Unit 9 Practice Flashcard

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After World War I, most Americans wanted the United States to follow a foreign policy of

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isolationism in world affairs

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An important outcome of the Nuremberg Trials held at the end of World War II was that they established that individuals are responsible for their actions.

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established that individuals are responsible for their actions

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A valid conclusion based on the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II is that in wartime...

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constitutional freedoms and liberties may be limited

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Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism followed by the United States before it entered World War II? Options: signing of a collective security pact with Latin American nations, passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations, embargo on the sale of gasoline and steel to Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's exchange of American destroyers for British naval and air bases

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passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations

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In 1988, Congress voted to pay $20,000 to each of the surviving Americans of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II because

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many Americans believed the internment was unjust and unnecessary

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A principal reason for the expansion of the United States leadership role at the conclusion of World War II was that the United States

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had dominant economic and military strength

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The United States became involved in World War II primarily because

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the Japanese empire bombed the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was responsible for

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providing education and home loan benefits for soldiers returning from World War II

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Which was a major effect of the cold war on the United States in the 1950's?

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Participation, or even past participation, in extremist movements was viewed as un-American.

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Shortly after World War II, the cold war developed mainly as a result of the: United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, competition between the superpowers to explore outer space, continuation of the pre-World War II balance of power

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Soviet domination of Eastern Europe