APUSH Unit 12, World War II And The Cold War (I) Question Preview (ID: 55722)


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Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by —
a) designing radar technology for submarines
b) flying bombing missions into enemy territory
c) encoding military communications for secure transmission
d) providing intelligence on enemy positions

Which technological advance from World War II allowed the allies to track German aircraft?
a) Sonar
b) Jet engines
c) Radar
d) Cipher machines

Allowing women to join the Armed Forces as WASPs, WAVES, and WACs was a result of.....
a) growing demand for equal pay for equal work
b) growing demand for personnel to support the war effort
c) lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force
d) lack of women able to serve in combat

Actions taken by the Japanese against American and Pilipino soldiers after the surrender of the Philippines.
a) the Bataan Death March
b) the D-Day invasion
c) the attack on Pearl Harbor
d) the Holocaust

Why did the US begin allowing more and more women to work in manufactoring?
a) maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels
b) increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board
c) outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions
d) increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project

What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?
a) The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.
b) The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway.
c) Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.
d) U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

On which fronts did U.S. forces fight during World War II?
a) India, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Madagascar and Switzerland
b) China, Thailand, South Africa, the Pacific, Brazil and Argentina
c) Sweden, Soviet Union, Philippines, Mongolia and Syria
d) The Pacific, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany

Which event was an example of appeasement?
a) Agreement at the Munich Conference to give a section of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland to Germany
b) American embargo against Japan after it attacked Indochina
c) Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 3, 1939
d) Sanctions imposed by the League of Nations on Italy after it invaded Ethiopia

What was the goal of Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
a) The tearing up of the Treaty of Versailles
b) The annexation of all German-speaking territories
c) The conquest of the Soviet Union
d) The extermination of the Jewish people

Two reasons for the rise of Nazism in Germany were-
a) The popularity of democratic government and economic prosperity
b) The effects of the Treaty of Versailles and high unemployment due to the Depression
c) Low tariffs and global economic interdependence
d) A longing for the Kaiser and the desire to avoid another war

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