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America was brought into World War Two by Japan attacking what Hawaiian naval base?
Honolulu
Great Cove
Pearl Harbor
Cyprus Point
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To increase food production during World War Two, the American government encouraged all citizens to plant crops. What was this initiative called?
Victory Gardens
Draft Boards
Green Brigades
The Home Front Supplements
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What man was the President of the United States during a majority of World War Two and famously declared December 7th, 1941, "A date which will live in infamy"?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
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What admiral led the Allied fleet in the Pacific Ocean during World War Two?
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Chester Nimitz
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With millions of American men fighting overseas, women were needed to fill the labor pool. What famous propaganda icon encouraged such behavior with her slogan "We can do it!"?
Bessie the Bricklayer
Maude the Mason
Sheila the Shipwright
Rosie the Riveter
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One of the most famous pieces of American wartime culture was what 1943 romantic drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman playing characters who fell in love amid the backdrop of the war?
High and Low
Casablanca
To Kill a Mockingbird
From Here to Eternity
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In what year of World War Two did a massive series of race riots occur because of the Second Great Migration bringing people of many different races into northern cities to work in industrial positions?
1942
1941
1945
1943
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Before America officially entered the war, they financially supported the Allies by manufacturing arms and supplies to send them. What was this system of equipping the Allies called?
The Lend Lease Program
The Allied Investment Program
The K.N.I.G.H.T. Program
The Failsafe Program
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The Bracero Program was an American domestic policy that imported farm laborers from what country to help shore up America's workforce during the war?
Cuba
Colombia
Canada
Mexico
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In 1943, riots occurred after servicemen attacked people wearing what types of clothes because they contained an "unpatriotic" amount of fabric?
Zoot suits
Hijabs
Kimonos
Rompers
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What is the name of the vessel that infamously sank in the Pacific after delivering one of the atomic bombs, thus resulting in one of the world's largest recorded shark attacks as crew members fought for days to survive?
The USS Sacramento
The USS Indianpolis
The USS Anchorage
The USS Honolulu
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One of America's most controversial policies during World War Two was its interning of hundreds of thousands of residents with what racial ancestry?
Japanese
Chinese
Vietnamese
Korean
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America's Supreme Court upheld the practice of Japanese internment in what now-infamous case where they argued the liberties of citizens could be stripped away during wartime if their race was a "cause for terrorism"?
Korematsu v. United States
Iito v. United States
Mesumi v. United States
Hokorein v. United States
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A major American cultural hero from the European theater of World War Two was what "Blood and Guts" general famous for pioneering mechanized cavalry tactics?
Franklin Rhodes
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
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What notable social campaign arose during World War Two demanding victory on the battlefield and victory on the home front for civil rights?
The Two Fronts Campaign
The G.I. Equality Campaign
The Double V Campaign
The Yours and Mine Campaign
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A peculiar relic of widely spread wartime propaganda from this period is the cartoon "Der Fuehrer's Face" which starred what cartoon character in a lampoon of Hitler and Nazi Germany?
Oswald the Rabbit
Bug Bunny
Popeye the Sailor
Donald Duck
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Six Oregonians were killed in the U.S. by what aerial explosives launched by Japan?
The Fu-Go Balloons
The Go-Ryu Balloons
The Kar-Go Balloons
The Go-Gala Balloons
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A major campaign by the government throughout World War Two pushed citizens to invest in what types of holdings that supplied the government with money now in exchange for a higher payback years down the line?
War Bonds
Independence Mutuals
Roosevelt CDs
Munitions Stocks
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What names were given to the two atomic bombs that the U.S. launched against cities in Japan?
Ma and Pa Kettle
Little Boy and Fat Man
Red Rhino and Blue Bull
Eisenhower and Nimitz
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In solidarity with the Allied Powers, America finally ended its "exclusion" of immigrants from what Asian nation during World War Two?
Indonesia
China
Mongolia
Thailand
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What serviceman became the most decorated American soldier of World War Two and published his memoir To Hell and Back detailing his harrowing experiences?
Audie Murphy
Rupert Howlett
Fritz Goddard
Shawn McNamara
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What comedy troupe influenced America's wartime culture by producing hugely successful shorts parodying Adolf Hitler, such as "You Nazty Spy!" and "I'll Never Heil Again"?
Abbott and Costello
The Marx Brothers
The Three Stooges
Laurel and Hardy
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What actor famous for his roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Philadelphia Story joined the military during World War Two and became the face of Hollywood stars participating overseas?
Henry Fonda
Lou Pontner
James Stewart
Kevin MacLeod
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A major turning point for the war that helped bolster American morale at home and abroad was what June 6th invasion of Normandy which gave the Allies a foothold in mainland Europe?
J Day
A Day
V Day
D Day
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On the home front, what company helped bridge the gap between American and Axis fighters by inventing the P-51 Mustang?
The Menlo Wizards
Grand Rapids Technologies
Boeing
North American Aviation
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In 1942, what sport was banned in the U.S.A. to help preserve valuable supplies?
Rowing
Basketball
Auto racing
Wrestling
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Upon the death of F.D.R., what man succeeded him to lead the U.S. through World War Two's conclusion?
Harry Truman
Gerald Ford
Woodrow Wilson
John F. Kennedy
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What American general became a national hero for acting as the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe during World War Two?
John Pershing
Harry Lee
James Doolittle
Dwight Eisenhower
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What organization helped keep American soldiers' spirits up by deploying singers and comedians to entertain them overseas?
The I. 55
The U.B. 40
The U.A.B.
The U.S.O.
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On what date was V.E. Day that gave Americans and the rest of the Allied Nations hope of a speedy conclusion to the war overall?
May 8th, 1945
June 1st, 1945
July 4th, 1945
August 6th, 1945
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