A) witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement.
B) witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws.
C) served in integrated units in the armed forces.
D) received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits.
F) B) and D)
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A) Complete prohibition of Chinese immigration to the United States ended.
B) A view of the Chinese emerged as gallant fighters against the aggressive Japanese.
C) Executive Order 9066 fully integrated Asian-Americans into U.S. army units serving overseas.
D) Chinese-Americans worked alongside whites in jobs on the home front.
F) B) and D)
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A) accurately reflects religious history in the country since colonial days.
B) is true, except in the case of Islam, which was never tolerated in the United States.
C) came at the cost of frequent religious wars between states.
D) overstates religious tolerance over the course of American history.
F) A) and C)
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A) The press supported the policy of internment almost unanimously.
B) The Supreme Court refused to intervene.
C) Japanese-Americans in Hawaii were exempt from the policy.
D) Once their loyalty was proven, they were free to leave.
F) B) and D)
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A) Many regretted intervention in the First World War, especially after Senate hearings revealed bankers and arms merchants had profited enormously from it.
B) Hitler had admirers in the United States.
C) It was clear to most people that there was little possibility of an Allied victory.
D) Businessmen such as Henry Ford wanted to maintain profitable German markets.
F) A) and C)
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A) Roosevelt realized the sacrifices the Soviets had made in their victory in the Eastern front.
B) The Soviet Union had long feared the aggressive governments of eastern Europe.
C) It was hard for Roosevelt to distinguish between eastern European Slavs and Russian-speaking Soviets.
D) Since the United States wanted to create a similar sphere of influence in western Europe, Stalin's request could hardly be denied.
F) All of the above
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A) Americans justified their isolationism during World War II.
B) the U.S. government mobilized churchgoers to fight against the Germans.
C) Americans rallied around core values being threatened by global totalitarian regimes.
D) communism made its way into the United States during the early years of World War II.
F) B) and D)
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A) He called for the era of isolationism toward Europe to be over.
B) He promised nationalists in China to intervene in their civil war.
C) He promised Latin American neighbors to end his predecessor's policy of interventionism.
D) He formally recognized the Soviet Union in an effort to stimulate trade.
F) None of the above
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A) experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline.
B) found fewer consumer goods available by 1944.
C) still suffered from high unemployment.
D) were told that the end of war might bring a return of the Great Depression.
F) All of the above
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A) urged the curtailment of Social Security.
B) urged the expansion of the welfare state.
C) urged the discontinuation of Keynesian spending in peacetime.
D) urged less government spending in general.
F) C) and D)
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A) African-Americans wanted a return to the New Deal; white Americans wanted the unregulated free market.
B) African-Americans wanted churches to rein in individual freedom, while white Americans embraced consumer individualism.
C) For white Americans, freedom was a position to be defended; for African-Americans, it was a goal to be achieved.
D) White Americans thought of freedom exclusively in terms of property rights; African-Americans thought of it exclusively in terms of civil rights.
F) A) and C)
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A) A life beyond the control of men.
B) The thrills and excitement of military service.
C) The blessing of long-term job security.
D) The perks of doing men's jobs.
F) A) and B)
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A) Stalin agreed to allow free and unfettered elections in postwar Poland.
B) The Yalta agreement planted the seeds of conflict.
C) Roosevelt and Churchill did not ultimately object to Soviet postwar control of the Baltics.
D) Stalin agreed to leave southern and eastern Europe out of the Soviet sphere.
F) None of the above
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A) had little impact.
B) permanently changed the way employers viewed them.
C) allowed them to make temporary gains.
D) permanently changed the way unions viewed them.
F) B) and C)
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A) The United States wanted to prevent the Soviet Union from attacking Japan.
B) The decision was made according to the strategy agreed upon at the Yalta Conference.
C) The magnitude of the attack was revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
D) The United States wanted to send a message to the Soviet Union that it had this capability.
F) All of the above
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A) served in the military and worked in war production.
B) prospered, especially those on reservations.
C) were eligible for GI Bill benefits only if living on reservations.
D) became more isolated within American society.
F) A) and C)
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A) were a series of fashion shows in Hollywood.
B) involved Mexican immigrants fighting with blacks in Los Angeles.
C) involved autoworkers in Detroit.
D) highlighted the limits of racial tolerance during World War II.
F) All of the above
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A) inspired Britain and France to abandon their overseas colonies after the war.
B) reflected the idea of a global extension of the New Deal that would improve the quality of life for people all over the world.
C) were initially embraced by Stalin after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
D) advocated for racial equality in all nations, including the United States.
F) A) and C)
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A) Patriotic assimilation advocated the forced integration of racial and ethnic groups into American society, whereas Americanization promoted tolerance.
B) Patriotic assimilation described the American way of life, where people of different backgrounds could live together in freedom and unite as a people.
C) Both terms essentially described the same wartime cultural practice, but referred to different periods of American history: World War I and World War II.
D) Patriotic assimilation was in reference to ethnic minorities who served in the military and experienced integration and greater equality while fighting overseas.
F) A) and C)
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A) Allied invasion of the Soviet Union.
B) Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.
C) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
D) dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
F) B) and C)
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