TCBOE U.S. History II 11 post 3

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No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated [planned] invasion, the  American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. . . .  —President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joint Address to Congress, December 8, 1941 This address was made in response to which event? Options: the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, the conquest of Poland by Germany, occupation of mainland China by Japan, genocide against European Jews by Germany

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the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan

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What was Churchill’s main purpose in delivering this speech? The gratitude of every home in our Island . . . goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by  odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world  war. . . . Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.  —Winston Churchill, 1940

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to raise the spirits of the British public

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Prohibition against discrimination; exceptions. No person in the United States shall, on the basis of [gender], be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Which title best completes this citation line? Options: —Voting Rights Act of 1965, —Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, —Title IX Amendments of 1972, —Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963

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—Title IX Amendments of 1972

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How are the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 15th Amendment similar?

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Both expanded participation in the electoral process.

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Which event in the 1940s reflected a major milestone in achieving the second victory described in this excerpt?

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the executive order desegregating the military

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Based on this statement, “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the final shots of World War II as well as the first shots of the Cold War,” how might the consequences of the use of the atomic bomb best be described?

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They marked the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

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Explain the similarities and differences in leadership and ideology between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X while evaluating their achievements.

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All of the above statements are true.

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The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a federal response to which situation?

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continued enforcement of Jim Crow Laws

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 to urge Congress to

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pass a civil rights bill.

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Impact of war work on women’s lives during World War II?

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Women’s access to nontraditional jobs expanded during the war period.