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How did President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

• It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union

• It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes

• It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan

• It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force

Which nationalities correctly replace the three question marks on this notice?

• Polish, Romanian, Russian

• Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese

• Irish, Israeli, Turkish

• German, Italian, Japanese

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The U.S plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S aircraft carriers

- Hanford, Washington

- Oak Ridge, Tennessee

- Los Alamos, New Mexico

Which technological advancement do you think was developed in installations near these cities during World War II?

• Long-range submarines

• Radio navigation

• Atomic bombs

• Jet engines

In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for what?

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

• the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the internment of Japanese Americans

In this excerpt, General Eisenhower is describing his reaction to --

• The Bataan Death March

• Nazi concentration camps

• Japanese American internment camps

• the bombing of Hiroshima

This diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government _____

• provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefield

• developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies

• instituted a disaster-preparedness program for the civilian population

• nationalized industries considered essential to national security

What was the primary objective of the actions represented in this 1945 cartoon?

• To stop Japan from cutting off supply lines into China

• To prevent Japan from invading China for natural resources

• To force Japan to accept terms of unconditional surrender

• To punish Japan for its treatment of soldiers at Bataan

Why did the US seize Pacific islands during World War II?

• To gain access to vital natural resources

• To fulfill commitments to military alliances

• To protect shipping routes for neutral countries

• To establish military bases for use in further attacks

Many of the U.S soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline ---

• remained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasion

• were exchanged for Japanese prisoners of war

• escaped and were redeployed to the European theater

• died during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines