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11.The Atlantic Charter of 1941 a.created further distance between the United States and European involvement. b.provided a political framework for the possibility of American involvement. c.did not express American opposition to territorial change by conquest. d.emphasized the defeat of imperial Japan as the first priority. 12.In the months leading up to Pearl Harbor, a.relations between the United States and Japan appeared to be getting better. b.Germany withdrew its troops from the Soviet Union. c.Japan signed a nonaggression pact with China. d.FDR froze Japanese assets and increased U.S. naval presence in the Pacific. 13.After Japan invaded ______________, Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United States and stopped petroleum shipments to Japan. a.China b.Guam c.French Indochina d.the Philippines 14.A turning point on the Eastern Front came when a.the Americans defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. b.Allied forces defeated the Germans at El Alamein. c.the Soviet Union forced a German surrender after the Battle of Stalingrad. d.FDR sent 2 million troops to the aid of the battered Soviet Union. 15.A turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic came when a.German manufacturers surprisingly stopped producing U-boats. b.new sonar systems improved the tracking of German U-boats. c.Admiral Yamomoto realized his forces were outnumbered. d.the Soviet Union sent naval reinforcements. 16.The first check to Japanese expansion came at the Battle of the Coral Sea when a.British reinforcements relieved a battered U.S. navy. b.U.S. aircraft carriers halted a Japanese advance toward Australia. c.the Japanese were forced to surrender the island fortress of Corregidor. d.the alliance of the Axis powers dissolved. 17.The Manhattan Project was the code name for a.the D-Day invasion. b.rationing programs in the United States. c.the project to develop the atomic bomb. d.the American attack at Iwo Jima. 18.Which statement about Native Americans in World War II is true? a.The government did very little to assimilate Indians into the war effort. b.The average cash income of Indians experienced a decrease during the war. c.They often served as effective code-talkers by using Native-American languages. d.There was an increase in the number of Native Americans who lived in urban areas. 19.All of the following statements about women workers on the home front are true EXCEPT a.women were encouraged to work by poster images of strong, handsome women. b.women played vital roles in the shipyards and in the aircraft industry. c.employment of women increased enormously during the war years. d.the percentage of women working in manufacturing jobs did not increase. 20.All of the following statements about American propaganda during the war are true EXCEPT which one? a. The government was successful at soliciting participation in scrap drives. b. The Germans were uniformly portrayed as being more inherently evil than the Japanese. c. Fictional radio characters such as Hop Harrigan fought the Axis powers in their shows. d. The most successful war movies dramatized the courage of the Allies. Â