Topic 7.7 - The American War Machine Quiz

Who referred to the USA as the 'American Colossus' in 1923?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Isoroku Yamamoto

• Adolf Hitler

What was the name of the movie in which the famous line 'I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve' was said?

• Tora! Tora! Tora!

• Saving Private Ryan

• Schindler's List

• Pearl Harbor

In which year did the US rely on archaic mobilization plans during the Great War?

• 1930

• 1917

• 1920

• 1925

When was the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board established to coordinate munitions procurement?

• 1930

• 1925

• 1922

• 1920

What was the name of the reform effort that ran out of steam as America isolated and turned to a non-interventionist position in the '20s?

• National Defense Advisory Council

• Industrial Mobilization Plan

• War Resources Board

• Protective Mobilization Plan

In which year did the US start stockpiling essential and strategic raw materials such as rubber and oil?

• 1935

• 1937

• 1942

• 1940

What was the percentage of the US military budgets as a share of GDP in 1941?

• 3.5%

• 7.3%

• 1.2%

• 5.1%

In which year did Franklin D. Roosevelt announce a limited National Emergency?

• 1938

• 1939

• 1940

• 1941

Under which plan was the industry slowly converting to a war-economy even before an actual state of war existed?

• Lend-Lease Act

• War Resources Board

• National Emergency

• Protective Mobilization Plan

In which year did the US produce more war-stuff than Japan, Germany, and Italy combined?

• 1943

• 1942

• 1941

• 1940