", c.) D. Japanese Americans feared that Japan would try to punish them for siding with the United States in the war. We expect to eliminate the danger from Japan, but it would serve us ill if we accomplished that and found that the rest of the world was dominated by Hitler and Mussolini. c.) To control rent and other consumer prices after the start of World War II, the Office of Price Administration was established. How did the United States government and American people respond to Nazism? . Pages 4 Course Hero uses AI to attempt to automatically extract content from documents to surface to you and others so you can study better, e.g., in search results, to enrich docs, and more. 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. A. D. When Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland in 1936, it was a direct violation of. Draw two lines under each verb. 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. African American workers were paid the same wages as whites. B. A. "Over 90% of us were relocated against our will to assembly centers during the war." 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. B) the Great Depression destroyed U.S. foreign trade. 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 d.) \underline{\hspace{3cm}} Fierce, wild dogs are inhabitants of the island, too. C. the Lend-Lease Act B. Why did Roosevelt and the other Allied leaders decide to pursue a "Europe First" strategy in the war? Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust. What was the effect of Hitler's blitzkrieg tactics? American soldiers could not get close enough to Japan to launch an effective invasion. Which of the following is a reason that the United States initially stayed out of World War II? Life in the United States began to return to normal. TTY: 202.488.0406, 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.) "Since the government guaranteed a profit on sales, our corporation accepted a defense contract. It would require fewer resources and pave the way for an Allied invasion of Italy. "President Roosevelt nationalized the shipping and shipbuilding industries." Designed for California 10th grade world history courses, this unit guides students through a study of the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide that focuses on choices and human behavior. Adolf Hitler declares war against the United States. (Later on, they would see them as a potential national security risk.) "As a business owner, I had to begin to deduct a federal income tax from my employees' paychecks. It would prevent the Axis from receiving reinforcements from Japan's Indian Ocean fleet. They were historically significant. A) the end of the Great Depression. B) setting up a National Holocaust Museum. On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler In December 1920, in the context of this isolationism, the international influenza pandemic, and a postwar economic recession, the US House of Representatives voted to end all immigration to the United States for one year. Pete Seeger and Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) recorded original songs for the "Dear Mr. President" interviews. C. C) 71,000 people. This presentation was made possible with the generous support of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the New Deal Network. The entry of the United States into World War II caused vast changes in virtually every aspect of American life. C. Native Americans recruited from nearby reservations in New Mexico. 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. Approximately 80,000 Jewish DPs entered the United States between 1948 and 1952 under the Displaced Persons Act. ", Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II. How did the countrys reasons for fighting the war, as articulated by Roosevelt, differ from those of Germany. Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II? ____________________ Petra prefers water-skiing and is quite good at it. B. was killed by Soviet troops. D) three quarters, The Jewish population of Romania was reduced by approximately Choose the statement that describes an effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Fears of infiltration and espionage led to additional restrictions on visa applicants. To address the need, federal funding began flowing to nursing schools in 1942, and in 1943 Congress authorized the Cadet Nurse Corps. 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. It would be difficult to make them surrender. 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. (This happened just as the systematic, mass murder of the Jews began with the German invasion of the Soviet Union.) created the Office of Price Administration. The origins of the policy may be traced back to the 1938 decision by the US to permit weapons sales to Great Britain and France on a "cash and carry" basis. D. D) Soviet Union proposed free elections throughout Eastern Europe. 3, Two days later, on December 11, 1941, Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States, and Benito Mussolini of Italy followed suit. The United States remained neutral in . C. laborers migrated from Mexico to work in factories in the North. D.France and Britain sent troops to defend Poland. A) U.S. delegate to the League of Nations "We were informed that our corporation would remain subject to antitrust regulations." 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. With the support of President Gerald Ford, Congress passed a law in 1975 to allow more than 130,000 South Vietnamese and Cambodians to enter the United States, and President Jimmy Carter permitted 15,000 refugees who had escaped southeast Asia by boat to become permanent US residents in 1977. In 1921 and 1924, the US Congress passed immigration laws that severely limited the number and national origin of new immigrants. . his heroic conduct in Guam and the Philippines. Included in this presentation are Pete Seeger's "Dear Mr. President" and "The Martins and Coys.". "Corporations and business owners used the assembly line to tackle production on a massive scale. From our 21st-century point of view, it is hard to imagine World War II without the United States as a major participant. Had this amendment been enacted, American response to the refugee crisis in the 1930s may have been quite different. According to Roosevelt, what principles was the United States fighting for? C.It endorsed national self-determination for the post-war world. The most pressing threat, the Allieds decided in the beginning, was Hitler's Germany. C) The Nazis outlined their plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population. In his address to the Reichstag, Hitler said: If it is the will of Providence that the German people not be spared this struggle, then I will be grateful to Providence for having appointed me leader in a historic contest, which for the next five hundred or one thousand years, will decisively affect not only German history but also the history of Europe, and indeed all of mankind. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. A. 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. avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor Our headquarters are located at: 89 South Street, Suite 401, Boston, MA 02111. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. American concerns over Japanese aggression in the Pacific. a.) D) the beginning of World War II. b.) What was the Atlantic Charter? By June 1948 Truman had pushed for some sort of legislation on behalf of displaced persons for at least eighteen months. A) She refuses to imagine the alternative. To invade and occupy Italy D. He issued an order to desegregate the military. A. A. Which policy best demonstrates appeasement during the 1930s? The Battle of Midway is considered one of the major turning points of the war because Public policy, like the so-called GI Bill of Rights passed in 1944, provided money for veterans to attend college, to purchase homes, and to buy farms. The vote was bipartisan and was not close (293-41). After the war, the United States The Johnson-Reed Act also mandated that potential immigrants present their paperwork and receive US immigration visas at consulates abroad, prior to leaving for the United States. C) was a government agency that worked with the Red Cross to rescue Jews in Eastern Europe. D.Did not destroy all aircraft carriers/ did not declare war first. B. b.) 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. defend New York City against a nuclear attack. C) They felt it would divert too many resources away from their military operations elsewhere. For each word at the left, complete the four derivatives indicated. 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). Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066, which C) the independence of former British colonies in the Middle East Unit 3 Challenge Questions/ The United States, Sophia U.S. History 2 Unit 4 Milestone Study, Sophia.org U.S. History II - UNIT 4 - CHALLEN, Vulnerability Scans, Security and Controls, Sophia.org U.S. History II - FINAL MILESTONE, John Lund, Paul S. Vickery, P. Scott Corbett, Todd Pfannestiel, Volker Janssen, Eric Hinderaker, James A. Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, Robert O. Self, Donald Kagan, Frank M. Turner, Steven Ozment. On June 5, 1941, diplomats abroad were cautioned that visas would soon be denied to applicants with close relatives remaining in German-occupied countries. B. a.) D. Japan feeling threatened by the U.S. presence in Asia and the Pacific. D) protect German Jews from anti-Semitic violence. 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. b.) Prevention of Soviet expansion in Asia Did not destroy all ships/ "We were faced with the possibility of deportation even though we were U.S. Without any significant factual evidence, the government perceived Japanese Americans as being a threat to national security. D. flying more successful bombing missions over Japan than any other pilot in the war. They had developed a new technology that was able to jam the Nazi radar. . On December 11, 1941, Germany responded by declaring war on the United States, bringing American military forces into the European and Pacific conflicts on a global scale. It created new quotas, which heavily favored England and northern Europe and set much lower quotas for immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, who had made up the majority of more recent immigration. Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs. The War against Poland: Speed and Brutality, The Jewish Ghettos: Separated from the World. D) the Allies moved toward Germany from the east, west, and south. Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress. B. 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. C) creating a military tribunal to punish those who participated in the Nazi genocide. D. C. US consulates in Nazi-occupied territory shut down in July 1941. Based on this graph and your knowledge of history, the growth in U.S. employment was sparked by How does Donne's tone in this meditation support the point he is trying to make? When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic condition than any other country in the world. published this 12-page pamphlet after the U.S. had entered World War II. Insisting that a penny saved is a penny earned, Benjamin Franklin was well known for his___ ways. Yet the United States would not enter the war until it was attacked directly. A. B.It showed the United States clearly supported the Allies. By capturing nearby islands, the U.S. could install military bases to keep Japan in check. 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 . his skillful handling of the Allied offensive at Normandy. 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. It was scattered and disorganized. In the following sentences, underline the gerund. D) all of the Allies suffered economically due to the war. Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL]. A. Pete Seeger playing banjo, 1948. B) instituted the systematic extermination of German Jews. 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. "Over 90% of us were relocated against our will to assembly centers during the war." c.) B. a victory by Filipino soldiers over the Japanese. Students begin to understand and stake out a preliminary position in response to the assessment writing prompt. A) less than one quarter Positive Why was Roosevelt's "Quarantine" speech in 1937 widely criticized by Americans at the time? B. a pact signed by Great Britain, France, and the United States agreeing to declare war on Germany and divide its lands after the war B) head of the United Nations Security Council These laws did not change in the 1930s, as desperate Jewish refugees attempted to immigrate from Nazi Germany. 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. it bought U.S. forces more time to focus on the war in Europe. To free Australia from Japanese occupation The United States officially enters World War I. April 6, 1917: Two days after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the . Mario likes diving\underline{\text{diving}}diving best of all sports. B. was able to return its focus to domestic issues. This was the first time refugees gained distinct legal status under international law. 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