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1

about half of the women war workers said that the main reason they left the labor force at the end of ww2 was

family obligations

2

all of the following are true statements about the effect of executive order no. 9066 on japanese living in the u.s except

the u.s supreme court declared the japanese relocation unconstitutional

3

the tide of japanese conquest in the pacific was tuened following the battle of

midway

4

arrange these events in order

dcba

5

at the wartime teheran conference

plans were made for the opening of a second front in europe by britain and the united states

6

hitler's advance in the euorpean theater of war crested in late 1942 at the battle of_______, after which his fortunes gradually declined

stalingrad

7

the northward migration of african americans accelerated after ww2 because

mechanical systems of sharecropping was declared illegal

8

during ww2, american indians

moved off reservations in large numbers

9

in sharp contrast to ww1, during ww2, americans were

nearly unanimous in support of the war

10

despite the demands of the wartime economy, inflation was kept well in check during the wat by

federally imposed mandatory wage and price control

11

the national debt increased most during

ww2

12

the allies postponed opening a second front in euorpe until 1944 because

the british were fearful of becoming bogged down in a ground war in france

13

after the italian surrender in august 1943

the german army poured into italy and stalled the allied advance

14

the first naval battle in history in which all the fighting was done by carried based aircraft was the battle of

the coral sea

15

until spring 1943, perhaps hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating britain and winning the war was

the german u boat would destory allied shipping

16

match each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function

a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4

17

the real impact of the italian front of ww2 may have been that it

delayed the d day invasion and allowed the soviet union to advance further into eastern europe

18

the major consequence of the allied conquest of sicily in august 1943 was

the overthrow of mussolini and italy's unconditional surrender

19

by the end of ww2, the heart of the united states' african american community had shifted to

northern and western cities

20

the employment of more than six millions women in american industry during ww2 led to

the est of day care centers by the government

21

the potsdam conference

issued an ultimatum to japan to surrender or be destoryed

22

arrange these wartime conferences in order

b,c,a

23

in a sense, franklin roosevelt was the forgotten man at the democratic convention in 1944 because

so much attention was focused on whether conservative democrats would be able to persuaded the convention and obtain roosevelt's agreement to drop henry wallace as vice president

24

when the united states entered ww2 in december 1941

a majority of americans had no clear idea of what the war was about

25

roosevelt's and churchill's insistence on the absolute and uncondtional surrnder of germany

guaranteed that germany would have to be totally reconstructed after the war

26

franklin roosevelt won the reelection in 1944 primarily because

the war was going well

27

african americans did all fo the following during ww2 except

fight in integrated combat unites

28

the most significant developemnt in the democrattic convention of 1944 was that

roosevelt's theird term vice president, henry wallace, was dumped in favor of missouri senator harry s. truman

29

historians look at the fact that many women wanted to keep work and did after the war as

foreshadowing the eventual revolution in women's roles in america

30

the unconditional surrnder policy toward japan was finally modified by

agreeing to let the japanese keep emperor hirohito on his ancestral throne as the nominal emperor

31

after the united states entered the ww2 in 1941 the term alien 4-c referred to

all of these are correct

32

which of the following was not among the qualities of the american participation in ww2

an enormously effective in producing weapons and supplies

33

while most american workers were strongly commited to the war effort, wartime production was disrupted by strikes led by the

united mine workers

34

the fundamental strategic decison of ww2 made by president roosevelt and the britishat the very beginning of the war was to

concentrate first on the war in europe and to place the pacific wat against japan on the back burner

35

hitler's last ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the americans and british came in

the battle of the bulge

36

in waging war against japn, the unites states relied mainly on a strategy of

island hopping across the south pacific while bypassing japanese strongholds

37

the cross channel invasion of normandy to open a second front in europe was commanded by gneral

dwight eisenhower

38

president roosevelt's promise to the soviets to open a second front in western europe by the end of 1942

proved utterly impossible to keep

39

during ww2, most americans economically experienced

prosperity and a doubling of personal income

40

the spending of enormous sums on the orginal atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that

the germans might acquire and use such a weapon first against the allies

41

japanese americans were placed in concentration camps during ww2

as a result of anti japanese prejudice and fear

42

most of the money raised to finance ww2 came throught

borrowing

43

the minority group most adversly affected by washington's wartime policies was

japanese americans

44

as a result of thr=e battle of lette gulf in octover 1944

japan was finished as a naval power

45

the american conquest of ____ in 1944 was especially critical, because fromt there, u.s aircraft could conduct round trip bomboing raids on the japanese home islands

marianas including guam