912 practice exam modern us

During World War II, President Roosevelt often framed the conflict as

• a fight between good and evil, freedom and tyranny
• a giant waste of time and money
• a way for America to strengthen its trade ties with Japan
• a way for America to see Germany wiped off the face of Europe

The United States stayed out of World War II until the Japanese attacked

• Midway
• Pearl Harbor
• China
• Wake Island

Why did the Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, CA in 1943?

• racial tension between Mexican workers and American Navy sailors
• economic stress from the depression
• anger over the draft
• anger that women were taking jobs in heavy industry

Why were Japanese-Americans who lived on the West Coast forced to relocate to internment camps during WWII?

• most of them couldn't afford their home mortgages
• many of them wanted to move back to Japan
• the government was irrationally afraid that these people would act from within against the US
• many of them refused to report to military bases upon receiving a draft notice

Why did Hitler break the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

• He had just lost at the Battle of Britain and needed the resources, like oil and iron, that were in the USSR
• Soviet forces were losing ground in Eastern Europe and in the South.
• He was betrayed by Stalin, who bombed Berlin first
• He needed new land to build more concentration camps, and the USSR was close by

After defeating Germany, the United States defeated Japan by dropping atomic bombs on both

• Osaka and Hiroshima
• Hiroshima and Tokyo
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nagasaki and Kyoto

Why was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States described as a “Cold” war?

• The “Cold” war was not very significant or important.
• The two sides did not engage each other directly in a military conflict.
• The two countries gave one another the “cold shoulder.”
• Both countries had very cold climates.

In 1949, the United States "lost" China because

• China was defeated by Japan
• China became a communist nation
• China began outproducing American businesses
• Chinese schools outperformed American schools

In the Korean War, United Nations forces

• opposed the United States and South Korea.
• remained neutral peacekeepers.
• fought together with U.S. troops against North Korea.
• made a preemptive strike against North Korea to curb communism.

The Korean War ended when

• Korea was unified under a democratic government
• a cease fire/ stalemate ended fighting and Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel
• China entered the fighting and the U.S. withdrew troops
• Russia entered the war on behalf of North Korea