Writing Workshop: Creating an Argumentative Essay — Unit test

Question 1

A negative economic effect of World War II was

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huge losses in agriculture.

Question 2

Which sentence states a reason that would support a claim in favor of American use of the atomic bomb during World War II?

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Japan’s surrender came just days after the bombing of Hiroshima, ending the war and saving countless lives.

Question 3

During World War II, the Allies were able to go on the offensive against Japan after

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the US won the Battle of Midway.

Question 4

When Bataan fell in April 1942, most US and Filipino soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese

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were beaten and marched to a POW camp by Japanese soldiers.

Question 5

During World War II, the Battle of Midway was significant because it

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evened the naval strength of the Japanese and US fleets.

Question 6

Read the draft of a body paragraph in an argumentative essay.Executive Order 9066 was a response to suspicion and prejudice. In the days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, military commanders were concerned because most Japanese Americans lived on the West Coast, where many military installations were also located. As a result, nearly all Japanese Americans on the West Coast were relocated and interned. This was clearly unconstitutional.How could the writer improve this draft?

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by creating another paragraph with evidence of unconstitutionality

Question 7

The Nuremberg trials after World War II were largely a symbolic exercise because

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a small number of Nazis were charged.

Question 8

Which controversial general commanded the US 7th Army in the Allied conquest of Sicily?

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George Patton

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