Module 10: World War II

The United States responded to Japan's expansionist policies in East Asia by

imposing economic sanctions on trade with the Japanese

In response to a call for 150,000 African Americans to march on Washington to protest discrimination in defense industries, President Roosevelt:

issued an executive order prohibiting discrimination in defense industries

In the 1930s, isolationism was a policy favored by

most Americans

". . . The Director of the War Relocation Authority is authorized and directed to formulate and effectuate [implement] a program for the removal, from the areas designated from time to time by the Secretary of War or appropriate military commander under the authority of Executive Order No. 9066 of February 19, 1942, of the persons or classes of persons designated under such Executive Order, and for their relocation, maintenance, and supervision..." —Executive Order 9102, March 18, 1942 Shortly after this executive order was signed, federal government authorities began to:

move Japanese Americans to internment camps.

This World War II cartoon sought to encourage Americans to

ration the use of resources.

The Holocaust

was a product of Adolf Hitler's demented belief that Germans constituted a master race which had a right to kill those they deemed inferior.

Which of the following event can be concluded from chart?

All answers can be concluded from the chart.

World War II

All of the above

Which of the following statements about the Holocaust is FALSE?

As a result of the horrors of the Holocaust, there have been no further attempts at ethnic cleansing or mass killings based on race or ethnicity

Germany turned to Hitler for all but one of the following reasons. Select the EXCEPTION.

Because he was mistakenly viewed as a moderate who could negotiate a reduction in reparation payments

Which of the following statements is FALSE? During the 1930s

Congress enacted a War Powers Act reaffirming Congress's exclusive power to declare war

World War II began when

Germany attacked Poland

Within six weeks of the outbreak of fighting in 1939,

Germany had conquered most of continental Europe

"Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the . . . authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures." —Justice Hugo Black, Korematsu v. United States, 1944 Which generalization is supported by this quotation?

In a national emergency individual rights are sometimes sacrificed.

The victims of the Zoot Suit riots were mainly

Mexican Americans

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

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

What are the characteristics of blitzkrieg?

Sudden, violent attacks by air and land.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Until he reached power, Hitler kept his plans - to rearm Germany, conquer countries with large German populations like Austria and Czechoslovakia, and seize territory outside Germany - a secret.

"I also ask this Congress for authority and for funds sufficient to manufacture additional munitions and war supplies of many kinds, to be turned over to those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations. Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. They do not need man power, but they do need billions of dollars' worth of the weapons of defense. The time is near when they will not be able to pay for them all in ready cash. We cannot, and we will not, tell them that they must surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the weapons which we know they must have..." President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Annual Message to Congress, January 6, 1941 What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposing in this speech?

That the United States provide the Allies with weapons for defensive purposes.

All but one of the following were important domestic results of the war effort. Select the EXCEPTION.

World War II largely ended discrimination against African Americans.