Ch. 26- History
issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation
Prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan, President Harry Truman
refused to accept large numbers of refugees
Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States
led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suit
The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles
was the largest naval engagement in history
The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
True
The Allied invasion of Sicily led to the collapse of the Mussolini government
all answers are correct
The Battle of Midway in 1942
was the last major battle on the western front
The Battle of the Bulge
marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan
The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
All answer choices are correct
The Japanese surrender to the United States
False
The Soviet Union favored the Allied African campaign as a way to divert German resources from the eastern front
True
The U.S. government consistently resisted calls to make an Allied effort to save Jews caught in the Holocaust.
False
The braceros program allowed Mexicans to enter the United States and become citizens if they agreed to work in war plants for the duration of the war
Iwo Jima
The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of
Alamogordo, New Mexico
The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in
False
Working mothers during World War II usually relied on private child-care facilities
False
African Americans' strategy for social and economic improvement during World War II was to gain favor with the Roosevelt administration rather than make demands of it.
Albert Einstein was in charge of the development program
All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT that
the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel
All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that
True
By the end of 1942, Allied technology had caught up with that of Germany and Japan.
None of these answers is correct
During World War II, Allied bombers targeted
faced many shortages of consumer goods
During World War II, American shoppers
all answers are correct
During World War II, Chinese Americans
CCC and WPA
During World War II, Congress abolished the
worked as code-talkers and joined the military
During World War II, Native Americans
High school enrollment
During World War II, in the United States, all of the following social indicators experienced a rise in their rate of occurrence EXCEPT
won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers
During World War II, organized labor in the United States
by President Roosevelt after black protesters threatened a massive march on the capital
During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created
George C. Marshall
During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was
Italy
During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was
saw more than 16 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces
During World War II, the labor force of the United States
West
During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the
Nazi Germany
In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by
admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time
In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which
there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk
In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"
fighting in North Africa and southern Europe
In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on
the Soviet Union
In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was
to wait for the Russian army to arrive
In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River
Paris
In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of
Chester Nimitz
In February 1944, American naval forces won a series of victories in the Marshall Islands, under the command of
True
In June 1942, the United States gained control of the central Pacific with the Battle of Midway
Chester Nimitz
In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was
mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions
In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to
All these answers are correct
In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included
Democrats increased their control of the House
In the 1944 elections,
True
Native American languages were useful in American military communications.
