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

2. According to Tommy Corcoran why did the Allies partner with Russia against the Axis?

3. What two ethnic groups does Charlie Miller believe have a "natural hatred" for each other?

4. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?

5. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Elsie Rossio and Georgia Gleason agree about when discussing the war?

5. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

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

7. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

8. How did Galatea Berger say the Third Reich was recorded in her school history classes?

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

10. What made Sheril Cunning sad about John Wayne war movies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Officers often kept the troops in ignorance of their destinations, missions and purposes. Give your opinion as to why this was so, and the result of programmed ignorance on the troops and on the outcome of their efforts.

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

Some respondents reported being disillusioned as allies became enemies and enemies changed into allies. In your essay, discuss why these changes took place and why some of those on the ground were disillusioned by those shifts in policy.

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