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The Four Freedoms:
a. was a campaign slogan of the Republicans.
b. was the war aims of Nazi Germany.
c. were President Roosevelt’s statement of the Allied war aims.
d. protected the freedom to join the Communist Party.
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C
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During the 1930s, the Good Neighbor Policy:
a. included the renewal of the Platt Amendment.
b. maintained the right of American military intervention in Latin America.
c. was a foreign policy based on the recognition of the autonomy of Latin American countries.
d. was a foreign policy that assisted in democratic revolutions.
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C
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The Four Freedoms Show toured the country to persuade Americans to:
a. vote for Franklin Roosevelt’s third term in 1940.
b. enter the European war.
c. buy war bonds.
d. support the Good Neighbor Policy.
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C
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As fascism rose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s, most Americans:
a. supported U.S. intervention.
b. supported U.S. neutrality.
c. remained ambivalent.
d. favored an end to trade with war-torn nations.
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B
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In 1940, the "cash and carry plan:
a. allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis.
b. allowed Germany to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis.
c. allowed all belligerents to purchase arms on a restricted basis.
d. allowed open trade of U.S. arms to interested buyers with adequate capital.
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A
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Men like Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Father Coughlin were members of the:
a. America Now! Committee, an interventionist group.
b. Anti-Semitism Society, a group that blamed the Jews for the war.
c. America First committee, an isolationist group.
d. Free-Paris Society, a group that advocated the liberation of Paris.
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C
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The Lend-Lease Act:
a. authorized military aid to Germany and Japan.
b. authorized military aid to those fighting Germany and Japan.
c. excluded the Soviet Union.
d. maintained trade relations with Japan.
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B
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Why did FDR refer to December 7, 1941, as the "date that will live in infamy."
a. the German invasion of Poland, signaling the start of WWII.
b. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, drawing the U.S. into WWII.
c. the German declaration of war against the United States.
d. the Japanese attack on Indochina.
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B
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"D-Day" refers to the:
a. Allied invasion of Japan.
b. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
c. Dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.
d. Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.
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D
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What was the "final solution"?
a. The allied operation for D-Day.
b. Hitler’s plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" people.
c. Japan’s plan to attack Pearl Harbor.
d. The United States’ plan for the atomic bombs and their use in Japan.
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B
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The Office of War Information:
a. imprisoned isolationists
b. cast the war’s sole goal as retaliation against the Japanese
c. attempted to stir up nationalist hysteria
d. used radio, film, and press to give the war ideological meaning.
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D
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"Rosie the Riveter":
a. refers to a movie during World War II.
b. was a nickname applied to all women workers during the war.
c. refers to Norman Rockwell’s image of a female industrial laborer.
d. was a woman who performed a show encouraging women to support the war effort.
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C
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Women working in defense industries during the war:
a. were viewed as permanent workers after the war, so long as they did good work.
b. made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and ship building.
c. were small in number, as most women took clerical work or joined the military as nurses.
d. were all young, single women who left their jobs once they got married.
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B
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For most women workers, World War II:
a. had little impact on their daily lives.
b. permanently changed the way employers viewed them.
c. permanently changed the way men viewed them.
d. allowed them to make temporary gains in employment equality.
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D
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Which group issued its own declaration of war against the Axis powers?
a. the Iroquois
b. the Cherokee
c. the Navajo
d. the Lakota
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A
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The program that began in 1942 that allowed experienced Mexican agricultural workers to cross the border to work under government labor contracts was called:
a. the Bracero program
b. the Chicano program
c. the "zoot suit" program
d. the pueblo program
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A
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The "Zoot Suit" riots of 1943:
a. were a series of fashion shows in Hollywood.
b. involved Mexican immigrants fighting with blacks in Los Angeles.
c. involved autoworkers in Detroit.
d. highlighted the limits of racial tolerance during World War II.
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D
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Executive Order 9066:
a. was overturned by the Supreme Court.
b. authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans.
c. exempted isolationists from military service.
d. authorized the internment of German-Americans.
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B
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What statement about Japanese Internment is FALSE:
a. the press supported the policy of internment almost unanimously.
b. Japanese-Americans in Hawaii were exempt from the policy.
c. Japan used it as proff that America was racist towards nonwhite people.
d. Once their loyalty was proven, they were free to leave.
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D
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The Fair Employment Practices Commission:
a. applied only to Mexican immigrants working in war production.
b. was the first federal agency since Reconstruction to advocate equal opportunity for blacks.
c. was criticized by the black press.
d. fined those employers who discriminated against blacks.
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B
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The double-V campaign was:
a. the Allied war efforts in Europe and Asia
b. the effort to end discrimination against immigrants and blacks.
c. the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism abroad.
d. not supported by the NAACP.
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C
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A. Philip Randolph:
a. was instrumental in getting the GI Bill of Rights passed.
b. fought for the release of the Japanese-Americans.
c. pressured FDR into issuing Executive Order 8802.
d. was the first black captain in the U.S. army.
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C
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Black internationalism during World War II:
a. was rejected by W.E.B. DuBois
b. connected the plight of black Americans to that of people of color worldwide.
c. supported colonial rule in Africa.
d. completely rejected the political ideals of Marcus Garvey.
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B
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According to Gunnar Myrdal, America’s dilemma was a conflict between:
a. America’s rhetoric at home and its foreign policy abroad.
b. American values and American racial policies.
c. American isolationism and German aggression.
d. American liberalism and American conservatism.
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B
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All of the following are true about the Yalta conference in 1945 EXCEPT:
a. it was attended by the world leaders known as the Big Three.
b. American-Soviet cooperation was at its peak.
c. attendees committed to an unconditional surrender by Germany to end the war.
d. the Soviet Union was given permission to maintain control of the Baltic states.
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C
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