Q3 PMA Review

Which reflects the goal of both Cash and Carry as well as the Lend-Lease Act?

• to contribute to the success of the Axis powers

• to relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression

• to guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• to aid the Allies without involving the U.S. in the war

Which statement describes the foreign policy change made by the United States between the start of World War II (1939) and the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)?

• The traditional isolationism of the United States was strengthened.

• The nation shifted from neutrality to military

   support for the Allies.

• War was declared on Germany but not on Japan.

• Financial aid was offered to both the Allied and Axis powers.

Which conclusion is reflected by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?

• civil liberties are sometimes limited during times of national crisis

• minorities are not allowed to enlist in the United States military

• threats to national security are often ignored by the government

• the Supreme Court can be relied on to defend civil rights

How About It, Dixie

The President's Four Freedoms

Appeal to me.

I would like to see those Freedoms

Come to be.

If you believe

In the Four Freedoms, too,

Then share 'em with me Don't

keep 'em all for you ....

Looks like by now

Folks ought to know

It's hard to beat Hitler

Protecting Jim Crow.

Freedom's not just

To be won Over There.

It means Freedom at home, too Nowright here!

- Langston Hughes, 1942

In this poem, what is Langston Hughes's criticism about United States foreign policy during World War II?

• The Four Freedoms cannot help African-Americans.

• Involvement in World War II is not in the best interest of the United States.

• Claims of fighting for democracy abroad are inconsistent with segregation at home.

• The democratic principles of the United States are best kept at home.

Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on American society during World War II?

• Consumer goods became easier to obtain

• The United States became an agricultural society.

• The Great Depression continued to worsen.

• More women and minorities found employment in factories.

Why was the D-Day invasion in June 1944 important to the outcome of World War II?

• it opened a new Allied front in Europe

• it avoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian targets

• it forced Italy to surrender

• it stopped Soviet advances in eastern Europe

On what ground did President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945?

• Axis powers deserved total destruction

• world was ready for a demonstration of nuclear power

• early ending of the war would save many lives

• American public demanded that the bombs be used

Which precedent was established by the Nuremberg war crimes trials?

• National leaders can be held responsible for crimes against humanity.

• Only individuals who actually commit murder during a war can be guilty of a crime.

• Defeated nations cannot be forced to pay reparations.

• Defeated nations can be occupied by the victors.

Which describes the change in the nation's attitude toward membership in the League of Nations and membership in the United Nations?

• interventionism and detente

• appeasement and internationalism

• neutrality and containment

• isolationism and involvement

This Floridian Advised on The United Nations Charter and was the only Black Female Attendee.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Amy Adams

• Jamie Knox