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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a victory girl?

2. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

3. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?

4. What was Battle Fatigue called during World War I?

5. How did Yasuko Kurachi Dower believe most Japanese civilians felt about the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, what was ironic about the consumption of consumer goods during the war?

2. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

3. What happened to the city children from London who were shipped to safer areas in the country during the war, according to John Baker?

4. Why did the FBI suspect the cartoonist, Milton Caniff?

5. According to Yasuko Dower, what was different about American customs that she observed when the country was occupied by U.S. troops?

6. Why does Jacques Raboud believe it will be difficult for his generation to erase hatred?

7. How did Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

8. According to John Houseman, why was it important for the Office of War Information to broadcast defeats as well as victories?

9. What does George Oremont say was required to make money during the war?

10. What was George Page's strategy for making money on rentals during the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some respondents expressed a complete change in attitude and feelings once having met the enemy face to face. Using examples from the text, explain what happened to many of the participants when they became more familiar with those on the other side of the conflict.

Essay Topic 2

In your essay, discuss the unifying elements that brought Germans and Americans, Japanese and Americans, and other groups together both during and after the war. What factors made these reconciliations possible?

Essay Topic 3

"It was easy not to know," said one reporter. Participants on both sides of the conflict claimed ignorance of events, policies and plans. Cite examples of deliberate or programmed ignorance and discuss why such ignorance was possible or necessary.

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