Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Smith v. Allwright

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A)  interventionists
B)  opposed to colonialism
C)  Big Three meeting
D)  blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement
E)  Mexican agricultural workersF) civil rights caseG) Mexican-American youthsH) United NationsI) mobilized American public opinionJ) NavajosK) education for veteransL) Latin America

Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-"Zoot suit" riots

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The "Zoot Suit" riots were a series of r...

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Analyze how the rhetoric of World War II brought the contradiction between the principle of equal freedom and the actual status of blacks to the forefront of national life.

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The rhetoric of World War II brought the...

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Nye Committee

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A)  interventionists
B)  opposed to colonialism
C)  Big Three meeting
D)  blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement
E)  Mexican agricultural workersF) civil rights caseG) Mexican-American youthsH) United NationsI) mobilized American public opinionJ) NavajosK) education for veteransL) Latin America

Question 5

What did the members of the new United Nations Security Council all have in common?

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A)   They all were in control of nuclear bombs.
B)   They were all part of the allies that won World War II.
C)   They were the wealthiest nations at the time.
D)   They all had suffered the least casualties and financial losses during the war.
E)   They all were western industrialized nations.

Question 6

In what aspect of American foreign policy did Franklin D. Roosevelt remove himself from Herbert Hoover's precedent?

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A)   He called for the era of isolationism toward Europe to be over.
B)   He promised nationalists in China to intervene in their Civil War.
C)   He promised Latin American neighbors to end his predecessor's policy of interventionism.
D)   He formally recognized the Soviet Union in an effort to stimulate trade.
E)   He urged European nations to abandon their colonial possessions in Africa.

Question 7

"Rosie the Riveter":

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A)   refers to a movie star during World War II.
B)   was a term applied only to black women workers.
C)   described only single women workers.
D)   refers to Norman Rockwell's image of a female industrial laborer.
E)   refers to a type of industrial machinery.

Question 8

The war experience brought many more Native Americans closer to the mainstream of American life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

For most women workers, World War II:

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A)   had little impact.
B)   permanently changed the way employers viewed them.
C)   allowed them to make temporary gains.
D)   permanently changed the way unions viewed them.
E)   did not increase employment rates, especially for married women.

Question 10

FDR's "Economic Bill of Rights".

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A)   included some provisions for veteran support, but did not have the funding to become law.
B)   would have empowered the federal government to secure education, housing, medical care, and full employment for all Americans.
C)   was modified to appease conservatives and pushed through Congress by Harry Truman.
D)   A and C

Question 11

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Asian-American experience during World War II?

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A)   Complete prohibition of Chinese immigration to the United States ended.
B)   A view of the Chinese emerged as gallant fighters against the aggressive Japanese.
C)   Executive Order 9066 fully integrated Asian-Americans into U.S. Army units serving overseas.
D)   Chinese-Americans worked alongside whites in jobs on the home front.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-black internationalism

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A)  interventionists
B)  opposed to colonialism
C)  Big Three meeting
D)  blamed businesspeople for World War I involvement
E)  Mexican agricultural workersF) civil rights caseG) Mexican-American youthsH) United NationsI) mobilized American public opinionJ) NavajosK) education for veteransL) Latin America

Question 13

Women working in defense industries during the war:

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A)   were viewed as permanent workers after the war, so long as they did a good job.
B)   made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and ship building.
C)   had little impact on the war effort.
D)   were small in number, as most women took clerical work or joined the military service as nurses.
E)   were all young, single women who left their jobs once they got married.

Question 14

Black internationalism during World War II:

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A)   was a new movement with no historical antecedents.
B)   was a complete rejection of Marcus Garvey's political ideals.
C)   was rejected by W. E. B. Du Bois.
D)   connected the plight of black Americans to that of people of color worldwide.
E)   supported colonial rule if it followed the principles of the New Deal.

Question 15

What accounts for the tension between Great Britain and the United States at the Yalta conference?

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A)   Churchill resented Roosevelt's private meetings with Stalin over proposed divisions of conquered Japanese territory in the Far East.
B)   Churchill did not agree with Roosevelt's proposal to have the Soviet Union join the war against Japan.
C)   Churchill and Roosevelt disagreed over the future status of Britain's overseas colonies.
D)   Churchill resented an early suggestion by Roosevelt to allow communism in postwar Europe if the people supported it by popular referendum.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Adolf Hitler

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A)  Spanish Civil War
B)  The American Century
C)  An American Dilemma
D)  ordered the use of the atomic bombs
E)  One WorldF) What the Negro WantsG) The Road to SerfdomH) Britain's prime ministerI) German leaderJ) American painterK) Soviet leaderL) Executive Order 8802

Question 17

How did the struggle against Nazi tyranny discredit racial inequality in the United States?

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A)   Germany's Nazi leaders, it turned out, had entertained a romanticized fascination with the Confederacy.
B)   African-Americans had borne the brunt of the fight against German troops and demonstrated that they were the "master race."
C)   The exceptional cruelty American soldiers exercised against Germans had sobered Americans on the idea that they were a "master race."
D)   The contradictions between the principle and practice of freedom in the actual status of African-Americans came to the forefront during the war.
E)   American soldiers had universally demonstrated restraint and civility in their combat operations against their enemies, especially in the Pacific.

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Japanese internment

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Japanese internment refers to the forced...

Question 19

During World War II, African-Americans:

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A)   experienced full equality before the law.
B)   witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws.
C)   served in integrated units in the armed forces.
D)   received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits.
E)   witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement.

Question 20

The majority of the Japanese-Americans who were interned during the war were not actually citizens of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

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