Question 1

Native American languages were useful in American military communications.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The U.S.government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

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A)   only after the war was over.
B)   prior to World War II beginning in Europe.
C)   before the U.S. had entered the war.
D)   only in the last year of the war.
E)   as early as 1942.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Over the course of World War II,inflation in the United States

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A)   was largely uncontrolled by the federal government.
B)   was not as serious a problem as it had been during World War I.
C)   was less a concern than fears of deflation.
D)   was at its highest in the last year of the war.
E)   remained low before 1941.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Between 1939 and 1945,the federal budget of the United States

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A)   rose over five-fold.
B)   halved.
C)   rose over ten-fold.
D)   tripled.
E)   doubled.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

In mid-1945,evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included

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A)   both the sending of thousands of pilots on suicide missions, and nighttime attacks by Japanese troops against American lines.
B)   nighttime attacks by Japanese troops against American lines.
C)   the sending of thousands of pilots on suicide missions.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   the loss of over 100,000 Japanese lives at Okinawa.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

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

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A)   Stockholm.
B)   Amsterdam.
C)   Paris.
D)   Warsaw.
E)   Rome.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

Congress abolished both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Association during World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is true of casualties in World War II?

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A)   Fourteen million combatants died.
B)   The war had cost the lives of more than 400,000 Americans.
C)   Close to 700,000 Americans were wounded.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   Casualties were relatively light in the United States, compared to those of other countries.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Harry Truman did not know of the existence of the Manhattan Project at the time that he became president.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Battle of Midway in 1942

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A)   lasted four days.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.
D)   was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.
E)   saw the United States suffer great losses.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

During World War II,the United States military services

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A)   banned the practice of painting bathing beauties on the nosecones of fighter planes.
B)   tolerated homosexuality.
C)   quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships.
D)   encouraged USO women to form relationships with servicemen.
E)   saw the major purpose of the USO as bringing new recruits into the armed forces.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

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

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A)   British lost a key early battle at El Alamein.
B)   Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad.
C)   Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.
D)   Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley.
E)   Americans pushed the Germans out of Egypt.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

During World War II,organized labor in the United States

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A)   lost membership as wages rose across most industries.
B)   frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages.
C)   won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act.
D)   won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers.
E)   agreed to freeze union membership and wages until the war was over.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

In 1943,in a meeting in Casablanca,the Allies decided they would next invade

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A)   Corsica.
B)   France.
C)   Sicily.
D)   Greece.
E)   Cyprus.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

During World War II,the War Production Board

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A)   favored large over small contractors.
B)   had complete control over military purchases.
C)   won the support of small business.
D)   was maintained under the auspices of the Department of Labor.
E)   was directed by Roosevelt ally Leon Henderson.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 17

The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in

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A)   Alamogordo, New Mexico.
B)   Hiroshima, Japan.
C)   Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
D)   the Bikini Islands.
E)   the Salt Lake desert in Utah.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

In 1939,the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

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A)   Nazi Germany.
B)   the United States.
C)   Great Britain.
D)   the Soviet Union.
E)   Japan.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Critics have charged the United States was morally irresponsible in using atomic weapons against Japan during World War II.What are their arguments? What are the arguments in support of dropping the bombs? Was the United States' action moral or not?

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Question 20

During World War II,Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in

Accepted Answer

A)   aircraft bombers.
B)   centimetric radar.
C)   rocket-propelled bombs.
D)   intelligence gathering.
E)   ocean mine detection.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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