WWII Unit Exam

A violation of civil rights that occurred in the United States during World War II was the

• Arrests made as a result of the Palmer Raids

• Passage of an open immigration law

• internment of Japanese Americans

• internment of Communists in America

The Lend-Lease and the Cash and Carry Acts were adopted prior to World War II to

• arm the nations fighting the Axis Powers without the United States entering the war

• stop the spread of communism

• convince the American people that the war was necessary

• to add additional New Deal agencies

Which statement about Japanese internment during World War II is most accurate

• Many living in America were forced to return to Japan

• No Japanese-Americans were allowed to serve in the US military

• Most Japanese Americans were released from internment camps after signing a loyalty

• Most ended up losing their homes and businesses

President Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that

• An American invasion of Japan could result in one million US casualties

• Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe

• An alliance could soon develop between Russia and Japan

• Japan was in the process of developing its own atomic weapons

Which actions best illustrate the policy of limited intervention followed by the US before it became fully involved in World War II?

• The withdrawal of the Roosevelt Corollary

• The passage of the Lend-Lease Act and the Cash and Carry Act

• FDR giving a speech that supported the Axis Powers

• The US limited arms sales to all countries

In the mid 1930s the US attempted to avoid being pulled into another war in Europe by

• Supporting Japan's invasion of China

• Forgiving all war debts incurred during World War I

• Officially promoting the political views of the Soviet Union

• Passing a series of neutrality laws to avoid another world war

The United States became fully involved in World War II primarily because

• country of Germany refused to pay its war debts from World War I

• to stop the Holocaust in Europe

• the Japanese bombed the US naval base at Pearl Harbor

• Germany invaded Poland

Which of the following was a key challenge faced by the United States during World War II

• A lack of public support for the war by US citizens

• Fighting the war in the Pacific Theater and the European theater simultaneously

• Difficulty gaining congressional support for the war

• The industrial work force of the United States could not meet the demand for weapons

The Supreme Court rulings Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) demonstrate that in the past the United States Supreme Court has

• been consistent in extending voting rights to minorities

• Always protected the rights of minorities

• sometimes failed to protect the equal rights of minorities

• imposed immigration protections during wartime

Which of the following was a major result of World War II

• Japan and Germany remained as super powers

• The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the world's two super powers

• Communism was finally eliminated

• American leaders called it "A Splendid Little War"