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Which of the following statements does NOT apply to California in WWII? |
| | A) | Until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, most Californians were isolationists. |
| | B) | The Depression had ended, and the war came as an unwelcome distraction from economic recovery. |
| | C) | The state's population had grown about 20 percent during the Depression. |
| | D) | The state's per capita wealth had tripled by 1945. |
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The most important wartime industries in California were |
| | A) | bridge and dam building. |
| | B) | oil and steel industries. |
| | C) | ship and airplane manufacturing. |
| | D) | bomb and munitions production. |
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Race relations in wartime California can be described as |
| | A) | typifying the discriminatory practices operating in many southern states. |
| | B) | prompting blacks to organize for equal labor rights. |
| | C) | contributing to the worst stateside disaster of the war. |
| | D) | all of these. |
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Which of these men was not a leading aircraft industry figure during WWII |
| | A) | Donald Douglas. |
| | B) | Allen Loughead. |
| | C) | T. Claude Ryan. |
| | D) | John Northrop. |
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Which of the following is true of women workers in wartime industry? |
| | A) | They represented some 40 percent of the workforce. |
| | B) | They were welcomed and supported by most men. |
| | C) | Many of them preferred to serve in the military. |
| | D) | all of these |
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According to the text, the "relocation" of Japanese Americans during the war was |
| | A) | a tragic and needless blunder. |
| | B) | influenced by stereotypical racist delusions about them. |
| | C) | promoted by numerous politicians in inflammatory speeches and reports. |
| | D) | all of these. |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true ? |
| | A) | In February 1942, President Truman signed Executive Order 9066. |
| | B) | In March 1942, all persons of Japanese ancestry in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona were ordered to await evacuation. |
| | C) | Of the 93,000 Japanese Americans in California, more than half were American-born citizens. |
| | D) | The Japanese living in the Hawaiian Islands were imprisoned "for their own safety." |
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