WWII quiz US History

The Neutrality Acts (1935–1937) were passed to

• support the policy of appeasement 

  
  

• provide troops to halt Italian aggression 

  
  

• increase the profits of United States weapons manufacturers 

  
  

• avoid the actions that led the United States into World War I

  
  

Adoption of the “cash and carry” policy in 1939 and passage of the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 showed a growing commitment of the United States to

• provide aid to the Allied nations

  
  

• force the Japanese out of Korea 

  
  

• increase trade with Italy 

  
  

•  end German violations of American territory

  
  

What is the main idea of the cartoon? 

• United States factories will not be able to manufacture military supplies in sufficient quantities. 

  
  

• The federal government will most likely need to seize ownership of manufacturing plants. 

  
  

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt expects other nations to supply the same amount of armaments as the United States. 

  
  

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt is determined to supply the United States military and its allies with whatever it takes to defeat the Axis powers. 

Which government action was a response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? 

• drafting all Japanese American men into the United States Army 

  
  

• passing labor laws banning the employment of immigrants

  
  

• ending all oil sales to Japan 

  
  

• forcing the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans 

  
  

Which statement most accurately describes the foreign policy change made by the United States between the start of World War II (1939) and the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)?

• 1. The traditional isolationism of the United States was strengthened.

• 1. The nation shifted from neutrality to military support for the Allies.

• 1. War was declared on Germany but not on Japan

• 1. Financial aid was offered to both the Allied and Axis powers.

In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that wartime conditions justified the

• 1. use of women in military combat

• 1. ban against strikes by workers 

• 1. limitations placed on civil liberties

• 1. reduction in the powers of the president

One major result of the production efforts described in the cartoon was that 

• the high unemployment of the Great Depression was greatly reduced

  
  

• most companies that produced military supplies went out of business after the war 

  
  

• critics claimed that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was abusing his treaty making power 

  
  

• the military had difficulty enlisting soldiers because the men were working in the munitions factories 

  
  

The experiences of African Americans serving in the military forces during World War II influenced their postwar decision to

• renew support for the principle of separate but equal

• join the armed forces in record numbers

• increase efforts to end racial discrimination

• move back to the rural south

During World War II, the Manhattan Project was the name of the plan to

• open a second front in Europe

  
  

• capture Pacific islands held by the Japanese

  
  

• develop the atomic bomb 

  
  

• liberate German concentration camps

  
  

The Nuremberg trials held at the conclusion of World War II added to international law by

• 1. settling boundary disputes in Europe through arbitration

• 1. placing the blame for World War II on many nations

• ruling that moral and ethical considerations do not apply in wartime

• 1. establishing that high officials and individuals are responsible for their wartime actions