History Final

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believed Japan had already lost the war

Moderate Japanese leaders argued for an end to the fighting in the Pacific because they ______.

greatly increased during

The migration of Black people out of the rural South ______ the war.

white sailors attacked Mexican American teenagers

The zoot-suit riots of 1943 began when ______.

Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek was ______.

reluctant to confront the Japanese

promised to establish the Fair Employment Practices Commission

After A. Philip Randolph planned a massive march on Washington to demand integration in companies that held defense contracts, President Roosevelt _______.

culture of civil rights activism in the Black community was strengthened

As the result of efforts by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the ______.

reluctant to confront the Japanese

Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek was ______.

True

Civil Rights leaders called their wartime efforts the "double-V" campaign—victory at home over racism, abroad over fascism, T/F?

killed more civilians

Compared to the attack on Hiroshima, the attack on Nagasaki two days later ______.

only those locations that would help them win the war

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted ______.

experienced less prejudice than before

During World War II, Chinese Americans ______.

pachucos

During the World War II era, Mexican American teenagers in the Los Angeles area who sometimes joined street gangs were called ______.

landed factory jobs for the first time

During the war, Mexican workers ______.

Talented young people left the reservations, creating workforce shortages. Government subsidies dwindled.

How did the war affect life for Native Americans who stayed on the reservations?

It enhanced both their social status and their legal status.

How did the war affect the social and legal status of Chinese Americans?

companies with defense contracts

In the summer of 1941, A. Philip Randolph threatened to lead a massive protest on Washington to pressure the government to require integration of ______.

housed in grim facilities in the Western United States

Japanese Americans interned during World War II were ______.

investigate racial discrimination in war industries

The Fair Employment Practices Commission was established to ______.

Mexican workers admitted to the United States for a limited time

The Spanish term braceros was used during the war in reference to ______.

Korematsu v. U.S.

The Supreme Court case that upheld the internment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans to detention camps was ______.

provided critical supplies across the Himalayas

What did the U.S. army do to assist Chinese forces during 1944?

It was overturned in a case upholding President Trump's travel ban on citizens of predominately Muslim countries.

What is the status of the Supreme Court's decision in Korematsu?

As a group they generally kept to themselves and preserved their traditional cultural patterns.

What led Americans to imagine that Japanese Americans might be engaged in conspiracies on behalf of their ancestral homeland?

entry rules for fiancées the war bride provision

What legal immigration loopholes did some Chinese women use to circumvent the minuscule immigrant quota restriction?

Moderate Japanese leaders were looking to end the fighting. American firebombing had weakened the will to resist. The Japanese had almost no ships or planes left.

What signals indicated that an invasion of Japan in 1945 might not be necessary?

Congress of Racial Equality

Which organization, begun in 1942, organized sit-ins and demonstrations in segregated facilities to publicize the plight of Black Americans?

Some Native Americans worked in war plants, though they generally had to leave their reservations to do so.

Which statement best describes the position of Native Americans in the wartime economy?

forced to give up their jobs and businesses

While living in internment camps, Japanese Americans were ______.

China

Who was America's principal ally in Asia during World War II? ______.


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