History Exam Review Ii

Front 1

The Atlantic Charter included ___________

Back 1

the freedom of the seas, economic cooperation, and self-determination for all peoples.

Front 2

In the late summer of 1940, President Roosevelt agreed to send fifty "overaged" destroyers to Britain in return for ___________

Back 2

nine-nine-year leases on a series of naval and air bases.

Front 3

Benito Mussolini's rise to power in Italy came about largely because ___________

Back 3

he promised to restore order to a country torn by dissension.

Front 4

America's "Good Neighbor" Policy included ___________ in Latin America.

Back 4

nonintervention

Front 5

The biggest reason England and France had trouble repaying their war debts to the US was ___________

Back 5

they could pay the US once they collected reparations from Germany.

Front 6

The Neutrality Act of 1935 forbade ___________

Back 6

the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations.

Front 7

The proposed Ludlow Amendment would have required ___________

Back 7

a public referendum for a declaration of war except in case of attack on American territory.

Front 8

In the presidential election of 1940, the Democratic and the Republican candidates ___________

Back 8

agreed on most fundamental issues.

Front 9

When Germany began attacking American ships in 1941, Congress ___________

Back 9

in effect repealed the neutrality acts through new legislation lifting the ban on arms sales to belligerents.

Front 10

President Roosevelt was hesitant to intervene in the Spanish Civil War because ___________

Back 10

he wanted to keep the fight localized.

Front 11

The Lansing-Ishii Agreement acknowledged ___________

Back 11

that Japan had "special interests" in China.

Front 12

President Roosevelt's so called "embargo" concerned ___________

Back 12

shipments of arms to Spain.

Front 13

The Kellogg-Briand Pact ___________

Back 13

outlawed war among signatories as an instrument of national policy.

Front 14

With the Lend-Lease Act, the US ___________

Back 14

moved further away from isolationism.

Front 15

The Nye-Committee investigated ___________

Back 15

the role of bankers and munitions makers in America's entry into WWI.

Front 16

The America First Committee argued that ___________

Back 16

a Nazi victory in Europe would pose no threat to American national security.

Front 17

In the 1938 agreement signed at Munich, Britain and France agreed to let Hitler ___________

Back 17

have Sudentenland.

Front 18

American foreign policy in Latin America in the period between world wars did NOT include ___________

Back 18

rejecting the Pan-American Conference.

Front 19

The congressional resolution for war reflected ___________

Back 19

the mood of America, and American isolationism was cast aside.

Front 20

In response to Japanese encroachments in Indochina in 1940 and 1941, Roosevelt restricted ___________

Back 20

oil exports to Japan.

Front 21

The National Socialist party was led by ___________

Back 21

Adolph Hitler.

Front 22

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, Roosevelt ___________

Back 22

no longer professed impartiality in the impending European struggle.

Front 23

___________ was NOT an isolationist in 1940-1941.

Back 23

Wendell Willkie

Front 24

The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed the US to ___________

Back 24

sell arms on a cash-and-carry basis to England and France.

Front 25

A concern for the growing power of what nation led to the Washington Armaments Conference?

Back 25

Japan

Front 26

One way in which the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not a total success was that the Japanese ___________

Back 26

ignored shore installations and oil tanks.

Front 27

In the Five-Power Naval Treaty, the signatories did NOT agree to ___________

Back 27

assist one another in case of outside attack.

Front 28

Both Britain and France went to war when Hitler ___________

Back 28

invaded Poland.

Front 29

A renewal of diplomatic relations between American and the Soviet Union came about in ___________

Back 29

1933.

Front 30

The United States said it would reopen trade with Japan only after that country ___________

Back 30

withdrew completely from China and Indochina.

Front 31

American isolationism reached its peak late in 1941.

True/False

Back 31

False

Front 32

Most Allied countries defaulted on their war debts to the US during the Great Depression.

True/False

Back 32

True

Front 33

France was the main beneficiary of the Lend-Lease Act.

True/False

Back 33

False

Front 34

The first German submarine attack on an American ship was in 1938.

True/False

Back 34

False

Front 35

The war in Europe led many democrats to support Thomas E. Dewey for the presidential nomination in 1940.

True/False

Back 35

False

Front 36

The Nicaraguan National Guard, a legacy of American intervention, was used to support a dictatorship after the US Marines left.

True/False

Back 36

True

Front 37

Having decided not to join the League of Nations, the US refused to have anything to do with the organization in the 1920s and 1930s.

True/False

Back 37

False

Front 38

The "Greer", the "Reuben James", and the "Keerney" were American warships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.

True/False

Back 38

False

Front 39

In his "quarantine speech" of October 1937, President Roosevelt called for the US to isolate itself from would affairs.

True/False

Back 39

False

Front 40

In the presidential election of 1940, both candidates supported all-out aid to Great Britain.

True/False

Back 40

True

Front 41

Frank Kellogg was the ___________

Back 41

secretary of state under Coolidge and he helped shape Pact of Paris.

Front 42

J. Ruben Clark wrote the 1928 document denying ___________

Back 42

that the Monroe Doctrine justified US intervention in Latin America.

Front 43

Franklin Roosevelt was the ___________

Back 43

democratic presidential candidate in 1940

Front 44

Douglas MacArthur was ___________

Back 44

placed in charge of all US military fores in the far East.

Front 45

Jennette Rankin ___________

Back 45

voted against war with Japan

Front 46

Charles Evans Hughes ___________

Back 46

(no answer)

Front 47

Winston Churchill with Roosevelt, drew up the ___________

Back 47

Atlantic Charter

Front 48

Henry L. Stimson was a Republican who was ___________

Back 48

named secretary of war in 1940

Front 49

Cordell Hull proposed to ___________

Back 49

lower tariffs with reciprocal trade agreements.

Front 50

Wendell L. Willkie lost the presidential election in ___________

Back 50

1940.

Front 51

In his ___________ in 1937, FDR suggested that democratic governments act together to apply pressure on nations that commit acts of aggression.

Back 51

Quarantine Speech

Front 52

The ___________ Policy was FDR's program to promote friendly relations with Latin American nations by not interfering with their affairs.

Back 52

Good Neighbor Policy

Front 53

To make concessions to an aggressor in order to please is called ___________

Back 53

Appeasement.

Front 54

President Hoover's Secretary of State delivered a note in 1932 that aimed at censuring the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and threatening China. This is now known as the ___________ Doctrine.

Back 54

Stimson Doctrine

Front 55

In 1941, the ___________ Act authorized the US to ship supplies to Great Britain on credit.

Back 55

Lend-Lease Act

Front 56

The Lend-Lease Act Program was later extended to Russia when they ___________

Back 56

began to fight the Nazis.

Front 57

The diplomatic strategy behind the Lend-Lease Act was to ___________

Back 57

aid Britain in outfighting the Germans.

Front 58

FDR delivered his ___________ Speech to gain support for the Lend-Lease Act.

Back 58

Four Freedom Speech

Front 59

What one word most characterized the aim of American policy (what America wanted to pursue) between the wars? (Hint: it is not neutrality.) Why did they want that?

Back 59

America wanted to pursue isolationism. They wanted to isolate themselves from the quarrels and conflicts in Europe.

Front 60

Define the America First Committee and state their belief about the outcome of war in Europe.

Back 60

They argued that the Nazi victory in Germany would pose no threat to America.

Front 61

What was the INTENT of the Neutrality Laws?

Back 61

The intent was to prevent the US from getting involved in European wars.

Front 62

The EFFECT of the Neutrality Laws was to ___________

Back 62

encourage aggressor nations.

Front 63

United States foreign policy toward Japan between 1900 and 1941 was aimed primarily at ___________

Back 63

stopping their growth and aggression.

Front 64

The obstacle that most hindered a resolution of American/Japanese relations in 1941 was ___________

Back 64

the embargo of Japan's war supplies.

Front 65

Farm prices were tightly controlled by the government during WWII

True/False

Back 65

False

Front 66

The American commander in the Battle of the Atlantic credited the acquisition of radar for Allied success.

True/False

Back 66

True

Front 67

The Battle of Midway demonstrated the decisive role of aircraft carriers in modern warfare.

True/False

Back 67

True

Front 68

The stormy weather was the main reason for the failure of Operation Overlord.

True/False

Back 68

False

Front 69

Black American soldiers usually served in segregated units in WWII.

True/False

Back 69

False

Front 70

Leapfrogging was a strategic tactical error on the part of the Japanese.

True/False

Back 70

False

Front 71

The War Refugee Board rescued over 2,000,000 Jews from Europe.

True/False

Back 71

False

Front 72

United States military forces halted Japanese advances at Iwo Jima and Midway.

True/False

Back 72

False

Front 73

The atomic bomb was used to force "unconditional surrender" on the Axis powers.

True/False

Back 73

False

Front 74

The fear of anti-Semitism in the US slowed aid to Jewish refugees.

True/False

Back 74

False

Front 75

The Battle of Midway was the ___________

Back 75

turning point of the war in the Pacific.

Front 76

The FEPC prohibited ___________

Back 76

racial discrimination in defense work.

Front 77

___________ was the biggest single source of government financing for America's war effort.

Back 77

Increased federal taxes

Front 78

During the war, domestic politics was marked by ___________

Back 78

a growing conservatism.

Front 79

The "bracero" program brought ___________

Back 79

some 200,000 Mexican farm workers into the western United States

Front 80

In response to a proposed march on Washington in 1941, President Roosevelt issued an executive order. What was it?

Back 80

Prohibit racial discrimination in defense work.

Front 81

The Double "V" was a slogan that meant ___________

Back 81

victory abroad over Hitler and victory at home over racial discrimination.

Front 82

The meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to plan an invasion of France and a Russian offensive took place in ___________

Back 82

Teheran.

Front 83

The Battle Leyte Gulf was the ___________

Back 83

largest naval engagement in history.

Front 84

The Yalta Conference gave Russia ___________

Back 84

control of eastern Germany.

Front 85

Farm prices were tightly controlled by the government during WWII.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 85

False

Farm prices were NOT tightly controlled by the government during WWII.

Front 86

The American commander in the Battle of the Atlantic credited the acquisition of radar for Allied success.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 86

False

The GERMAN commander in the Battle o the Atlantic credited the acquisition of radar for Allied success.

Front 87

The Battle of Midway demonstrated the decisive role of battleships in modern warfare.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 87

False

The Battle of Midway demonstrated the decisive role of AIRCRAFT CARRIERS in modern warfare.

Front 88

The stormy weather was the main reason for the failure of Operation Overlord.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 88

False

The stormy weather was A FACTOR of Operation Overlord, but it did NOT cause it to fail. Operation Overlord SUCCEEDED.

Front 89

Black American soldiers usually served in integrated units in WWII.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 89

False

Black American soldiers usually served in SEGREGATED units in WWII.

Front 90

Leapfrogging was a strategic tactical error on the part of the Japanese.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 90

False

Leapfrogging SUCCEEDED in NEUTRALIZING Japanese strongholds.

Front 91

The war Refugee Board rescued over 2,000,000 Jews from Europe.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 91

False

The War Refugee Board rescued over 200,000 Jews from Europe.

Front 92

United States military forces halted Japanese advances at Iwo Jima and Midway.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 92

False

United States military forces halted Japanese advances at CORAL SEA and Midway.

Front 93

The atomic bomb was used to force "unconditional surrender" on the Axis powers.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 93

False

The atomic bomb was used to force "unconditional surrender" on JAPAN.

Front 94

The fear of anti-Semitism in Europe slowed US aid to Jewish refugees.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 94

False

The fear of anti-Semitism in THE UNITED STATES slowed US aid to Jewish refugees.

Front 95

Strategic bombing played a major role in the destruction of Germany's military production.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 95

False

Strategic bombing played a MINOR role in the destruction of Germany's military production.

Front 96

During WWII, women were barred from serving in the army.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 96

False

During WWI, women were ENCOURAGED TO SERVE in the army.

Front 97

The Long Island Project developed the atomic bomb.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 97

False

The MANHATTAN PROJECT developed the atomic bomb.

Front 98

The invasion of Sicily came only six weeks after the Normandy invasion.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 98

False

The invasion of Sicily came only six weeks after the ALLIED VICTORY OVER NORTH AFRICA.

Front 99

The largest naval engagement in history occurred in the Battle of Manila Bay.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 99

False

The largest naval engagement in history occurred in the Battle of LEYTE GULF.

Front 100

Right-to-work laws enforced the closed shop in industry.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 100

False

Right-to-work laws OUTLAWED the closed shop industry.

Front 101

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 101

False

The Battle of MIDWAY was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

Front 102

To finance the war, FDR preferred borrowing to raising taxes.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 102

False

To finance the war, FDR preferred RAISING TAXES to BORROWING.

Front 103

The March on Washington Movement led to the creation of the "bracero" program.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 103

False

The March on Washington Movement led to the creation of the FEPC.

Front 104

Native Americans were segregated in the military.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 104

False

Native Americans were INTEGRATED in the military.

Front 105

During WWII, Congress readily renewed and extended such New Deal programs as the National Youth Administration.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 105

False

During WWII, Congress ABOLISHED such New Deal programs as the National Youth Administration.

Front 106

The Allied Declaration, issued just before the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, demanded that Japan surrender immediately or face "prompt and utter destruction."

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 106

False

The POTSDAM Declaration, issued just before the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, demanded that Japan surrender immediately or face "prompt and utter destruction."

Front 107

In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court outlawed wartime rationing.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 107

False

In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court outlawed THE WHITE PRIMARY.

Front 108

African Americans were used as codebreakers in the military.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 108

False

Native Americans were used as codebreakers in the military.

Front 109

Germany suffered the greatest number of casualties in WWII.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 109

False

RUSSIA suffered the greatest number of casualties in WWII.

Front 110

The allied victory in Sicily caused Italy to ___________

Back 110

switch sides and joined the Allies.

Front 111

The Battle of Okinawa wore down ___________

Back 111

the remaining Japanese defenses.

Front 112

When the Germans' secret code was broken, the Allies were able to ___________

Back 112

spot German U-boats and attack.

Front 113

Allied goal of unconditional surrender gave Russia ___________

Back 113

control of eastern Europe.

Front 114

The Revenue Act of 1942 increased the number of ___________

Back 114

income taxpayers.

Front 115

Chester Nimitz was ___________

Back 115

an American Admiral.

Front 116

Douglas MacArthur had abandoned then ___________

Back 116

liberated the Philippine Islands.

Front 117

Dwight D. Eisenhower headed ___________

Back 117

Operation Overlord.

Front 118

George S. Patton was the commander of the ___________

Back 118

American invasion forces in Sicily.

Front 119

Harry Truman became president after ___________

Back 119

the death of Roosevelt.

Front 120

In the first two months of American involvement in WWII ___________

Back 120

(no answer)

Front 121

The purpose of the War Production Board was to direct ___________

Back 121

industrial conversion to war production.

Front 122

The Office of Price Administration rationed ___________

Back 122

tires, sugar, coffee, gasoline, and other items.

Front 123

The area that experienced the fastest rate of urban growth during the war years was ___________

Back 123

the Far West.

Front 124

The "W" in WAC stood for ___________

Back 124

Women's.

Also, WAC stands for, "Women's Army Corps."

Front 125

War Relocation Camps housed ___________

Back 125

over 100,000 Japanese-Americans during the war.

Front 126

In the Declaration of the United Nations, anti-Axis governments agreed not to ___________

Back 126

seek a separate peace with common enemies.

Front 127

The French Vichy government collaborated with ___________

Back 127

the Germans.

Front 128

President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill finally agreed to strike first in ___________

Back 128

North America.

Front 129

Following the Allied victory in Sicily, Italy joined ___________

Back 129

the Allies.

Front 130

Operation "Overlord" was the ___________

Back 130

D-Day invasion at Normandy.

Front 131

The new strategy used in the Pacific in 1943 was neutralizing ___________

Back 131

Japanese strongholds, leaving them to "die on the vine."

Front 132

In the presidential election of 1944, ___________ was the Republican candidate.

Back 132

Thomas Dewey

Front 133

Following their quick sweep across France, the Allies were ___________

Back 133

surrounded and nearly defeated in Normandy

Front 134

The Yalta Conference gave Russia ___________

Back 134

control over eastern Germany.

Front 135

To ensure that Russia joined the war against Japan, in 1945 Roosevelt made ___________ concerning Russian territorial demands.

Back 135

secret agreements

Front 136

President Roosevelt died less than a month before ___________

Back 136

the surrender of Germany.

Front 137

V-E Day celebrated the defeat of ___________

Back 137

Germany.

Front 138

The Battle of Okinawa significantly wore down ___________

Back 138

the remaining Japanese defenses.

Front 139

The Japanese surrender allowed the emperor to keep his throne under ___________

Back 139

the authority of an Allied supreme commander.

Front 140

The total cost of WWII included some ___________

Back 140

49 million military and civilian dead.

Front 141

By the end of WWII, over six million women had entered the workforce.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 141

False

By the end of WWII, over 40,000 women had entered the workforce.

Front 142

"Nisei" were Americans of Japanese descent.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 142

True

Front 143

The US military used Native Americans as "code talkers" during WWII.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 143

True

Front 144

In the Katyn Forest massacre of 1940, Russians killed over 14,000 Polish officers.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 144

False

(no answer)

Front 145

Adolph Hitler surrendered to the Allies on board the battleship Missouri.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 145

False

JAPAN surrendered to the Allies on board battleship Missouri.

Front 146

Some six million Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust.

True/False
Correct the statement if it is false.

Back 146

True

Front 147

Thomas Dewey lost the presidential election in ___________

Back 147

1944.

Front 148

Dwight D. Eisenhower headed ___________

Back 148

Operation "Overlord."

Front 149

John L. Lewis led coal miners on strike in ___________

Back 149

1943.

Front 150

___________ said "People of the Philippines: I have returned.

Back 150

Douglas MacArthur

Front 151

Chester Nimitz was an American ___________

Back 151

admiral.

Front 152

J. Robert Oppenheimer directed the construction of the ___________

Back 152

atomic bomb.

Front 153

A. Philip Randolph headed ___________

Back 153

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Front 154

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the Democratic presidential candidate in ___________

Back 154

1944.

Front 155

Henry L. Stimson was the secretary of ___________

Back 155

war

Front 156

Harry Truman was elected vice-president in ___________

Back 156

1944