World War II

A. refusal to relax immigration restrictions for Jews.

Attitudes in the United States toward Jews fleeing persecution in Europe during World War II were reflected in the?: A. refusal to relax immigration restrictions for Jews. B. emotional welcome given the passengers aboard the St. Louis. C. monetary and legal assistance given to Jews for immigration. D. acceptance of Jews in the United States.

E. concentrate on defeating Germany first before turning on Japan.

In World War II the Allied strategy, agreed upon by the U. S. and Great Britain, was to?: A. concentrate on defeating Japan first before turning to Germany. B. divide all resources equally between the war against Japan and that against Germany. C. fight only against Japan, leaving the Russians to fight Germany alone. D. take a passive role and limit operations to reacting to Axis moves. E. concentrate on defeating Germany first before turning on Japan.

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

Issued by President Roosevelt in 1941, Executive Order No. 8802?: A. fully integrated the United States armed forces. B. assisted blacks attempting to move out of the South. C. required defense industries to make jobs available without discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin. D. created a presidential commission to study and recommend ways to alleviate wage discrimination based on race and sex.

Joseph Stalin became the Soviet dictator in 1926.

Name the Soviet dictator who came to power in 1926 and be gay in a massive effort to industrialize the country using "Five Year Plans."

Benito Mussolini; became the fascist dictator in 1919 in Italy

Name the fascist dictator who came to power in Italy 1919, bringing " order" and exploiting the fears of the Italian people.

D. the swift ending of the Great Depression.

One of the most important domestic results of the war effort was?: A. complete employment for minority Americans. B. the end of discrimination for African Americans. C. the revitalization of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange System. D. the swift ending of the Great Depression.

A. he believed the bomb was an appropriate response to Pearl Harbor.

President Truman used the atom bomb against Japan for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?: A. he believed the bomb was an appropriate response to Pearl Harbor. B. his basic motivation was to save American lives. C.he believed the bomb's power would convince the Soviets not to challenge American supremacy after the war. D. he believed the use of the bomb would make a military invasion of Japan unnecessary.

C. stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific.

The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in?: A. saving the Philippines from being invaded. B. thwarting the Japanese army's drive through Burma. C. stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific. D. driving the last vestiges of American sea power from the Pacific.

E. use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan.

The United States during World War II adopted all of the following strategies EXCEPT?: A. unconditional surrender. B. an eventual second front by invading Europe. C. victory in the European area first. D. support of de Gaulle's Free French forces. E. use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan.

Describe blitzkrieg. Who did the Germans use this tactic against first?

The blitzkrieg or the lightning war was the new military tactic used against the Polish militia first which included the invasion of tanks, aircrafts, and paratroopers to break enemy lines.

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

The development of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?: A. was opposed by most Americans. B. was the responsibility of the Manhattan Project team of scientists and engineers at Los Alamos, NM. C. began in the spring of 1945. D. was the responsibility of a group of scientists headed by Albert Einstein code named Operation Overlord.

A. wartime labor shortages.

The increase in the number of Mexican Americans employed in the United States during the early 1940s resulted from?: A. wartime labor shortages. B. better relations between them and the Anglo-American population. C. better living conditions in the cities. D. large-scale government programs to reduce discrimination.

Adolf Hitler What is the name chancellor of the German in 1933. He violated the Treaty Versailles by making it mandatory military draft to expand the army and created a new Air Force.

Who is named chancellor by the government president in 1933, eventually becoming the elected president in 1934? In what two ways did he violate the Treaty of Versailles?

Hitler signed the nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union so Germany wouldn't have to worry about fighting the Soviet union along with Britain and France.

Why did Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union?

D. an agreement to divide Germany into four military zones.

Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)?: A. the invasion of Sicily. B. the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers to draft peace treaties. C. a commitment to open a second front in France. D. an agreement to divide Germany into four military zones. E. the Soviet Union agreed to enter the war against Japan once Germany was defeated.

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

What happened to the New Deal during World War II?: A. since wartime spending brought recovery, neither Roosevelt nor Congress thought the New Deal was needed any more. B. an anti-New Deal coalition moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political environment. C. although cloaked in wartime labels, several additional New-Deal style agencies were in fact created to provide relief, recovery, and reform. D. all of these choices are correct.

Winston Churchill said the quote to pay tribute to the enormous from efforts made by fighter pilots and bomber crews.

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owned by so many to so few." Who said the preceding quote? To what was he referring specifically?

What is appeasement? How does the term relate to the Munich conference held on September 28, 1938 between Britain, France Italy, and Germany?

Appeasement is the agreement to meet the demands of someone or country to try to keep peace. This term relates to the Munich conference held on September 28, 1938 between Britain, France, Italy, in Germany because Britain, France, and Italy thought the demands of Germany (highway & railroad across Polish Corridor) where reasonable and fought the Nazis would want peace after demands were met.

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

At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the Allies agreed to?: A. an invasion of Italy in the spring, invasion of France in 1944, and the concept of "unconditional surrender." B.the division of Poland. C. fight until the world was made "safe for democracy." D. the creation of a United Nations organization after the war.

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

At the end of both World War I and World War II, the United States?: A. joined a multinational organization aimed at preserving world peace. B. formed military alliances with its allies to guard against invasion by mutual enemies. C. suffered through a recession that made the transition to peace time difficult. D. entered a period of extreme anti-communism that led to the persecution of many suspected radicals.

Fascism is the aggressive nationalistic movement that considered the nation more important then the individual.

Define "fascism"

Two arguments made by Hitler in "Mein Kamp" or "My Struggle" where that blond blue-eyed Germans belong to a master race, Aryan, and that Slavic's were inferior to their German superiority.

Describe two arguments made in Mein Kampf, or "My Stuggle," concerning race.

B. reaffirm traditional patterns for women's lives.

During World War II, women did all of the following EXCEPT?: A. work in factories. B. reaffirm traditional patterns for women's lives. C. establish themselves as a vital part of the economy. D. participate in the war effort. E. define a new role in society.

B. fought in a segregated military.

During the Second World War, African Americans?: A. moved from the North to the South to fill vacated agricultural jobs. B. fought in a segregated military. C. received support from the Roosevelt administration for civil rights legislation. D. were not allowed to fight in the military.

Two disastrous impacts of communism in the Soviet Union were the industrial wages dropped 43% between 1928 and 1933. Family farms became collective's and 10 million peasants died in famines.

Explain two Disastrous impacts of communism in the Soviet Union, according to your reading.

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from Woodrow Wilson's wartime practices when he?: A. made public our general war aims before the enemy's surrender. B. traveled overseas to make plans for the peace settlement. C. included members of both political parties in the delegation to the San Francisco Conference. D. engaged actively in political campaigning during the war. E. put great emphasis on a postwar international organization to preserve peace.

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

In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of?: A. heavy bombing from Chinese air bases. B. "island hopping" from the South Pacific to within striking distance of Japan. C. invading Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia. D. fortifying China by transporting supplies from India over the Himalayan "hump."

C. the formation of the United Nations.

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference involved primarily?: A. the trial and punishment of Nazi war criminals. B. the decision on whether or not to use the atomic bomb. C. the formation of the United Nations. D. startling revelations of the Nazi atrocities against the Jews. E. American plans for redrawing the map of Eastern Europe.

For what reasons did the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 due to Roosevelt banning the sale of airplane fuel in scrap iron to Japan in 1940 which led to Japan to sign with the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan). In November 1941 six Japanese aircraft carriers, two battleships, and several other warships set out for Hawaii destroying eight battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers, four other vessels, over 180 aircraft, and killed over 2403 Americans with another 1178 injured.

Why did the Japanese invade Manchuria in September 1931? To what awful even did the Japanese invasion of China eventually lead in 1937?

The Japanese invaded Manchuria in September 1931 because it was a resource region of northern China. They believed that seizing territory was the only way to gain/get resources. The event Japanese lid in 1937 was the invasion of Nanking (now Nanjing) was the Rape of Nanking and which the Japanese destroyed and killed over 300,000 people.

What specific ways did the series of neutrality acts passed by the United States Congress in the mid to late 1930s reflect lessons learned in World War I?

The Neutrality Acts passed by the United States Congress in the mid to late 1930s reflects the idea to stay out of the war as long as possible. To not favor certain countries over other countries blatantly to avoid another country declaring war and US citizens Wanted to avoid war due to sacrifices made such as the deployment of troops, a dent in the economy, and the devastation of lives lost.

D. the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Yalta Conference produced agreements on all of the following topics EXCEPT?: A.the organization of the United Nations. B.the Soviet war declaration on Japan in exchange for Soviet possession of the Kurile Islands. C. a self-determination agreement for the war-torn countries of Eastern Europe. D. the Allied invasion of Normandy.

D. made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands.

To ensure that Russia would join the war against Japan, President Roosevelt in 1945?: A. threatened to use the atomic bomb on Russian targets. B. gave Russia the secrets of the American atomic bomb. C. promised to assume half of the Russian war debt. D. made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands.

The Anschluss what the unification of Germany and Austria that Hitler call for the unification of all German-speaking people in 1937 and threatened to invade Austria in 1938.

What was the Anschluss?

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

Which does NOT describe the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?: A. the Supreme Court upheld their evacuation from the West Coast. B. reparations were finally paid to evacuees about forty years after the end of the war. C. outside California, there was strong public opposition to the internment policy. D. many if the evacuees were United States citizens.

A. the delay in opening the second front in Europe.

Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the United States and Great Britain during World War II?: A. the delay in opening the second front in Europe. B. the refusal to grant the Soviet Union lend-lease aid. C. the American monopoly on atomic bomb technology. D. the adoption of the Europe-first strategy. E. the failure of the West to accept changes in the borders of Poland.

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

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?: A. he felt it would shorten the war and eliminate the need for an invasion of Japan. B. he wanted to send a strong warning message to the Russians to watch their step in the Pacific after Japan was defeated. C. he believed it would be an appropriate revenge for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. D. he felt it would end up saving Japanese civilian lives, when compared to the casualties expected from an invasion of Japan E. once the bomb was completed, Truman felt he had to use it in order to justify the huge investments in time, resources, scientific expertise, and expense involved in developing it.

C. increasing the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans.

World War II brought about all of the following changes EXCEPT?: A. increasing the number of Americans who moved from rural areas to cities. B. accelerating long-developing social changes for black Americans. C. increasing the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans. D. dramatic changes in the roles and expectations of women. E. accelerating the legal migration of Mexicans to southern California.