World War II Unit Test Review

What happened to Japanese Americans that removed basic fundamental liberties?

• The passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• The outcome of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

• The trials of House Un-American Activities Committee

• The passing of Executive Order 9066

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USH.7(C)

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Which country did Nazi Germany invade in September 1939?

• Poland

• Japan

• France

• England

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USH.7(A)

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What Japanese bombing of a U.S. territory launched the U.S. involvement in World War II?

• Midway

• Guam

• Wake Island

• Hawaii

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USH.7(A)

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The conflict is still sharpening throughout the 

world between two political systems. The one 

system represents government by freedom of 

choice exercised by the individual citizens. In 

the other, and opposing system, individual 

freedom and initiative are all made subordinate to the totalitarian state. 

What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

• A surge of social unrest in South America

• The outbreak of World War II

• A shift in favor of the policy of appeasement

• The overthrow of the monarchy in Russia

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USH.7(A)

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Why did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease program with the Allies have strong opposition from isolationists?

• It shifted foreign policy away from neutrality.

• It assured the President another term in office.

• It shifted attention away from the bad economy.

• It ignored the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling.

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USH.7(B)

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What was one direct effect of World War II activities like those promoted by this poster?

• Changes in the traditional roles of women

• The establishment of women’s suffrage

• Combat training for women

• The election of women political leaders

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USH.17(A)

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Rationing was used in the United States during World War II as a way to —

• Encourage an increase in the number of imports.

• Ensure adequate supplies of scarce natural resources.

• Increase production of consumer goods.

• Provide markets for American-made products.

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USH.17(A)

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This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —

• Maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels

• Increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board

• Outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions

• Increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project

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USH.17(A)

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This World War II poster publicizes a national campaign aimed at —

• Creating agricultural projects to relieve an economic depression

• Encouraging a healthy diet for future soldiers

• Lowering the cost of living by creating a surplus of food

• Supporting the war effort by reducing demand for commercially grown food

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USH.7(F)

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This 1944 poster was produced most likely in response to the —

• Growing demand for equal pay for equal work

• Growing demand for personnel to support the war effort

• Lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force

• Lack of women able to serve in combat

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USH.17(A)

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