a.

German submarine warfare.

b.

German aircraft carrier attacks.

c.

German blitzkrieg.

d.

German espionage.

e.

German American disloyalty.

a.

aerial bombardment

d.

espionage

b.

cross channel invasion

e.

subchasers

c.

dropping the atomic bomb

a.

there was a string of American victories that put Japan on the defensive.

b.

there was a succession of Japanese victories that saw numerous Allied outposts fall.

c.

the Japanese in the Philippines surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur.

d.

the Japanese invaded and captured Australia.

e.

China finally surrendered to Japan.

a.

the United States.

d.

Britain.

b.

Germany.

e.

the Soviet Union.

c.

Japan.

a.

a surge of volunteerism allowed the repeal of the Selective Service Act to end the draft.

b.

all men and women between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted.

c.

women between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted, while men were exempt from the draft due to an excess of volunteers.

d.

men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted.

e.

the draft was enacted for the first time in American history.

a.

Commerce Department

b.

War Production Board

c.

Treasury Department

d.

Office of Scientific Research and Development

e.

Office of War Information

a.

finding enough workers for the essential wartime industries.

b.

overcoming high unemployment that lingered from the Depression.

c.

dealing with deflationary pressures that killed consumer demand.

d.

women refusing to work in wartime industries.

e.

raising low wages.

a.

was designed to combat the serious wartime deflation.

b.

was designed to raise consumer prices.

c.

lacked any authority to set consumer prices or ration any items.

d.

set price ceilings on highly demanded items such as tires, sugar, and gasoline.

e.

set price ceilings and directed the rationing of all goods and items for sale in the wartime economy.

a.

Pearl Harbor Day.

d.

V-day.

b.

D-day.

e.

D-7.

c.

Armistice Day.

a.

accepted Japan’s surrender, albeit with the condition that the emperor could keep his throne.

b.

accepted Japan’s unconditional surrender.

c.

launched the amphibious invasion of Japan, the final operation of World War II.

d.

returned its attention to fighting the war in Europe.

e.

dropped a third on Tokyo to force the Japanese surrender.

a.

led to a significant increase of American women joining the labor force.

b.

did not include women serving in the armed forces.

c.

has been greatly exaggerated and distorted beyond its real significance.

d.

only impacted minorities and immigrants.

e.

occurred in all Allied nations except in the United States.

a.

Italy

d.

Bulgaria

b.

the Soviet Union

e.

Romania

c.

Hungary

a.

led to the forced evacuation of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans.

b.

was a reaction to the zoot-suit riots.

c.

allowed most recent immigrants to join the American armed services after a thorough background check.

d.

sought to mobilize Indian reservations in support of the American war effort.

e.

brought some 200,000 Mexican farm workers into the western United States.

a.

declaring war on the United States.

d.

invading Britain.

b.

invading the Soviet Union.

e.

declaring war on Poland.

c.

attacking Spain.

a.

Native American servicemen fought in segregated units with African Americans.

b.

Native American servicemen were integrated into regular units.

c.

Native Americans were ineligible for service in the armed forces.

d.

Native Americans refused to serve in the armed forces.

e.

Native Americans served but were exempt from fighting on the front lines.

a.

housed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during the war.

b.

were actually prisoner-of-war camps for captured Germans.

c.

served as the German euphemism for Nazi concentration camps.

d.

helped the families of American servicemen cope with the absence of husbands and fathers.

e.

were the bases that housed American servicemen before they were sent to the front lines.

a.

was a joint British-American statement of anti-Axis war aims.

b.

reaffirmed American neutrality in the wars in Europe and Asia.

c.

is another name for the American declaration of war against Germany.

d.

advocated expanding the war in Europe to fight communism.

e.

was voted down by Congress.

a.

freedom of the seas.

d.

self-determination for all peoples.

b.

economic cooperation.

e.

a new system of international security.

c.

the elimination of communism.

a.

across the English Channel.

d.

on the Eastern Front.

b.

against Japan.

e.

in North Africa.

c.

in the Middle East.

a.

a demand for the unconditional surrender of their enemies.

b.

an immediate launching of a cross channel invasion into France.

c.

the stepped-up bombing of Germany.

d.

an assault on Sicily and Italy.

e.

increased shipments of military supplies to the Soviet Union.

a.

The Allies decoded German messages that indicated where the U-boats were.

b.

The Allies had a submarine advantage over the Germans.

c.

The Allied aircraft carrier superiority countered the German U-boat advantage.

d.

The Allies utilized aerial precision bombing of German targets.

e.

The Allies bypassed the Atlantic to confront the Germans directly in Europe.

a.

The fight for Sicily became known as “the Mediterranean’s Okinawa.”

b.

The well-fortified island proved too difficult for the Allies to capture.

c.

Sicily fell quickly after the Allied surprise landing.

d.

The fight for Sicily became the first outright defeat for the Allied war effort.

e.

The Allies captured Mussolini and forced him to surrender.

a.

Germany slowed the Allied advance by pouring its own reinforcements into Italy.

b.

Hitler had Mussolini assassinated.

c.

Germany abandoned Italy and focused on defending France.

d.

Hitler offered to surrender to the Allies with conditions.

e.

Germany diverted its former Italian forces to fight the Soviets.

a.

discuss the use of atomic bombs to end the war.

b.

consider inducing the Axis powers to lay down their arms by abandoning the insistence on unconditional surrender.

c.

reconsider the strategies in the Battle for the Atlantic.

d.

reprioritize the war in Asia as more important than the war in Europe.

e.

plan the invasion of France and the Russian offensive across Eastern Europe.

a.

American isolationism increased.

b.

a congressional resolution for war passed unanimously.

c.

the United States avoided involvement in the European conflict.

d.

Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States.

e.

Franklin Roosevelt resigned the presidency.

a.

top-secret work of American cryptanalysts (code breakers).

b.

day the atomic bombs were to be dropped on Japan.

c.

Allied invasion at Normandy.

d.

Allied invasion of North Africa.

e.

joint American-Russian effort to free Poland.

a.

Germany entered the war in the Pacific and fought alongside Japan.

b.

The Allied forces secured a foothold on the Japanese home islands.

c.

The Chinese earned their first substantive victory against the Japanese.

d.

This Japanese surprise victory caused Allied losses so severe it nearly ended the war.

e.

The Japanese lost most of their remaining sea power and ability to defend the Philippines.

a.

Tinian.

b.

Guam.

c.

Saipan.

d.

three Japanese-controlled islands in the Mariana Islands.

e.

Philippines.

a.

Franklin Roosevelt was defeated in his run for a fourth term as president.

b.

Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president.

c.

in light of his health problems and progress toward winning the war, Franklin Roosevelt chose not to run for a fourth term.

d.

Harry Truman was elected president.

e.

Republican Wendell Willkie opposed Democrat Franklin Roosevelt.

a.

Stalin would control the postwar map of Europe.

b.

they would control it with the United States.

c.

Truman would control the postwar map of Europe.

d.

Stalin would declare victory.

e.

Lenin would control the postwar map of Europe.

a.

Warsaw.

d.

b.

Lublin.

e.

Rabka- Zdrój.

c.

Kraków.

a.

call for a conference to create a new world security organization.

b.

agree to Soviet territorial demands in Eastern Europe.

c.

make arrangements for the postwar governance of Germany.

d.

restore the original Polish government to power in Poland.

e.

reaffirm the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

a.

Far East.

d.

future of Germany.

b.

Middle East.

e.

future of Russia.

c.

Near East.

a.

President Roosevelt lost his reelection bid.

b.

the war in Asia ended with the Japanese surrender.

c.

Hitler was captured by advancing Allied forces.

d.

atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

e.

President Roosevelt died in office.

a.

Both had established communist forms of government.

b.

Both had thriving liberal democracies.

c.

Both had strong monarchies.

d.

Both had established fascist forms of government.

e.

Both went to war with the United States.

a.

China

d.

Korea

b.

Britain

e.

the Soviet Union

c.

the United States

a.

came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust.

b.

Hitler was executed after his conviction of war crimes.

c.

the Prussian monarchy was restored to the German throne.

d.

the Allies established a unified liberal democratic government with its capital in Berlin.

e.

Franklin Roosevelt died in office.

a.

failed at great loss of life for the U.S. forces.

b.

was a success, but with tremendous loss of life for both the United States and Japan.

c.

was postponed with the development of the atomic bomb.

d.

resulted in the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army.

e.

prompted the emperor to give up his throne.

a.

accepted the Japanese surrender and allowed the emperor to remain on the throne “subordinate to the authority of the Allied occupation.”

b.

is the formal name for the Soviet Union’s declaration of war against Japan.

c.

threatened that Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced an “atomic holocaust” if Japan did not surrender.

d.

presented Japan’s terms for surrendering to the Allied powers.

e.

demanded that Japan surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction.”

a.

They prevented the Soviets from entering the war in Asia.

b.

They shocked Germany into surrendering before facing the same fate.

c.

They killed the Japanese emperor and paved the way for surrender.

d.

They allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasion of Japan.

e.

They rendered the entire island of Honshu uninhabitable for twenty-three years.

a.

was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1944

b.

lost presidential election in 1940

c.

headed Operation Overlord

d.

was an American admiral in Pacific

e.

Republican appointed secretary of war in 1940

f.

lost the presidential election in 1944

g.

was elected vice president in 1944

h.

was in charge of all U.S. forces in east Asia

i.

alerted Roosevelt to German research on nuclear fission

j.

directed construction of atomic bombs