Chapter 26 Review

Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast of the United States in early 1942 were sent to internment camps on the alleged grounds that they

• Refused to take a loyalty oath
• Were instrumental in arranging the attack on Pearl Harbor
• Were a potential threat to the security of the United States
• Worked with German and Italian groups to weaken American resolve

Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War?

• They initiated a visible and highly vocal feminist movement
• They married younger and had more children than women did before or after the war
• Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them
• They organized labor unions and led strikes demanding better working conditions

The Battle of Midway in 1942

• A. saw the United States suffer great losses.
• B. was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.
• C. lasted four days.
• E. All these answers are correct.

After 1943, the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from

• A. England and France.
• B. the Soviet Union and China.
• D. England and the Soviet Union.
• E. Australia and New Zealand.

In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was

• A. the Soviet Union.
• C. Great Britain.
• D. the United States.
• E. Canada.

The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

• A. left the Soviet Union deeply embittered.
• B. put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe.
• C. occurred after the Soviet Union had won a significant victory in Stalingrad.
• E. All these answers are correct.

Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

• A. refused to accept large numbers of refugees.
• B. won an agreement by England to accept several thousand refugees.
• C. made many efforts to help refugees escape the Nazis but not have them enter the United States.
• D. denied the Nazis were targeting Jews for murder.

During World War II, organized labor in the United States

• A. lost membership as wages rose across most industries.
• B. frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages.
• D. won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers.
• E. won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act.

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

• A. automatic payroll deductions.
• B. a short form for paying income taxes.
• C. a sales tax.
• E. an earned income tax credit.

During World War II, the War Production Board

• A. was maintained under the auspices of the Department of Labor.
• B. was directed by Roosevelt ally Marilyn Monroe.
• D. favored large over small contractors.
• E. won the support of small business.