Chapter 26 APUSH quiz
During World War II, the U.S. military
began to relax its practices of racial segregation.
In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was
the Soviet Union.
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.
In the 1944 elections,
Democrats increased their control of the House.
In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of
Paris.
During World War II, the National Defense Research Committee
was headed by a scientist who was a pioneer in the development of the computer.
In February 1945, an Allied bombing attack on Dresden, Germany
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The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France
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During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was
George Marshall.
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.
The Battle of the Bulge
ended serious German resistance in the west.
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.
The Battle of Midway in 1942
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The Japanese surrender to the United States
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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.
The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of
Iwo Jima
During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the
West.
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.
The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust
as early as 1942.
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.
During World War II, American shoppers
faced many shortages of consumer goods.
During World War II, the War Production Board
favored large over small contractors.
In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on
fighting in North Africa and southern Europe.
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.
In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to
mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.
During World War II, the United States military services
quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships.
Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States
refused to accept large numbers of refugees.
During World War II, the labor force of the United States
saw 16 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces.
During World War II, Native Americans
saw the war undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions.
During World War II, American women who worked outside the home
tended to be older than women who had worked in the past
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.
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.
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.
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.
During World War II, Congress abolished the
CCC and WPA
In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was
Chester Nimitz.
During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was
Italy.
In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade
Sicily
All of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the
creation of the Purple machine for coded communications.
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.
In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River
to wait for the Russian army to arrive.
The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
During World War II, Chinese Americans
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In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included
All these answers are correct.
In February 1944, American naval forces won a series of victories in the Marshall Islands, under the command of
Chester Nimitz.
