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USHC Unit 7
USHC Unit 7
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WWII, Interwar Years, and the Cold War
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1
President Truman justified using atomic bombs by
saying he didn't know what they'd do
the American public wanted it
the Allies deserved seeing Japan's destruction
it would save lives
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T/F: President Roosevelt strongly supported isolationism.
False
True
3
Who won the Korean War?
North Korea
no one
South Korea
the US
4
To expand educational and housing opportunities the US passed
National Highway laws
National Defense Education Act
GI Bill
Neutrality Laws
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The significance of the war trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo was that
following orders was an acceptable excuse
mercy can be extended under all circumstances
individuals would be responsible for their actions
only high officials are to be held accountable
6
The Red Scare and McCarthyism led to
executing many criminals
violation of many Americans' civil rights
ridding the country of Communists
Communist Party grew in the US
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To remove a communist dictator from power Pres. Kennedy
sent the Green Berets to assassinate Stalin
formed NATO
was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion
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The plan to give aid to Greece to help fight Communist rebels was
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Neutrality
NATO
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The US entered WWII after
Battle of Britain
France asked for help
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
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Suburbs developed due to the increase in highways and
farm land going unused
marriages
automobile ownership
baby boom
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To starve West Berlin into submitting to Communist rule the Soviets
put a blockade around West Berlin
submitted West Berlin to strict rationing
burned all crops in West Berlin
bombed stores
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African Americans serving in the military led them to increase their efforts to
join the armed forces in record numbers
end racial discrimination
comply with Jim Crow Laws
move back South
13
In order to prevent people from fleeing to freedom in West Berlin the Soviets
built the Great Wall
instituted a travel ban
took over West Berlin
built the Berlin Wall
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In order to help countries resist the lure of communism the US instituted
Lend-Lease Program
the Warsaw Pact
the Marshall Plan
NATO
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policy that limits Soviet influence in Europe was
isolationism
brinkmanship
isolationism
containment
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Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps because they were
viewed as a security threat
racist
pacifists
spies
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passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations is ex. of
containment
brinkmanship
internment
isolationism
18
The last German offensive was
Battle of Britain
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Midway
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This allowed the US to participate in offensive action to take enemy territory.
Pearl Harbor
El Alamein
Verdun
Midway
20
A shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace for
older men
women
young men
children
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The delay in marriages due to WWII led to
counterculture movements
married housing shortage
baby boom
empty schools
22
the beginning of the Space Race was
the moon landing
Apollo I
Saturn V
Sputnik
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Conserving food for the war effort led to
rationing
starvation
riots
sale of war bonds
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A new women's rights movement was sparked by
the Baby Boom
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Feminine Mystique
women working in the military
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Women who worked outside the home during WWII were likely
maids
factory workers
cooks
nannies