Students reflect on, gather evidence for, and discuss the unit writing prompt in its entirety. The United States had the world's largest military force. Why was the United States reluctant to launch a land invasion of Japan? D. through the enlistment of volunteers to work government jobs. On June 5, 1941, diplomats abroad were cautioned that visas would soon be denied to applicants with close relatives remaining in German-occupied countries. A. When did the United States enter World War I? Many of the scientists who developed the first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project were D) the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The United States responded in kind, and therefore entered World War II. The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. Diego Rivera. A. a group of volunteer fighter pilots who fought the Japanese in the Pacific. Positive A) U.S. delegate to the League of Nations After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. D) World War II and the Korean Conflict, "The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members." D. Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to. C. It gave Germany new territory as the Soviets tried to appease Hitler. Many Americans feared that he was bringing the country closer to another war in Europe. B) instituted the systematic extermination of German Jews. banned resident aliens from owning property. World War II started on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. Wallace was born on January 9, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah and registered for the draft on June 30, 1942. Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. D. to destroy Japan's most important naval outpost and eliminate their ability to launch further airstrikes, Americans on the home front demonstrated their patriotism and helped combat shortages by It was difficult for him to gauge where the Allies would strike next. He said, in part: The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has paralleled the course of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and in Africa. B) Many Americans feared the effect of refugees on the strained job market. Students begin to understand and stake out a preliminary position in response to the assessment writing prompt. Through the end of World War II the United States would use it to provide a total of some $50 billion in aid (equal to $690 billion in 2020 dollars) to more than 30 nations around the globe, from . A. It would be difficult to make them surrender. Polling also showed that more Americans supported immigration limits on Jewish DPs than on Germans who had left their homes fleeing Soviet occupation. A. new Geneva Convention agreements about prisoners. D) executive vice-president of the International Monetary Fund, John Lund, Paul S. Vickery, P. Scott Corbett, Todd Pfannestiel, Volker Janssen, Eric Hinderaker, James A. Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, Robert O. Self. The vote was bipartisan and was not close (293-41). One event leading up to World War II was implementing the Nuremberg Laws which refused German citizenship to Jews. the Central Intelligence Agency. For each word at the left, complete the four derivatives indicated. A) The United States did not want to worsen diplomatic relations with the Nazis. At this time, documentary requirements were also increased: applicants now needed two financial affidavits instead of one. d.) After World War I, America became an isolationist nation. a.) With the help of American troops, the Allies were able to push back Germany in Europe by 1944 and the United States ended World War II in August of 1945 with the atomic bombing of Japan. "We were forced by the government to move from California because they feared we might be capable of sabotage or espionage." A) less than one quarter What is gangsterism? On August 9, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill first met aboard the cruiser USS Augusta. designated certain areas as war zones. buying and selling coupon books for rationed goods. b.) As a result, the quota for the British Isles rose from 34,007 to 65,721, while the quota for Germany fell significantly, from 51,227 to 25,957. How did President Roosevelt lead the mobilization of the war effort? British concerns over its border security in the Atlantic. classified them as enemy combatants. On December 8, Joseph Goebbels described Adolf Hitler as exceptionally happy when he learned the news. The Nazi forces were able to buy time for more reinforcements to arrive. "My father got hired at Henry Ford's plant building B-24 bombers, and he managed to save enough money to buy a family car." The United States did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention, but did sign the 1967 United Nations Refugee Protocol, which removed those geographical and time limitations. C. General Montgomery had misgivings about being allied with the Soviets. Which policy best demonstrates appeasement during the 1930s? "The government paid most of the costs for my company to convert to wartime production. They were followed in June 1940 by Italy, in June 1941 by Russia, and in December 1941 by Japan and the USA - though the conflict as a whole had actually began in July 1937 with war between China and Japan. After Germanys annexation of Austria and with the advice of the State Department, a group of Jewish congressmen met and decided not to introduce any new legislation to expand immigration to aid Jewish refugees. Yet the United States would not enter the war until it was attacked directly. "Because taxes on income were lowered for the middle class, the wealthy, like my family, bore the brunt of funding the war effort. the Japanese were not expecting a U.S. offensive there. C. C. Choose the statement that best reflects the experience of women as a social group after the United States entered World War II. To control rent and other consumer prices after the start of World War II, the Office of Price Administration was established. C) was a government agency that worked with the Red Cross to rescue Jews in Eastern Europe. The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. A. Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening. c.) C. One appeal of totalitarianism was the promise of: created the Office of Price Administration. They underestimated Japan's ability to project military force in the Pacific. . The entry of the United States into World War II caused vast changes in virtually every aspect of American life. D) Germany was forced to fight a war on two fronts. b.) After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States declared war against Japan and entered World War II. Most of Japan's former colonies were now under U.S. control. . b.) b.) it effectively destroyed Japan's ability to launch airstrikes. Not all Americans participated equally in these expanding life opportunities and in the growing economic prosperity. A. Japanese attacks on U.S. ships trading with China. In March 1980, Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980, expressing that it is the historic policy of the United States to respond to the urgent needs of persons subject to persecution in their homelands. The Act laid out the procedures for the admission of refugees into the United States and how the US would fulfill its obligations as a signatory of the United Nations Refugee Protocol. A. a pact signed by Great Britain and the United States that endorsed certain principles for building a lasting peace and establishing free governments in the world Place the events related to World War II in the correct sequence, following the signing of a mutual defense treaty by Japan and Germany. Students connect themes from the film to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's concept of single stories," and then consider what it would take to tell more equitable and accurate narratives. What were the reasons behind the U.S. assault on the island of Guadalcanal? For most Jewish refugees, the new paperwork combined with the lack of access to American diplomats ended their hope of immigration to the United States. After the United States entered World War II, immigrants from which of the following countries became eligible for U.S. citizenship? D) She is certain the Germans will lose the war. answer choices. Why is Frank hopeful that the Nazi reign will end? To protect Australia from a Japanese invasion, a.) "Most defense contracts went to small businesses like the one I own." The overall impact of such public policies was almost incalculable, but it certainly aided returning veterans to better themselves and to begin forming families and having children in unprecedented numbers. Kristallnacht is the name given to describe How was the federal government able to borrow money from U.S. citizens? The roots of World War II, which eventually pitted Germany, Japan, and Italy (the Axis) against the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union (the Allies), lay in the militaristic ideologies and expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan. cutting off its access to the rich Caucasus oil fields. C. WACs sponsored fund raisers to purchase government war bonds. Had this amendment been enacted, American response to the refugee crisis in the 1930s may have been quite different. Based on this graph and your knowledge of history, the growth in U.S. employment was sparked by D. Japan feeling threatened by the U.S. presence in Asia and the Pacific. A. Consistent with overall anti-immigrant sentiments in the country, the State Department viewed the quotas as limits, rather than goals, and did not seek to fill the quotas. Which was effectively an economic declaration of war against Germany and the Axis Powers? A. The Convention does not specify how signatories determine or assign refugee status. D. It would force the Axis to retreat from Stalingrad and give the Soviets a chance to regroup. B. Interventionists finally agreed with the isolationist position. d.) US consulates in Nazi-occupied territory shut down in July 1941. Truman's advisors were concerned that Great Britain might claim territory in Asia if fighting continued. C. C) mobilization brought economic benefits to the United States. D. a German airborne force who rescued Mussolini from a mountaintop fortress in Italy. the League of Nations. C. the military did not expand quickly until after the creation of the draft. C) almost one third protecting U.S. economic interests in China President Truman feared a second Japanese attack on American soil. What were some similarities between racism in Nazi Germany and in the United States, 1920s-1940s? D) Soviet Union proposed free elections throughout Eastern Europe. Dwight D. Eisenhower was made Supreme Commander of Allied Forces following ", Why did the three major Alliesthe United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Unionwant to launch a "second front" in Europe? "Since the government guaranteed a profit on sales, our corporation accepted a defense contract." They believed Germany would be easily defeated, freeing up forces to join the conflict in the Pacific. 2. C) The Nazis' anti-Semitic propaganda campaign was popular in America. The United States signed the United Nations Refugee Protocol on November 6, 1968. B. To protect Soviet troops in France. U.S. code breakers had intercepted the Japanese plans. "As a business owner, I had to begin to deduct a federal income tax from my employees' paychecks. "We were faced with the possibility of deportation even though we were U.S. Before World War II and the Holocaust, American law made very little distinction between refugees forced to flee their countries due to persecution, and immigrants seeking a better life. U.S. and British forces struck a major blow against the Nazis' capacity to make war by ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." C. through the American Lend-Lease Act B. a victory by Filipino soldiers over the Japanese. . On November 25, 1936, a month after Germany and Italy entered into a treaty of friendship, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the Anti . b.) The American Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean.. Owing to North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict (in Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the Pacific) the threat of an invasion of the continental U.S. or other areas in . Since 1980, the United States has had a defined procedure for carrying out the countrys agreed-upon duties under the protocol. "The government rejected deficit spending as a way to finance war production." B. In 1921 and 1924, the US Congress passed immigration laws that severely limited the number and national origin of new immigrants. C) World War I and the Spanish Civil War Before the Holocaust, approximately how much of Europe's Jewish population lived in Poland? "When the Japanese attacked, most factories were already set up to produce for the war effort." The State Department, therefore, became responsible for enforcing the quota law, and midnight races ended. They needed to wrest control of the Suez Canal and the oilfields in the Middle East from Italy first. The War Refugee Board The 1951 Convention defines the obligations of signatory nations to refugees, and vice versa. a.) Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki chosen as the targets for nuclear attacks? . ffidavits, attesting to their identities and good conduct, from several responsible disinterested persons, in addition to financial affidavits. C) They felt it would divert too many resources away from their military operations elsewhere. ", Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II. a.) Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. a.) went through a period of economic instability. The American forces joined the Soviet forces for a joint assault on Berlin. Included in this presentation are Pete Seeger's "Dear Mr. President" and "The Martins and Coys.". The population plummeted due to people going to fight overseas. The new law reflected anti-Catholic, antisemitic sentiment in the country. ", c.) B) save lives. A. Other countries fared worse: Poland, with a, Throughout the 1930s, most Americans opposed changing or adjusting the Johnson-Reed Act, fearing that immigrants, including those fleeing persecution, would compete for scarce jobs and burden public services in the midst of the, The only significant attempt to pass a law to aid refugees came in 1939, when Democratic Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Republican Congresswoman Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced. The Refugee Act of 1980 remains in effect. his decisive victory at the Battle of Guadalcanal. A) punish Japan for carrying on the war. One important effect of the D-Day invasion was that B) limited the number of Jewish refugees allowed entry into the United States. c.) B. through the sale of coupon books for consumer goods Also included are biographies of the fieldworkers who conducted and arranged the interviews, complete transcripts of the interviews, related manuscripts, and original disc sleeves. D. the Maginot Line. c.) B. economic equality A. A second set of recordings, in which the interviewees were asked to address their thoughts and opinions on the attack and the declaration of war directly to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was made under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management in January and February 1942. B. boost the morale of troops by sending popular entertainers overseas. b.) ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." A. acknowledged a.) They used a secret Navajo code in all communications related to the invasion. A. They were historically significant. A portion of this project aimed to create documentary recordings of Americans from around the country who described their lives, sang their songs, and told the stories of their own regions. Select an argument used to oppose U.S. involvement in World War II. The executive branch of the U.S. government was given unprecedented authority with b.) The Senate did not believe the emergency warranted this dramatic step but was willing to significantly restrict the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States. The 1941 recordings were made as a part of the the Library of Congress' Radio Research Project. This online presentation also includes a set of interviews conducted in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. strategically bombing Germany's major industrial centers. A. a.) d.) The _____ was a turning point in the war between the United States and Japan and first demonstrated the success of the island-hopping strategy. More colleges and universities were built in the United States. B. To invade and occupy Italy General Bradley had less experience in launching amphibious attacks. We are going to win the war and we are going to win the peace that follows. A) the participation of the United States. B.The United States was convinced to remain neutral. Which area on the map received the MOST aid from the U.S. prior to 1942? C. the military did not expand quickly until after the creation of the draft. A. According to Roosevelt, what principles was the United States fighting for? 4. avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor "My father got hired at Henry Ford's plant building B-24 bombers, and he managed to save enough money to buy a family car. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He feared it would leave Britain vulnerable to a deadly German counter-offensive. D. all of Japan's aircraft carriers were mistakenly directed to Guam. C. opposition to policies requiring racial segregation of factory workers. supporting the United States in the war against Japan The United States, a signatory along with54 other nations, supplied 40% of the IROs administrative expenses and 46% of its operational expenses, and the IROs Director-General was always an American citizen. D. universal education. D) demonstrate the power of nuclear weapons. his successful campaigns in North Africa and Sicily. B. published this 12-page pamphlet after the U.S. had entered World War II. Admiral Nimitz was able to secure a decisive victory against the Japanese naval forces at the Battle of Midway because C) the independence of former British colonies in the Middle East A. defectors from the Soviet Union. C. d.) "We were informed that our corporation would remain subject to antitrust regulations." After the United States entered World War II, It granted Germany a testing ground for new technology. They were the largest population centers in Japan. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Approximately 80,000 Jewish DPs entered the United States between 1948 and 1952 under the Displaced Persons Act. B. purchasing government war bonds. Japan had committed too many of its resources to defending Hong Kong. The 1953 Refugee Relief Act defined refugee (someone in a non-Communist country fleeing persecution), escapee (someone fleeing communism), and expellee" (an ethnic German forced out of Eastern Europe). The only significant attempt to pass a law to aid refugees came in 1939, when Democratic Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Republican Congresswoman Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced legislation in both houses of Congress that would allow 20,000 German refugee children under the age of 14 into the country over two years outside of the immigration quotas. A) the end of the Great Depression. B. the refusal of the U.S. to trade any natural resources with Japan. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to He said, in part: The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has paralleled the course of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and in Africa. Today, it has become far more than a parallel. his heroic conduct in Guam and the Philippines. They were chosen randomly. The 1967 United Nations Refugee Protocol expanded the 1951 Refugee Convention, which had originally limited the definition of refugee to people who had been displaced in Europe prior to 1951. D. D. a pact signed by the Soviet Union and the United States agreeing to first focus on the war in the Pacific before turning their attention to defeating Germany. Life in the United States began to return to normal. The bill, Truman stated, reflects a singular lack of confidence by the Congress in the capacity and willingness of the people of the United States to extend a welcoming hand to the prospective immigrants.. Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, these lessons lead middle and high school students through an examination of the Holocaust from a historical perspective and consider what this particular history has to do with what it means to be Jewish. When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic condition than any other country in the world. As a result, the quota for the British Isles rose from 34,007 to 65,721, while the quota for Germany fell significantly, from 51,227 to 25,957. C. the Lend-Lease Act D.It showed Roosevelt could be flexible when negotiating with the Soviet Union. This led to so-called midnight races, where passenger ships raced to reach the United States as soon as possible at the beginning of each month, when new portions of the quota were opened. General Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe because c.) A. gain control of the Hawaiian Islands. Faced with Congressional inaction, he issued a statement, known as the "Truman Directive," on December 22, 1945, announcing that DPs would be granted priority for US visas within the existing quota system. Even the 300,000 combat deaths suffered by Americans paled in comparison to any other major belligerent. We are now in the midst of a war, not for conquest, not for vengeance, but for a world in which this Nation, and all that this Nation represents, will be safe for our children. D. D. General Marshall was too valuable to remove from his position as Army Chief of Staff. A. dying in action while leading his troops to victory at Iwo Jima. B) join political organizations. D. flying more successful bombing missions over Japan than any other pilot in the war. \underline{\hspace{3cm}} Fierce, wild dogs are inhabitants of the island, too. The 1951 Convention only applied to persons who became refugees as a result of events occurring [in Europe] before 1 January 1951. These limits in time and geography were in place until 1967, when the Refugee Protocol expanded refugee protection to people fleeing persecution worldwide on a more permanent basis. Other countries fared worse: Poland, with a prewar Jewish population of 3.5 million, had a quota of 6,524, and Romania, with a Jewish population of nearly a million, had a quota of 377. C. The safety of Japanese Americans was threatened because most of the Japanese American community lived in war zones. The United States did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention. American concerns over Japanese aggression in the Pacific. D. Aggressive, What was the effect of this reaction on the aggressors? cooperating in trials to bring former Nazis to justice A) the Axis pushed back the Allied advance from the Soviet Union. After World War II, the American people continued to oppose increased immigration. b.) In the twenty years following 1945, there was a broad political consensus concerning the Cold War and anti-Communism. Almost every country in the world participated in World War II.Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relatively few nations remained neutral to the end. Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II? President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (known as the Hart-Celler Act), which eliminated the national origins quotas that for 40 years had seriously limited the ability of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, to obtain US immigration visas. "Over 90% of us were relocated against our will to assembly centers during the war." c.) D) the division of Germany into communist and non-communist sectors. The entry of the United States into World War II caused vast changes in virtually every aspect of American life. D. Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs. What was the Double Victory? We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Why did the Allies decide to wage a campaign in North Africa rather than the European mainland? To divide the German army After the United States entered World War II, A. the federal government seized control of factories in order to increase war production. C. Isolationists thought aid would help end the Depression; interventionists thought aid would prolong the Depression. B) She thinks suffering always comes to a close. 300 seconds. They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day, such as racial prejudice and labor disputes. "Corporations and business owners used the assembly line to tackle production on a massive scale. On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, inflicting heavy casualties and severe damage to the United States naval forces anchored there. By 1948, a new form of international tension had emerged--Cold War--between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. A. The Battle of Midway is considered one of the major turning points of the war because Even as the war consumed large portions of Europe and Asia in the late 1930s . a.) The United States declares war against Japan. Ships that arrived at 11 p.m. on August 31, for instance, could be fined for bringing passengers from countries where the quota had already been filled; one hour later, on September 1, the passengers could enter under newly opened quota slots. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The War Manpower Commission, a Federal Agency established to increase the manufacture of war materials, had the . But now this isnt so bad anymore. B) membership of the U.N. Security Council was determined. B. The postwar world also presented Americans with a number of problems and issues. expand world trade through the reduction of tariffs. The Act, which authorized 200,000 displaced persons to enter the United States, "mortgaged" the still-extant . C. National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880, Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945. While the United States had remained neutral in the war, it responded to Japans aggression in Asia with economic sanctions that caused severe shortages of natural resources that the Japanese needed for their war effort. They included Jews who had survived the Holocaust and many others who were fleeing the Soviet control. American neutrality in the first years of the war in Europe. C. What ultimately prevented the Nazis from conquering Great Britain in 1940? 1942: Feb. 19. Hours later, the United States declared war on both countries. defend New York City against a nuclear attack. Then, tell whether the gerund is a subject, a predicate nominative, a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition. A. With men off to fight a worldwide war across the Atlantic and the Pacific, women were called to take their place on the production line. Congress demanded an immediate end to the war In an attempt to prevent American interference in the Pacific war, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the US naval station in Hawaii, in a surprise attack on December 7, 1941. 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