Exam 20: The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

A) resistance by whites, especially in the South, to desegregation
B) improvement to blacks' situation in labor across the South
C) worsening conditions for blacks, as the South began to fire blacks so they would not have to deal with Ross
D) many in the South abandoning the idea of segregation in employment

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A) Leaders fought over the value of integration into white society.
B) Leaders fought over the continued dominant use of legal tactics.
C) Some leaders wanted to focus more on helping working-class blacks.
D) Leaders questions whether the group should exist at all, since progress had been made on racial issues.

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A) Ralph Bunche
B) Paul Robeson
C) Mahalia Jackson
D) Mabel Staupers

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A) Germany and Italy
B) Germany and England
C) Japan and Italy
D) America and England

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A) African Americans would be the lead troops, to serve as the first wave of combat in Europe.
B) African Americans would be kept segregated and serve mainly in non-combat units.
C) African Americans would have absolutely no role or presence in Europe.
D) African Americans would be limited to digging ditches in Europe for white troops.

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A) They reacted with patriotism and the hope that their fighting in the conflict would lead to greater recognition and rights.
B) They reacted with overt protests and criticism against the segregated draft and military service.
C) Many immediately went to Europe to join in French or British fighting units, where they encountered far less racism.
D) Most African Americans generally ignored the tensions in Europe, believing they had nothing to do with them.

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A) They did not-black women continued to be employed only in domestic work.
B) Black women were able to move into high level clerical jobs, since white women were employed elsewhere.
C) Many women were able to move from domestic service jobs to industrial work.
D) Black women began to take over male barbershops when black men left for the war.

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A) The NAACP flooded the government with examples of unfair treatment.
B) William Hastie resigned his government position in protest.
C) Black troops responded with violence in the Port Chicago Base Mutiny, killing several white officers who had whipped them for violating curfew.
D) Blacks generally stopped protesting during World War II, since they thought it unpatriotic.

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A) Other bomber groups were very supportive, often requesting the group to fly with them.
B) Other bomber groups refused to allow the black airmen to escort white bombers.
C) The Tuskegee Airmen, although very skilled, never saw combat.
D) The Tuskegee Airmen, although qualified to fly, were only allowed to be mechanics for the planes.

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A) African Americans supported anti-fascist movements in both countries, and the events demonstrated the threats of that type of government.
B) All African Americans were much like whites at this time, uninterested in world affairs.
C) They demonstrated that Africans in certain areas could gain significant political rights and power.
D) They demonstrated that political power only came at the price of extreme violence.

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A) for black women to be able to enter the military and fight in combat roles
B) discrimination against blacks in combat roles
C) quotas for black nurses in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
D) the lynching of black soldiers

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A) The War Department began to put out propaganda to emphasize contributions of black soldiers.
B) The Marine Corps began accepting black members.
C) African Americans began to be trained as officers and fight in combat roles.
D) African American women began to be accepted in some minimal combat roles.

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A) Franklin Roosevelt continuously worked against involvement.
B) Congress, with most of the American population, was isolationist, and thought that we should not have been involved in World War I.
C) England refused to allow America to become involved, thinking that the United States would dominate the war.
D) The Soviet Union planted communist spies to try to make sure America did not enter the war.

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A) Her efforts were never successful. Black nurses would not be accepted until the Vietnam War.
B) The War Department ended quotas and exclusion of black nurses shortly before the end of the war.
C) The War Department enlarged the number of black nurses it accepted, but refused to end quotas.
D) The War Department actually made nursing more restrictive, when they raised requirements for service.

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A) Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs
B) black business successes
C) military spending by the United States to prepare for World War II
D) the Kennedy administration, and the development of the atomic bomb

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A) disputes over jobs and housing in Detroit
B) anger over the brutality of the police in Detroit
C) a fight over segregation of Detroit's beaches
D) anger over a dramatic rise in the price of food by white-owned businesses

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A) They were very democratic in their organization, and wanted America to stand up to its principles.
B) They stressed the importance of the Muslim faith for equality for blacks.
C) They refused to challenge segregation directly through sit-ins and numerous types of protests, since they thought that would be against Gandhi's techniques.
D) They pressed for a violent response to white racism.

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