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The top secret U.S. Program to develop the world's first atomic bomb during WWII was known as

• The selective service act

• Operation Overlord

• Project Torch

• The Manhattan Project

In the case Korematsu v. The United States, the Supreme Court rules that relocation of Japanese Americans was

• constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses

• unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once

• constitutional because it was based on military urgency

• unconstitutional because it was based on race

Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because

• The Japanese were using it as a base to attack the US fleet

• The main Japanese naval forces were stationed there

• US planes could bomb Japan from there

• the islands were an important link in the Japanese supply line

The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to...

• give the United States an advantage in military incription

• encourage immigrant enlistment in the US army during WWII

• decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces

• Increase the number of women joining the US military during WWII

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7.G

In 1997, Vernon Baker was awarded the Medal of Honor. How was this award historically significant?

• Baker was the first US naval officer to be honored for bravery in combat

• Baker was the only living African American veteran of WWII ever to receive the medal

• Baker commanded the first Marine brigade to land at Normandy during WWII

• Baker was the only recipient to sere in both WWI and WWII

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26.F

What phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The US plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy US aircraft carriers

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7.D

What was one reason Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The US strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

• US trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

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7.A

What was the outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad?

• The D-Day invasion

• The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• A closely-fought battle that Hitler ultimately won for Germany

• A decisive victory for the Soviet Union

What was the main goal of the United States during World War II?

• To promote European unity

• To prevent future global conflicts

• To establish the United States as a superpower

• To foster international cooperation

What was the main goal of the United States during the European Theater of World War II?

• To prevent an invasion of Britain by Germany

• To establish a foothold in Western Europe

• To defeat Germany in Europe

• To capture strategic islands from Japan