U.S. History H - WWII Quiz Review

In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of

"Island hopping" from the South Pacific to within striking distance of Japan.

Potsdam Conference

A developing split between the Soviet Union and the U. S. became apparent at this July 1945 wartime meeting.

Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)?

An agreement to divide Germany into four military zones.

What happened to the New Deal during World War II?

An anti-New Deal coalition moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political environment.

At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the Allies agreed to

An invasion of Italy in the spring, invasion of France in 1944, and the concept of "unconditional surrender."

Yalta Conference

At this meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders in 1945, the Soviet Union agreed to wage war against Japan and the U. S. agreed to permit the Soviet occupation of Polish territories.

Bretton Woods Conference

At this meeting, plans were drawn up for an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to help stabilize the world's currencies after the war.

Servicemen's Adjustment Act

Better known as the "G. I. Bill of Rights," this law aided veterans in setting themselves up in business and providing loans for home mortgages, pensions, and educational opportunities.

In World War II the Allied strategy, agreed upon by the U. S. and Great Britain, was to

Concentrate on defeating Germany first before turning on Japan.

At the end of both World War I and World War II, the United States

Entered a period of extreme anti-communism that led to the persecution of many suspected radicals.

Atlantic Charter

FDR and Churchill issued this 1941 statement that declared that both nations would support self-determination, freedom of the seas, joint disarmament, and territorial integrity for all after World War II ended.

Arsenal of Democracy

FDR's view of the U.S. role in World War II as a supplier of war materials to countries fighting the Nazis and the Japanese.

During the Second World War, African Americans

Fought in a segregated military.

President Truman used the atom bomb against Japan for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

He believed the bomb was an appropriate response to Pearl Harbor.

Which of the following was the MAJOR reason President Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?

He felt it would shorten the war and eliminate the need for an invasion of Japan.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

He was the scientific director of the secret Manhattan Project that created the first atomic bomb.

Executive Order #9066

In this proclamation, FDR announced that all Japanese-Americans were to be put in detention camps for the security of the nation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from Woodrow Wilson's wartime practices when he

Included members of both political parties in the delegation to the San Francisco Conference.

World War II brought about all of the following changes EXCEPT

Increasing the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans.

Clark Memorandum

It repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

To ensure that Russia would join the war against Japan, President Roosevelt in 1945

Made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands.

Which does NOT describe the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?

Outside California, there was strong public opposition to the internment policy.

During World War II, women did all of the following EXCEPT

Reaffirm traditional patterns for women's lives.

Attitudes in the United States toward Jews fleeing persecution in Europe during World War II were reflected in the

Refusal to relax immigration restrictions for Jews.

Issued by President Roosevelt in 1941, Executive Order No. 8802

Required defense industries to make jobs available without discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin.

The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in

Stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific.

One of the most important domestic results of the war effort was

Swift ending of the Great Depression.

The Yalta Conference produced agreements on all of the following topics EXCEPT

The Allied invasion of Normandy.

Island hopping

The U. S. military strategy during World War II in the Pacific in order to reach within striking distance of Japan.

Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the United States and Great Britain during World War II?

The delay in opening the second front in Europe.

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference involved primarily

The formation of the United Nations.

A. Philip Randolph

This African-American labor leader demanded equal employment opportunities for blacks during World War II.

Korematsu v. U.S.

This upheld the authority of the U. S. government to confine Japanese Americans in relocation camps as a matter of national security in wartime.

The United States during World War II adopted all of the following strategies EXCEPT

Use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan.

The increase in the number of Mexican Americans employed in the United States during the early 1940s resulted from

Wartime labor shortages.

The development of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima

Was the responsibility of the Manhattan Project team of scientists and engineers at Los Alamos, NM.