Chapter 12 Self Quiz

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. When did the US begin preparations for World War II?

1941 correct incorrect

1939 correct incorrect

1940 correct incorrect

1942 correct incorrect

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. At the outbreak of World War II the US Army was globally ranked ________ by size.

ninth correct incorrect

fifth correct incorrect

twenty-first correct incorrect

seventeenth correct incorrect

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. The Lend-Lease program is best seen as a compromise between ________.

isolationists and war hawks correct incorrect

the navy and the army correct incorrect

the US and Britain correct incorrect

military industries and military leaders correct incorrect

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. Which of these triggered the US entry into World War II?

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor correct incorrect

the torpedoing of the Kearny correct incorrect

Franklin Roosevelt's election to a second term correct incorrect

the Lend-Lease program correct incorrect

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. In the course of World War II the US government increased by about ________ times.

ten correct incorrect

four correct incorrect

two correct incorrect

one and a half correct incorrect

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. The engagement at Kasserine Pass in 1943 indicated that US troops ________.

could easily defeat their German counterparts correct incorrect

were easily routed correct incorrect

were well led but needed more experience themselves correct incorrect

needed better-trained officers correct incorrect

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. Which of these aspects of airpower in World War II has been most questioned by historians?

use in protecting supply ships correct incorrect

bombing of cities correct incorrect

air support of ground troops correct incorrect

bombing in naval operations correct incorrect

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. The work of the Army Air Force in 1942 and 1943 is best characterized as ________.

beset with problems correct incorrect

overwhelmingly successful correct incorrect

disastrous correct incorrect

a mixed success correct incorrect

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. Until ________ Allied shipping was devastated by German U-boats.

early 1943 correct incorrect

late 1942 correct incorrect

mid-1942 correct incorrect

mid-1943 correct incorrect

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. Which of these turned the tide in fighting in the Atlantic?

technological innovations correct incorrect

U-boat technical failures correct incorrect

a dramatic shift in US-British strategy correct incorrect

the entry of the US into the war correct incorrect

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. The Allies first landed in Europe in ________.

France correct incorrect

Belgium correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

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. Volunteer numbers in World War II were ________.

low correct incorrect

extremely high correct incorrect

insufficient correct incorrect

high until Pearl Harbor correct incorrect

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. Why were some military aircraft marked with red paint?

They were flown by Tuskegee Airmen. correct incorrect

They were designated as bombers. correct incorrect

They were the lead aircraft in formations. correct incorrect

They were to be used primarily for night flying. correct incorrect

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. Truman's Executive Order 9066 ________.

ordered the internment of Japanese Americans correct incorrect

commended the contributions of Latinos to the war effort correct incorrect

limited racial segregation in the armed forces correct incorrect

established the Tuskegee Airmen correct incorrect

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. Of the 100,000 women that served in the military in World War II ________ percent served overseas.

7 correct incorrect

17 correct incorrect

57 correct incorrect

37 correct incorrect

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. The Allied D-Day landing included ________ troops.

15,000 correct incorrect

1.5 million correct incorrect

1,500 correct incorrect

150,000 correct incorrect

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. Which of these was NOT a leader in the Allied actions that defeated Germany in 1944/1945?

Dwight Eisenhower correct incorrect

George Patton correct incorrect

Omar Bradley correct incorrect

George Marshall correct incorrect

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. In 1945 Dresden was ruthlessly bombed by ________.

the Germans correct incorrect

the French and British correct incorrect

the British and Americans correct incorrect

the Soviets correct incorrect

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. The war officially ended in Europe in ________.

November 1945 correct incorrect

February 1944 correct incorrect

May 1945 correct incorrect

December 1944 correct incorrect

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. At the end of World War II, Hitler ________.

committed suicide correct incorrect

was captured and executed by Soviet forces correct incorrect

was killed in his bunker in berlin correct incorrect

was captured and later tried for war crimes correct incorrect