Name:______________________________________________per:_________________________World War II

"The seeds of World War II were sown earlier in the 20th century.''
1. Which statement does this quotation most strongly support?
4. The World War I peace settlement created bitterness and resentment. 

2. A major reason for the isolationist trend in the United States following  World War I was
4. a disillusionment over the failure to achieve United States goals  in the postwar world

3. Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism followed by the  United States before it entered World War II?
2. passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring  nations 
 
4. During the late 1930's, which factor most influenced the United States to change policies of isolationism and neutrality?
1. concern about the aggressive behavior Germany, Italy, and Japan

5. In the 1930's, the United States attempted to avoid a repetition of the events leading up to United States involvement in World War I by
4. passing a series of neutrality laws

6. "An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all." This statement summarizes the foreign policy known as
	4. collective security 

7. "Wilson Orders Controls on U.S. Industry To Fight War Against Germany"
''FDR OK’s Destroyer Deal with England To Fight Sub Threat"
''Truman Orders Airlift of Supplies to Berlin."
Which generalization about governmental power in the United States is supported by these headlines?
2. Presidential actions during international crises have increased  executive power.

8.  Toward the end of World War II, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act  (first GI bill, 1944) attempted to benefit American society by
2. providing educational and financial assistance to veterans

9. The United States became the "arsenal of democracy" in the early 1940's because the United States
1. possessed the economic resources to produce massive amounts of war material

10. President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the
3. early ending of the war would save many lives		

11. Which precedent was established by the Nuremberg war crimes trials?
1. National leaders can be held responsible for crimes against humanity

12)  How did the personal diplomacy conducted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II affect the Presidency?
2. The President’s role in shaping United States foreign policy was strengthened

13) During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because
1. a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace

14) A major cause of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 11 was
3. racial prejudice	

15) The World War 11 experience of Japanese-American citizens is evidence that
1. individual liberties may be threatened by the perceived need for national security

16) Which statement identifies a change in American society during World War II?
1) Economic opportunities for women increased		

17) What was a key challenge faced by the United States during World War II?
2) fighting the war on several fronts

18) World War I and World War II brought about changes for minorities and women because these conflicts led to
1) the creation of new job opportunities			

19) The neutrality laws passed in the 1930's were based on the assumption that the  surest way to avoid war was for the United States to
		2. restrict loans to and limit trade with warring nations

20)  Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on American  society during World War II?
	2. More women and minorities found employment in factories

21) Which statement most accurately describes the foreign policy change made by the United States between the start of World War II (1939) and the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)?
2) The nation shifted from neutrality to military support for the Allies
.

Base your answer to number 22 on the image below and your knowledge of social studies which should be a TON of knowledge since you have Mrs.Tretter as a teacher 

The box in the bottom says:
Farm workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus drivers, Taxi drives, Laundresses , Elevator operators, Messengers, teachers, conducts and hundreds of other war jobs 

22) During World War II, posters like this were used to
			2) recruit more women workers

23) “. . . The Director of the War Relocation Authority is authorized and directed to formulate and effectuate [implement] a program for the removal, from the areas designated from time to time by the Secretary of War or appropriate military commander under the authority of Executive Order No. 9066 of February 19, 1942, of the persons or classes of persons designated under such Executive Order, and for their relocation, maintenance, and supervision. . . .”---Executive Order 9102, March 18, 1942 
Shortly after this executive order was signed, federal government authorities began to
1) move Japanese Americans to internment camps	

Base your answer to question 24 on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.
“. . . The people of Europe who are defending themselves do not ask us to do their fighting. They ask us for the implements of war, the planes, the tanks, the guns, the freighters which will enable them to fight for their liberty and for
our security. Emphatically we must get these weapons to them, get them to them in sufficient volume and quickly enough, so that we and our children will be saved the agony and suffering of war which others have had to endure. . . .” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chat,”  December 29, 1940
24)  In this statement, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was asking the nation to
			4) become the “arsenal of democracy” 

25) Which factor contributed to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
			2) influence of racial prejudice

26)  Following World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt was most noted for her
2) role in creating the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights