AP Chapter 24 Test
The Nye Committee report stated that
"merchants of death" were leading the nation into World War II
All of the following were examples of the racial overtones of World War II except
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During World War II, black leaders in the United States campaigned for _____, victories over fascism and discrimination at home
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In 1939, FDR refused to allow the ______, a German vessel with a thousand Jewish refugees aboard, permission to dock at an American port.
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In 1944, U.S. naval forces destroyed much of Japan's remaining naval fleet in the battle of the
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In August 1939, Hitler and Stalin shocked the world by announcing that the had signed a
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Navajos were used as ________ in the Pacific theater
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The Battle of the Bulge
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The two main American military commanders in the Pacific theater during World War II were
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The zoot-suit riots in 1943 took place in _____.
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Which of the following statements regarding the atomic bomb and its use in World War II is not correct?
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Which of the following was not agreed to at Yalta?
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What led to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany?
All of the above: huge World War I reparation payments, economic depression, and high unemployment
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes U.S. politics during World War II?
Congress narrowed Roosevelt's call in 1944 for a second bill of rights program to include only veterans
The massive Allied invasion of Europe was code-named
D-Day
During World War II, the "big three" consisted of
England, Soviet Union, and the United States
In 1938, which of the following would have been least likely to support the policy of appeasement?
Franklin Roosevelt
The only two cities to be attacked by atomic bombs are _____ and _____.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Which is true of the America First Committee?
Its intent was to keep the nation out of war
What did President Roosevelt call "a date that will live in "infamy"?
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Which of the following is properly matched?
Lend-Lease - allowed the distribution of arms and equipment to nations whose defense was vital to the security of the United States
Which of the following statements accurately describes rationing during World War II?
Most Americans complied with rationing
Which of the following is correctly paired with his or her activity in World War II?
Philip Randolph - threatened to head a march on Washington to protest racial discrimination
The advertisement represents which of the following?
Rosie the Riveter
The turning point of World War II in Europe came when the
Soviets halted the German advance at Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 - '42
The top-secret American project to create an atomic bomb was known as ____.
The Manhattan Project
Which of the following is true of discrimination in the armed services during World War II?
The military segregated African Americans and assigned them menial duties
Which if the following is properly paired?
War Production Board - oversaw the conversion of industry to military manufactoring
Problems on the home front included all of the following except
a rise in the number of unmarried mothers
Executive Order 9066
allowed for the forced relocation of Japanese Americans on the West Coast to detention camps
The "cash-and-carry" provision of the 1937 Neutrality Act stated that
belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the United States under certain conditions
The GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen Readjustment Act) provided
education, pensions, medicare, and mortgage loans to veterans
In the United States, World War II brought all of the following changes except
ending legalized, racial segregation
Korematsu v. United States legitimized the
forced internment of Americans of Japanese decent into relocation camps
IN a famous 1941 speech, Roosevelt defined all of the following "four essential freedoms" except
freedom from discrimination
During World War II, federal income tax was
paid by ten times as many Americans as before
The Neutrality Act of 1935 and its 1936 and 1937 amendments
required belligerent nations that wanted to buy nonmilitary goods from the United States to pay in cash and supply their own shipping
Japanese Americans on the West Coast were interned during World War II because
the West Coast was considered to be vulnerable to attack Japanese forces, and inflammatory rhetoric demanded that the region be rid of supposed Japanese spies
The greatest civil rights abuse(s) during the war was (were)
the internment of Japanese aliens
After the Japanese invaded China in 1937, President Roosevelt
urged peace-loving nations to "quarantine" Japan and other aggressors