Assignment 9.4 makeup

In the 1930s, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed treaties agreeing to cooperate with each other and forming a pact that became known as the _____.

• Allies

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

• Renegade Powers

World War II began when Germany invaded _____, and Britain and France declared war on Germany.

• Austria

• China

• Poland

• the Soviet Union

The United States was pulled into World War II on _____, when Japanese planes attacked U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

• November 11, 1918

• December 7, 1941

• June 6, 1944

• August 6, 1945

In 1941, the army asked Oveta Culp Hobby to organize a corps of nearly 200,000 women to serve in noncombat roles in the military called the ____.

• Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)

• Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVS)

• Women's Army Corps (WAC)

• Women's Auxiliary Air Corps (WAAC)

Denison, Texas, native ____ was commanding general of all Allied forces in Europe.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Chester W. Nimitz

• Leonard Roy Harmon

• Tom Connally

The most highly decorated American in World War II was ____, from rural Hunt County.

• James Earl Rudder

• Samuel Dealey

• Audie Murphy

• Doris "Dorie" Miller

African American and Tejano soldiers faced discrimination even though they, like white soldiers, were being asked to risk their lives for their country. What was one result of this experience?

• It made them more determined to secure equal rights after the war

• They asked to serve only in segregated units

• They refused to be drafted

• A series of riots broke out at a Houston military base

Texans at home had to make many sacrifices during World War II, including the _____ of some foods, shoes, rubber, and gasoline.

• selling

• rationing

• using up

• giving away

In order to increase farm production, the government offered loans to farmers to help them ______ their operations.

• ration

• mechanize

• investigate

• sell

"V-E Day," or "Victory in Europe Day," occurred on ______.

• December 7, 1941

• June 6, 1944

• May 8, 1945

• August 6, 1945