Benchmark Quiz

An inexpensive method of producing high quality steel from iron?

• Vertical Integration

• horizontal Integration

• Bessemer Process

• Laissez-faire

Which two of the following represent military strategies used by the Allies and the US during WWII.

• Blitzkrieg

• Island-hopping

• Kamikaze attack

• guerilla warfare

• amphibious landings

As tensions increased in Europe and Asia, which of the following represented a shift away from US neutrality and isolationism

• The First Neutrality Act of 1935

• the Munich Agreement

• The Lend-Lease Policy

• The Good Neighbor

Which two methods did the federal government use to raise money to pay for the war?

• borrowing money from other countries

• selling War Bonds

• creating stocks on the stock market

• raising income taxes

• selling public lands

Which two limitations did labor union leaders agree to accept during the war?

• They agreed not to strike

• They agreed to decrease union dues

• They agreed to prohibit new union memberships

• They agreed to wage ceilings

• They agreed to decrease union membership

How did Rosie the Riveter reflect a change in the role of woman during World War II?

• Women were encouraged to work in jobs historically filled by men

• More women stayed home to take care their children while men fought the war

• Women were accepted into combat roles in several branches of the military

• Women volunteered in military and non-military organization that supported the war effort

Which of the following is the major ethical reason for dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

• It ultimately saved millions of lives, both Japanese and Americans

• It forced Japan into an unconditional surrender

• It gave sovereignty to island nations that had been conquered by Japan

• It allowed the Emperor of Japan to remain in power

How did the Genocide Convention change the world's view?

• It acknowledged that killing whole ethnic groups would happen no matter what

• It brought the Holocaust and similar acts of the violence to the world's attention

• It called for a convention of nations to determine which race was strongest

• In catalogued the many ways that people groups could be exterminated

The Japanese mistreated prisoners of the war in the Bataan Death March

• crime against peace

• Crime against humanity

• War Crime

German physicians used concentration camp prisoners in medical experiments

• War Crime

• Crime against humanity

• Crime against peace