Ch.25 Quiz Questions
What was the total number of civilian victims-including Jews, gays, gypsies, and religious and political dissenters- exterminated by the Nazis?
11 million
What new job opportunities did the wartime economy create for American women during the years 1941-1945?
Factory work on production lines
Which of the following was significant weakness of the good neighbor policy?
It did not prevent U.S. businesses from supporting Latin American dictatorships
What was the function of the Selective Service Act of 1940?
It registered men of military age to be drafted into the armed services
In the Atlantic Charter of August 1941, the United States and England agreed to
Protect the freedom of the seas, free trade, and the right of national self-determination
How did America's entry into World War II affect the New Deal?
The war marked the official end of the New Deal
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
To make arms, munitions, and other supplies available to Britain
What was the objective of the Neutrality Act of 1937?
To prevent increasing American involvement in European affairs
Why did President Roosevelt authorize the roundup and internment of all Americans of Japanese descent in 1942?
A large number of people believed that Japanese Americans were potential sources of espionage and subversion
The Double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for
African Americans fighting racial prejudice at home
What did most Americans in the mid-1930's consider more important than international affairs?
Attacking the causes and consequences of the Great Depression
What was the immediate consequence of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
Congress endorsed President Roosevelt's call for a declaration of war
The Allies assault against the German army on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is commonly known as
D Day
What did Neville Chamberlain's terms of "appeasement" for Germany in 1938 entail?
Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland
What event sparked the beginning of World War II?
Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939
Who succeeded President Roosevelt in the White House after his death on April 12, 1945
Harry Truman
How did President Roosevelt respond to A. Philip Randolf's plans to organize a march of 100,000 on Washington D.C., in 1941?
He authorized the Committee on Fair Employment Practices
How did President Roosevelt justify the proposed Lend-Lease Act in January 1941?
He cited the need to defend democracy and human rights around the world
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Nazi-Soviet treaty of nonagression in August 1939?
Hitler's invasion of Poland
The Battle of Midway signaled to the American military that
Japanese domination of the Pacific was weakening
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was part of the Japanese plan to
Knock out a significant portion of American naval bases in the Pacific
Who offered Adolf Hitler terms of appeasement in hopes of getting the German dictator to leave Szechoslovakia alone?
Neville Chamberlain
Where did the first nuclear device in history explode in 1945?
New Mexico
During the 1940's, the majority of African Americans migrated to
Northern and Western cities
Which country joined Great Britain in the fight against Hitler in January of 1941?
The United States
What was the conclusion of the Nye committee's 1933 report on World War I?
The greed of American munitions makers, bankers, and financiers was responsible for the nation's entry into WWI
Which of the following statements describes the relationship between American ethnic minorities and the armed forces during World War II?
They fought in large numbers in the armed forces despite discriminatory treatment
The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki only three days after the attack on Hiroshima
because the first bomb did not lead to a Japanese surrender to the United States
A reluctant isolationist, President Roosevelt believed during the 1930's that
free trade was necessary for America's domestic prosperity
The primary mission of Japanese kamikaze pilots was to
if unable to return from their mission, sacrifice themselves
In February 1945, the Big Three met at Yalta to discuss
postwar self-determination for the people of Eastern Europe
As the Allies closed in on him in December 1944, Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack through Belgium known as
the Battle of the Bulge