AP – United States History
Daily Quizzes #7B.1
S17
Chapters 29-30
Directions: Complete questions 1-20 on the answer sheet provided.
1.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact . . .
A. reduced the Allied war debt.
B. protected the “Open Door” in China.
C. was eventually defeated in the Senate.
D. outlawed war as an instrument of national policy among the signatories.
2.
The Neutrality Act of 1935 . . .
A. permitted the United States to sell arms and munitions to warring nations to ensure the United
States did not have to get involved.
B. forbade the sale of arms and munitions to nations at war.
C. permitted the United States Navy to stop and search German ships on the high seas.
D. was directed against Japanese aggression in East Asia.
3.
The Potsdam Declaration . . .
A. is the Soviet declaration of war against Japan in August of 1945.
B. threatened that Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced “atomic annihilation” if Japan did not surrender.
C. accepted the Japanese surrender and allowed the Emperor on the throne “subordinate to the
authority of the Allied occupation”.
D. demanded that Japan surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction”.
4.
What significant objective motivated Japanese expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific beginning
in 1940?
A. A desire to obtain the Philippines from the United States which Japan had never officially recognized
since United States occupation in 1898.
B. The hope of a Japanese Army to stage an invasion of Australia and New Zealand.
C. An intention to provoke the United States to attack Japan first.
D. The expansion’s provision of access to vitally needed oil, rubber, and other strategic minerals in the
region.
5.
All of the following statements about the German “blitzkrieg” of spring 1940 EXCEPT:
A. It involved German attacks on France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway.
B. France surrendered to Germany in just over two months.
C. German troops cut off British troops and prevented them from providing assistance.
D. Germany carefully avoided attacks on neutral nations and only targeted professed enemies.
6.
Which of the following statements about the attack on Pearl Harbor is NOT true?
A. It was one part of a larger Japanese offensive launched into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
B. The attack ignored onshore facilities and oil tankers.
C. A specific attack on Pearl Harbor had been long expected by United States civilian and military
officials.
D. The Japanese missed sinking the United States aircraft carriers in the attack.
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Daily Quizzes #7B.1
S17
Chapters 29-30
7. The Atlantic Charter . . .
A. advocated expanding the war in Europe to fight Communism after the end of the war.
B. was a joint statement by Britain and the United States of anti-Axis war aims.
C. reaffirmed United States neutrality in the wars in Europe and Asia.
D. was a treaty that was never ratified by the Senate.
8.
At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the Allies did all of the following EXCEPT:
A. call for a conference to create a new world security organization.
B. restore the original Polish government to power in Poland.
C. make arrangements for a postwar governance of Germany.
D. agree to Soviet territorial demands in Eastern Europe.
9.
Members of the American First Committee were likely to be all of the following EXCEPT:
A. opposed to risking conflict with Germany.
B. supportive of isolationist policies.
C. supporters of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
D. opposed to United States assistance to Britain.
10. War Relocation camps in the United States . . .
A. housed over 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
B. were located on the West Coastal region of the United States.
C. were met with stiff resistance from the majority of Americans.
D. created increased debate over the issue in both houses of Congress.
11. The mobilization of women in the labor force during World War II . . .
A. was opposed by the majority of men who feared a change in traditional roles for women.
B. impacted primarily minorities and immigrants.
B. occurred in all major Allied nations except the United States.
D. received unanimous support by all Americans.
12. During the 1930s, the United States change in its relationship with Latin America under the “Good
Neighbor” Policy which . . .
A. supported the idea of non-intervention in Latin America.
B. promoted free trade zones between the United States, Mexico, Columbia, and Brazil.
C. eliminated all military and other examples of United States official presence in Latin America.
D. supported the use of force against any Latin American nation which violated the principles set forth
in the Roosevelt Corollary.
13. Which statement BEST describes the impact of the war on the Far West?
A. The war had no significant impact on the Far West.
B. The wartime demand for food saw the Far West become increasingly dominated by agriculture.
C. The Far West experienced the fastest rate of urban growth in the nation.
D. The Far West population decreased despite mild gains in its industrial output.
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Daily Quizzes #7B.1
S17
Chapters 29-30
14. In 1940, the Battle of Britain . . .
A. that saw massive naval engagements in the North Sea and English Channel.
B. pitted the Royal Air Force against the German Luftwaffe and the British turning back the offensive.
C. saw the British defeat a massive German land invasion of the British Isles.
D. involved mostly United States aircraft launched from aircraft carriers against German bombing
attacks on major British cities.
15. From late 1941 into early 1942, World War II in the Pacific experienced . . .
A. a string of United States victories that put Japan on the defensive following the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
B. China surrendering the eastern region of the nation to the Imperial forces of Japan.
C. a succession of Japanese victories that saw numerous Allied outposts fall.
D. the successful invasion of Midway and Wake Island by the Japanese military.
16. The 1939 Neutrality Act’s “cash-and-carry” provision . . .
A. was removed from the final bill before passage due to isolationist opposition to permitting any trade
with warring nations.
B. permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France if they paid up-front and carried their
purchases on their own ships.
C. permitted all trade, except arms and munitions, with warring nations who paid and carried their
own goods.
D. permitted the United States to sell arms to Britain and France if they paid up-front and allowed
United States ships to deliver the purchase.
17. The Office of Price Administration . . .
A. was designed to combat the serious wartime deflation.
B. was designed to raise consumer prices.
C. lacked any real authority to set consumer prices or ration any items.
D. set price ceilings on and rationed highly demanded items such as tires, sugar, gasoline.
18. What agreement that Hitler personally agreed to was broken with the decision to conquer
Czechoslovakia in 1939?
A. Kellogg-Briand Pact
B. Nine-Power Treaty
C. Munich Agreement
D. League of Nations Charter
19. What significant objective motivated Japanese expansion into the Southeast Asia and the Pacific during
1940—1941?
A. The priority of fighting Chinese guerilla fighters operating in Indochina.
B. The expansion’s provision of access to vitally needed oil, rubber, and other strategic materials.
C. An intention to provoke the United States to attack Japan first.
D. A desire to reobtain the Philippines from the United States.
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Chapters 29-30
20. In early 1942, the most important challenge that United States faced along coastal regions and the
Atlantic was . . .
A. the threat of German aircraft carriers off the coast of major cities.
B. German espionage.
C. the German Blitzkrieg.
D. German submarine warfare.
21. All of the following statements about the Battle of Midway are true EXCEPT that . . .
A. the battle began with another surprise attack on United States forces in the Philippines.
B. it was a turning point in the war in the Pacific that favored the United States.
C. the Imperial Japanese Navy lost four aircraft carriers.
D. the battle demonstrated that aircraft carriers were the decisive elements of modern naval warfare.
22. The Great Depression and the economic struggles it caused throughout the 1930s generally made
Americans more . . .
A. isolationist in sentiment.
B. supportive of joining the League of Nations.
C. internationalist.
D. sympathetic to the perceived benefits of fascism in Europe.
23. Following the Pearl Harbor attack . . .
A. a Congressional resolution for war was passed unanimously.
B. America isolationism increased.
C. United States policy was rooted in a “Pacific First” agenda meant to strike at the heart of the
Japanese military.
D. Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States.
24. During the Spanish Civil War. . .
A. Hitler and Mussolini helped Francisco Franco’s forces against Republican government forces.
B. the European democracies helped the armed uprising, whereas Germany and Italy refused to
intervene.
C. Franklin Roosevelt advocated United States official support of the loyalist faction.
D. no outside powers intervened.
25. Each of the following were major engagements in the Pacific EXCEPT:
A. Battle of the Bulge.
B. Battle of Leyte Gulf.
C. Battle of Guadalcanal.
D. Battle of Okinawa.
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AP – United States History
Daily Quizzes #7B.1
S17
Chapters 29-30
Directions: Complete questions 26-35 on the answer sheet provided by matching the name in the left column
with the corresponding fact in the right column.
26. Harry S. Truman
27. J. Robert Oppenheimer
28. Douglas MacArthur
29. Winston Churchill
30. A. Philip Randolph
31. Thomas Dewey
32. Wendell Willkie
33. Frank Kellogg
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. Chester Nimitz
A. was the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate in
1944
B. leading British General during the North Africa and
Sicily campaigns
C. was a United States admiral in the Pacific and led
forces at the Battle of Midway
D. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and led
“Operation Overlord”
E. was a leading isolationist who was not elected to
office
AB. was the Republican appointed as Secretary of
State by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1940
AC. foreign leader who opposed the United States
entry into World War II
AD. was the Republican candidate in the 1940
Presidential Election
AE. wrote a document denying the Monroe Doctrine
justified United States intervention in Latin
America
BD. headed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
who supported a March on Washington, D.C.
BC. directed the construction of the atomic bombs as
part of the “Manhattan Project”
BD. Secretary of State under Calvin Coolidge who
negotiated the “Pact of Paris” in 1928
BE. was elected Vice-President in the 1940
Presidential Election
CD. was the Republican presidential candidate in the
election of 1944
CE. stated, “people of the Philippines, I have
returned”
DE. with a United States President, proposed a
“Europe First” policy in dealing with Axis threats
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AP – United States History
Daily Quizzes #7B.1
S17
Chapters 29-30
Answer Sheet
Name ________________________________________
Date _______________________
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