a.

envisioned a return to dollar diplomacy.

b.

offered free immigration in exchange for military alliances.

c.

emphasized good relations and non-intervention.

d.

sought to increase America's presence in the internal affairs of Latin American nations.

a.

He sent marines into Havana and replaced it with a friendly government.

b.

He refused to recognize the new government and encouraged a military coup.

c.

He opened lines of dialogue with democratic elements in the country and worked to change the government through elections.

d.

He took the position that it was none of the United States' business.

a.

demanded their return, just as the American owners had requested.

b.

seriously considered taking the same steps in the United States.

c.

accepted the nationalization and only demanded fair compensation for the former owners.

d.

had to threaten military intervention to get Mexico to reverse its policy.

a.

The United States sent military aid to Manchurian rebels.

b.

Secretary of State Henry Stimson announced that the United States would not recognize the new government.

c.

The Hoover administration negotiated a cease-fire.

d.

The United States referred the matter to the League of Nations for action.

a.

Communist influence.

b.

German submarines.

c.

war profiteers.

d.

Wilson's naïve view of the world.

a.

imposed a "moral embargo" on all factions fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

b.

embargoed Francisco Franco but sent arms to the Republicans in Spain.

c.

required warring nations to pay cash for all "nonwar" goods and carry them on their own ships.

d.

exempted Americans sailing on belligerent ships.

a.

Germany returned Austria to the status of independent nation.

b.

Germany and the Soviet Union made a secret non-aggression pact.

c.

Americans convinced leading German scientists to emigrate to the United States.

d.

Britain and France accepted the German annexation of the Sudetenland, hoping it would secure "peace for our time."

a.

admitted thousands of Jews as political refugees.

b.

created Israel as a safe haven.

c.

routinely rejected the immigration applications of Jews.

d.

revoked the citizenship of several thousand Jewish immigrants.

a.

pledged the Soviet Union's support for German aggression against France.

b.

stated that the two nations would not fight one other and divide Poland.

c.

was a trick deployed by the USSR to save England from German aggression.

d.

promised the USSR part of Czechoslovakia.

a.

Because it allowed the United States to trade with nations adhering to standards of democracy.

b.

Because the act allowed bank loans to nations with preferred credit, which Roosevelt determined Germany did not have.

c.

Because their merchant ships could reach the United States, but the Royal Navy would prevent German ships from trading with America.

d.

Because America promised to defend the possessions of Britain and France in the Western Hemisphere.

a.

September 1939.

b.

October 1940.

c.

December 1941.

d.

the U.S. had no draft during World War II.

a.

America should remain isolationist.

b.

Germany was not a threat to the United States.

c.

Britain could not survive without American assistance.

d.

Japan should be considered America's greatest threat.

a.

prohibited American banks from loaning money to countries at war.

b.

forgave Britain and France their World War I debts.

c.

authorized loaning war materials to any country vital to American security.

d.

required that Germany pay its reparations before trading with the United States.

a.

asking Congress to declare war.

b.

extending the patrol zones of the U.S. Navy to where they overlapped German war zones.

c.

calling up National Guard units.

d.

putting British flags on American ships.

a.

It formulated a cooperative worldview that stood in contrast to the self-serving world of fascist expansion.

b.

It advocated the establishment of a "permanent system of general security."

c.

It committed Great Britain to secure free trade and the right to self determination for all people in the British Empire.

d.

It stopped short of an American declaration of war, which Churchill had hoped for.

a.

the Japanese wanted to invade Australia.

b.

the United States refused to sell oil to Japan.

c.

the Japanese believed the United States would never allow Japan to extend its control over the vital areas of Malaysia and the Dutch East Indies.

d.

the United States declared its willingness to send troops to China.

a.

it also struck at British and American positions throughout the Pacific.

b.

German submarines pounded American ships.

c.

America was declaring war on Germany.

d.

American diplomats in Tokyo were negotiating a peace treaty.

a.

Long-standing anti-Japanese sentiment along the West Coast.

b.

Evidence that local Japanese Americans had known about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

c.

Riots in Japanese American neighborhoods.

d.

Evidence of Japanese American acts of terrorism and sabotage.

a.

nationalize all industries.

b.

give the military the power to remove business leaders who were incompetent.

c.

import workers from Latin America.

d.

allow big business to profit from the war.

a.

The South and the West

b.

The Midwest and the Northeast

c.

The South and the Midwest

d.

The Midwest and the East

a.

Office of War Mobilization

b.

Office of Price Administration

c.

Office of Economic Stabilization

d.

Creel Committee

a.

obligated workers in defense-related industries to buy war bonds.

b.

subjected all labor disputes to binding arbitration.

c.

authorized the government to seize plants where labor disputes threatened war production.

d.

outlawed Communist Party members from joining labor unions.

a.

the Republicans did not run a candidate out of fear of appearing unpatriotic.

b.

voters refused to give Franklin Roosevelt a fourth term in office.

c.

the Democrats changed vice presidents.

d.

the Republicans called for severing ties with the Soviet Union.

a.

allowed Hollywood to make training films for the armed forces.

b.

generated jobs for returning soldiers.

c.

supported returning war veterans in their planting of victory gardens.

d.

provided financial and educational benefits for veterans after World War II.

a.

generally rare.

b.

welcomed by their male counterparts.

c.

given contracts that allowed them to remain on the job after the war.

d.

among the first to be dismissed at the end of the war.

a.

W.E.B. DuBois

b.

Mary MacLeod Bethune

c.

A. Philip Randolph

d.

James F. Byrnes

a.

Italy and Germany.

b.

Germany and Japan.

c.

fascism and communism.

d.

racist Germany and racism at home.

a.

They could serve as enlisted men but could not be commissioned as officers.

b.

They served in separate all-black units.

c.

A program for training black pilots failed due to a lack of qualified applicants.

d.

The navy would not accept African American enlistees.

a.

Most Mexican Americans who had worked on farms took better jobs in cities.

b.

Many Mexican workers went back to Mexico to avoid the draft.

c.

Mexican workers refused to come to America without guarantees of labor conditions.

d.

Farmers refused to hire American workers.

a.

Indians.

b.

Mexican Americans.

c.

blacks.

d.

Asians.

a.

The army implemented a careful screening program that kept all but a tiny handful out of the service.

b.

Even the slightest indication of "deviant" behavior was sufficient grounds for immediate court martial and discharge.

c.

They were generally tolerated, provided they were not caught in a sexual act.

d.

The army implemented a "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forbade officers from inquiring into the off-duty behavior of enlisted personnel.

a.

A successful landing in Normandy brought the end of the war in sight.

b.

While Soviets were returning to civilian life, U.S. forces in the West were taking the brunt of German defenses.

c.

With Africa and Italy reconquered, Hitler's Germany was close to toppling over.

d.

The only safe opening of a second front against Germany was with an assault on North Africa.

a.

naval battles.

b.

battles between guerrilla armies in jungles.

c.

bombing raids on each other's territory.

d.

fought in China.

a.

Guadalcanal Island.

b.

the Battle of the Coral Sea.

c.

Midway Island.

d.

the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

a.

Operation Husky.

b.

Operation Overlord.

c.

Operation Torch.

d.

Operation Olympic.

a.

American troops fighting under a non-American commander.

b.

American high-level commanders working with European citizen soldiers.

c.

used by the Soviet Union in forming governments in Eastern Europe.

d.

used by Americans in forming governments in western North Africa.

a.

it collaborated with the Nazis.

b.

it refused to allow American and British planes to land on its territory.

c.

they believed it was too weak to survive.

d.

they considered it a puppet of the Soviet Union.

a.

dismember Germany.

b.

fight Japan after Germany was defeated.

c.

recognize the London-based Polish government-in-exile.

d.

stay out of the United Nations for five years.

a.

hastened the end of the war.

b.

was a disaster for Dwight Eisenhower's prestige as a military commander.

c.

demonstrated British reluctance to demand Germany's unconditional surrender.

d.

was revenge for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

a.

canceled all American air raids against Japan for six months.

b.

revealed that Japan was working on nuclear weapons itself.

c.

demanded Japan's unconditional surrender.

d.

urged America to save lives by using nuclear weapons against Japan.

a.

60,000

b.

90,000

c.

200,000

d.

100,000