Pageant Chapter 36 and 37 Test

After the attack at Pearl Harbor, what was the war policy from Washington?

"Getting Germany first"

Why did the Japanese and the Germans think that the US could be defeated during World War II?

They would be fighting a two front war

How was the United States able to defeat the Japanese and the Germans at the same time?

The Soviets on the European front inflicted most of the German casualties while the Americans played an important role in Western Europe and were able to fight in the Pacific

Which group in the United States would turn their opinion in favor of the United States possible entry into WWII before December 7, 1941? Why the change of heart?

Communists; Hitler broke the Hitler-Stalin Pact

How did WWII help the assimilation of immigrants to the United States?

There was really no government witch-hunting of minority groups, as had happened in WWI

and the immigrants could easily support this war against Hitler and the Japanese militarists

Which group of people will be considered the enemy aliens in the United States?

Japanese Americans

What is the name of a native-born Japanese person from Japan? What is the name given to an American born Japanese person?

Isie and Nisei

What famous executive order will force 110,000 Japanese-Americans on the Pacific Coast to move to camps located away from the Coast?

9066

What SCOTUS case will defend this executive order?

Korematsu v. US

What payment will be made in 1988 to those Japanese displaced from their homes during WWII?

$20,000

What change did FDR have to make to his New Deal program in 1942?

He formally retired "Dr. New Deal" w/ "Dr. Win-the-War".

What two Japanese relocation camps were located in Arizona?

Poston and Gila River Indian Reservation

How were ships able to be assembled in fourteen days when in the past it would take 60 days?

prefabrication

In January of 1941 FDR promised four freedoms which the United States should consider because the Nazis and Japanese were impeding these freedoms to other nations?

speech, worship, want, fear

When the Japanese invaded British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies snapped America's lifeline of natural rubber, how did the US government react to this situation?

Imposed a national speed limit and gasoline rationing in order to conserve rubber and build fifty-one synthetic-rubber plants.

How were farmers helped by WWII?

They would have heavy new investment in agricultural machinery and improved fertilizers.

How did the US government keep under control the ascending prices and consumption of critical goods such as meat and butter?

Placed ceilings on wage increases and kept rationing of goods.

This Anti-strike Act will allow the federal government to seize and operate tied-up industries which could hurt the United States war effort.

Smith-Connally

Name the women's non-combat aspect of the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.

Army = WAACs, Navy = WAVES, Coast Guard = SPARs

What does the term GI stand for?

Government Issue

This program created during WWII allowed Mexican workers to cross the border legally to harvest the fruit and grain crops of the West?

Bracero Program

Name the top five states which gained population from 1950 - 2000?

Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Alaska, Colorado

What are the two types of loans that will help fuel the housing boom post-WWII?

VA (Veterans Administration) and FHA (Federal Housing Administration)

These brothers will be the pioneers of innovation by creating new techniques in home construction (cookie cutter houses)?

Levitt (Levitt town)

What is the name given to the abandonment of the inner cities by the Anglo population? What was the consequence to the inner city?

"White Flight"; The tax base left which meant less money and run down schools for the poor.

What is the difference between Dejure and Defacto segregation?

Dejure = by law. Defacto = by tradition

What boom took place between 1945 - 1962?

Baby boom

What is the major problem we are facing now because of this baby?

Strains on the Social Security system

What will be the famous statement on Harry S. Truman's desk addressing that he is responsible for all that happens in the US?

"The buck stops here"

What was discussed at the Yalta conference between the BIG Three?

The unconditional surrender of Germany, The dividing up of Germany, The proposed free elections in occupied territory.

What will be the difference between Truman's view and FDR's view of Stalin?

Truman didn't trust Stalin

What policy by F.D. Roosevelt will possibly allow the communists to take over China, Poland and other Eastern European nations?

Not standing up to Stalin and allowing him to take over Manchuria and to discontinue free elections in Eastern Europe

What was the name of the man responsible for bringing communism to China in 1949?

Mao Zedong

What will cause friction between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1918 - 1990?

Brush Fire War, Didn't recognize the USSR until sixteen years after its creation, 1st and 2nd Red Scare, Leaving out the Soviets from the atomic weapons race, Abruptly terminated vital led-lease aid to USSR in 1945 and denied Moscow's plea for a $6 billion reconstruction loan, Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen bomb, Korean War, Vietnam War.

In 1944 the Western Allies established the IMF to encourage world trade by regulating currency exchange rates. What dies the IMF stand for?

International Monetary Fund

What other organizations will be created at this meeting in New Hampshire in 1944?

World Bank to promote economic growth in war-ravaged areas.

This international organization will meet for the first time in San Francisco on April 25, 1945 (13 days after FDR's death).

United Nations

What are the major differences between the UN and the League of Nations?

The US joined the UN and there was a Security Council created with 5 permanent members

Who are the five permanent members of the UN's Security Council?

US, GB, France, Russia, China

What country in 1948 will the United States recognize giving it legitimacy? Why did Truman support the creation of this country in 1948 (election year)?

Israel; Get the support of the American Jews

What was the major reason for the creation of this state?

Holocaust

What will happen to this country the day it is created?

It will be attacked by 5 Arab countries