America in World War II

The fundamental strategic decision of World War II made by President Roosevelt and the British at the very beginning of the war was to

• plan for a second front in Western Europe as soon as possible.

• force Italy out of the war first by attacking the soft underbelly of Europe.

• arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade of the same sort that Woodrow Wilson had so effectively used in World War I.

• concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war against Japan on the back burner.

In sharp contrast to World War I, during World War II, the United States was

• ready to use conscription if necessary to raise an army.

• forced to sacrifice civilian economic well-being for the military effort.

• weakened by constant isolationist criticism of the war effort.

• nearly unanimous in support of the war.

Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II

• due to numerous acts of sabotage.

• in retaliation for the placement of Americans in concentration camps by the Japanese.

• as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.

• because many were loyal to Japan.

The general American attitude toward World War II was

• resentment at having to disrupt civilian life.

• gratitude that the Great Depression was finally over.

• a fervent ideological belief in democracy and hatred of fascism.

• less idealistic and ideological and more practical than the outlook in World War I.

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941

• it took nearly two years for the country to unite.

• the conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy.

• the government repudiated the Atlantic Charter.

• a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.

While most American workers were strongly committed to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the

• Teamsters.

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

• Longshoremen's International Union.

• United Mine Workers.

During World War II

• unions actively combated racial discrimination.

• farm production declined.

• for security reasons, the bracero program with Mexico was temporarily halted.

• labor unions substantially increased their membership.

The main reason the majority of women war workers left the labor force at the end of World War II was

• employer demands that they quit.

• male discrimination on the job.

• government requirements to hire veterans.

• family obligations.

Which one of the following is least related to the other three?

• Smith-Connally Act

• A. Philip Randolph

• Fair Employment Practices Commission

• Racial discrimination in wartime industry

During World War II, most Americans economically experienced

• serious hardships due to rationing of essential goods.

• prosperity and a doubling of personal income.

• a continuing struggle to find employment.

• growing class conflict between the wealthy and the working class.