What was the main priority of the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a. Defeat Japan as quickly as possible
b. Recover the Hawaiian Islands
c. Defeat Germany first and then turn its great naval war machine against Japan
d. Remain neutral, while buying time to build up industrial and military supplies
e. Defend "Fortress America" from the expected combined Japanese and German invasion of the United States
c
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A) refused to form households. B) came to the New World in greater numbers than men. C) were likely to come as indentured servants. D) emigrated from Britain in numbers about equal to their men.
FDR's Executive Order 8802 authorized the creation of a:
A) black air wing. B) panel to oversee the desegregation of the military. C) Fair Employment Practices Committee to ensure fair-hiring practices in defense industries. D) congressional committee to study the dismantling of Jim Crow in the South.
The one real strength of the League of Nations was that __________
A. it had both persuasive and coercive powers B. there was a consensus about its principles C. it included all European nations and the U.S. D. it was opposed to colonialism
Western road building in the early 1800s faced all of the following problems except
a. the expense. b. states' rights advocates' opposition. c. eastern states' opposition. d. rigorous economic competition from steamboat traffic, which undermined the argument for improved and more connecting western roads. e. wartime interruptions.