Question 1

How did many Americans first learn about Hitler's and Nazis' global ambitions prior to the war?

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A)  speeches from President Franklin Roosevelt
B)  through children in school,who in turn informed their parents
C)  Lewis Mumford's best selling Faith for Living
D)  Charlie Chaplin's dark comedy The Great DictatorE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

The Allied invasion of southern Europe came via the

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A)  French island of CorsicA.
B)  Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
C)  Italian island of Sicily.
D)  Balkan Peninsula.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The America First Committee

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A)  promoted the idea of the United States joining the war for potential economic gain.
B)  was an American fascist movement that supported the Nazi cause.
C)  believed entry into the war would bankrupt the nation,divide Americans,and destroy the country's democratic institutions.
D)  was opposed by people such as Henry Ford and Herbert Hoover for being too weak and for supporting traditional American values.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT one of the freedoms mentioned in Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech?

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A)  freedom of speech
B)  freedom of worship
C)  freedom from economic want
D)  freedom from foreign oppressionE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The "Big Three" or "Grand Alliance" included the countries of

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A)  Great Britain,France,and the United States.
B)  Great Britain,Canada,and the United States.
C)  Great Britain,France,and the Soviet Union.
D)  Great Britain,the Soviet Union,and the United States.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

The Bataan Death March was the

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A)  deadly process of trying to retake all the islands of the Philippines from the Japanese.
B)  retreat of the Germans from the Soviet Union.
C)  60-mile forced march in which thousands of American and Filipino POWs died.
D)  deadly process of trying to conquer the actual Japanese islands.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

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A)  caused even the most ardent isolationists to press for war.
B)  did little real damage other than to hurt morale.
C)  diverted U.S.attention away from Germany and put the entire focus on war with Japan.
D)  was known to the U.S.prior to the attack,due to code-breakers intercepting Japanese radio transmissions.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following best describes wartime production?

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A)  Wartime production was greatly hampered by the lingering effects of the Great Depression and never really reached desired levels.
B)  Big businesses' profits plummeted as the War Production Board confiscated their goods for the war effort.
C)  Government and big businesses worked together to create massive industrial output that greatly out-produced the enemy Axis powers.
D)  Small businesses benefitted more than big business,as their operations were more flexible and they could easily switch to wartime production.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill,after agreeing on U.S.support against Germany,signed what document that was a blueprint for the postwar global order?

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A)  the Atlantic Charter
B)  the Lend-Lease Act
C)  the United Nations Charter
D)  the League of Nations AgreementE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

The WACs and WASPs were

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A)  made up of servicewomen in the army and air force.
B)  female celebrities who traveled overseas to entertain the troops.
C)  women who worked in armament factories in the U.S.
D)  women who fought side-by-side with men on the front lines.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Fascist regimes were established in all these countries EXCEPT which of the following?

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A)  Spain
B)  Japan
C)  France
D)  ItalyE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The Double V campaign

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A)  sought to promote victory over Germany and Japan.
B)  was a campaign to both win the war and overcome the Great Depression.
C)  was a call from civil rights leaders for the government to commit to victory both in the war overseas and over racism at home.
D)  was a two-pronged assault on Germany in the shape of a "V," with the British and American armies coming together at a specific point.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Tehran Conference in 1943?

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A)  The Soviet Union was allowed to keep the Baltic States and part of Poland as a buffer between Germany and the Soviet Union.
B)  The "Big Three" agreed to establish an international security organization and to manage the new world order themselves.
C)  Winston Churchill asserted his dominance and the United States became a junior partner to the British.
D)  The Soviets pledged to fight Japan once Hitler had been defeateD.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The Bureau of Motion Pictures

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A)  resisted government censorship and guidelines for making movies.
B)  decided to produce westerns,musicals,and other genres that were not subject to government censorship and did not need to promote wartime goals.
C)  was an agency of the Office of War Information that encouraged movie studios to produce prowar films and censored any that cast the war effort or the country in a negative light.
D)  encouraged studios that showed the United States and its allies in a positive light-except for the Soviet Union because of its oppressive communist dictatorship.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Summarize the development of the United States' nuclear weapons program.Identify the program involved in building the atomic bomb,analyze the decision to use the bomb,and explain how its use helped bring about the end of the war with Japan.

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Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a reason President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against the Japanese?

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A)  He thought it would negate the need for the Soviet Union to join the Pacific war and limit their claims over Japan and Japan-occupied ChinA.
B)  He was convinced it would save hundreds of thousands of American lives.
C)  He wanted to assert his authority over military leadership.
D)  He believed it would establish American military supremacy in the eyes of the worlD.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Analyze how the United States and its allies were able defeat Germany.Identify some specific operations,the countries included in the allied effort,and points of contention among the Allies.

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