Question 1

How were dictators Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini similar?

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C. They all outlawed political parties, censored the press, created a secret police, and indoctrinated the youth.

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D. They all suffered from sanctions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.

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B. They all discriminated against the Jewish people.

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.A. They were all democratically elected.

Question 2

Why did the United States decide on a policy of isolationism regarding foreign affairs?

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D. All of the above are true

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C. Congress passed neutrality acts preventing the U.S. from taking sides.

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A. Americans felt they were pulled into World War One.

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B. Americans felt they should concentrate on domestic problems

Question 3

What can you infer about the public mood in America PRIOR to Pearl Harbor?

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A. Americans supported Britain and France, but didn't want to send troops to Europe.

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C. Most Americans supported the Nazis until Pearl Harbor.

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B. Americans wanted to get involved in the war, but didn't know how they could

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D. Most Americans believed that Japan had the right to conquer Manchuria.

Question 4

The Neutrality Acts allowed nations at war to buy arms and other supplies from the U.S. as long as those nations

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C. paid cash and transported the materials themselves.

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D. adopted democratic policies in their own countries.

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B. promised not to use the materials against the United States.

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A. agreed to keep the United States out of the conflict.

Question 5

Why did President Roosevelt enact the embargo on Japan's naval and aviation supplies?

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B. To stop Japanese expansion

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D. To appease Japan

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A. To provoke Japan into war

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C. To avoid war with Japan

Question 6

Which of the following describes the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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D. All of the above.

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C. Over 2,000 Americans were killed.

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B. It crippled the Pacific Fleet.

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A. It occurred Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Question 7

Analyze the image of "Rosie the Riveter". Which generalization does this poster support?

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B. The government urged women to fill jobs left vacant by men.

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D. Female military officers commanded both male and female troops.

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A. Women refused to volunteer to assist in the war effort.

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C. The government tried to recruit women for combat in the war.

Question 8

Braceros were workers who came to the U.S. from

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C.  Mexico.

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D.  Africa.

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B.  Asia.

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A.  Europe.

Question 9

Code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

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D. Manhattan Project

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B. Atomic Bomb

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A. Truman

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C. Oppenheimer

Question 10

President decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan

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D.. All of the above.

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B. to save American lives.

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A. to get revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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C. to show the Soviet Union their powerful weapon.

Question 11

What effect did the Nuremberg Laws have on Germany's Jewish population?

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B. They restricted the rights of Jewish people.

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C. They prevented Jews from living inside ghettos.

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A. They forced the entire Jewish population into concentration camps.

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D. They made being Jewish a crime.

Question 12

Why did the U.S. turn away the German ship liner, SS. St. Louis, filled with Jewish refugees?

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C. Strict immigration laws refused anyone seeking political asylum.

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B. The quota for Jewish immigrants had been filled the year before.

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D. Many Americans were Nazi sympathizers.

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A. None of the 937 passengers had approved visas.

Question 13

What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?

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C. The extermination of all Jews in areas controlled by Germany.

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A. A military victory over the Soviets that would ensure a supply of oil.

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B. The unification of all Germanic people into the Third Reich.

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D. The elimination of all socialist and communist regimes in Europe.

Question 14

Which of the following DOES NOT describe a post-war action of the United States?

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A. Reform Germany's economy and political system

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B. Strongest economy and world producer

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C. Soviet Union was a growing threat to the U.S.

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D. War trials were held in Germany

Question 15

One of the benefits that the G.I. Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was

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B. low-interest loans

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A. counseling

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D. government jobs

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C. free homes

Question 16

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ________ became an American way of life.

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A. consumerism

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C. planned obsolescence

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B. social conformity

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D. a 40-hour work week

Question 17

Most Americans in the 1950s relied on _________ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

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D. television

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C. telephones

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A.  radio

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B.  movies

Question 18

White flight involved the mass exodus of white Americans from the nation's

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A.  cities.

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B. suburbs.

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D. coast lines.

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C.  farms.

Question 19

The expression of nonconformity by ________ developed into the Beat Generation.

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B. artists and poets

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C. teenagers

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D. rock-n-roll performers

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A. college students

Question 20

The nation's poor in the 1950s were found in large numbers in every group EXCEPT

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D. suburban residents.

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A. the elderly.

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B. single women.

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C. minorities.

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