US History 2 Pre-Test

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How did World War II change the employment situation for women?

• The wartime standard of "equal pay for equal work" meant that women earned the same as men who did the same work.
• The number of young women in the workforce increased because they could do heavy wartime work, but older women were pushed out of the workforce.
• More women were able to find jobs in manufacturing and other fields not traditionally considered to be women's work.
• Women were needed on the home front so they were less likely to work once married.

What is the purpose of this passage?

• to encourage Americans to work in the defense industries
• to encourage Americans to grow their own food in victory gardens
• to encourage Americans to buy war bonds to support the war effort
• to encourage Americans to cooperate with the rationing of goods

What were the effects of the U.S. policies that limited the rights of Americans and immigrants of Japanese, Italian, and German descent?

• They were forced to work in the war industries making Allied weapons.
• They were forced to register as enemy aliens or were put in internment camps.
• They were forced to leave the United States and return to their home countries.
• They were forced to make donations to the war effort.

What is the most likely reason President Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin are smiling in this image of the two at the Potsdam Conference in 1945?

• U.S.-Soviet relations were good, and Truman and Stalin agreed on Stalin's actions in Eastern Europe.
• The United States and the Soviet Union had put the Pacific Campaign on hold and agreed on how to end the war in Europe.
• The Allied Powers had defeated Germany, and even though they had disagreements, the leaders hoped to project an image of unity.
• The Soviet Union supported elections in occupied Eastern Europe, and Truman looked forward to a closer relationship with the Soviet Union.

Why did the U.S. presence in Guam and the Philippines prior to the war create tension between Japan and the United States?

• U.S. presence in the region jeopardized Japan's access to important natural resources.
• U.S. presence in the region kept Japan from having Guam and the Philippines as trading partners.
• U.S. presence in the region led Japan to fear an attack on Japan from Guam or the Philippines.
• U.S. presence in the region threatened Japan's ability to establish itself as the most powerful nation in the region.

In this map, the areas in green show the countries

• affected by the Marshall Plan.
• that belonged to the Warsaw Pact.
• where anti-communist revolts took place.
• that the Soviet Union absorbed.

According to this information, what was a long-term effect of the Korean War on U.S. political decision making?

• The United States' defense budget continued to rise steadily.
• Later military actions were undertaken without congressional approval.
• More Americans were listed as missing in action than killed in action.
• American civilian casualties outweighed military casualties in later wars overseas.

Americans built structures like the one pictured here because they were

• concerned about domestic terrorism in the 1950s.
• planning the launch of an American satellite into space.
• afraid of a potential nuclear attack during the Cold War.
• preparing for a Chinese attack during the Korean War.