Question 1
The federal government's budget in 1945 had increased more than ten-fold from 1939.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 2
Congress enacted a system of automatic tax withholding through payroll deductions as a wartime measure.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 3
The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after
A. the Japanese government announced that the United States had only one atomic bomb.
B. the Soviet Union announced it would not enter into war against Japan.
C. the Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb.
D. the emperor of Japan declared that his country would fight to the death.
E. the emperor of Japan asked the United States for more time to consider surrendering.
Question 4
The Japanese surrender to the United States
A. was announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped.
B. occurred on September 2, 1945.
C. was formally signed on the American battleship Missouri.
D. was both formally signed on the American battleship Missouri and announced a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped.
E. All these answers are correct.
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