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| led coal miners out on strike in 1943. |
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| was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1944. |
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| headed Operation Overlord. |
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| was elected vice president in 1944. |
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| alerted Roosevelt to German research on nuclear fission. |
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| was an American admiral in Pacific. |
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| lost the presidential election in 1944. |
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| directed construction of atomic bombs. |
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| headed Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. |
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| was the sitting vice president removed from the 1944 ticket. |
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| T/F: By the end of World War II, more than 6 million women had entered the workforce. |
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| T/F: Black American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II. |
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| T/F: The bracero program mobilized Native Americans to support the war effort. |
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| T/F: Large numbers of Americans of German, Italian, and Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II. |
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| T/F: The United States and Britain adopted a Pacific First strategy to World War II in response to Japanese attacks in the Pacific. |
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| T/F: At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the terms for ending the war must include the "unconditional surrender" of all enemies. |
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| T/F: The strategic bombing of Europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production. |
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| T/F: D-day refers to the cross-channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France. |
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| T/F: The Battle of the Leyte Gulf underscored Japan's ability to continue their defense of the Philippines. |
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| T/F: The agreements at Yalta Conference included Stalin's pledge to enter the war against Japan three months after Germany's defeat. |
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| T/F: In May 1945 Germany surrendered in exchange for assurances Hitler would not be tried as a war criminal. |
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| T/F: The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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| T/F: Despite the insistence on "unconditional surrender," the United States accepted a conditional surrender when it agreed to let the emperor keep his throne. |
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| T/F: Despite the length and duration of World War II, total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained less than 1 million. |
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| T/F: During World War II, presidential authority expanded significantly. |
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| From late 1941 into early 1942, during World War II in the Pacific: |
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| there was a succession of Japanese victories that saw numerous Allied outposts fall. |
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| All the following statements about the Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific that favored the U.S. the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers, the Japanese navy was forced into retreat less than six months after Pearl Harbor, and the battle demonstrated that aircraft carriers were the decisive elements of modern naval warfare are true EXCEPT: |
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| the battle began with another Japanese surprise attack on American forces. |
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| In early 1942 the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was: |
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| German submarine warfare. |
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| By late 1942 the United States effectively countered German advantages in the Atlantic with what strategic response? |
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| Following the declaration of war: |
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| men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted |
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| What agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production? |
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| A significant economic problem during the war was: |
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| finding enough workers for the essential war time industries |
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| The Office of Price Administration: |
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| set price ceilings on highly demanded items like tires, sugar, and gasoline. |
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| During the war, domestic politics was marked by: |
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| Which statement best describes the impact of the war on the Far West? |
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| the Far West experienced the fastest rate of urban growth in the U.S. |
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| The mobilization of women in the labor force during World War II: |
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| led to more than a third of all American women joining the labor force |
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| A. Philip Randolph cancelled his planned protest march on Washington in exchange for what? |
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| An executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in defense work |
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| brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States |
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| What statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World War II? |
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| Indian servicemen were integrated into regular units. |
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| housed more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during the war. |
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| Which of the following statements accurately describes the overall approach the British and Americans adopted to fighting the war? |
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| They prioritized the war in Europe because Germany posed the greatest threat to the Western Hemisphere. |
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| When Roosevelt and Churchill met a draft a joint war plan in early 1942, they agreed: |
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| that something needed to be done to relieve the pressure along the Russian front |
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| British and American differences over where to attack Germany first was resolved with the decision to launch an offensive where? |
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| At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed a demand for the "unconditional surrender" of their enemies, an assault on Sicily and Italy, the stepped-up bombing of Germany, and increased shipments of military supplies to the Soviet Union EXCEPT: |
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| an immediate launching of a cross-channel invasion into France. |
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| What advantage helped the Allies gain the advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic? |
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| The Allies decoded German messages that indicated where the U-boats were. |
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| Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943? |
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| Sicily fell quickly after the Allied surprise landing |
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| How did Germany respond to Italy's decision to switch sides in September 1943? |
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| Germany slowed the Allied advance by pouring its own reinforcements into Italy |
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| All of the following statements about the Allied bombing of Germany during 1943 and 1944 American strategic bombers were full-fledged partners of the Royal Air Force, the bombings caused widespread damage, the strategic offensive failed to devastate German industrial production, and the Allies had secured air supremacy over Germany are true EXCEPT: |
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| the Allied bombing indisputably shattered civilian morale in Germany |
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| The main purpose of the 1943 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at Tehran was: |
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| to plan the invasion of France and the Russian offensive across eastern Europe |
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| Allied invasion at Normandy |
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| All the following Pacific engagements helped turn the tide of war against Japan in 1943 and 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of the Philippine Sea, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, and securing of New guinea and the Marianas EXCEPT: |
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| What was the most significant consequence of the Battle of Leyte Gulf? |
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| The Japanese lost their remaining sea power and ability to defend the Philippines |
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| In the presidential election of 1944: |
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| Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president |
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| Following the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge: |
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| British, American, and Soviet forces were advancing toward Germany from both the east and west. |
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| At the Yalta Conference of 1945 the Allies called for a conference to create a new world security organization, agreed to Soviet territorial demands in eastern Europe, made arrangements for the postwar governance of Germany, and reaffirmed the principles of the Atlantic Charter EXCEPT: |
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| restore the original Polish government to power in Poland |
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| Less than a month before the surrender of Germany: |
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| President Roosevelt died in office |
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| The Axis' defeat and Germany's surrender included Hitler's suicide, Italian partisans killing Mussolini, the surrender of German forces in Italy, and the signing of a treaty in which Germany agreed to unconditional surrender EXCEPT: |
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| the Allied capture of Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun |
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| Following the defeat of Germany: |
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| came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust. |
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| The American assault on Okinawa: |
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| was a success but with tremendous loss of life for both the United States and Japan |
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| demanded that Japan surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction" |
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| What significance did the use of atomic bombs against Japan have? |
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| they allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasion of Japan. |
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| After dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the United States: |
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| accepted Japan's surrender, albeit with the condition that the emperor could keep his throne |
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| As a result of World War II: |
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| As a result of World War II, presidential authority in the United States: |
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| increased dramatically at the expense of congressional and state power |
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