WWII TEST 2017

What was the basic idea behind the “Cash and Carry” system? 

• American companies could sell war materials to countries at war if the country transported the materials.
• a.  American companies could only sell war materials to countries approved by the U.S. government.
• a.  The government could allow the sale of certain war materials in exchange for higher tariffs. 
• a.  The government could rent war materials to other countries.

The property constituted military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures.   -Supreme Court Decision in Korematsu v. US, 1944
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What security measures were at issue in Korematsu v. United States?

• the evacuation of Asian Americans from Hawaii 
• . the internment of Japanese Americans 
• the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan 
• the exclusion of Asian Americans from the draft

The Lend-Lease Act was Roosevelt’s way of getting arms to Britain without 

• the approval of the Supreme Court
• violating the Neutrality Acts
• declaring war on Japan
• an official treaty with the Allies

A brutal forced march of American Prisoners of War occurred in 

• El Alamein, North Africa
• Nanking, China
• Bataan, the Philippines.
• Stalingrad, Soviet Union

Neutrality and isolationism were the main goals of the 

• America First Committee
• Double V Campaign 
• Hemisphere Defense Zone
• United States Guard

Most of the Black pilots that served during the war were trained at the 

• Tuskegee Institute
• Pearl Harbor Air Base
• Dubois Training Facility
• Keeseler Air Force Base

Which of the following was NOT a purpose of the War Production Board? 

• To control the distribution of raw materials to factories
• To set goals for war manufacturers
• To set priorities for defense factories
• a.  To transport war materials to the war zones.

The political ideology of which of the following countries was most similar to Germany’s? 

• Italy 
• Japan
• Russia 
• both b and c

Which political ideology most closely resembles U.S. principles?

• Russia 
• Japan 
• Italy
• none of the above

Prices and wages during the war were controlled by the 

• Office of Price Administration 
• Rationing Board
• War Production Board
• Double V Campaign