World War II

The causes of World War II include all of the following EXCEPT?

• imperialism and white mans burden

• rise of totalitarian dictatorships

• Treaty of Versailles & failure of League of Nations

• acts of aggression by Germany, Italy & Japan

The United States became involved in World War II primarily because?

• Germany refused to pay its war debts from World War I

• European democracies hated the United States

• Pres. Franklin Roosevelt did not enforce the Neutrality Acts

• the Japanese bombed the US naval base at Pearl Harbor

In the United States, one result of World War II was that ?

• Americans became more isolated from the rest of the world

• minorities were granted full civil rights

• factory worker wages decreased

• the number of women in the workforce increased

Which was a major impact of World War II on economic life in the United States?

• government boosted the war effort by increasing minimum wage

• the federal government encouraged inflation of currency

• job opportunities for women and minorities increased

• the army expanded greatly

This was a famous segregated unit of 1st ever African American pilots during World War II?

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Harlem Fighters

• Band of Brothers

• Tuskegee Airmen

During World War II, the federal government was accused of violating citizens constitutional rights by doing this?

• relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps

• signing the Yalta Agreement

• initiating the secret Manhattan Project

• using the atomic bomb on Japan

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was responsible for?

• building US military bases throughout the world

• expanding the size of the military after WW2

• providing free college tuition & home loans for soldiers returning from the war

• creating a military draft during WW2

An immediate effect of the Lend-Lease program was that ?

• the US provided critical aid & supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union

• western Europe recovered from the damage caused by WWI

• the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact

• Japan declared war against the United States

In Korematsu v. United States (1944) what did the Supreme Court rule about the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during WW2?

• during war, first generation immigrants become security risks

• during war, loyalty oaths are necessary

• during war, fear and uncertainty rule America

• during war time, constitutional liberties may be limited

Which alliance did the United States join in World War II?

• Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan

• Allied Powers - Britain, France, Soviet Union

• United Nations

• League of Nations