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America and WWII Test: College Prep
America and WWII Test: College Prep
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A German General known as "desert fox"
Einstein
Mussolini
Rommel
Nimitz
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Attacks on American cargo ships by German submarines led to the development of the
liberty ships
zoot suits
cost plus system
convoy system
3
Limiting the purchase of products
rationing
mobilization
kamikaze
WASPs
4
What region of the U.S. gained the most population during WWII?
Southwest
West
East
North
5
After France surendered to Germany in June of 1940, two members of Congress introduced
War Production Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Selective Service and Training Act
6
Baggy , pleated pants were a feature of
victory suits
zoot suits
military uniforms
parachutes
7
The secret code name for the project that built the atomic bomb was called the
Brooklyn Project
Dallas project
Manhattan project
Pittsburg Project
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During WWII, where were the largest cities located?
South
Center of the country
On the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
New England
9
At the Tehran Conference, both Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to
use atomic weapons against Japan
Invade France
launch an attack on Italy
Divide Germany after the war
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The Battle of the Atlantic slowly was won in part due to new technology :depth charges, sonar, and
B-25 bombers
convoy systems
radar
mass production
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The growth of new cities for industry created
The Bible belt
New England
The military zone
The Sunbelt
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If Allied troops opened a second front by attacking Germany from the west
It would give the U.S. more soldiers
It would ease tension in the Pacific
It would take pressure off the Soviet Union
It would anger Hitler
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The U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with
napalm
grease
amphtrac
dynamite
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Edges
Periphery
area
volume
capital city
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June 6, 1944
Operation Dynamo
D-Day
Manhattan project
Bataan Death March
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What did Henry Stimson believe that companies needed in order to rapidly mobilize the economy?
incentives
awards
unions
tax increases
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The cost-plus system sped up war production by
allowing previously competing companies to work together
imposing penalties on companies that didn't meet production goals
providing bonuses for better quality work
providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot
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American General who eventually had success inthe Philippines
Eisenhower
Truman
Rommel
MacArthur
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V-J Day is to Japan as Germany is to
Today
V-E Day
Happy Days
May Day
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means "divine wind"
periphery
victory suit
kamikaze
rationing
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The Bataan Death March occurred in
The Philippines
North Africa
Iran
Japan
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Women Airforce Service Pilots
OWI
Rosie the Riveter
WASPs
Selective Service Act
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The Double V campaign meant victory
Over Nazis and Fascists
Over Hitler's racism abroad and racism at home
Over Europe and the Pacific
Over land and sea
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Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of
Japanese civilians in internment camps
the campaign to hire women in factories during the war
women in the armed forces
Mexican farmworkers
25
The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of
parachutes
hot beds
buildings to house soldiers
ships
26
American success at Midway was partly because
American submarines
Sonar and radar technology
The Axis powers surrendered
We broke the Japanese Navy's code
27
Became president when FDR died
Harry Truman
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight Eisenhower
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Why was the Battle of Stalingrad important?
It allowed France to capture the Suez Canal
It was an American loss
It led to the develpment of sonar
It put the Germans on the defensive for the rest of the war
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Mexican workers came to help harvest crops and build roads
Bracero program
Amigo program
Selective Service Act
recruitment