Question 1

What were the reasons,strategic and otherwise,for a lack of action by the Allies toward the Holocaust in Europe during World War II? Were these reasons justified by the need to win the war? What do you think the Allies could have done?

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Question 2

Trace the significant battles and events in the Pacific between the United States and Japan during World War II.

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Question 3

The ________ Project,concentrated in New Mexico and Tennessee,moved at a faster pace than expected during World War II.

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Question 4

Critics have charged the United States was morally irresponsible in using atomic weapons against Japan during World War II.What are their arguments? What are the arguments in support of dropping the bombs? Was the United States' action moral or not?

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Question 5

Describe the development and making of the atomic bomb.

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Question 6

Describe the key technological developments by the Allies during World War II.Why were the Allies able to quickly move ahead of Germany and Japan in this area?

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Question 7

Describe American society (the home front)during World War II.What were its pleasures and what were its pains?

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Question 8

The American and Mexican governments agreed in 1942 to a program by which ________,or contract laborers,would be admitted to the United States for a limited time to work at specific jobs.

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Question 9

What strategic concerns and desires divided the Americans,the British,and the Soviets during World War II?

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Question 10

Consider racial minorities and women in the United States during World War II.Which groups made notable gains from the war and which did not? Explain.

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Question 11

The D-Day invasion of France took place along the ________ coast.

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Question 12

What were the short- and long-term consequences of the Allied decision in 1942 to engage in an African campaign against Germany?

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Question 13

In the Battle of the Bulge,the German offensive was stopped at the town of ________.

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Question 14

In which area-intelligence or strategic use-were the technological advances by the Allies more important to their winning the war? Explain.

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Question 15

How did the war affect the American economy? How did it affect the New Deal? What economic factors of the war would fuel a post-war boom of material prosperity in the United States?

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Question 16

How was the defeat of Nazi Germany organized and orchestrated? What critical reasons can be advanced to account for the Allied victory in Europe?

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Question 17

In 1943,President Roosevelt publicly suggested that "Dr.New Deal," as he called it,had served its purpose and should give way to "Dr.________."

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Question 18

Non-naturalized,first-generation Japanese immigrants and naturalized or native-born Japanese American citizens were called ________ and Nisei,respectively.

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Question 19

What steps did the federal government take to mobilize the nation for World War II?

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Question 20

The ________ recruited thousands of women to be hostesses in their clubs for American servicemen.

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Quiz 26: America in a World at War