What American organization saw a 10 fold-increase in membership during WWII?
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What American organization saw a 10 fold-increase in membership during WWII?
a. ADL
b. NAACP
c. NAWSA
d. ACLU
Q2. What action did the US take to aid people fleeing the HOLOCAUST?
- allowed Jewish refugee aboard the German ship St Louis to seek asylum
- expanded immigration quotas for Jewish immigrants
- passed the Wagner-Rogers Act, which allowed 20000 Jewish children to gain entry to the US
- None of the above
Q3. Why did the London Blitz end?
- Hitler wanted to dedicate resources to the invasion of France
- Hitler wanted to dedicate resources to the North African Theater
- Hitler wanted to dedicate resources to invasion of the Soviet Union
- Hitler wanted to dedicate resources to repelling the D-day invasion
Q4. The rally got a lot media attention, but it had a pathetically small of only a few hundred people. T or F
Q5. The American Jewish Committee supported the right of the Bund to have the rally on the grounds of protecting free speech. T or F
Q6. How did the Bund refer to George Washington?
- America's first fascist
- The father of America
- A leftist traitor
- The father of the revolution
Q7. How did the German-American Bund differ from Germany's Nazi Party?
- no differences
- not anti-Semitic
- They used American symbols and images such as the American flag
- not militaristic
Q8. What did Isadore Greenbaum do at the Madison Square Garden rally?
- Spied on the crowd
- Yelled "Down with Hitler"
- Gave the keynote address
- Tore down the picture of George Washington
Q9. Upon release from the camps, Japanese Americans received
- An apology
- $1000 in damages
- $25 and a train ticket
- $50 and temporary housing
Q10. In the camps, Japanese Americans
- labored to finish the construction of the camps
- grew their own food
- neither of the above
- both above
Q10. Only Japanese-Americans born in Japan were sent to internment camps. T or F
Q11. Which of following was not a measure imposed on Japanese Americans before they were sent to internment camps?
- Freezing of bank accounts
- loyalty oaths
- curfews
- searches of homes
Q12. The cold war mainly occurred overseas and had little effect on the day-to-day lives of Americans. T or F
Q13. After the bombing of Pearl Habor, Japanese American community leaders were detained without trial. T or F
Q14. What role did decolonization play in the Cold War?
- Decolonizing nations overwhelmingly opted for capitalism, thus increasing Soviet paranoia.
- Decolonizing nations overwhelmingly opted for communism, thus fueling the conflict.
- Both Soviet and Americans tried to sway the culture and governments of newly independent nations to sympathize with their side of the conflict.
- The instability of decolonizing nations diverted resources that could have gone toward the conflict with the Soviets.
Q15. What does the last image in the Cold War chapter depict?
- A Soviet anti-American propaganda poster featuring a lynching.
- An American anti- Soviet propaganda poster featuring a nuclear detonation
- An American anti- Soviet propaganda poster featuring Christian imagery
- A Soviet anti-American propaganda poster featuring a nuclear detonation
Q16. The development of nuclear weapons had what major effect on global culture?
- Songs about nuclear destruction
- Movies featuring radiation as a plot point
- Growth in major religions
- Attacks on civil liberties
Q17. What major prob emerged in Europe in the winter of 1946 to 1947?
a. Famine
b. The Berlin Wall
c. Political instability
d. Influenza