Chapter 26

n August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

Paris.

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, American shoppers

faced many shortages of consumer goods.

In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on

fighting in North Africa and southern Europe.

The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.

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 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces.

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 costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of

Iwo Jima

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

None of these answers are correct: . the crematories of Auschwitz . the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz . the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz

During World War II, the U.S. military

began to relax its practices of racial segregation

Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?

"Wildcat" strikes were the most common.

During World War II, Chinese Americans

All the answers are correct . were drafted in a higher proportion than any other national group. . received a favorable image in U.S. government propaganda. . saw the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts. . both received a favorable image in the US Government propaganda and saw the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts

In February 1945, an Allied bombing attack on Dresden, Germany

All the answers are correct: A. destroyed 75% of the previously undamaged city. B. killed approximately 135,000 people. C. resulted in mostly civilian casualties.

During World War II, the effectiveness of German U-boats and underwater mines was greatly reduced by the development of

All these answers are correct- .sonar .advanced cavity magnetron valves .acoustic countermeasures .centimetric radar

The Japanese surrender to the United States

All these answers are correct: . was announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped. . was formally signed on the American battleship Missouri. . occurred on September 2, 1945. . was both formally signed on the American battleship Missouri and announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped.

In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.

In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was

Chester Nimitz.

During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was

George Marshall

During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was

Italy.