23. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 23: Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II

**Quiz for Document 23.1: Why We Fight: Prelude to War Transcript (1942)**

Quiz for Document 23.1: Why We Fight: Prelude to War Transcript (1942)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. What was the purpose of the Frank Capra film Prelude to War?

To explain the conflict so that the American public was informed

To persuade American men to enlist in the armed forces

To prevent the spread of fascist ideology in the United States

To sell the war and define Americans’ perceptions about it

2. The transcript from the Capra film describes the Japanese and their leaders as

sneaky and untrustworthy.

fanatical and sinister.

intelligent and efficient.

backward and subhuman.

3. What is the likely reason that the transcript describes the Japanese in greater detail than the Germans and the Italians?

Most Americans knew much less about Japan than about Germany and Italy.

To educate Americans about why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

To persuade Americans that the Japanese were just as dangerous as the Germans

Most Americans had positive stereotypes about Asians that the writers wanted to undermine.

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