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21.FDR’s issuance of Executive Order 8802 a.allowed women to join the Army-Air Corps. b.required participation in scrap drives and victory gardens. c.gave approval for the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. d.banned racial discrimination in employment for defense industries. 22.Meetings of Allied leaders at Casablanca and Tehran revealed that a.China would not continue to aid the Allies’ cause. b.Japan was on the verge of surrender. c.the Soviet Union was no longer experiencing significant casualties. d.the Allies possessed differing views of the world after the war. 23.After the fall of Mussolini a.the Axis powers withdrew all of their troops from central Europe. b.the British shifted their focus back to North Africa. c.bitter fighting for the control of Italy took place between the Allies and Germany. d.George Patton was able to invade eastern France. 24.“Operation OVERLORD” was the code name for the a.reelection strategy of FDR. b.project to build the atomic bomb. c.D-Day invasion. d.Soviet counterattack at Stalingrad. 25.Britain and the United States began their European offensive against Germany by invading a.France. b.Italy. c.Norway. d.the Netherlands. 26.  The most important result of the fighting after the Allied landing at Normandy was a.the toppling of Mussolini’s government in Italy. b.the retreat of the Germans out of France. c.the emergence of Harry Truman’s skills as a presidential leader. d.that it coincided with the Americans’ victory at Kasserine Pass. 27. The purpose of the D-Day invasion was to a.knock Italy out of the war. b.liberate France from German control. c.topple the government of Emperor Hirohito. d.establish military ports in North Africa. 28. An important turning point in the bombing raids of Germany occurred when a.the Germans ran out of antiaircraft ammunition. b.America decided to stop the practice of daylight bombing. c.Hitler committed suicide in late 1943. d.P-51 fighters began to successfully escort American bombers in relative safety. 29. ____________ had the highest number of total dead in World War II. a.The Soviet Union b.China c.Germany d.Japan 30. All of the following statements about the bomb raids of Germany are true EXCEPT which one? a.Allied bombing raids on factories began to cripple the German economy. b.The American airmen took off in heavily armed planes from bases in Britain. c.The Allies bombed Dresden because it was the most important industrial center of Germany. d.Daylight bombing improved the efficiency of bombing raids on factories. Â