APUSH (Henretta 8th) Ch. 24 reading quiz

During the 1930’s, isolationists drew support for their position from which of the following documents?

• The Federalist papers

• Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

• Washington’s Farewell Address

• The Platt Amendment

• Franklin Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address

In 1937, a step toward World War II occurred in Asia when Japan adopted a territorially aggressive policy and invaded…

• Korea

• Vietnam

• China

• the Philippines

• the Soviet Union

The main purpose of the Lend-Lease Program was to

• attempt to convince Italy to maintain neutrality

• aid nations deemed vital to American security

• end the Depression through wartime productio

• isolate the Soviet Union militarily

• provide aid against communist insurgencies in Spain

African Americans did all of the following during World War II EXCEPT

• moved north and west in large numbers.

• rallied behind the slogan "Double V for Victory”

• fought in integrated combat units

• served in the Air Force and flew in combat missions against Germans

• threatened a 100,000 man march on Washington, D.C.

The bracero program encouraged

• federal courts to protect the civil rights of Mexican Americans in the 1960s

• Congress to enact more restrictive immigration laws in the 1990s

• Latino immigrants to pursue United States citizenship

• Mexican workers to come to the United States as temporary laborers due to labor shortages from World War II

• the United States media to broadcast Latino music and movies in the 1980s

Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States in early 1942 were sent to internment camps on the alleged ground that they

• refused to take a loyalty oath

• were instrumental in arranging the attack on Pearl Harbor

• wished to return to Japan in great numbers

• were a potential threat to the security of the United States

• worked with German and Italian groups to weaken American resolve

American participation in World War II had which of the following major effects on the home front?

• The introduction of a system of national health insurance

• A movement of women into factory work

• The growth of isolationism in the Midwest

• The breakdown of racial segregation in the South

• A decline in farm income

Which of the following best characterizes the primary U.S. strategy in the war against Japan?

• The United States fortified China by transporting supplies from India over the Himalayan hump.

• The United States launched heavy bombings of Japan from Chinese air bases

• The United States engaged in island hopping across the South Pacific, while bypassing Japanese strongholds

• The United States outmaneuvered the Japanese naval flanks in New Guinea and Alaska

• The United States invaded Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia, such as British Malaya

Which of the following was Harry Truman’s stated reason for dropping the atomic bombs?

• Dropping the atomic bomb would demonstrate U.S. military superiority to the Soviets

• The development of the atomic bomb had been expensive

• An earlier U.S. land assault against Japan had failed.

• Using the atomic bombs would prevent the need for an invasion of Japan

• The United States should retaliate in response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Who did most of the dying in World War II? (civilian and military)

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• Soviet Union

• United States