SSUSH19 Mini Assessment

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

• he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.
• it was the last hope the U.S. had of winning the war.
• Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.
• it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

What role did "Rosie the Riveter" (seen here) play during World War II?

• to persuade women to fight for equal pay
  
• to persuade women to be as strong as men
  
• to encourage women to enter the workforce
  
• to encourage women to look after their families while husbands were away

The United States became directly involved in World War II following

• Germany's attack on Britain.
  
• the German invasion of Poland.
  
• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
  
• the sinking of the Lusitania.

This photograph shows U.S. residents at an internment camp during World War II. These people are most likely

• Chinese-Americans.
  
• German-Americans.
  
• Italian-Americans.
  
• Japanese-Americans.

A. Philip Randolph's proposed "March on Washington" in 1941 was going to protest racially discriminatory hiring practices in the defense industry, but was called off after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the

• New Deal.
  
• Desegregation Act.
  
• Fair Employment Act.
  
• "Four Freedoms" speech.

In the Spring of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a bill which allowed him to sell, loan, or give war material to countries for their defense against Axis forces. This bill was known as the

• Lend-Lease Act.
  
• Cash and Carry Act.
  
• European Recovery Program.
  
• Destroyers for Bases Agreement.

While World War II raged outside of the United States, attempts were made in the U.S. to support the war effort by

• rationing consumer goods such as food and gas.
• decreasing taxes to encourage civilian consumption.
• people giving up their homes to house soldiers stationed in that area.
• relocating persons of Italian-American descent living on the east coast.

The Battle of Midway was significant in World War II because it marked the end of

• the Japanese assault on China.
  
• the German advance into France.
  
• the Japanese eastward advance in the Pacific.
  
• the German bombing of British population centers.

This photograph depicts women learning welding in the 1940s. It shows that women

• had achieved educational equality.
  
• were not allowed into academic institutions.
  
• were needed for the war effort in World War II.
  
• were treated as second-class citizens in America.

Which statement BEST describes the demographic trend of the United States during the early 1940s?

• Women withdrew from the workforce in order to raise children.
  
• People moved from rural to urban areas to find industrial work.
  
• People moved from urban to rural areas to find agricultural work.
• African Americans returned to the South to buy cheap, available land.