Question 1
All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that
A. the attack involved perhaps the largest number of naval vessels and armaments ever assembled in one place.
B. within a week, German forces had been dislodged from most of the Normandy coast.
C. Allied paratroopers were dropped behind German lines prior to the beach landings.
D. the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
E. American, British, and Canadian forces stormed the beaches on June 6, 1944.
Question 2
In the 1944 elections,
A. Thomas Dewey nearly won the electoral vote.
B. Democrats increased their control of the House.
C. Republicans gained control of the Senate.
D. Henry Wallace was elected vice president.
E. President Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to campaign.
Question 3
A significant issue in the 1944 election was
A. America's relationship with the Soviet Union.
B. corruption charges involving the White House.
C. civil rights.
D. the domestic economy.
E. the strategy of the war.
Question 4
During World War II, Congress abolished the
A. WPA and FDIC.
B. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
C. Works Progress Administration (WPA).
D. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
E. CCC and WPA.
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