educated than most European immigrants.
- -E) a select group who was better educated than most European
immigrants.
-When the United States entered World War II in December 1941,
A) it took nearly two years for the country to unite.
B) the conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy.
C) the government repudiated the Atlantic Charter.
D) a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.
E) the idea of allying with the Communist Soviet Union was repugnant. - -D)
a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.
-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.
A) textiles
B) rubber
C) tin
D) fuels
E) plastics - -B) rubber
-While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort,
wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the
A) Teamsters.
B) Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
, C) Longshoremen's International Union
D) United Mine Workers.
E) Industrial Workers of the World. - -D) United Mine Workers.
-During World War II,
A) there were no strikes by any unions.
B) unions actively combated racial discrimination.
C) farm production declined.
D) for security reasons, the bracero program with Mexico was temporarily
halted.
E) labor unions substantially increased their membership. - -E) labor unions
substantially increased their membership.
-The employment of more than six million women in American industry
during World War II led to
A) equal pay for men and women.
B) a greater percentage of American women in war industries than anywhere
else in the world.
C) the establishment of day-care centers by the government.
D) a reduction in employment for black males.
E) a strong desire of most women to work for wages. - -C) the establishment
of day-care centers by the government.
-The main reason the majority of women war workers left the labor force at
the end of WW II was
A) union demands.
B) employer demands that they quit.
C) male discrimination on the job.
D) government requirements to hire veterans.
E) family obligations. - -E) family obligations.
-African Americans did all of the following during World War II except
A) fight in integrated combat units.
B) rally behind the slogan "Double V" (victory over dictators abroad and
racism at home).
C) move north and west in large numbers.
D) form a militant organization called the Congress of Racial Equality.
E) serve in the Army Air Corps. - -A) fight in integrated combat units.
-Which one of the following is least related to the other three?
A) Smith-Connally Act
B) A. Philip Randolph
C) Fair Employment Practices Commission
D) racial discrimination in wartime industry
E) proposed "Negro March on Washington." - -A) Smith-Connally Act
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