World War II

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Which situation influenced Harry S. Truman's decision to use atomic weapons against Japan?

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Strong resistance by the Japanese showed that an invasion of Japan would result in a large number of U.S. casualties.

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In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for- the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, the internment of Japanese Americans

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the internment of Japanese Americans

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The bracero program encouraged

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Mexican workers to come to the United States as temporary laborers from the 1940s to the 1960s

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How did conscription policies differ between the First and Second World Wars?

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The draft began before the United States entered the conflict.

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The image was most likely intended to promote:

• popular support for federal civil rights legislation to end discrimination
• the belief that women should have rights equal to those of men
• the movement of women into jobs traditionally held by men
• access to union membership for all workers regardless of race or gender

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the movement of women into jobs traditionally held by men

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The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of:

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the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity

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The Lend-Lease Act was to

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provide military supplies to the Allies