The project name for the atomic bomb was     
 Shangri-La.    
 * Manhattan.    
 Gadget.    
 Overload.    
    

All of the following lands were occupied prior to World War II except:     
 * France    
 Manchuria    
 Ethiopia    
 Austria    
    

The shadows of war in Europe in the 1930s include all of the following  events except:    
 Italy's invasion of Ethiopia    
 German occupation of the Rhineland    
 German seizure of Czechoslovakia    
 * German invasion of the Soviet Union    
    

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws?     
 * deny civil rights to Jews in Germany    
 eliminate the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty    
 apply German laws to annexed territories    
 establish a dictatorship in Germany    
    

What did the Neutrality Act of 1939 allow Roosevelt to do?     
 * sell arms to Britain, France, and China.    
 create a zone of neutrality in the Atlantic Ocean    
 expand the navy    
 apply economic sanctions against Japan.    
    

England and France declared war on Germany when the nation invaded     
 * Poland.    
 Sweden.    
 Denmark.    
 Czechoslovakia.    
    

Why did President Roosevelt encourage the passage of the Lend-Lease Act?     
 * He wanted to provide aid to Britain in its struggle against Germany.    
 He wanted to help the American economy.    
 He wanted to aid France in its struggle against Germany.    
 He wanted to get Congress involved in the European crisis.    
    

In the Atlantic Charter, the undersigned pledged     
 * freedom from fear, want, and tyranny.    
 future colonial rights for the Allies    
 economic support for the Soviet Union.    
 freedom of the seas.    
    

What U. S. action likely triggered the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?     
 * freezing Japanese assets in the US    
 moving the U. S. fleet to Pearl Harbor    
 providing massive military aid to China    
 the U. S. declaration of war against the Axis    
    

The War Powers Act empowered Roosevelt to do all of the following except:     
 * seize property owned by American citizens    
 reorganize the federal government    
 censor all news    
 seize property owned by foreigners    
    

As Japan continued to expand into Indochina, President Roosevelt responded  by    
 moving the U.S. Pacific fleet to Hawaii.    
 appealing to the League of Nations.    
 * establishing an embargo on oil to Japan.    
 ordering Philippines commander McArthur to practice dry-run bombing.    
    

During the war, the federal budget grew THIS many times larger than the  whole New Deal:    
 two    
 four    
 * ten    
 twenty    
    

Basically, the United States won World War II     
 through Military power.    
 * by out producing its enemies.    
 through strategy.    
 through espionage.    
    

All of the following placed strains on the American family during WWII  except:    
 * an abundance of leisure time    
 housing shortages    
 a lack of child care    
 increases in juvenile delinquency    
    

A major underlying reason for the internment of Japanese Americans was     
 * racism.    
 security.    
 land.    
 patriotism.    
    

Philip Randolph threatened to organize the following in an effort to get  Roosevelt to respond to unfair treatment of African Americans:    
 * a march on Washington    
 the Congress of Racial Equality    
 the NAACP    
 the Equal Opportunity Commission    
    

Riots broke out in southern California between U.S. sailors and     
 * Mexican American zoot-suiters.    
 African American veterans.    
 Japanese Americans.    
 civilian defense plant workers.    
    

Traditional military commanders like MacArthur distrusted men like  Eisenhower because    
 * Eisenhower displayed a more democratic approach to leadership.    
 Eisenhower displayed a more autocratic approach to leadership.    
 Eisenhower displayed a lack of military knowledge.    
 Eisenhower displayed contempt for older soldiers.    
    

Women in the military worked in     
 * nursing and administration.    
 combat missions.    
 kitchen duties.    
 mechanical repairs.    
    

The military segregated the following groups of soldiers:     
 * African Americans and Japanese Americans    
 Japanese and German Americans    
 German and African Americans    
 Italian and German Americans    
    

Who did the soldiers believe were the true heroes of the battlefield?     
 * medics    
 battalion commanders    
 surgeons    
 nurses    
    

All of the following turned the tide of the war in Europe except:     
 * Dunkerkque    
 Moscow    
 Stalingrad    
 Kursk    
    

African Americans enlisted at a rate that was THIS percent above their  proportion in the general population:    
 25%    
 40%    
 * 60%    
 75%    
    

The majority of African American soldiers served in this capacity during  World War II:    
 * in construction and stevedore work    
 on naval vessels in the Pacific    
 in European foxholes    
 training other soldiers for combat    
    

Why did much of the American public not believe stories about atrocities  committed in the concentration camps?    
 * The major news media treated the stories as minor items.    
 They could not imagine the Germans being so cruel.    
 They did not want to be bothered with the plight of European Jews.    
 They did not want to alienate the Germans any more than they already had.    
    

All of the following were participants at Yalta except:     
 * Charles de Gaulle    
 Franklin Roosevelt    
 Winston Churchill    
 Joseph Stalin    
    

The Potsdam Conference indicated what about the Grand Alliance?     
 * It was fragile.    
 It was strong.    
 The alliance between the English and the Soviets was strong.    
 It indicated that the Allies did not want to punish Germany.    
    

The following is one of the most controversial issues of World War II:     
 * dropping the atomic bomb on Japan    
 allowing the Soviets to sign the Atlantic Charter    
 giving in to Soviet demands at Yalta    
 promoting Oppenheimer to the position of chief scientist at Los Alamos.    
    

With this 1944 naval battle, Americans controlled the Pacific:     
 * Leyte Gulf    
 Midway    
 Guadalcanal    
 Coral Sea    
    

The struggle for this island in 1945 was more bloody for the United States  than Normandy:    
 Tarawa    
 * Okinawa    
 Guam    
 Guadalcanal    
    

By the time the Allies met at Yalta, Roosevelt realized that the Soviets and  the British wanted    
 spheres of influence.    
 conditional surrender.    
 * the Atlantic Charter.    
 not opening a second front.    
    

Japan quit the League of Nations in this year after being reprimanded for  the invasion of Manchuria:    
 1931    
 * 1933    
 1935    
 1937    
    

Hitler's April-to-June Blitzkrieg of this year takes Denmark, Norway,  Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, and France:    
 1939    
 * 1940    
 1941    
 1942    
    

World War II began in Europe when Hitler invaded Poland in September of     
 1937.    
 1938.    
 * 1939.    
 1940.    
    

Which one of the following lists these events in correct order? (1)	Germany invades Poland.  (2) 	Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact.  (3) 	Germany annexes the remainder of Czechoslovakia.  (4) 	Germany annexes Austria.    
 * 4, 3, 2, 1    
 3, 4, 1, 2    
 2, 4, 3, 1    
 1, 3, 4, 2    
    

Which one of the following lists these events in correct order? (1) 	Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to an alliance.  (2) 	The Soviet Union invades Finland.  (3) 	The United States has the first peacetime military draft in its history.  (4) 	Hitler's Blitzkrieg takes France.    
 4, 1, 3, 2    
 3, 4, 2, 1    
 1, 2, 3, 4    
 * 2, 4, 3, 1    
    

Which one of the following events does NOT occur in 1941?     
 Germany invades the Soviet Union.    
 The United States extends aid to Britain through Lend-Lease.    
 Philip Randolph plans a march on Washington, D.C.    
 * The Manhattan Project is begun.    
    

Race riots reach their peak in nearly fifty cities in the United States in     
 1938.    
 1941.    
 * 1943.    
 1949.    
    

Which one of the following is listed in the correct chronological order?     
 * Coral Sea, Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima    
 Iwo Jima, Coral Sea, Midway, Okinawa, Hiroshima    
 Midway, Coral Sea, Hiroshima, Iwo Jima, Okinawa    
 Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Coral Sea, Hiroshima, Midway    
    

Which one of the following was NOT part of what Japan controlled at its peak  in August of 1942?    
 Korea    
 Thailand    
 much of the China coast    
 * Guadalcanal    
    

The fighting over this island was particularly fierce since it was close to  Japan:    
 Midway    
 * Okinawa    
 Borneo    
 Guadalcanal