1. The Los Alamos Community was an example of a
a. Japanese American internment camp.
b. unique group of scientists doing war research.
c. new training base built in the West.
d. scene of zoot-suit rioting.
Answer: B
2. In 1931, the Japanese army inaugurated a new phase of colonialism by invading
a. Korea. 
b. Okinawa.
c. Thailand.
d. Manchuria.
Answer: D
3. The CPI was to World War I as this was to World War II:
a. OWI 
b. NWLB
c. OSS
d. FBI
Answer: A
4. Defense production had the strongest impact on the
a. East. 
b. South.
c. West.
d. North.
Answer: C
5. In 1943, John Lewis led an illegal strike of
a. auto workers. 
b. coal miners.
c. women industrial workers.
d. dockyard laborers.
Answer: B
6. Executive Order 8802
a. banned discrimination in defense industries and the government.
b. permitted a mass march on Washington D.C.
c. interned Japanese American citizens.
d. gave African Americans the right to live in public housing projects.
Answer: A
7. The 99th Pursuit Squadron was a segregated unit composed of
a. Japanese Americans. 
b. German Americans.
c. Mexican Americans.
d. African Americans.
Answer: D
8. The burden of the war against Germany rapidly fell on
a. Great Britain. 
b. France.
c. the Soviet Union.
d. Italy.
Answer: C
9. The Allies launched their counteroffensive against Japan from
a. Wake Island. 
b. New Guinea.
c. Malaya.
d. the Solomon Islands.
Answer: D
10. Although this policy was unspoken, the United States and Britain accepted a Soviet sphere of influence encompassing
a. Manchuria and Korea.
b. the Middle East.
c. the Baltic states and part of Poland.
d. certain Japanese islands.
Answer: C
11. Roosevelt set up the bomb project because he feared that THIS country was working on it:
a. Japan 
b. the Soviet Union
c. Nazi Germany
d. Fascist Italy
Answer: C
12. Which one of the following was NOT an action The U.S. took before its formal entry into World War II?
a. meeting with Britain to draw up Atlantic Charter principles
b. a lend-lease policy to Britain and the Soviet Union
c. U.S. ships to shoot on sight any Nazi ship in U.S. "defensive waters"
d. asking the League to "quarantine the aggressors"
Answer: D
13. The War Powers Act gave a great deal of power to
a. Congress. 
b. the President.
c. the joint chiefs of staff.
d. the secretary of war.
Answer: B
14. During WWII, the female labor force grew by over
a. 20%. 
b. 35%.
c. 50%.
d. 65%.
Answer: C
15. The zoot suit riots were started when uniformed sailors assaulting youth from THIS community:
a. Japanese American 
b. Italian American
c. Mexican American
d. African American
Answer: C
16. The only branch of the armed forces that was ready for combat when the war broke out was the
a. marines. 
b. army.
c. air force.
d. navy.
Answer: A
17. The worst bombing raid of the war dropped 650,000 incendiary bombs on a German city called
a. Dresden. 
b. Hamburg.
c. Berlin.
d. Frankfurt.
Answer: A
18. Roosevelt and his advisers followed this policy in relation to Holocaust death camps:
a. It was propaganda similar to World War I fabrications.
b. Total Allied victory was the best way to liberate camps.
c. Civilian rescue would be employed to distract the enemy.
d. Soviet troops were closer and could liberate the camps.
Answer: B
19. At the Potsdam meeting, Truman learned that
a. Roosevelt had died.
b. Stalin intended to dominate Eastern Europe after the war.
c. the British wanted Germany to pay reparations.
d. the United States had successfully tested an atomic bomb.
Answer: D
20. The human cost of World War II for Americans was second only to
a. the American Revolution. 
b. Vietnam.
c. World War I.
d. the Civil War.
Answer: D
21. Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events?     (1) Germany and the U.S.S.R. sign a non-aggression pact.     (2) Hitler seizes power.     (3) The Lend-Lease Act is passed.     (4) The Manhattan Project begins.
a. 2,4,1,3 
b. 1,3,2,4
c. 2,1,3,4
d. 4,3,2,1
Answer: C
22. Which of the following events did NOT happen in 1945?
a. the Yalta Conference 
b. Operation Torch.
c. the Potsdam Conference
d. Franklin Roosevelt dies
Answer: B
23. The battle at the Kasserine Pass occurred in
a. Italy. 
b. Tunisia.
c. Morocco.
d. Poland.
Answer: B
24. The Japanese surrender was signed at
a. Rangoon. 
b. Hong Kong.
c. Okinawa.
d. Tokyo Bay.
Answer: D
25. Which one of the following was NOT seized by Hitler between 1938 and 1939?
a. Belgium 
b. Czechoslovakia
c. Austria
d. Poland
Answer: A
26. Roosevelt issued an executive order removing Japanese American from the Pacific coast states in
a. 1937. 
b. 1941.
c. 1942.
d. 1944.
Answer: C
27. If you were a U.S. soldier and part of the D-Day invasion, where would you be landing?
a. Sicily 
b. Normandy
c. North Africa
d. Philippines
Answer: B
28. The Japanese did NOT occupy
a. Nepal. 
b. Borneo.
c. the Philippine Islands.
d. Korea.
Answer: A
29. Roosevelt's call for an international quarantine against aggressor nations did not gain the popular approval of Americans.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
30. Although most American attention was focused on the fighting in Europe in 1940 and 1941, a war in Asia was raging as well.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
31. The United States expected to win World War II by means of a superior military.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
32. The federal antistrike bill Congress passed in 1943 put an end to unauthorized strike activity.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
33. Two-thirds of the ethnic Japanese interned in camps were American-born citizens.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
34. Zoot-suiters were typical of the Mexican American community as a whole.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
35. Segregated units meant that American soldiers were not exposed to people from different cultures or even areas of the country.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
36. Despite terrible devastation and massive casualties, by 1942 the Soviet Union was outproducing Germany in weapons and other war supplies.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
37. The Allied demand for unconditional surrender was almost universally admired and supported.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
38. During his time as vice president, Truman was kept informed about the progress of the atomic bomb project.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
39. The idealistic desire to stop the spread of Nazism helped scientists overcome moral reservations about putting the atomic bomb in the hands of the government.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
40. Fascism was a movement exclusive to Germany.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
41. The Office of Strategic Services was developed to coordinate information from various federal agencies and sell the war to Americans through the popular media.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
42. Although their numbers increased because of defense spending, working women were stuck in a handful of occupations.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
43. Overall, Americans' health improved during the war.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
44. Roosevelt's response to the Double V campaign was lukewarm at best.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
45. Most Europeans welcomed the presence of American soldiers.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
46. Mussolini was overthrown by the Italian king.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
47. Japan initially succeeded in its imperial ventures because of anti-European feelings harbored by colonized Asian nations
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
48. The majority of Americans in 1943 refused to believe that the Holocaust was taking place.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A