Chapter 23 Quiz

. In 1941, labor organizer A. Philip Randolph pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to

desegregate public schools.

ban racial discrimination in defense industries.

integrate the armed forces.

compel all workers in a unionized plant to pay union dues.

. All of the following represented the thinking of internationalists in the months after the outbreak of World War II except

The United States should stay out of the conflict and instead secure the Western Hemisphere against attack.

The United States had to support the nations fighting Germany and Japan while the war was still far from American frontiers.

The United States should adopt a free-trading, Open Door economy to prevent future world conflict.

Aid to Great Britain was preferable to outright US involvement in the struggle.

. Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime was built on

racism and brutality.

a suspension of civil rights.

a secret police designed to eliminate opposition.

All of the above

. All of the following refer to the Lend-Lease bill except

It was passed by Congress over Roosevelt's veto.

It was intended to avoid the violation of the Neutrality Acts.

It provided massive military aid to Great Britain.

It required that Great Britain open all its markets to American trade.

. Prior to the US entry into the world war, Roosevelt did all of the following except

permit the sale of "surplus" weapons and military supplies to Great Britain.

trade fifty overage destroyers for leases to eight naval bases.

strictly enforce the Neutrality Act.

propose the first peacetime draft in American history.

. "All aid short of war" prior to 1942 included all of the following except

convoying of merchant ships from American shores to Iceland.

fighting an undeclared naval war against Germany in the western Atlantic.

implement the Lend-Lease program.

declaring war against both Germany and the Soviet Union.

. The bombing of Pearl Harbor is believed to have been retaliation for the

Soviet capture of German soldiers.

United States shutting off the oil supply to Japan.

American occupation of the Philippines.

formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis alliance.

. All of the following were destroyed at Pearl Harbor except

two hundred American planes on the ground.

the battleships Oklahoma, Maryland, and Arizona.

ninety-six ships of the American Pacific fleet.

the aircraft carriers Lexington and Yorktown.

. Prior to the Nazi invasion of France, how did the American Army compare in size to the German Army?

The American army was nearly the same size as the German army.

The American army was much smaller than the German army.

The American army was already greater in size than the German army.

The American army was better equipped but had fewer soldiers.

. The scientist who personally urged President Roosevelt to pursue development of an atomic bomb was

Enrico Fermi.

Julius Rosenberg.

Albert Einstein.

Edward Teller.

. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was involved in all of the following during World War II except

the invasion of North Africa.

the landing of troops at Normandy on June 6, 1944.

the selection of General George S. Patton, an authority in tank warfare.

victory at the Kasserine Pass on the Tunisian border.

. The "miracle of production" was made possible by

the mass manufacture of consumer products to finance the war.

massive deficit spending.

the coordinated efforts of men and women in the manufacture of war-related goods.

an expansion of critical New Deal programs.

. All of the following refer to the Japanese internment during World War II except

Some 2,000 Japanese Americans were enclosed in remote regions of the West and the Arkansas swamps.

The relocation was legal on grounds of "military necessity."

Japanese Americans were instructed to report to relocation centers for removal from the Pacific Coast "war zone."

It was used by some as a model for the treatment of suspect populations during the next national emergency.

. All of the following refer to the German death camps in World War II except

The Germans used a high-powered gas, Zyklon-B, to kill millions of Jews.

General Patton liberated the Buchenwald death camp in Germany.

Roosevelt ordered the bombing of the notorious death camp at Auschwitz.

The United States did not make humanitarian rescue a military priority during the war.

. The plan for the United Nations was sketched out at a conference in 1944 in

the United States.

France.

Great Britain.

the Soviet Union.

. Which nation controlled the world's wealth at the end of World War II?

Britain

France

The United States

The USSR

. The Zoot Suit Riots targeted which group?

African American youth

Japanese American youth

Mexican American youth

Returning internees

. Who won the election of 1944?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Charles Lindbergh

Thomas Dewey

. Which of the following was one of Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms"?

Freedom from fear

Freedom from want

Freedom of speech

All of the above

. How did the proposed United Nations differ from the League of Nations?

The League of Nations had enforcement power.

The United Nations designated regional powers as "police officers."

The League of Nations was ratified by Congress but the United Nations was not.

The United Nations only included the United States, China, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France.

. "Rosie the Riveter" was

a patriotic cartoon produced by Walt Disney.

the graphic image of a glamorous machinist who labored in American industry to bring her husband home from war.

a woman in wartime propaganda documentaries produced in Hollywood.

All of the above

. The United States responded to reports of the Holocaust with all of the following except

Many Americans dismissed reports of the Holocaust as someone else's business.

The US State implemented bureaucratic restrictions to keep unwanted immigrants out of the United States.

The United States relaxed immigration quotas to admit all Jewish refugees from Europe.

The United States refused to allow ships with refugees from the death camps to dock in the United States.

. _______ was a US general who was an early advocate of massed firepower, advanced technology, and quick movement.

George S. Patton

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Erwin Rommel

George C. Scott

. How did the federal government treat Japanese in Hawaii?

It declared martial law and denied them their rights.

It completed a similar process of internment to the mainland United States.

It was hands-off and limited in its involvement.

It deported all people of Japanese descent.

. Determined to shore up the British, FDR used his powers to bypass the Neutrality Act.

True

False

. The threat of fascism confirmed that the American economy could compete in the world.

True

False

. There was a severe housing shortage in most cities where munitions plants opened during the war.

True

False

. Instead of invading Europe in 1942, Lieutenant General Eisenhower supported the invasion of North Africa.

True

False

. Fred Korematsu won a Supreme Court victory in 1944 to disband the Japanese relocation camps.

True

False

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Map shows World War 2 in the Pacific, 1942 to 1945. Major battles were as follows. Midway, June 4, 1942; Tarawa, November, 1943; Kwajalein, January to February, 1944; Guadalcanal August 1942 to February 1943; Eniwetok February 1944; Bougainville November 1943 to August 1945; Coral Sea May 1942; Marianas June to September 1944; Papua August 1942 to June 1943; New Guinea June 1943 to July 1944; Palau September 1944; Iwo Jima February to March 1945; Java Sea February 1942; Leyte Gulf October 1944; Philippine Sea June 1944; Philippines October 1944 to August 1945; Okinawa April to June 19 45. Allied advances is as follows. From Honolulu to Tarawa to Kwajalein to Eniwetok to Marianna to Iwo Jima. From west of New Hebrides islands to Guadalcanal to towards north. From North East of Australia to Papua to New Guinea to Leyte Gulf to Philippines to Okinawa. From Soviet Union to Manchuria. From Bering Sea towards Kiska. Allied air offenses were from Marianas to the north towards Tokyo. Allied Nations are China, Australia, Papua, and Alaska. Neutral nations are Mongolia and Soviet Union. Limit of Japanese Control after Pearl Harbor is to west of Burma, to South of Java Sumatra islands, to New guinea and moves upwards to Kiska and then to Manchuria. From U S, U S supply route to Australia towards New Hebrides.

Map 23-1. World War II in the Pacific, 1942–1945. The map demonstrates Japan's desire to attack the mainland United States.

True

False

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