EOC Standard 7

Analyze the political cartoon below

Which U.S. policy from 1941 is being depicted by Uncle Sam's actions?

• Lend Lease Act

• Isolationism

• Neutrality Acts

• Oil Embargo

Which trend in United States foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the Destroyers for Bases Deal of 1940, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

• withdrawal from overseas colonies

• expansion of trade with the Axis powers

• moving from isolationism to interventionism

• reduction in war preparedness

Why did A. Philip Randolph threaten a march on Washington during World War II?

• African Americans were being denied jobs in war factories.

• African Americans were segregated in the armed forces.

• Mexican Americans were being denied jobs in war factories

• Mexican Americans were being persecuted in Los Angeles.

During World War II, which of these actions did the United States government use to increase its control of the economy? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• controlled wages and prices

• rationed consumer goods

• controlled the allocation of scarce resources

• borrowed money by issuing war bond

• controlled non-military employment

What group of people were placed in internment camps inside the United States during World War II

• Japanese

• Chinese

• factory workers

• Jews

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was officially upheld by which government action?

• a constitutional amendment

• an executive order of the president

• a proclamation by the governor of California

• a decision of the Supreme Court

Analyze the political cartoon below.

According to the cartoon, what historical fact is being depicted about Hitler and Stalin?

• They agreed to jointly invade France.

• They agreed to a non-aggression pact.

• They agreed to join an Axis alliance

• They agreed to jointly fight the war on one front.

What BEST explains why the American government did not welcome Jewish refugees during WWII?

• Anti-semitism in the US

• Immigration quotas

• Nativism and the KKK

• Financial liabilities

Which of the following events led to the Second Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s?

• Fall of China, Soviet acquisition of the bomb, Korean War

• Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Holocaust

• Camp David Accords, Iranian Hostage Crisis, Persian Gulf War

• Berlin Wall, Berlin Airlift, Launch of Sputnik

What was the turning point that caused the stalemate during the Korean War?

• Chinese intervention in the conflict

• the incompetence of American troops

• Soviet intervention in the conflict

• the resilience of the North Korean army