Question 1

The war effort led military leaders to largely ignore the presence of homosexual men and women serving in the ranks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

All of the following statements regarding the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II are true EXCEPT that

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A)   the United States government has never admitted wrongdoing.
B)   the order for internment was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1944.
C)   most of those interned lost all their property and possessions.
D)   the internment camps were essentially prisons.
E)   government officials claimed the camps were places where the Japanese could be socialized and "Americanized."F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

In February 1945, an Allied bombing attack on Dresden, Germany

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A)   destroyed 75 percent of the previously undamaged city.
B)   killed approximately 135,000 people.
C)   resulted in mostly civilian casualties.
D)   both killed approximately 135,000 people and resulted in mostly civilian casualties.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

The Japanese surrender to the United States

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A)   was announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped.
B)   was formally signed on the American battleship Missouri.
C)   occurred on September 2, 1945.
D)   was both formally signed on the American battleship Missouri and announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

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A)   refused to accept large numbers of refugees.
B)   won an agreement by England to accept several thousand refugees.
C)   made many efforts to help refugees escape the Nazis but not have them enter the United States.
D)   denied the Nazis were targeting Jews for murder.
E)   rescinded the provisions of the 1924 National Origins Act dealing with Jewish immigrants.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that

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A)   the attack involved perhaps the largest number of naval vessels and armaments ever assembled in one place.
B)   the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
C)   Allied paratroopers were dropped behind German lines prior to the beach landings.
D)   within a week, German forces had been dislodged from most of the Normandy coast.
E)   American, British, and Canadian forces stormed the beaches on June 6, 1944.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

The first atomic explosion in history took place in 1945 in

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A)   Hiroshima, Japan.
B)   the Bikini Islands.
C)   Alamogordo, New Mexico.
D)   the Salt Lake desert in Utah.
E)   Oak Ridge, Tennessee.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

During the 1944 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt was gravely ill.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Intelligence efforts through the British Ultra project and the United States' ________ operation broke the code systems of Germany and Japan during World War II.

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Question 10

Describe American society (the home front) during World War II. What were its pleasures and what were its pains?

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Question 11

During World War II, the Allied development of the Gee navigation system

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A)   was first used in the last months of the war.
B)   sent a sonic message telling pilots they were in range of their targets.
C)   used electronic pulses to plot course locations.
D)   proved ineffective at sea.
E)   raised the accuracy rate of night-bombing raids to 30 percent.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 12

The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

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A)   saw the Americans take the offensive for the first time.
B)   saw the United States forced to withdraw its naval forces.
C)   marked the major turning point of the war in the Pacific.
D)   saw the Japanese lose most of its aircraft carriers.
E)   marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

All of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the

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A)   creation of the Purple machine for coded communications.
B)   capturing of an Enigma machine.
C)   creation of the first programmable, digital computer.
D)   breaking of the German codes early in the war.
E)   breaking of Japanese codes before American entry into the war.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

The D-Day invasion of France took place along the ________ coast.

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Question 15

In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

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A)   all of the affected Japanese were American citizens.
B)   a powerful popular movement sprung up to protest the internments.
C)   all of those affected were first-generation Japanese immigrants.
D)   the move was protested by California Attorney General Earl Warren.
E)   there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

The Allied invasion of Sicily led to the collapse of the Mussolini government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The 1944 presidential campaign revolved primarily around domestic, rather than foreign, policy issues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which

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A)   increased the number of Mexican immigrants the United States would accept as new citizens.
B)   allowed U.S. businesses to establish war production factories in Mexico.
C)   admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time.
D)   accepted Mexican citizens into the U.S. armed forces.
E)   eliminated the tariff on goods produced in Mexico.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 19

American intelligence broke the Japanese coding system prior to Pearl Harbor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

Accepted Answer

A)   the Soviet Union.
B)   Great Britain.
C)   the United States.
D)   Japan.
E)   Nazi Germany.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Exam 26: America in a World at War

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The Japanese surrender to the United States

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All of the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in World War II EXCEPT the

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Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

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