WWII- home front + Pacific

Which is most accurate concerning the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII?

• President FDR authorized the action as a military necessity

• Few of those relocated were actually US citizens

• Widespread Japanese American disloyalty forced officials to relocate

• The Japanese American experience was very similar to what happened to German Americans at this time.

A major cause of internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was

• national segregation policies

• immigration quotas

• economic depression

• racial prejudice

which WWII action was later determined to be a violation of civil liberties

• rationing of scarce commodities

• employment of women

• internment of Japanese Americans

• use of military draft

The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII illustrates that

• The Supreme Court can be relied on to defend civil rights

• Threats to national security are often ignored by the government

• Minorities are not allowed to enlist in the US military

• Civil liberties are sometimes limited during times of national crisis.

Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in WII mainly to

• satisfy allied demands

• gain valuable information for future peacetime use of atomic power

• increase the prestige of the US

• bring an immediate end to the war

Because of the Nuremburg trials,

• war crimes are no longer overlooked

• only a nation's leader can be charged with war crimes

• War crimes are taken less seriously

• the use of atomic bombs are less controversial

A major difference btw WWI and WWII is that AFTER WWII, the US

• became a world leader

• adopted a policy of isolationism

• suffered a major economic depression

• rejected membership in a world peacekeeping organization

a reason that president Truman decided to use atomic weapons against Japan was to

• end the war while limiting the loss of American lives

• punish the Japanese people by destroying their country

• increase japan;s potential as a future aggressor

• divert forces to fight Germany

a controversial issue that resulted from WWII was the

• future role of the league of nations

• morality of nuclear weapons

• commitment of troops without congressional approval

• civilian control of the military

The purpose of the Nuremberg trials were to

• bring Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini to justice

• force Japan to pay for Pearl Harbor

• make German leaders accountable for the holocaust

• punish German government for bombing England