APUSH Chapter 26

During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the

West.

The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

as early as 1942.

During World War II, the U.S. military

began to relax its practices of racial segregation.

The Battle of the Bulge

ended serious German resistance in the west.

In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on

fighting in North Africa and southern Europe.

Prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan, President Harry Truman

issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation.

During World War II, the United States military services

quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships.

During World War II, American women who worked outside the home

tended to be older than women who worked in the past.

All of the following statements regarding the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II are true EXCEPT that

the United States government has never admitted wrongdoing.

During World War II, the Allied development of the Gee navigation system

used electronic pulses to plot course locations.

During World War II, Chinese Americans

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During World War II, the effectiveness of German U-boats and underwater mines was greatly reduced by the development of

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In February 1945, an Allied bombing attack on Dresden, Germany

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In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade

Sicily.

In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which

admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time.

In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included

all of these are correct

The Japanese surrender to the United States

all of these are correct

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

automatic payroll deductions.

During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

by President Roosevelt to stop black protesters from marching on the capital.

All of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the

creation of the Purple machine for coded communications.

During World War II, American shoppers

faced many shortages of consumer goods.

African Americans' strategy for social and economic improvement during World War II was to gain favor with the Roosevelt administration rather than make demands of it.

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At the start of World War II, black leaders carried out a massive march on Washington to call attention to racial discrimination.

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During World War II, around 6 million Americans joined the armed forces.

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Near the end of World War II, American, British, and Russian troops battled Nazi troops in the streets of Berlin.

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The Allied introduction of an "acoustic" mine was a major advance in naval warfare.

false

The Soviet Union favored the Allied African campaign as a way to divert German resources from the eastern front.

false

The United States was preparing to drop an atomic bomb on Germany when it surrendered.

false

The braceros program allowed Mexicans to enter the United States and become citizens if they agreed to work in war plants for the duration of the war.

false

The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was followed by the firebombing of Tokyo.

false

The repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts in 1943 resulted in a flood of Chinese immigrants into the United States.

false

The war effort led military leaders to largely ignore the presence of homosexual men and women serving in the ranks.

false

Working mothers during World War II usually relied on private child-care facilities.

false

During World War II, the War Production Board

favored large over small contractors.

During World War II, in the United States, all of the following social indicators experienced a rise in their rate of occurrence EXCEPT

high school enrollment.

The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.

The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.

What factors led to a post war boom of material prosperity in the US?

mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

paris

Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

refused to accept large numbers of refugees.

During World War II, Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in

rocket-propelled bombs.

Between 1939 and 1945, the federal budget of the United States

rose over ten-fold.

During World War II, the labor force of the United States

saw 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces.

During World War II, American Indians

saw the war effort undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions.

The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after

the Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb.

In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was

the Soviet Union.

A significant issue in the 1944 election was

the domestic economy.

All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that

the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel.

Most employed women during the war worked in

the service sector.

In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk.

In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

to wait for the Russian army to arrive.

American intelligence broke the Japanese coding system prior to Pearl Harbor.

true

Britain and the Soviet Union were not in agreement on where to strike at the Nazis.

true

By the end of 1942, Allied technology had caught up with that of Germany and Japan.

true

Congress abolished both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Association during World War II.

true

Congress enacted a system of automatic tax withholding through payroll deductions as a wartime measure.

true

Despite the power of prewar isolationism, there was a large degree of unity once the United States was involved in World War II.

true

During the 1944 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt was gravely ill.

true

Germany's rocket-propelled bombs caused more psychological harm than actual damage in England.

true

Harry Truman did not know of the existence of the Manhattan Project at the time that he became president.

true

In June 1942, the United States gained control of the central Pacific with the Battle of Midway.

true

Many employers used domestic analogies to recruit women for industrial labor.

true

Native American languages were useful in American military communications.

true

The 1944 presidential campaign revolved primarily around domestic, rather than foreign, policy issues.

true

The Allied invasion of Sicily led to the collapse of the Mussolini government.

true

The U.S. government consistently resisted calls to make an Allied effort to save Jews caught in the Holocaust.

true

The federal government's budget in 1945 had increased more than ten-fold from 1939.

true

When President Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb he believed he was making a simple military decision.

true

World War II gave a great boost to union membership, even though the government extracted "no-strike" pledges from unions for the duration of the war.

true

During World War II, the National Defense Research Committee

was headed by a scientist who was a pioneer in the development of the computer.

Over the course of World War II, inflation in the United States

was much less serious a problem than it had been during World War I.

The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

was the largest naval engagement in history.

During World War II, organized labor in the United States

won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers.

Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?

"Wildcat" strikes were the most common.

The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in

Alamogordo, New Mexico.

All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT that

Albert Einstein was in charge of the development program.

The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

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The Battle of Midway in 1942

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The Smith-Connally Act of 1943

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Which of the following is true of casualties in World War II?

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In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.

After 1943, the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from

Australia and New Zealand.

During World War II, Congress abolished the

CCC and WPA.

In February 1944, American naval forces won a series of victories in the Marshall Islands, under the command of

Chester Nimitz.

In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was

Chester Nimitz.

In the 1944 elections,

Democrats increased their control of the House.

During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was

George Marshall.

During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was

Italy.

The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of

Iwo Jima.

In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

Nazi Germany.

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

None of these answers is correct.