STAAR EOC US History Questions: World War II

This 1944 poster was produced most likely in response to the —

• Growing demand for equal pay for equal work.

• Growing demand for personnel to support the war effort.

• Lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force.

• Lack of women able to serve in combat.

This 1944 order was addressed to U.S. troops sent to —

• Capture the Italian mainland.

• Transport weapons to Great Britain.

• Invade the beaches at Normandy.

• Repel an attack on Stalingrad.

Why did the United States seize Pacific islands during World War II?

• To gain access to vital natural resources

• To fulfill commitments to military alliances

• To protect shipping routes for neutral countries

• To establish military bases for use in further attacks

Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?

• Sonar

• Jet engines

• Radar

• Cipher machines

The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to —

• Give the United States an advantage in military encryption.

• Encourage immigrant enlistment in the U.S. Army during World War II.

• Decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces.

• Increase the number of women joining the U.S. military during World War II.

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to —

• The implementation of sanctions against Japan.

• U.S. entry into World War II.

• The establishment of the Truman Doctrine.

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii.

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. 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.

• U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —

• Maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels.

• Increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board.

• Outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions.

• Increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project.

This diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government —

• Provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefield.

• Developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies.

• Instituted a disaster-preparedness program for the civilian population.

• Nationalized industries considered essential to national security.

The U.S. Army distributed posters like this one with the goal of encouraging —

• The sale of war bonds.

• Young men to voluntarily enlist.

• The creation of a selective service.

• Young men to return to school.