World War II

Which heading would be most accurate for the partial outline below?

• Congress Expands War Powers

• Media Influences Foreign Policy

• United States Moves Away From Neutrality

• International Community Unites for Peace

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to

• ban Japanese Americans from serving in Congress

• deport most Japanese Americans to Japan

• immediately draft all young Japanese Americans into the military

• move Japanese Americans to internment camps away from the Pacific Coast

Agreements made at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences near the end of World War II resulted in the

• division of Germany into zones of occupation

• invasion of the Soviet Union by the Allies

• creation of the arms control agreements

• control of the Korean peninsula by United Nations forces

The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt reacted to the information contained in this letter by

• declaring war on the Axis powers

• creating the Manhattan Project

• proposing the Lend-Lease plan

• initiating the D-Day invasion of Europe

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II primarily affected those Japanese Americans who lived

• in the Ohio River valley

• along the Gulf Coast

• on the West Coast

• near the Rio Grande border with Mexico

After World War II, one important outcome of the passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was that it

• allowed women to serve in combat positions

• limited suburban growth

• provided funds for new military bases

• created educational and housing assistancefor veterans

What was the primary reason for the creation of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to reward the Chinese for their role in the Allied victory over Japan

• the fear of Soviet communist expansion throughout Europe

• the need to support colonial independence movements in the developing world

• the protection of vital United States interests in Middle East oil fields

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• United States factories will not be able to manufacture military supplies in sufficient quantities.

• The federal government will most likely need to seize ownership of manufacturing plants.

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt expects other nations to supply the same amount of armaments as the United States.

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt is determined to supply the United States military and its allies with whatever it takes to defeat the Axis powers.

One major result of the production efforts described in the cartoon was that

• the high unemployment of the Great Depression was greatly reduced

• most companies that produced military supplies went out of business afterthe war

• critics claimed that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was abusing his treaty-making power

• the military had difficulty enlisting soldiers because the men were workingin the munitions factories

In this 1941 passage, Charles Lindbergh is supporting the idea that the United States should

• isolate itself from the war

• decrease its military spending

• commit to the defense of East Asia

• enter the war on the side of the democraticnations