Correct. The answer is b. The data included in Figure 24.3 support the conclusion that the incredibly high industrial output of the United States contributed significantly to the Allied victory against the Axis Powers in 1945.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The data included in Figure 24.3 support the conclusion that the incredibly high industrial output of the United States contributed significantly to the Allied victory against the Axis Powers in 1945.

Correct. The answer is d. The data show that, because it bore the brunt of the fight against the Nazis from 1941 to 1944, the Soviet Union sustained an incredibly high number of military and civilian casualties and its limited economic output was seriously taxed. During that same period, while the United States was delaying an invasion on the basis that it did not yet have sufficient war production, its gross domestic product increased nearly twofold. The high rate of Soviet casualties juxtaposed with the tremendous growth in the economic output of the United States makes clear why Stalin insisted that the United States and United Kingdom invade France and Germany in order to relieve pressure on the Soviet army.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The data show that, because it bore the brunt of the fight against the Nazis from 1941 to 1944, the Soviet Union sustained an incredibly high number of military and civilian casualties and its limited economic output was seriously taxed. During that same period, while the United States was delaying an invasion on the basis that it did not yet have sufficient war production, its gross domestic product increased nearly twofold. The high rate of Soviet casualties juxtaposed with the tremendous growth in the economic output of the United States makes clear why Stalin insisted that the United States and United Kingdom invade France and Germany in order to relieve pressure on the Soviet army.

Correct. The answer is c. The major reason why the United States was able to boost its gross domestic product so dramatically during World War II was that it was neither occupied nor fighting a war on its own soil. Unlike those in other nations at war, American civilians were protected from harm and its factories were undamaged, which allowed the nation to focus its energies on industrial production.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The major reason why the United States was able to boost its gross domestic product so dramatically during World War II was that it was neither occupied nor fighting a war on its own soil. Unlike those in other nations at war, American civilians were protected from harm and its factories were undamaged, which allowed the nation to focus its energies on industrial production.