After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Students consider how what they've learned about the rise of the Nazi Party influences their thinking about the essay prompt and practice making inferences. Also included are biographies of the fieldworkers who conducted and arranged the interviews, complete transcripts of the interviews, related manuscripts, and original disc sleeves. the League of Nations. . What were some similarities between racism in Nazi Germany and in the United States, 1920s-1940s? Which area on the map received the MOST aid from the U.S. prior to 1942? Sources. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II and financed the Allied war effort, and helped defeat Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in the European theater. It was difficult for him to gauge where the Allies would strike next. The result is a portrait of everyday life in America as the United States entered World War II. created the Office of Price Administration. Why was the United States reluctant to launch a land invasion of Japan? Choose the statement that best describes a reason President Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan. c.) "Since the government guaranteed a profit on sales, our corporation accepted a defense contract. "We were faced with the possibility of deportation even though we were U.S. c.) The roots of World War II, which eventually pitted Germany, Japan, and Italy (the Axis) against the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union (the Allies), lay in the militaristic ideologies and expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan. B. separate A) the Nazi doctrine of Aryan racial superiority. a.) A) U.S. delegate to the League of Nations A second series of interviews, called "Dear Mr. President," was recorded in January and February 1942. What was the Double Victory? D. The population stayed roughly the same as auto factories were converted to produce munitions. C) mobilization brought economic benefits to the United States. ", d.) d.) What was the Atlantic Charter? Millions of men and women entered military service and saw parts of the world they would likely never have seen otherwise. C. make certain that the United States would stay neutral. B) the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the Nuremberg Trials It could no longer defend the mainland. Japan had also developed the atomic bomb C. Americans suffered heavy losses at Pearl Harbor. Presumably, the agreement to safeguard the identity of these persons was intentional, as some of the interviewees worked for the Federal government and/or otherwise required anonymity in order to participate. American concerns over Japanese aggression in the Pacific. Choose which phrase was a factor in President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. It is actual collaboration so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all the oceans, are now considered by the Axis strategists as one gigantic battlefield. "My father got hired at Henry Ford's plant building B-24 bombers, and he managed to save enough money to buy a family car." D) They felt it more prudent to use diplomatic means to shut down the camps. D. Both collections are included in this presentation. In 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, creating World War IIs Axis powers. B. less denouncement Why did Roosevelt and the other Allied leaders decide to pursue a "Europe First" strategy in the war? C. committed suicide in his bunker. B.It showed the United States clearly supported the Allies. Copyright 2023 Facing History & Ourselves. D) the division of Germany into communist and non-communist sectors. Pressure from China, a.) But now this isnt so bad anymore. Students connect themes from the film to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's concept of single stories," and then consider what it would take to tell more equitable and accurate narratives. drastically cut back its defense industries. In 1921 and 1924, the US Congress passed immigration laws that severely limited the number and national origin of new immigrants. Congress began negotiating a new immigration bill, which would set quotas for the first time on the number of immigrants from each country who could enter the United States. One important effect of the D-Day invasion was that Hours later, the United States declared war on both countries. D. American women and minorities found new opportunities. (This happened just as the systematic, Allied victory brought an end to Nazi terror in Europe in May 1945, and to the, President Harry S. Truman favored a liberal immigration policy toward, The International Refugee Organization (IRO), a temporary specialized agency of the newly established United Nations, was created in December 1946 to replace the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGC), which had originally been created during the. He said, in part: The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has paralleled the course of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and in Africa. C. The safety of Japanese Americans was threatened because most of the Japanese American community lived in war zones. After World War I, America became an isolationist nation. Which argument sums up the difference between isolationists and interventionists regarding aid to the Allies? A) the war in Europe was over. Claudia Bautista, Santa Monica, Calif. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. A. growing their own food in "victory gardens.". The main idea behind the United Nations was to A) A group of Nazi generals hatched the plan to assassinate Hitler. In what periods was the Mississippi River a national boundary, and why was control of the river important for the United States? By capturing nearby islands, the U.S. could install military bases to keep Japan in check. "Over 90% of us were relocated against our will to assembly centers during the war." c.) World War II is also known as the Second World War and it was a period of intense conflict which officially started on the 1st of September, 1939 and ended on the 2nd of September 1945. 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. D. For this reason, the Library has edited the Washington, D.C., audiotapes and transcripts to remove interviewee names. Through the government's bracero program, limiting further U.S. casualties ", d.) Dec. 11. D. universal education. B. economic equality C) destroy the nation of Japan. Germany and Japan were to pay for the resettlement of displaced persons from the countries they formerly occupied. The postwar world also presented Americans with a number of problems and issues. "We were informed that our corporation would remain subject to antitrust regulations." America Declares War on Germany. What position did Eleanor Roosevelt take up after the war? C. laborers migrated from Mexico to work on farms in the West. After World War II, the American people continued to oppose increased immigration. B. Interventionists finally agreed with the isolationist position. D. WACs did important jobs, including driving trucks and clerical work, for the United States Army. the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the . A. gave orders to surrender. A) the American defense industry declined after the war. A. A. Place the events that led up to U.S. involvement in World War II in the correct order, following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. b.) They underestimated Japan's ability to project military force in the Pacific. One event leading up to World War II was implementing the Nuremberg Laws which refused German citizenship to Jews. After World War II, the United States of America entered a period of material abundance, caused largely by increased production. ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." C) Germany's attention was diverted from the war in the Pacific. What ultimately prevented the Nazis from conquering Great Britain in 1940? The Nazi forces were able to buy time for more reinforcements to arrive. Hitler 's greatest strategic disadvantage in opposing the Allies' imminent reentry into Europe lay in the immense stretch of Germany 's conquests, from the west coast of France to the east coast of Greece. C) The Nazis' anti-Semitic propaganda campaign was popular in America. Why was Hitler happy that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to. A portion of this project aimed to create documentary recordings of Americans from around the country who described their lives, sang their songs, and told the stories of their own regions. ", Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy." Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. This led to so-called midnight races, where passenger ships raced to reach the United States as soon as possible at the beginning of each month, when new portions of the quota were opened. Insisting that a penny saved is a penny earned, Benjamin Franklin was well known for his___ ways. Question 9. Kristallnacht is the name given to describe d) Americans experienced a series of military losses. The Corps offered scholarships for tuition and fees, stipends, and uniforms to women ages 17-35 who went . B) save lives. The Act, which authorized 200,000 displaced persons to enter the United States, mortgaged the still-extant 1924 immigration quotas, allowing up to 50% of future quota spaces to be used on behalf of displaced persons, with few exceptions. "As a business owner, I had to begin to deduct a federal income tax from my employees' paychecks. It would allow the Allies to gain control of the precious oil fields in the Middle East. . World War II was just six years long but surprisingly, it had two presidents ruling the United States during its course. D) World War II and the Korean Conflict, "The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members." The project's staff believed that most commercial radio broadcasts of the day were dominated by programs created in the great urban centers and that these programs failed to reflect regional culture, local talent, and, in particular, the voices of the people speaking in their own words. The most pressing threat, the Allieds decided in the beginning, was Hitler's Germany. With the help of American troops, the Allies were able to push back Germany in Europe by 1944 and the United States ended World War II in August of 1945 with the atomic bombing of Japan. "We began a civil rights campaign to achieve both a victory in Europe and a victory over racism in the U.S." A) Spanish Civil War and World War II The United States will probably no longer make aircraft, weapons, and transport available to England so carelessly, as it can be assumed that they will need these for their own war against Japan. Faced with Congressional inaction, he issued a statement, known as the "Truman Directive," on December 22, 1945, announcing that DPs would be granted priority for US visas within the existing quota system. D.It showed Roosevelt could be flexible when negotiating with the Soviet Union. There were several well-publicized cases of Japanese American spies being caught operating in the United States. D. A. C. holding off a German offensive by himself after ordering his troops to withdraw. U.S. and British forces struck a major blow against the Nazis' capacity to make war by C. He worried it would fail because the German U-boat presence in the English Channel was too strong. 1,584cc air-cooled OHV flat 4-cylinder engine Single Solex 34 PICT 3 carburetor 46bhp at 4,000rpm 4-speed manual transmission 4-wheel independent suspension 4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes *Lots of dealer installed options *Complete with top, side curtains, and wooden floormats *Nary a more perfect summer ride exists The Type 181The Thing Volkswagen's "Thing" had its roots in a military . The United States declares war against Japan. Planning for the post-World War II world began before the United States even entered the conflict. b.) Although the IRO constitution was drawn up in December 1946, the organization did not begin work until 1948, when the nations paying the majority of the IROs expenses had ratified the constitution. B. Interventionists thought aid would bring us into war; isolationists thought aid would keep us out of the war. How did the countrys reasons for fighting the war, as articulated by Roosevelt, differ from those of Germany. "The group that benefited most, economically, from wartime production was U.S soldiers." D. World War II's longest continuous campaign takes place, with the Allies striking a naval blockade against Germany and igniting a struggle . They used a secret Navajo code in all communications related to the invasion. "Corporations and business owners used the assembly line to tackle production on a massive scale. c.) Main telephone: 202.488.0400 issued Executive Order 8802. D) Germany was forced to fight a war on two fronts. the Japanese were not expecting a U.S. offensive there. B. was killed by Soviet troops. C. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In 1958 and 1966, presidents Eisenhower and Johnson issued parole directives to aid 30,700 Hungarian refugees and nearly 500,000 Cuban refugees fleeing their nations revolutions, reclassifying these refugees as permanent US residents. 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. Even the 300,000 combat deaths suffered by Americans paled in comparison to any other major belligerent. B. Other countries fared worse: Poland, with a, Throughout the 1930s, most Americans opposed changing or adjusting the Johnson-Reed Act, fearing that immigrants, including those fleeing persecution, would compete for scarce jobs and burden public services in the midst of the, The only significant attempt to pass a law to aid refugees came in 1939, when Democratic Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Republican Congresswoman Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced. Even as the war consumed large portions of Europe and Asia in the late 1930s . Usually there was bipartisan support for most US foreign policy initiatives. D) publish material opposing the government. World War Two ended finally in the summer of nineteen forty-five. banned resident aliens from owning property. More colleges and universities were built in the United States. Japan had a larger army and more airplanes and submarines than the Americans. The only significant attempt to pass a law to aid refugees came in 1939, when Democratic Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Republican Congresswoman Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced legislation in both houses of Congress that would allow 20,000 German refugee children under the age of 14 into the country over two years outside of the immigration quotas. None passed. It would require fewer resources and pave the way for an Allied invasion of Italy. After the United States entered World War II, A. the federal government seized control of factories in order to increase war production. State Department officials could advise a potential immigrant on the probability that he/she would be allowed to enter due to health or economic status, but entry decisions were made upon disembarking in the United States. Congress finally passed a Displaced Persons Act only reluctantly, and without public hearings. c.) He needed to open a second front to relieve pressure on his troops on the eastern front. C. d.) How was the federal government able to borrow money from U.S. citizens? The result is a portrait of everyday life in America as the United States entered World War II. 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. In the late 1930s, Jews fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe were consistently referred to as refugees. However, this term had no legal meaning under US law, save for theoretically exempting these immigrants from having to pass a literacy test. B. Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL]. A) officially recognizing the state of Israel. 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. B. destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts. After a day the incident, on 8th September 1941, United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war on Japan and made its first entry into WW2. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066, which President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (known as the Hart-Celler Act), which eliminated the national origins quotas that for 40 years had seriously limited the ability of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, to obtain US immigration visas. c) it maintained control of the Philippines. D. to destroy Japan's most important naval outpost and eliminate their ability to launch further airstrikes, Americans on the home front demonstrated their patriotism and helped combat shortages by A. The United States remained neutral in . d.) The legislation never made it out of committee for a vote. A. D. supreme. How does Donne's tone in this meditation support the point he is trying to make? A) punish Japan for carrying on the war. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States declared war against Japan and entered World War II. D. The U.S. rejected Japan's demand of expansion. D. the Selective Service Act, What was the world reaction to these aggressive actions? Polling also showed that more Americans supported immigration limits on Jewish DPs than on Germans who had left their homes fleeing Soviet occupation. The American forces liberated Paris and much of occupied France. To secure an unconditional surrender from Japan, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of _____ and ", b.) B) membership of the U.N. Security Council was determined. supporting the United States in the war against Japan A. racial tensions related to the huge influx of laborers from Mexico. When World War I broke out across Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the United States would remain neutral, and many Americans supported . The 1951 Convention defines the obligations of signatory nations to refugees, and vice versa. C. More expansion 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. b.) d.) "We were forced by the government to move from California because they feared we might be capable of sabotage or espionage." Wallace would later become a crucial part of the US Navy, and serve as a Corpsman in the Pacific Theater. c.) To free Australia from Japanese occupation D. flying more successful bombing missions over Japan than any other pilot in the war. A) one million people. D. ", Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II. When did the United States enter World War II? A. a group of volunteer fighter pilots who fought the Japanese in the Pacific. a.) Had this amendment been enacted, American response to the refugee crisis in the 1930s may have been quite different. C. B) the Great Depression destroyed U.S. foreign trade. C. Native Americans recruited from nearby reservations in New Mexico. b.) The executive branch of the U.S. government was given unprecedented authority with A. defectors from the Soviet Union. A. Which was effectively an economic declaration of war against Germany and the Axis Powers? his successful campaigns in North Africa and Sicily. In March 1980, Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980, expressing that it is the historic policy of the United States to respond to the urgent needs of persons subject to persecution in their homelands. The Act laid out the procedures for the admission of refugees into the United States and how the US would fulfill its obligations as a signatory of the United Nations Refugee Protocol. work on the development of an atomic bomb. Our headquarters are located at: 89 South Street, Suite 401, Boston, MA 02111. 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. It gave Germany a pledge of military support from the Soviet Union. Allied forces strategy during World War II. 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.". B. B) the coup which put Hitler into power in 1933. C. A. more denouncement Since 1980, the United States has had a defined procedure for carrying out the countrys agreed-upon duties under the protocol. The relationship between the Allies was complicated by C. A) victory over fear and want, as described in the Four Freedoms speech In the following sentences, underline the gerund. Americans and the Holocaust online exhibition, Teaching Materials on Americans and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library bibliography: The United States and the Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center. World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939-45. What were the reasons behind the U.S. assault on the island of Guadalcanal? The Convention does not specify how signatories determine or assign refugee status. By 1948, a new form of international tension had emerged--Cold War--between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. Following World War I, the United States hoped to avoid further entanglement with European politics that had drawn us into war. B. boost the morale of troops by sending popular entertainers overseas. Its involvement culminated in using newly American invented nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to defeat Imperial Japan in the Pacific War. With war already raging in Asia, the invasion sparked a global conflict that lasted until 1945. The United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on _____. What was the main result of the Wannsee Conference in January 1942? D. C. WACs sponsored fund raisers to purchase government war bonds. D. a German airborne force who rescued Mussolini from a mountaintop fortress in Italy. In the end, the United States was forced into the war on December 7th, 1941 when Japan surprise attack the United States at Pearl Harbor. "My factory converted its production lines to produce bombers, and we hired more workers. A. It would prevent the Axis from receiving reinforcements from Japan's Indian Ocean fleet. D. What was the result of the Battle of the Bulge? They needed to wrest control of the Suez Canal and the oilfields in the Middle East from Italy first. I believe the admission of these persons will add to the strength and energy of the nation. Still, Congress delayed action. A) less than one quarter Hence, the sudden attack almost shocked the entire United States. . retroactively revoked their citizenship. Savage fighting and heavy American casualties occurred in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. 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. Prevention of Soviet expansion in Asia A ceasefire and Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918.Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to the United Kingdom, France, and the other powers of the Allies of World War I. B) victory over the Axis Powers and the Soviet Union This request resulted in approximately four and one half hours of recordings that were used to create a fifteen-minute radio program for the Mutual Broadcasting System. The IRO also operated the International Tracing Service whose purpose was to help survivors find their families and learn the fate of loved ones. A) travel anywhere within the country. African American workers were paid the same wages as whites. This presentation was made possible with the generous support of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the New Deal Network. After the United States entered World War II, immigrants from which of the following countries became eligible for U.S. citizenship? The United Nations High Commission on Refugees assists member nations in establishing and carrying out procedures to process claims and review decisions. How did WACs contribute to the American war effort? The United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention granted legal protection to refugees but placed limitations on qualifying for refugee status. 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. At the Potsdam Conference, the What did the dictators of totalitarian systems have in common? In 1951, the United Nations adopted the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which has been signed by 145 nations. b.) The 1951 Convention only applied to persons who became refugees as a result of events occurring [in Europe] before 1 January 1951. These limits in time and geography were in place until 1967, when the Refugee Protocol expanded refugee protection to people fleeing persecution worldwide on a more permanent basis. The Act, which authorized 200,000 displaced persons to enter the United States, "mortgaged" the still-extant . "As the war continued, the economy weakened, leaving most working American families poor." "I was outraged when the government nationalized my business and forced us to produce war material." Depression; Isolationists thought aid would prolong the Depression. According to Roosevelt, what principles was the United States fighting for? dividing power in Germany amongst the Allied Powers How did President Roosevelt lead the mobilization of the war effort? B) join political organizations. A. When did the United States enter World War I? B) provide the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question." d.) promote the spread of democracy all over the world. Why did the Allies decide to wage a campaign in North Africa rather than the European mainland? D. General Marshall was too valuable to remove from his position as Army Chief of Staff. A combination of presidential directives and congressional legislation aided other specific groups of refugees. cutting off its access to the rich Caucasus oil fields. As a result, the quota for the British Isles rose from 34,007 to 65,721, while the quota for Germany fell significantly, from 51,227 to 25,957. "I thought the government should have adopted deficit spending during the war instead of focusing on keeping a balanced budget." In these past few yearsand, most violently, in the past three dayswe have learned a terrible lesson. Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. These laws did not change in the 1930s, as desperate Jewish refugees attempted to immigrate from Nazi Germany. a.) Fears of infiltration and espionage led to additional restrictions on visa applicants. "President Roosevelt nationalized the shipping and shipbuilding industries." 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