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| 369505425 | The struggle against the Japanese in the Pacific, particularly the fighting at Guadalcanal and Tarawa, convinced American military leaders that: | an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be extremely difficult and cost many lives. | 0 | |
| 369505426 | The War Production Board | set production priorities and pushed for maximum output. | 1 | |
| 369505427 | During the war, the top U.S. military leaders strove to keep African Americans relegated to performing menial tasks | in racially segregated units. | 2 | |
| 369505428 | In 1942, President Roosevelt issued an executive order that all Americans of Japanese descent be rounded up and | interrogated for information about recent acts of sabotage. | 3 | |
| 369505429 | Women who joined the military during World War II: | served in many different capacities but were barred from combat duty. | 4 | |
| 369505430 | Roosevelt's cooling of support for the League of Nations was followed by | Japan's witdrawal from the League and Germany's recall of its representative to the League. | 5 | |
| 369505431 | A few months after Germany's invasion of Poland, Congress finally consented to President Roosevelt's wishes and revised America's neutrality legislation to allow a cash-and-carry policy for the purchase of | arms and nonmilitary supplies. | 6 | |
| 369505432 | The war overseas had a strong impact on the domestic U.S. economy | dramatically expanding employment and wages. | 7 | |
| 369505433 | African Americans' migration to defense jobs brought them both economic progress and | racial antagonism. | 8 | |
| 369505434 | In late 1944, as Allied and Soviet forces closed in on Germany, Adolf Hitler ordered a counterattack to capture a crucial supply port, resulting in the | Battle of the Bulge. | 9 |
