EOC Prep Standard 7

Major cause of the growth of state and fed highway systems after WWII was the?

• increased use of mass transit systems

• growing prosperity of inner-city areas

• rapid development of suburbs

• return of city dwellers to farm areas

During WW II, women & minorities made economic gains mainly because..

• shortage traditional labor created new opport in workplace

• more educ opport increased # of skilled workers

• labor unions successfully demanded equal opport for group

• new civil rights leg forced busi to change hiring practices

A major cause of internment of Jap Americans during WW 1 was

• national segregation policies

• immigration quotas

• racial prejudice

• economic depression

early 1940; "destroyers-for-military- bases deal" with GB and Lend Lease Act was evidence of?

• policy of neutrality conflicted with self interests

• followed policy of neutrality more strictly; WWII progressed

• believed allied policy of appeasement would succeed

• wanted to honor military commitments it made after WWI

Pres Truman decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on?

• invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties

• Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe

• alliance was developing btwn Japan and Soviet Union

• Japan was in process of developing its own atomic

Which best illustrates the policy of isolationism by the United States before it entered WW II?

• signing collective security pact with Latin America

• passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sale

• embargo on sale of gasoline and steel to Japan

• FDR's exchange of American destroyers for British naval/ air

Which precedent was set by the Nuremberg war crimes trial?

• Nat leaders can be held responsible for crimes against human

• only indv who commit murder during a war can be guilty

• Defeated nations cannot be forced to pay reparations

• Defeated nation can be occupied by victors

"rule of conduct for us for for nations is, extending our relations with little political conn"

• imperialism

• appeasement

• neutrality

• economic sanctions

US became involved in WWII primarily bec?

• Germany refused to pay its debts from WW I

• Euro democracies supported US policies towards Germany/Japan

• FDR did not enforce neutrality acts

• Germany/Japan achieved military successes in Europ & Asia

Immediate effect of Lend-Lease program was that?

• Western Euro recovered from damage caused by WWI

• Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact

• Japan declared war against the US

• US provided aid to GB and Soviet Union