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What was the result of D-Day?
a) The Allies began their invasion of western Europe.
b) The Soviets began their invasion of eastern Europe.
c) Germany quickly fell to the Allies.
d) The Italians joined the Allied Powers.

Avoiding German submarines, a shortage of gasoline, and a lack of roadways... were difficulties faced by American soldiers in:
a) the European Theater of World War II
b) the Pacific Theater of World War II
c) ###
d) ####

How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the role of the First Lady?
a) The role of the First Lady became an active one.
b) The role of the First Lady became more passive.
c) The First Lady was now a member of the Cabinet.
d) The First Lady became a standing member of the U.S. Senate.

Which piece of legislation allowed the U.S. to lend military equipment and supplies to any nation that the president said was vital to the defense of the U.S.?
a) the Lend-Lease Act
b) the Second New Deal
c) the 1939 Neutrality Act
d) the New Deal

How did the U.S. react to the beginning of World War II?
a) The U.S. was determined to stay isolated.
b) The U.S. immediately joined the Allied Powers.
c) The U.S. quickly declared war on Japan.
d) The U.S. signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.

Due to the pressure applied by A. Philip Randolph and other African-American leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order that:
a) stopped discriminatory hiring practices
b) overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
c) ended Jim Crow laws in the South
d) allowed women to work in industrial plants

Due to an executive order from Franklin D. Roosevelt, over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were forcibly removed from:
a) the West Coast
b) industrial cities in the North
c) the Great Plains
d) Texas and Louisiana

How did Americans react to Franklin D. Roosevelt attempting to 'pack the court?'
a) They began to sour on the New Deal.
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the next presidential election.
c) They demanded an investigation into the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court.
d) They wanted Congress to impeach Roosevelt.

Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt want to introduce a Second New Deal?
a) There were groups of Americans who did not benefit from the First New Deal.
b) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that most the New Deal agencies were unconstitutional.
c) He wanted to make sure that the U.S. was ready for war.
d) He felt that the First New Deal supported the economy of Nazi Germany.

During World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt was known for issuing:
a) executive orders
b) new laws that affected the Southern states
c) complaints against Republican Congressmen
d) warnings to conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court

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