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AMHS II 04 World War 2 End
What was the purpose of C.O.R.E.?
C.O.R.E. stands for?
AMHS II 04 World War 2 End
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C.O.R.E. stands for?
Center of Recovery Education
Congress of Remaining Entertainers
Corporation of Responsive Europeans
Congress of Racial Equality
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What was the purpose of C.O.R.E.?
To develop nuclear weapons
Confront discrimination using nonviolence
Provide funding for the war
To keep peace throughout Europe
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Which of the following was NOT a hardship faced by women in the workplace in WW2?
Men working in factories welcomed women alongside them
Forced to give up job when soldiers returned home to U.S.A.
Wages did not increase for work done
Worked a “double shift” with additional duties at home after
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What is this propaganda trying to convince Americans to do?
Provide the gov. with money with a promise they'll repay you
Buy less clothing and gasoline
Grow victory gardens
Send their children to war
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What is the purpose of the United Nations?
To stop the US from dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
To hold the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Org. made to promote peace, avoid war, protect human rights
To provide allied countries with loans after the war
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Which of the following would be a cause of the Zoot Suit Riots?
The rationing of food and supplies
Sending Japanse Americans to internment camps
Racial prejudice leading to attacks by military members
The death of President Roosevelt
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What is the UN?
Ukrainian Nationals
United Notions
Unfortunate Notions
United Nations
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What was Executive Order 9066?
Abolished unfair employment practices
Evacuated German Americans & sent to internment camps
Evacuated Japanese Americans & sent to internment camps
Abolished racial discrimination in the armed forces
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What event lead to France and Great Britain declaring war on Germany?
Germany's glorification of Hitler
Germany's Invasion of Japan
Germany's Invasion of Poland
The Pearl Harbor Attack
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What countries made up the Allied powers during World War 2?
The US, Germany & The Soviet Union
The US, Italy, & The Soviet Union
The US, Britain, The Soviet Union, & France
The US, Britain, & France
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How did African Americans fight for “Two Victories” in WW2 (the “Double V” campaign)?
Through non-violent protest
Through buying war bonds & carpooling
By growing victory gardens
By fighting overseas and at home to achieve full democracy
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What was the significance of this propaganda poster?
Encouraging women to fight in the war
Encouraging women to grow victory gardens
Encouraging women to take men's jobs in factories
Encouraging women to dress more modestly
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Which is NOT a reason Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
In response to the Pearl Harbor attack
In order to save lives & money
We had the Japanese homeland surrounded
To end the war as quickly as possible
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This was the landmark US Supreme Court case over the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066
Korematsu v. US
Plessy v. US
O'Brien v. US
Schenck v. US
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What was one of the first challenges faced by the UN after WW2 in the Middle East?
How to rebuild Germany
What to do with Nazi war criminals
The Arab & Jewish conflict in Palestine
Whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
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Which of the following terms is best used to describe the Holocaust?
Racism
Fascism
Genocide
Homocide
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How did ordinary Americans help in the war effort?
All of the above
Bought war bonds
Grew victory gardens
Carpooled to save gas
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Which group was attacked by sailors during the Zoot Suit Riots?
Mexican American Teengagers
African American Teenagers
Young Females
Japanese American Teenagers
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How was the nation of Israel created?
Through Executive Order 9066
Through an Arab invasion of Palestine
Through the Nuremberg Trials
Through a UN mandate which partitioned Palestine
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What was The Manhattan Project?
Name of the invasion of the Japanese mainland
Truman's declaration to Japan to surrender
Name of the mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Japan
Top secret program created to develop an atomic weapon
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What were the Nuremberg Trials?
Trials held for both Nazi and Japanese war criminals
Trials held for Nazi war criminals
Court hearing against those who wore zoot suits during WW2
Trials held for Japanese war criminals
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Which part of the United Nations has fewer member nations but more decision-making power?
Security Council
Congress
Parliament
General Assembly
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What policy had the United States adopted before joining the war in 1941?
Appeasement
Counter-Communism
Isolationism
Fascist
