WWII Pretest

What was one effect of this type of advertising during World War II?

• Women’s colleges closed as wartime employment opportunities grew.

• The number of women in nontraditional roles increased.

• Women’s organizations secured passage of the GI Bill for returning veterans.

• Congress passed laws guaranteeing equal pay for equal work for women.wom

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In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

• the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the internment of Japanese Americans

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What was the PRIMARY objective of the actions represented in this 1945 cartoon?

• To stop Japan from cutting off supply lines into China

• To prevent Japan from invading China for natural resources

• To force Japan to accept terms of unconditional surrender

• To punish Japan for its treatment of soldiers at Bataan

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Which action replaces the question mark on this cause-and-effect diagram?

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bans the sale of weapons to China

sends ground troops to fight the Chinese

appeases Japanese demands for new territ

implements an embargo against Japan

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Match the following

• Rationing

• Government agency that filtered and distributed all information about the war

• Victory Gardens

• Limited food and other resources needed for the war

• War Bonds

• Citizens bought these to support the war with money

• Office of War Information

• Gardens that citizens grew to supplement their own food supply

Match the group to what they did.

a

b

c

d

American Volunteer Group

Navajo Code Talkers

Women

Tuskegee Airmen

Match the following Leader to what they did.

• Won a Medal of Honor for WWII

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• Admiral of the US Navy in Pacific

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• Leader of Pacific "I shall return"

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• Tank Commander

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• Supreme Allied Commander of Europe

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