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Grade 11 World War II
Which of the following was the MAJOR reason President Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?:
  1. he felt it would shorten the war and eliminate the need for an invasion of Japan.
  2. he wanted to send a strong warning message to the Russians to watch their step in the Pacific after Japan was defeated.
  3. he believed it would be an appropriate revenge for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
  4. he felt it would end up saving Japanese civilian lives, when compared to the casualties expected from an invasion of Japan.
  5. once the bomb was completed, Truman felt he had to use it in order to justify the huge investments in time, resources, scientific expertise, and expense involved in developing it.
Grade 11 World War II
In the final months of World War II in Europe, American and British forces
  1. pushed into the heart of Germany while Soviet troops bogged down in Poland.
  2. entered Germany from the west and Soviet troops entered Germany from the east and occupied Berlin.
  3. stalled along the Rhine River just outside Germany until they linked with Soviet forces.
  4. rushed toward Berlin to gain a "knock-out punch" on Hitler before the Soviet troops could arrive in the capital city.
  5. were unable to break into France through Normandy.
Grade 11 World War II
Immediately after Pearl Harbor, American and British strategists decided to
  1. open a second front in western Europe.
  2. follow Stalin's advice on military strategy.
  3. pursue victory against Germany first, then Japan.
  4. attempt to regain Pacific islands from Japan.
  5. use the atomic bomb as soon as it was developed.
Grade 11 World War II
For the first time in World War II, the United States
  1. entered into a war with a foreign power
  2. instituted a peacetime draft
  3. allowed blacks and whites to fight in integrated units
  4. used its navy to help fight
  5. allowed women to fight in combat
Grade 11 World War II
The famous image of "Rosie the Riveter"
  1. symbolized the erosion of some of the prejudice against women working in traditionally male jobs.
  2. symbolized a permanent change in the status of working mothers in the American economy.
  3. symbolized the continued categorization of women in jobs deemed appropriate for them by male bosses.
  4. showed how women's work was analogized to their traditional roles in the home.
  5. created permanent negative stereotypes of women in the workforce.
Grade 11 World War II
The Neutrality acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937
  1. Were designed to guarantee America traditional neutral rights and free trade in the event of war
  2. Allowed the US to sell or lease war materiel to the Allies
  3. Signified greater US involvement on the world stage
  4. Were intended to keep the United States out of war
  5. Showed how the United States was willing to cooperate with European nations to prevent war
Grade 11 World War II
Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)?:
  1. the invasion of Sicily.
  2. the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers to draft peace treaties.
  3. commitment to open a second front in France.
  4. an agreement to divide Germany into four military zones.
  5. the Soviet Union agreed to enter the war against Japan once Germany was defeated.
Grade 11 World War II
All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT:
  1. a dramatic increase of married women entering the paid work force.
  2. the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to camps in the interior.
  3. the prohibition of interstate travel without government permission.
  4. the federal rationing of gasoline and sugar.
  5. an increase in Black immigration to urban areas.
Grade 11 World War II
The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in
  1. saving the Philippines from being invaded.
  2. thwarting the Japanese army's drive through Burma.
  3. stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific.
  4. dividing the last vestiges of American sea power from the Pacific.
  5. gaining American support for the war in the Pacific.
Grade 11 World War II
The roots of U.S. isolationism in the 1930s lay in
  1. the belief that neutrality would allow us to play a stronger role in negotiating a peace.
  2. the desire to collect U.S. war debts and therefore, an unwillingness to see the reality of the situation in Europe and Asia.
  3. a belief that World War I had been "the war to end all wars."
  4. disillusionment with the results of World War I.
  5. the belief that Great Britain was strong enough to check any war advances by Germany and Japan.
Grade 11 World War II
During the first few months following American entry into World War II,
  1. national opinion was sharply divided about the war.
  2. national opinion was remarkably unified even though the war was going badly.
  3. national opinion was initially divided but soon was unified by a string of impressive victories.
  4. national opinion was ambivalent and fairly uninvolved due to the so-called phony war.
  5. national opinion was strongly against the war.
Grade 11 World War II
Which does NOT describe the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
  1. The Supreme Court upheld their evacuation from the West Coast.
  2. Reparations were finally paid to evacuees about forty years after the war.
  3. Many of the evacuees were United States citizens.
  4. Outside California, there was widespread public opposition to the internment policy.
  5. There is no evidence these Japanese Americans were engaging in conspiracies.
Grade 11 World War II
This called for freedom of the seas and self-determination:
  1. Yalta Conference
  2. Washington Naval Conference
  3. Potsdam Agreement
  4. Atlantic Charter
  5. Lend-Lease Act
Grade 11 World War II
The first area to be liberated from Axis occupation by the Allies was
  1. France
  2. Sicily
  3. the Balkans
  4. Poland
  5. North Africa
Grade 11 World War II
Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the United States and Great Britain during World War II?:
  1. the delay in opening the second front in Europe.
  2. the refusal to grant the Soviet Union lend-lease aid.
  3. the American monopoly on atomic bomb technology.
  4. the adoption of the Europe-first strategy.
  5. the failure of the West to accept changes in the borders of Poland.
Grade 11 World War II
All of the following were part of FDR's "arsenal of democracy" EXCEPT
  1. the Lend-Lease Act
  2. the stationing of American troops in Greenland
  3. the Atlantic Charter
  4. the Manhattan Project
  5. the patrolling of sea lanes in the Atlantic ocean by American destroyers
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