A.H. Chapter 14 America & WWII 1941-1945 Test

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1. During World War II, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of bonds in order to

• a. donate part of their wages to the military.
• b. loan the government money to pay for the war.
• c. avoid paying taxes.

2. Blue points and red points were used to help

• a. mapping opposing forces.
• b. prioritizing targets for attack.
• c. ration goods.

3. The U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with

• a. napalm.
• b. grease.
• c. dynamite

4. Nearly one­third of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the

• a. ship­building industry.
• b. aircraft industry.
• c. automobile industry.

5. The Bataan Death March occurred in

• a. Corregidor.
• b. the Philippines.
• c. the Soviet Union.

6. A key to the American success at Midway was

• a. American submarines.
• b. the use of new sonar and radar technology.
• c. breaking the Japanese Navy's secret code so they knew when & where Japan would attack..

7. Capturing Stalingrad was the key to Hitler's strategy to

• a. draw China into the war.
• b. force Stalin to sign a treaty.
• c. destroy the Soviet economy.

8. In the case Korematsu v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was

• a. unconstitutional because it was based on race.
• b. constitutional because it was based on military urgency, not on race.
• c. constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses.