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- T/F The Sons of Liberty, emerging in the Stamp Act protest, drew their members from the ranks of traders, lawyers, and prosperous artisans.
- British Prime Minister George Grenville introduced the idea that led to the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765. Which of the following best summarizes his justification for it?
- The Bostonian, ____________________, was largely responsible for stirring up anti-British activity amongst members of the ___________________
- Which of the following was an effect of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? apan agreed to surrender. Allied leaders met at Potsdam. Japan's emperor gave up his throne. The Soviet Union invaded Manchuria
- Why did the New Deal end? 1- Leaders wanted to avoid additional deficit spending. 2- Unemployment dropped to an acceptable level. Leaders wanted to raise taxes to pay for new programs. 4- Demand for war materials resulted in new jobs.
- Following its attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded ******* . A combined U.S.-Filipino army commanded by ********** retreated to the Bataan Peninsula, where it fought off the Japanese for months despite having limited food, medicine, and other supplies.
- Members of which Native American nation served as code talkers, translating messages into an unbreakable code to help the Allies advance across the Pacific? Apache Cherokee Navajo Sioux
- Why did Joseph Stalin pressure U.S. and British leaders to open a "second front" in Western Europe? to capture ports that could be used by Allied supply ships to force Germany to send troops from the Soviet front to fight in France to help give the Soviets more time to move factories away from the front to prevent Germany from taking the Suez Canal and cutting off oil supplies
- ollowing the entry of France and Great Britain into the war, President Roosevelt and Congress began preparing the United States for war by passing the **********, which required men between 21 and 35 to register for a military draft, and the ********** , which helped supply Great Britain and the Soviet Union with arms and other materials
- Which of the following were effects of World War II? Select the three correct answers. the creation of the United Nations (UN) a strong belief in isolationism in U.S. politics new political and economic systems in Japan the division of Japan into two occupation zones political and economic reform in the Soviet Union the division of Germany into four occupation zones
- How did the United States change as a result of World War II? Select the four correct answers. Unemployment fell and wages increased. Spending on defense decreased significantly. Different regions of the United States became more isolated. The United States became the world's strongest economic and military power. Women experienced increased opportunities, holding jobs previously held by men. Farmers used improved farm machinery and fertilizer to increase crop production greatly. The U.S. government increased its planning of the economy and control of different industries.
- How did ordinary Americans help with the war effort and conserve resources? Select the three correct answers. by collecting junk by using ration books by refusing to pay taxes by hoarding scarce goods by planting victory gardens by buying items on the "black market"
- What was the Holocaust? a system of anti-Semitism that existed in Germany for centuries a series of laws that denied Jews their citizenship, jobs, and property the emigration of German Jews before the war the killing of 6 million Jews in Europe by the Nazis
- As part of the final stage of the "Final Solution," thousands of ** were killed each day at ***** such as Chelmno and Auschwitz
- How did Congress attempt to maintain U.S. isolationism throughout the 1930s? by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles by prohibiting the sale of arms to countries at war or engaged in civil war by refusing to enforce the decisions of the League of Nations by prohibiting the reduction of tariffs on goods from countries at war or engaged in civil war
- How was the United States able to produce so much war material in such a short period of time? by placing all industry and agriculture under strict state management by outlawing labor rights and controlling all aspects of the lives of workers by converting existing factories to wartime use and organizing resources efficiently by forcing industries to compete for resources in order to improve industrial efficiency
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- Which of the following was an effect of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor? The United States entered the war. The Soviet Union invaded Manchuria. Germany entered the war on the side of Japan. The United States placed an embargo on Japan
- How did Germany attempt to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union? by capturing ports in Western Europe by capturing supply ships in the Atlantic by using U-boats to sink U.S. supply ships by using long-range bombers to attack U.S. factories
- received little compensation for resources mined on reservation lands