Study Guide Review USH B: Midterm Assessment

During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on

the West Coast were relocated to detention centers

primarily because they —

• refused to serve in the United States military.

• expressed their support for Italy and

  Germany.

• were known spies for Japan.

• were seen as a security threat.

Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began

the Manhattan Project to —

• recruit men for specialized military services.

• defend New York City against a nuclear

  attack.

• work on the development of an atomic bomb.

• increase economic production to meet

  wartime demands.

On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, General

Douglas MacArthur accepted the —

• formal Japanese surrender that ended World

  War II.

• position of Commander in Chief U.S. Army

  Forces Pacific.

• role of Supreme Commander of Allied Powers

  in Japan.

• Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

In the United States, one result of World War II was that —

• industrial wages decreased for women.

• the number of women in the workforce

  increased.

• Americans became increasingly isolated from

  the rest of the world.

• minorities were granted full civil rights.

To help pay for World War II, the United States government

relied heavily on the —

• sale of United States manufactured goods to

  neutral nations.

• money borrowed from foreign governments.

• sale of war bonds.

• printing of paper money.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• The first African American military pilots in the

  U.S. military who fought in World War II

• Volunteer fighter pilots who flew with the

  Chinese before the United States entered

  World War II

• American Indian volunteers who relayed

  coded messages to pilots in World War II

• The pilots who carried out the Doolittle Raid

  when the United States first entered World

  War II

Which 1948-1949 event does this political cartoon illustrate?

• Reunification of Germany

• Building the Berlin Wall

• The Berlin Airlift

• Allied invasion of Normandy

Issuing the Truman Doctrine, defending South Korea, and

sending military advisors to Vietnam were actions taken by

the United States to —

• limit the spread of communism.

• gain additional overseas colonies.

• promote American business in Asia.

• encourage growth of the United Nations.

Following the ideal of U.S. containment policy, an invasion

of North Korean Communist forces into South Korea

dictated that the United States —

• do nothing, since Korea was not in their

  sphere of influence or concern.

• send in military forces to help the South

  Koreans fend off the invasion.

• send military forces to insure that the

  invasion was limited to Korea.

• invade North Korea in order to cut them off

  from Chinese supplies.

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States

developed a foreign policy of containment in order to--

• prevent the Soviet Union from spreading

  communism.

• reduce unemployment rates around the

  world.

• invade South Korea to make it a territory of

  the United States.

• keep Latin American countries free of

  European influence.