Assignment 4:
Assignment 4
Name: _______________________
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. _____ Despite the length and duration of World War II, total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained fewer than 1 million.
2. _____ By the end of World War II, more than 6 million women had entered the workforce.
3. _____ African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II.
4. _____ Large numbers of Americans of German, Italian, and Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II.
5. _____ The United States and Britain adopted a Pacific First strategy during World War II in response to Japanese attacks in the Pacific.
6. _____ The strategic bombing of Europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production.
7. _____ “D-day” refers to the cross-channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
8. _____ The agreements at the Yalta Conference included Stalin’s pledge to enter the war against Japan three months after Germany’s defeat.
9. _____ Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.
10. _____ The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.
11. _____ Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in many key industries.
12. _____ In the civil war that broke out in Greece after World War II, the United States assisted the British-supported government.
13. _____ The Fair Deal was President Truman’s name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.
14. _____ Truman’s firing of MacArthur in 1951 was one of the most popular actions of his presidency.
15. _____ Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of supplying U.S. secret documents to the Soviets.
16. _____ In the 1950s, the most popular new household product was the television.
17. _____ Due to the overall prosperity of the decade, blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.
18. _____ Society’s message to women in the 1950s was that they should strive to combine motherhood and professional careers.
19. _____ Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other Beats rebelled against middle-class life and conventional literary expression.
20. _____ The Civil Rights Act established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
EXTRA CREDIT:
A. _____ At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the terms for ending the war must include the “unconditional surrender” of all enemies.
B. _____ The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
C. _____ At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.
D. _____ In the presidential election of 1948, Republicans saw little hope for victory.
E. _____ Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s.
Name: _______________________
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. _____ Despite the length and duration of World War II, total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained fewer than 1 million.
2. _____ By the end of World War II, more than 6 million women had entered the workforce.
3. _____ African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II.
4. _____ Large numbers of Americans of German, Italian, and Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II.
5. _____ The United States and Britain adopted a Pacific First strategy during World War II in response to Japanese attacks in the Pacific.
6. _____ The strategic bombing of Europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production.
7. _____ “D-day” refers to the cross-channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
8. _____ The agreements at the Yalta Conference included Stalin’s pledge to enter the war against Japan three months after Germany’s defeat.
9. _____ Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.
10. _____ The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.
11. _____ Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in many key industries.
12. _____ In the civil war that broke out in Greece after World War II, the United States assisted the British-supported government.
13. _____ The Fair Deal was President Truman’s name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.
14. _____ Truman’s firing of MacArthur in 1951 was one of the most popular actions of his presidency.
15. _____ Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of supplying U.S. secret documents to the Soviets.
16. _____ In the 1950s, the most popular new household product was the television.
17. _____ Due to the overall prosperity of the decade, blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.
18. _____ Society’s message to women in the 1950s was that they should strive to combine motherhood and professional careers.
19. _____ Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other Beats rebelled against middle-class life and conventional literary expression.
20. _____ The Civil Rights Act established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
EXTRA CREDIT:
A. _____ At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the terms for ending the war must include the “unconditional surrender” of all enemies.
B. _____ The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
C. _____ At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.
D. _____ In the presidential election of 1948, Republicans saw little hope for victory.
E. _____ Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s.
