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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 did Erich Luth refuse to fire his gun in the German army?

2. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?

3. After the war, how did the community in Long Beach change, according to Sheril Cunning?

4. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?

5. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Lowell Steward, what was the status of the black Tuskegee flying squadron?

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

6. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

7. What was the result of Joseph Small's mutiny trial?

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

9. What does Werner Burckhardt believe offers hope for the future of mankind?

10. How were thieves in the army able to fool the MPs, according to Alvin Bridges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Entertainment was thought by many to be as important to an effective fighting force as nutrition and weapons. Discuss the importance of entertainment, and its effect on the troops during the war.

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

Several respondents in this book refer to conflicts within the U.S. that were brought forward and/or resolved during the war. In your essay, discuss those conflicts - how they came about and how they were affected by the war.

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