American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 26: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
During the first few months following American entry into World War II,
A)national opinion was sharply divided about the war.
B)national opinion was remarkably unified even though the war was going badly.
C)national opinion was initially divided but soon was unified by a string of impressive victories.
D)national opinion was ambivalent and fairly uninvolved due to the so-called phony war.
E)national opinion was strongly against the war.
2
The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in
A)saving the Philippines from being invaded.
B)thwarting the Japanese army's drive through Burma.
C)stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific.
D)dividing the last vestiges of American sea power from the Pacific.
E)gaining American support for the war in the Pacific.
3
The first area to be liberated from Axis occupation by the Allies was
A)France.
B)Sicily.
C)the Balkans.
D)Poland.
E)North Africa.
4
The Soviet Union's position regarding the American and British campaigns in North Africa and Italy was to
A)favor both because they tied down the Axis forces.
B)oppose both because they delayed the cross-channel invasion of France.
C)oppose North Africa but favor Italy since it was closer to Germany.
D)favor North Africa but oppose Italy because it was after the Stalingrad victory.
E)favor Italy because North Africa was too far away for Allied troops to support the Soviet Union.
5
With reference to World War II, the term Holocaust refers to
A)Hitler's blitzkrieg against Poland.
B)Hitler's campaign to provide Germans with more living space.
C)the American nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
D)the American effort to prevent Hitler's extermination of the Jews.
E)Hitler's campaign to exterminate the Jews.
6
During the war years, the federal budget
A)decreased by 20%.
B)stayed the same.
C)increased by 10%.
D)increased by 1000%.
E)increased by 100%.
7
Which region of the United States benefited the most from wartime spending?
A)the Northeast
B)the Midwest
C)the Plains
D)New England
E)the West
8
The War Production Board
A)never gained as much power as the War Industries Board of World War I.
B)caused a failure to meet the nation's critical war needs.
C)thrived under the political and administrative savvy of Donald Nelson.
D)controlled all purchases by the nation's armed forces during the war.
E)worked to fight price inflation.
9
The two largest groups of migrants to American cities during World War II were
A)Japanese Americans and African Americans.
B)Mexican Americans and Southern whites.
C)African Americans and Mexican Americans.
D)Native Americans and Chinese Americans.
E)Southern whites and Japanese Americans.
10
The famous image of "Rosie the Riveter"
A)symbolized the erosion of some of the prejudice against women working in traditionally male jobs.
B)symbolized a permanent change in the status of working mothers in the American economy.
C)symbolized the continued categorization of women in jobs deemed appropriate for them by male bosses.
D)showed how women's work was analogized to their traditional roles in the home.
E)created permanent negative stereotypes of women in the workforce.
11
Which does NOT describe the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
A)The Supreme Court upheld their evacuation from the West Coast.
B)Reparations were finally paid to evacuees about forty years after the war.
C)Many of the evacuees were United States citizens.
D)Outside California, there was widespread public opposition to the internment policy.
E)There is no evidence these Japanese Americans were engaging in conspiracies.
12
The objective of the Manhattan Project was to develop
A)the atomic bomb.
B)synthetic rubber.
C)a system of coastal defenses.
D)a system for dispersion of civilian urban population.
E)relocation centers for Japanese Americans.
13
Harry S. Truman came to national prominence and the vice presidency through
A)leading the southern conservative wing in Congress.
B)managing Roosevelt's renomination campaign at the Democratic convention.
C)coordinating the planning of the D-Day invasion.
D)assuming the job of Supreme Allied Commander.
E)chairing an investigative committee that exposed waste and corruption in wartime production.
14
In the final months of World War II in Europe, American and British forces
A)pushed into the heart of Germany while Soviet troops bogged down in Poland.
B)entered Germany from the west and Soviet troops entered Germany from the east and occupied Berlin.
C)stalled along the Rhine River just outside Germany until they linked with Soviet forces.
D)rushed toward Berlin to gain a "knock-out punch" on Hitler before the Soviet troops could arrive in the capital city.
E)were unable to break into France through Normandy.
15
During World War II, the Japanese word kamikaze referred to
A)atomic fallout.
B)ritual disembowelment.
C)the lightning speed with which Japanese armies swept through Southeast Asia.
D)a suicide mission in which a Japanese pilot purposely crashed his plane into an enemy ship.
E)living space.
16
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
A)demonstrated that the Japanese fleet was still strong enough to slow the potential American invasion force.
B)brought the Soviet Union into the Pacific War.
C)all but destroyed Japan's ability to continue serious naval warfare.
D)stopped the Japanese advance in the central Pacific near Guam and Midway.
E)was the last major battle on the western front.
17
In the weeks before the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, Japanese political and military leaders
A)were united in their determination to continue the war.
B)were united in their decision to seek peace.
C)were split with some wishing to seek peace and others wishing to continue the fight.
D)offered to surrender if they could keep control of Okinawa and Korea.
E)decided to surrender after Hitler died.
18
The key facilities for development and production of the American atomic bomb were located in
A)New York City and Chicago.
B)Tennessee, Washington, and New Mexico.
C)Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
D)Southern California, Georgia, and Oklahoma.
E)Virginia and Maryland.
19
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
A)Khe Sahn
B)Yokohama
C)Tokyo
D)Okinawa
E)Nagasaki
20
When did the Soviet Union enter the Pacific War against Japan?
A)in June 1941, right after Hitler attacked the Soviet Union
B)in December 1941, right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
C)in February 1945, right after the Yalta Conference
D)in February 1944, after a series of Allied victories in the Marshall Islands
E)in August 1945, about a week before the Japanese surrendered
21
When American soldiers returned home from the war, they found a nation that looked
A)largely the same as it did when they left.
B)completely transformed by wartime rationing.
C)completely transformed by the economic prosperity the war created.
D)as different as the European and Asian nations they had left behind.
E)completely transformed by anti-war sentiment.
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