US History FINALSSSSSSSSSSS!

The Four Freedoms:

• was a campaign slogan of the Republicans.

• were the war aims of Nazi Germany.

• were President Roosevelt's statement of the Allied war aims

• Included the freedom to join the Communist Party.

• did not apply to Jehovah's Witnesses.

Which of the following does NOT explain why Americans hoped to avoid involvement in the war in Europe?

• Many regretted intervention in the First World War, especially after Senate hearings revealed bankers and arms merchants had profited enormously from it.

• Hitler had admirers in the United States.

• Anticommunists though German expansion could check Soviet aggression.

• Businessmen such as Henry Ford wanted to maintain profitable German markets.

• It was clear to most people that there was little possibility of an Allied victory.

The Lend-Lease Act:

• authorized military aid to Germany and Japan.

• authorized military aid to those fighting against Germany and Japan

• excluded China

• excluded the Soviet Union.

• maintained trade relations with Japan

D-Day refers to the:

• Allied invasion of the Soviet Union.

• Allied invasion of Japan.

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

• dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.

• Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.

In the United States during World War II:

• unemployment declined, production soared, and income taxes increased.

• the economy grew only slightly.

• income taxes increased only for the wealthy.

• little was done to regulate the economy.

• the actual size of the federal government shrank as the New Deal ended.

How did World War II affect the West Coast of the United States?

• The populations of both San Francisco and Los Angeles declined as the prospect of a Japanese invasion led many people to migrate inland.

• The West Coast cities of Portland and Seattle received a relatively small amount of federal money for their shipyards.

• Unlike other regions profiting from military-industrial production, growth rates in the West remained essentially flat.

• Millions of Americans moved to California for jobs and military service.

• The military temporarily relocated its headquarters to Portland to plan for a Japanese invasion.

For most women workers, World War II:

• had little impact.

• permanently changed the way employers viewed them.

• allowed them to make temporary gains.

• permanently changed the way unions viewed them.

• did not increase employment rates, especially for marred women

Which statement about the Japanese-American internment is FALSE?

• The press supported the policy of internment almost unanimously.

• The Supreme Court refused to intervene.

• Japanese-Americans in Hawaii were exempt from the policy.

• Japan used it as proof that America was racist toward non-white people

• Once their loyalty was proven, they were free to leave.

The double-V campaign was:

• The Allied war efforts in Europe and Asia.

• the effort to end discrimination against Mexican immigrants and blacks.

• women's struggle for acceptance as industrial workers and mothers.

• the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism.

• not supported by the NAACP.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Yalta conference in 1945?

• Stalin agreed to allow free and unfettered elections in postwar Poland.

• The Yalta agreement planted the seeds of conflict.

• Roosevelt and Churchill did not ultimately object to Soviet postwar control of the Baltics.

• Stalin agreed to leave southern and eastern Europe out of the Soviet sphere.

• Stalin refused to enter the war against Japan.