MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1 Exam Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The project name for the atomic bomb was 1) A) Shangri-La. B) Gadget. C) Overload. D) Manhattan. E) The Eagle Has Landed. 2) All of the following lands were occupied prior to World War II EXCEPT: 2) A) Austria. B) France. C) Manchuria. D) Sudetenland. E) Ethiopia. 3) The shadows of war in Europe in the 1930s did NOT include this event: 3) A) German occupation of the Rhineland. B) German seizure of Czechoslovakia. C) German invasion of the Soviet Union. D) Kristallnacht. E) Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. 4) The result of the Nye investigation included which of the following? 4) A) America was blamed for WWI B) Americans became involved in Europe's problems C) Americans adopted an isolationist foreign policy D) Weapons manufacturers (businesses) were supported after WWI. E) The Germans were to blame for WWI. 1

2 5) All of the following promoted isolationism EXCEPT: 5) A) American First Committee. B) College students. C) Socialist Norman Thomas. D) Charles A. Lindbergh. E) Franklin Roosevelt. 6) England and France declared war on Germany when the nation invaded 6) A) France. B) Poland. C) Denmark. D) Czechoslovakia. E) Sweden. 7) Why did President Roosevelt encourage the passage of the Lend-Lease Act? 7) A) He wanted to aid France in its struggle against Germany. B) He wanted to provide aid to Britain in its struggle against Germany. C) He wanted to help the American economy. D) He was trying to promote a one-world government. E) He wanted to get Congress involved in the European crisis. 8) In the Atlantic Charter, the undersigned pledged 8) A) Economic support for the Soviet Union. B) Self-determination. C) A European currency and a unified economy. D) Future colonial rights. E) Freedom of the seas. 9) As Japan continued to expand into Indochina, President Roosevelt responded by 9) A) Establishing an embargo on American goods to Japan. B) Moving the U.S. Pacific fleet to Hawaii. C) Appealing to the League of Nations. D) Ordering Philippines commander MacArthur to practice dry-run bombing. E) Initiating a massive retaliation. 2

3 10) Basically, the United States won World War II by 10) A) Out producing its enemies. B) Military power. C) Espionage. D) Strategy. E) Superior soldiers. 11) All of the following placed strains on the American family during WWII EXCEPT: 11) A) food rationing. B) Housing shortages. C) Increases in juvenile delinquency. D) Lack of child care. E) Supplying the home. 12) A major underlying reason for the internment of Japanese Americans was 12) A) Security. B) Land. C) Cowardice. D) Racism. E) Patriotism. 13) The traditional military commander Douglas MacArthur distrusted General Eisenhower because 13) A) Eisenhower displayed a lack of military knowledge. B) Eisenhower displayed a more democratic approach to leadership. C) Eisenhower displayed contempt for older soldiers. D) Eisenhower did not display the flair of a MacArthur. E) Eisenhower displayed a more autocratic approach to leadership. 14) Women in the military worked in 14) A) Secretarial positions. B) Nursing and administration. C) Kitchen duties. D) Combat missions. E) Mechanical repairs. 3

4 15) The military segregated the following groups of soldiers: 15) A) Italian and Japanese American. B) Japanese and German Americans. C) African American and Japanese American. D) German and African Americans. E) Italian and German Americans. 16) American occupation forces were not always welcome because 16) A) They displayed arrogant behavior. B) Their living standard was higher than that of the occupied population. C) Of lingering support for the Germans. D) They refused to share their abundance with the occupied people. E) They refused to share their goods with the occupied children. 17) Why did Joseph Stalin want the Allies to open a western front? 17) A) Russian war casualties were enormous. B) Direct the war towards the Axis. C) Stalin did not want to send his troops to North Africa. D) Stalin wanted the Germans to fight in France rather than in Russia. E) Stalin supported the Italian campaign. 18) The majority of African American soldiers served in this capacity during World War II: 18) A) Training other soldiers for combat. B) On naval vessels in the Pacific. C) In European foxholes. D) On the front lines. E) In construction and stevedore work. 19) Why did much of the American public not believe stories about atrocities committed in the 19) concentration camps? A) They did not want to be bothered with the plight of European Jews. B) They did not want to alienate the Germans any further. C) They could not imagine the Germans being so cruel. D) They did not really hear about it. E) They believed it was fabricated propaganda. 4

5 20) All of the following were participants at Yalta EXCEPT: 20) A) Charles de Gaulle. B) Franklin Roosevelt. C) Winston Churchill. D) Joseph Stalin. E) All were participants. 21) The Potsdam Conference indicated what about the Grand Alliance? 21) A) It was more and more unified. B) It indicated that the Allies did not want to punish Germany. C) The alliance between the English and the Soviets was strong. D) It was fragile. E) It was strong. 22) By the time the Allies met at Yalta, Roosevelt realized that neither the Soviets or British would 22) accept A) The Atlantic Charter. B) Not opening a second front. C) Conditional surrender. D) Spheres of influence. E) American domination of the postwar world. 23) The Los Alamos Community was an example of a 23) A) Unique group of scientists working on war research. B) Scene of zoot-suit rioting. C) Japanese American internment camp. D) New type of military training. E) New Mexico cultural group. 24) Which one of the following was NOT an action the United States took before its formal entry into 24) World War II? A) A lend-lease policy to Britain and the Soviet Union. B) U.S. ships to shoot on sight any Nazi ship in U.S. "defensive waters." C) Asking the League of Nations to "quarantine the aggressors." D) Enlarged the navy. E) Meeting with Britain to draw up Atlantic Charter principles. 5

6 25) The CPI was to World War I as THIS was to World War II: 25) A) OWI. B) FBI. C) OSS. D) NWLB. E) CIA. 26) Roosevelt and his advisors followed this policy in relation to Holocaust death camps: 26) A) Total Allied victory was the best way to liberate camps. B) Soviet troops were closer and could liberate the camps. C) Civilian rescue would be employed to distract the enemy. D) What the public does not know will not hurt them. E) It was propaganda similar to World War I fabrications. 27) Although this policy was unspoken, the United States and Britain accepted this area as a Soviet 27) sphere of influence: A) Areas of Manchuria and Korea. B) Baltic states and part of Poland. C) Certain Japanese islands. D) The Middle East. E) Eastern Europe. 28) While lower than other allies, the human cost of World War II for Americans was second only to 28) A) The Civil War. B) The American Revolution. C) The Mexican War. D) The Vietnam War. E) World War I. 29) Japan quit the League of Nations in this year after being reprimanded for the invasion of 29) Manchuria: A) B) C) D) E) ) World War II began in Europe when Hitler invades Poland in September of 30) A) B) C) D) E) ) Which one of the following lists these events in CORRECT order? 31) (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. A) 3, 4, 1, 2 B) 4, 3, 2, 1 C) 1, 3, 4, 2 D) 2, 4, 3, 1 E) 1, 2, 4, 3 6

7 32) Which one of the following lists these events in CORRECT order? 32) (1) Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to an alliance. (2) The Soviet Union invades Finland. (3) The United States has first peacetime military draft in its history. (4) Hitler's Blitzkrieg takes France. A) 2, 4, 3, 1 B) 4, 1, 3, 2 C) 1, 4, 2, 3 D) 3, 4, 2, 1 E) 1, 2, 3, 4 33) Race riots reach their peak in nearly fifty cities in the United States in 33) A) B) C) D) E) ) Which one of these is listed in CORRECT order? 34) A) Coral Sea, Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima. B) Coral Sea, Midway, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Hiroshima. C) Midway, Coral Sea, Hiroshima, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. D) Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Coral Sea, Hiroshima, Midway. E) Iwo Jima, Coral Sea, Midway, Okinawa, Hiroshima. 35) From , the United States tried to adhere to THESE in order to avoid involvement in a war 35) as they did in World War I: A) Atlantic Charter Act. B) Mutual defense pacts. C) Lend-Lease Acts. D) Quarantine Acts. E) Neutrality Acts. 36) Roosevelt's executive order to remove Japanese Americans from the Pacific coast states to inland 36) camps was issued in A) B) C) 1940 D) E) ) The Americans followed this strategy in the Pacific to avoid sustained battle for each and every 37) area the Japanese held: A) Second front. B) Island hopping. C) Wildcat. D) "Scorched-earth" warfare. E) Double V. 7

8 38) What is V-E day? 38) A) Victory in Europe May 7, 1945 B) Victory in Everything June 6, 1945 C) Victory in Europe May 8, 1945 D) The end of WWII, May 8, 1944 E) The end of WWII, June 6, ) Which of the following match-ups is correct? 39) A) Franco=Spain, Lenin=Soviet Union, Roosevelt=US, Chamberlain=Great Britain B) Hitler=Germany, Stalin=Soviet Union, Churchill=Great Britain, Hideki Tojo=Japan C) Stalin=Soviet Union, Mussolini=Italy, Roosevelt=Great Britain, Truman=France D) Franco=Italy, Mussolini=Spain, Hitler=Germany, Churchill=Great Britain E) Hideki Tojo=China, Military leaders=japan, Franco=France, Mussolini=Italy 40) The date of the attack on Pearl Harbor was 40) A) May 8, 1945 B) August 6, 1941 C) September 2, 1944 D) December 7, 1941 E) December 8, ) The purpose of the Kellogg-Briand Pact was 41) A) for the US to declare neutrality B) to sign a non-aggression treaty with Japan C) to outlaw war D) to pay Germany money so it could pay the European nations so they could pay us E) to assist Americans with the Great Depression prior to WWII. 42) What was America's response to the Spanish Civil War? 42) A) to do nothing B) send a few soldiers such as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade C) to impose economic sanctions against Spain D) to assist Franco in coming to power E) to loan them armaments at a reduced price 8

9 43) Which of the following was part of the Munich Pact agreement? 43) A) Hitler could annex the Sudetenland. B) Hitler could annex Austria C) Hitler could annex the Rhineland D) Hitler could annex Poland E) Great Britain and France would militarily engage Hitler 44) The Lima, Peru Conference established 44) A) that the Western hemisphere woudl not be involved with Europe's problems B) that our involvement with WWI was because of greed C) that the Western hemisphere nations would not tolerate aggression in the western hemisphere D) that the Latin American nations would join together to fight in WWII. E) that unconditional surrender would only be accepted. 45) The Potsdam Conference was significant because 45) A) it established Hitler as the #1 enemy B) it involved America's official declaration of war. C) it determined war reparations for Germany D) it declared Japan to unconditionally surrender E) it stated the US would use the atom bombs if Japan didn't surrender 46) Which of the following dates were the atomic bombs dropped? 46) A) April 6, 1945 and April 9, 1945 B) August 6, 1944 and August 9, 1944 C) May 7, 1945 and May 8, 1945 D) June 6, 1945 and June 8, 1945 E) August 6, 1945 and August 9, ) Which is true of the Battle of the Coral Sea? 47) A) 1st time Japan was stopped B) Japan invaded Australia C) Island hopping begins D) It allowed for the US to invade mainland Japan E) The Chinese helped the Americans to defeat the Japanese 9

10 48) A military tactic used on behalf of the allies prior to the a bombs was 48) A) an invasion of mainland Japan B) kamikaze pilots C) a stated warning about the atomic bombs D) conditional surrender negotiations E) firebombings in Tokyo 49) World War II brought all of the following except a(n): 49) A) increase in the movement of people around the country B) upsurge in racial tensions and violence C) spike in the marriage rate D) weakening of farm tenancy in the South E) continuation of the Depression as the deficit grew 50) Which of the following statements about the attack on Pearl Harbor is MOST accurate? 50) A) It was the result of the incompetence of America s naval officers. B) FDR knew of the attack in advance and allowed it to take place for political reasons. C) Credit for the success of the attack rests mostly with the Japanese generals who planned it. D) Kamikaze pilots did the majority of the damage. E) It took place on December 7, ) Which of the following accurately describes the results of the battle map assignment? 51) A) The Axis powers dominated the most territory in Europe. B) The Axis powers won the most victories until the US entered the war. C) The US was largely responsible for the Allied victories in Europe. D) Stalin broke the non-aggression pact and invaded Eastern Europe. E) Australia was the only Allied power in the Pacific theatre. 52) Which of the following was an EXPRESSION OF isolationism in the 1930's? 52) A) the Good Neighbor Policy B) the Nye Committee C) Roosevelt's Quarantine speech D) recognition of the Soviet Union E) cash and carry policy 10

11 53) Which is an accurate characterization of how US foreign policy changed from 1938 to early 1941? 53) A) from neutrality to support of Britain B) from intervention in Latin America to the Good Neighbor Policy C) from isolationism to neutrality D) from hostility to Japan to diplomatic efforts to appease Japan E) from pro-german policies to anti-japanese policies 54) Which of the following did NOT include President Roosevelt? 54) A) Yalta Conference B) Casablanca Conference C) Potsdam Conference D) Atlantic Charter E) Teheran Conference 55) "The peace, the freedom and the security of 90 percent of the population of the world is being jeopardized by 55) the remaining 10 percent..." was a quote from A) Truman in response to whether or not the US would use atomic bombs against Japan B) Roosevelt in his Quarantine speech C) Secretary of State Simson in convincing Truman to use the atomic bombs against Japan D) Roosevelt in his address to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Japan E) Truman to Stalin as to why the US would use the atomic bombs. 56) Which of the following was an agreement that declared unconditional surrender by the Axis 56) powers? A) Teheran Conference B) Yalta Conference C) Potsdam Conference D) Casablanca Conference E) Atlantic Charter 57) Which of the following statesments is accurate? 57) A) Germany, Russia, the US and Great Britain all were working towards the development of an atomic weapon during the war. B) Roosevelt had already decided to use the war against Japan, should it be developed in time. C) Some members of Roosevelt's cabinet disagreed with using the bomb. D) Churchill believed that the Russians should be told about the bomb ahead of its use. E) all of the above 11

12 58) The "Double V" campaign was 58) A) Roosevelt's wartime policy of pursuing total war against both Germany and Japan B) the cooperation of men fighting on the war front while women stayed to work in factories and provide for their families C) the realization that victory in the war depended on military campaigns and also on civilian support D) the strategy of opening up a western front against Germany while the Russians fought from the east E) the effort by African Americans to help win the war and also to win more civil rights for themselves. 59) As a result of WWII 59) A) the Allies created a world in which there would be very little possibility for future conflicts B) neither Germany nor Japan would ever again play important roles in international affairs C) the English quickly reestablished their empire and were once again the world's leading nation D) the US emerged as the strongest nation in a world facing continued threats to peace E) all nations were severely fatigued and no country emerged with the same dominating force in the pre WWII era. 60) The correct dates for Dday, VE Day and VJ Day are 60) A) June 6, 1944; May 7, 1945; August 6, 1945 B) May 7, 1945; August 6, 1945, August 9, 1945 C) June 6, 1944; September 2, 1945; December 7, 1945 D) June 6, 1944; May 7, 1945; September 2, 1945 E) May 7, 1945; August 6, 1945; September 2, ) What is your favorite class this year? (better answer A if you want the extra point! :) 61) A) APUSH B) AP Bio C) AP English D) AP Chem E) AP Calc 62) What is the date of the AP US history exam? 62) A) may 1 B) May 5 C) May 9 D) may 8 E) May 16 12