True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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The United States initiated its first peacetime military draft before the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
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Oklahoma had a number of Japanese American relocation centers, but it did not
have any prisoner of war camps.
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Urban growth after World War II created a housing shortage.
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4.
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The GI Bill provided higher salaries for military personnel.
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5.
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The United States sent forces to Korea in an attempt to gain control of the
country’s resources.
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6.
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Governor Johnston Murray’s administration approved plans for three
branches of the new interstate highway system.
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7.
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NASA’s first man-in-space program was the Mercury project.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What step did Adolf Hitler NOT propose to make Germany a strong nation
again?
A) | regaining lost territory | B) | forming strong alliances | C) | conquering new
territory | D) | ridding the country of undesirables |
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Because Germany and the Soviet Union did not trust one another, what type of
agreement did they sign in 1939?
A) | a military alliance | B) | a neutrality treaty | C) | a trade
agreement | D) | a nonaggression pact |
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Which town was established to provide a community for the people stationed at
Tinker Field?
A) | Burns Flat | B) | Midwest City | C) | Shawnee | D) | Stringtown |
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4.
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Which tribe served as code talkers in the Pacific Theatre of World War
II?
A) | Cherokee | B) | Navajo | C) | Osage | D) | Seminole |
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Who was the president of the United States when the atomic bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A) | Dwight Eisenhower | B) | Franklin Roosevelt | C) | Harry
Truman | D) | Woodrow Wilson |
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Which was NOT a factor in attracting Oklahomans to cities after World War
II?
A) | more opportunities for entertainment | B) | fewer farm jobs due to
mechanization | C) | better schools for Oklahoma’s children | D) | the existence of
jobs with steady incomes |
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What factor did NOT affect Oklahoma’s decision to consolidate a number of
schools after World War II?
A) | to cut expenses | B) | to acquire better teachers | C) | to address the
declining rural population | D) | to take advantage of improved
transportation |
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What amusement park did NOT open in Oklahoma after World War I?
A) | Frontier City | B) | Skyline | C) | Springlake | D) | Wedgewood |
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What was the first hydroelectric dam built in Oklahoma?
A) | Denison Dam | B) | Eufaula Dam | C) | Hoover
Dam | D) | Pensacola Dam |
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Who was governor of Oklahoma when prohibition was repealed?
A) | J. Howard Edmondson | B) | Raymond Gary | C) | Robert S.
Kerr | D) | Johnston Murray |
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Matching
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Match the person with the phrase that describes each. A) | Carl Albert | F) | Clara Luper | B) | Mae Boren Axton | G) | Bill Mauldin | C) | Raymond
Gary | H) | Ada Lois
Sipuel | D) | Amos T. Hall | I) | Clarence Leonard Tinker | E) | Robert S. Kerr | J) | Roy J. Turner |
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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co-writer of Elvis Presley’s hit, “Heartbreak Hotel”
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Oklahoma governor who worked to abolish segregation laws
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