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. Life in the United States began to return to normal. "Although our wages were far lower, we earned more money than we ever had before in the workplace. C. Many Americans favored a strong interventionist foreign policy regarding the situation in Europe and Asia. While overall immigration into the United States did not increase, between 35,00040,000 DPs, most of whom were Jewish, entered the United States between December 22, 1945, and July 1, 1948, under provisions of the Truman Directive. Select an argument used in favor of U.S. involvement in World War II. D. "Corporations and business owners used the assembly line to tackle production on a massive scale. A. Building on the economic base left after the war, American society became more affluent in the postwar years than most Americans could have imagined in their wildest dreams before or during the war. The population plummeted due to people going to fight overseas. Which series of events is arranged in the correct chronological order? They underestimated Japan's ability to project military force in the Pacific. The labor demands of war industries caused millions more Americans to move--largely to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts where most defense plants located. The new Protocol expanded the responsibilities to all refugees from any part of the world and at any time, but still allowed nations to define for themselves how they would assess refugee status. U.S. and British forces struck a major blow against the Nazis' capacity to make war by The image and reality of overall economic prosperity--and the upward mobility it provided for many white Americans--was not lost on those who had largely been excluded from the full meaning of the American Dream, both before and after the war. \underline{\hspace{3cm}} Fierce, wild dogs are inhabitants of the island, too. c.) D) Germany was forced to fight a war on two fronts. D. universal education. c.) The IRO ceased operations on January 31, 1952, as most of its work had been taken over by other organizations, most significantly the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, an office created in 1951. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066, which 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. 1. What were the reasons behind the U.S. assault on the island of Guadalcanal? Facing History and Ourselves, "The United States Enters World War II," last updated May 2, 2022. a.) On July 1, 1941, the same day that the new relatives rule went into effect, the State Department centralized all alien visa control in Washington. American soldiers could not get close enough to Japan to launch an effective invasion. President Truman feared a second Japanese attack on American soil. Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. . D.Did not destroy all aircraft carriers/ did not declare war first. 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. The United States signed the United Nations Refugee Protocol on November 6, 1968. 3, Two days later, on December 11, 1941, Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States, and Benito Mussolini of Italy followed suit. A) the passing of the War Powers Acts. B) the course of the war turned in favor of the Axis Powers. The 1951 Convention defines the obligations of signatory nations to refugees, and vice versa. promote the spread of democracy all over the world. December 8, 1941 - Congress Declares War on Japan. Congress demanded an immediate end to the war For this reason, the Library has edited the Washington, D.C., audiotapes and transcripts to remove interviewee names. B. It would be difficult to make them surrender. B) the Axis expanded their control of territory in western Europe. 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. D. He issued an order to desegregate the military. "The government paid most of the costs for my company to convert to wartime production. B) 710,000 people. . purchasing government war bonds. On December 9, 1941two days after the attackUS President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American people on the radio. Truman, disappointed by the limited reach of the act, said that he would have vetoed it had Congress been in session, but signed the act so there would be some legislation to aid displaced persons, rather than none. Which policy best demonstrates appeasement during the 1930s? Americans and the Holocaust online exhibition, Teaching Materials on Americans and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library bibliography: The United States and the Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center. After World War II, thousands of Nazis became informants in the Cold War against the Soviet Union and then got entry into the U.S. Eric Lichtblau's new book, The Nazi Next Door, tells the story. 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. defend New York City against a nuclear attack. "When the Japanese attacked, most factories were already set up to produce for the war effort." B. World War I was the deadliest conflict until that point in human history, claiming tens of millions of casualties on all sides. C. to provide support to the Filipino rebels there who were putting up resistance to the Japanese How did the countrys reasons for fighting the war, as articulated by Roosevelt, differ from those of Germany. 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. C. Passive Choose the statement that describes a cause of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress. "Since the government guaranteed a profit on sales, our corporation accepted a defense contract." "Because taxes on income were lowered for the middle class, the wealthy, like my family, bore the brunt of funding the war effort. Circle each direct object. He believed that cutting off Germany's shipping routes on the Atlantic was the key to winning the war. Which was effectively an economic declaration of war against Germany and the Axis Powers? Dec. 11. After the United States entered World War II: a) Americans saw little military action for the first few months of 1942. b) Americans immediately won several key battles. Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. D. demonstrate their support for Germany and Italy. In particular, World War II led many women to take jobs in defense plants and factories around the country. President Harry S. Truman favored a liberal immigration policy toward displaced persons (DPs). d.) There were several well-publicized cases of Japanese American spies being caught operating in the United States. C) They felt it would divert too many resources away from their military operations elsewhere. Included in this presentation are Pete Seeger's "Dear Mr. President" and "The Martins and Coys.". The 1921 quotas were enforced on Ellis Island, not at US consulates abroad. The Soviet Union owed the United States a massive amount of debt. The preamble mentions "the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind." A) the Axis pushed back the Allied advance from the Soviet Union. C. Germany and Japan were to pay for the resettlement of displaced persons from the countries they formerly occupied. The labor demands of war industries caused millions more Americans to move--largely to the Atlantic, Pacific . ", d.) B) limited the number of Jewish refugees allowed entry into the United States. published this 12-page pamphlet after the U.S. had entered World War II. Dec. 7. To convince islanders to support the United States against Japan B. They included Jews who had survived the Holocaust and many others who were fleeing the Soviet control. D. Japan feeling threatened by the U.S. presence in Asia and the Pacific. 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. He motivated Americans and established agencies to direct mobilization. Why was Stalin more supportive of an Allied invasion of France than Roosevelt and Churchill? D) They felt it more prudent to use diplomatic means to shut down the camps. A. avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor The new immigration law reserved 6% of each years visas for people who were fleeing persecution in communist areas or the Middle East, or had escaped after a natural disaster. April 6, 1917 "Despite wartime mobilization, we continued to feel the negative effects of the Great Depression. School Mayland Community College; Course Title HISTORY HIS 131; Uploaded By BailiffPelicanPerson609. B) the coup which put Hitler into power in 1933. The so-called Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943 were a result of c.) Small but significant named World War II US Navy Corpsman grouping named to Wallace H. Fritsch, who served on Peleliu during World War II. The experience of World War I had a . The entry of the United States into World War II caused vast changes in virtually every aspect of American life. B. through the sale of coupon books for consumer goods Public anti-immigration sentiment remained strongin May 1938, only 23% of Americans were in favor of the immigration of German refugeesand these congressmen believed that legislation reducing immigration would prevail if the subject came up for debate. On December 8, Joseph Goebbels described Adolf Hitler as exceptionally happy when he learned the news. The only editing redacted interviewee names from several recordings and removed Leadbelly's two songs for which permissions have not yet been received. "We were forced by the government to move from California because they feared we might be capable of sabotage or espionage." a.) After World War II and the Holocaust, the United States and the international community recognized that refugees and displaced persons merited special consideration and should be dealt with separately from immigrants, who are moving to a new country to seek a better life. General Patton had already turned down the position. D. American women and minorities found new opportunities. D. Allied victory brought an end to Nazi terror in Europe in May 1945, and to the war in the Pacific in August. What did the dictators of totalitarian systems have in common? D) victory over the Axis Powers abroad and discrimination at home. recruit men for the military services. The IRO constitution stated that refugees and displaced persons constitute an urgent problem which is international in scope and character and while displaced persons should be returned home, refugees should be assisted by international action. This online presentation also includes a set of interviews conducted in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. "As a business owner, I had to begin to deduct a federal income tax from my employees' paychecks. Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to. A) the end of the Great Depression. They sought peace through isolation and throughout the 1920s advocated a policy of disarmament and nonintervention. D. the establishment of internment camps for resident aliens. The main function of the federal Office of War Information was to B. was killed by Soviet troops. C. It gave Germany new territory as the Soviets tried to appease Hitler. A. What did the existence of kamikaze pilots reveal about the Japanese military? Under this international treaty, a refugee was defined as "a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.". It was scattered and disorganized. 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. A. collect money for the war effort through the sale of war bonds. Students incorporate new evidence from the history of the Weimar era into the position they are developing. a.) 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. A major factor that led to US involvement in World War II was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. C. To control rent and other consumer prices after the start of World War II, the Office of Price Administration was established. B. Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs. work on the development of an atomic bomb. The most pressing threat, the Allieds decided in the beginning, was Hitler's Germany. A) the American defense industry declined after the war. Today, it has become far more than a parallel. From our 21st-century point of view, it is hard to imagine World War II without the United States as a major participant. How long did it take for the value of U.S. imports to double after World War II? d.) A) punish Japan for carrying on the war. A. A. The United States declares war against Japan. Which argument sums up the difference between isolationists and interventionists regarding aid to the Allies? founded the United Service Organizations. 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. D. What major advantage did the United States possess over the Soviet Union following the war? A) the Nazi doctrine of Aryan racial superiority. Why did Roosevelt and the other Allied leaders decide to pursue a "Europe First" strategy in the war? On November 25, 1936, a month after Germany and Italy entered into a treaty of friendship, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the Anti . A) one million people. "Over 90% of us were relocated against our will to assembly centers during the war." B) the end of World War II. A) less than one quarter In the end, the United States was forced into the war on December 7th, 1941 when Japan surprise attack the United States at Pearl Harbor. C. the British Royal Air Force (spendthrift; thrifty). ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." ", Why did the three major Alliesthe United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Unionwant to launch a "second front" in Europe? B. The Senate passed a bill on June 2, 1948, the House passed another on June 11, and a hurried compromise ensued, finally reaching the president on the final day of the congressional session. In Article 2, Principle 1, what does sovereign mean? C) creating a military tribunal to punish those who participated in the Nazi genocide. B. separate The State Department, therefore, became responsible for enforcing the quota law, and midnight races ended. 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. a.) A. By June 1948 Truman had pushed for some sort of legislation on behalf of displaced persons for at least eighteen months. 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). Under Article 33, known as the non-refoulement provision, refugees cannot be returned against their will to a place in which they would be endangered. answer choices. C. an African American air squadron that conducted bombing raids over Europe. A. Why do you think Roosevelt compared the Germans to gangsters? Sources. During the course of these interviews, Library interviewers advised some interviewees that the interviews would not be broadcast. C. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. instituted the Congress of Racial Equality. D. The main idea behind the United Nations was to Hence, the sudden attack almost shocked the entire United States. ", Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II. D. a.) 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. For each word at the left, complete the four derivatives indicated. Following World War I, the United States hoped to avoid further entanglement with European politics that had drawn us into war. . Place the events related to World War II in the correct sequence, following the signing of a mutual defense treaty by Japan and Germany. 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 . 1,584cc air-cooled OHV flat 4-cylinder engine Single Solex 34 PICT 3 carburetor 46bhp at 4,000rpm 4-speed manual transmission 4-wheel independent suspension 4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes *Lots of dealer installed options *Complete with top, side curtains, and wooden floormats *Nary a more perfect summer ride exists The Type 181The Thing Volkswagen's "Thing" had its roots in a military . Presumably, the agreement to safeguard the identity of these persons was intentional, as some of the interviewees worked for the Federal government and/or otherwise required anonymity in order to participate. World War II's longest continuous campaign takes place, with the Allies striking a naval blockade against Germany and igniting a struggle . issued Executive Order 8802. b.) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II and financed the Allied war effort, and helped defeat Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in the European theater. The Act, which authorized 200,000 displaced persons to enter the United States, mortgaged the still-extant 1924 immigration quotas, allowing up to 50% of future quota spaces to be used on behalf of displaced persons, with few exceptions. The United Nations Refugee Protocol of 1967 established the current international norms for defining and dealing with refugees, and 146 countries, including the United States, have signed this protocol. A) less than 5 years The IRO also operated the International Tracing Service whose purpose was to help survivors find their families and learn the fate of loved ones. Article 19 explains that people in all countries should be able to When did the United States enter World War II? D. World War II started on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler A. gave orders to surrender. B. In most cases, the recordings were digitized by Library of Congress staff directly from the discs on which they were originally recorded. The photographs and graphs in this gallery support the conclusion that ", Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II. c.) Japanese Americans were allowed to serve in the military. In the decades between World War I and the attack on Pearl Harbor, tensions between Japan and the United States were primarily caused by ", d.) c.) Otherwise, the recordings are presented as they were originally recorded. "Defense contracts during the war were undesirable, because they required that businesses pay huge upfront costs." The Battle of Midway is considered one of the major turning points of the war because 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. 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. A. new Geneva Convention agreements about prisoners. The United States will probably no longer make aircraft, weapons, and transport available to England so carelessly, as it can be assumed that they will need these for their own war against Japan. After World War I most Americans concluded that participating in international affairs had been a mistake. D. Aggressive, What was the effect of this reaction on the aggressors? B) the establishment of the U.N. Security Council. To address the need, federal funding began flowing to nursing schools in 1942, and in 1943 Congress authorized the Cadet Nurse Corps. D) the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After the United States entered World War II, A. the federal government seized control of factories in order to increase war production. . D. The United States remained neutral in . C. opposition to policies requiring racial segregation of factory workers. He warned that there were "hard and bitter days ahead," but pledged that the United States and its allies would "have Ukraine's back" as the war . In 1929, immigration was further limited to a total of 153,879 and the new quotas were re-calculated using complicated math based on the existing national origins of the population as reflected in the 1920 census and the new immigration cap. D. D) the state sponsored attack on German Jews in 1938. Japan had a larger army and more airplanes and submarines than the Americans. B) instituted the systematic extermination of German Jews. D. Japanese Americans feared that Japan would try to punish them for siding with the United States in the war. B. ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." Truman's advisors were concerned that Great Britain might claim territory in Asia if fighting continued. Place the events that led up to U.S. involvement in World War II in the correct order, following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. Before a Joint Session of Congress on December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the attack "a date which will live in . On December 9, 1941two days after the attackUS President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American people on the radio. Audie Murphy famously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for A. Why did the Allies decide to wage a campaign in North Africa rather than the European mainland? (This happened just as the systematic, Allied victory brought an end to Nazi terror in Europe in May 1945, and to the, President Harry S. 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