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AH II Unit 5 Review: WWII and Early Cold War
AH II Unit 5 Review: WWII and Early Cold War
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Unit 5 Review: World War II and Early Cold War
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this committee was created to hunt down communists in the US
McCarthyism
Anti-Red Committee
HUAC
NASA
2
This island-nation chose to side with the Soviets, causing fear and panic in the US
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Cuba
3
Leaders must be held accountable for crimes against humanity. This precedent was set at
Munich Conference
Yalta Conference
Plessy v. Ferguson court case
Nuremburg Trials
4
Hitler signed this non-aggression pact with which nation when dividing Poland
Japan
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
5
Why did Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
End the war quickly with less American casualties
Soviets urged Truman to drop bomb
Japanese called Truman's bluff when threatened with bomb
End quickly with few Japanese <br>casualties
6
This event officially started WWII in Europe
Nazi rearmament
Nazi invasion of France
Nazi invasion of Poland
Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia
7
the Baby Boom was
Decrease in American population
Babys were used in Nuclear experiments
a time in which population increased after WWII
8
Tense situation in which Americans provided E. Berlin with supplies to survive USSR blockade
Berlin Airlift
West Berlin Solidarity
Berlin Wall
East Berlin Tragedy
9
US moved to this policy of neutrality in which nations must pay up front for goods
Cash and Carry
Laissez-faire
Destroyers for Bases
Lend-Lease
10
$13 billion in aid to keep re-building nations from turning to communism
Stalin Plan
Truman Plan
Marshall Plan
Keenan Plan
11
Britain and France avoided war by conceding to Hitler's demands. This is an example of _______
pleasing
containment
appeasement
side-stepping
12
The Atlantic Charter was...
Hitler and Mussolini's meeting to strategize
FDR and Churchill's meeting for post-war peace
meeting between Hitler and FDR to end WWII
America's plan for attack on Japan
13
The United States economy moved from a manufacturing economy to a ________ in the 1950s
Communist economy
Buying economy
Service economy
Capitalist economy
14
Which of the following is not a totalitarian dictator of the 1930s
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
15
What foreign policy was adopted by President Truman in 1947?
Neutrality
Isolationism
Containment
Imperialism
16
The American's plan of invading Normandy to liberate Nazi-controlled France
VD-Day
D-Day
V-E Day
E-Day
17
Due to the financial depression of the 1920s in Europe, what governments took control?
Democratic
Monarchy
Totalitarian
Theocratic
18
This American senator infamously claimed communist activity within American government
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph McCarthy
Robert McNamara
19
What was the purpose of America's foreign policy of Containment?
Contain Nazi influence from spreading through Europe
Keep communism from spreading
Allow Soviet influence around the world
keep democracy from reaching Eastern Europe
20
"A day that will live in infamy." - FDR (December 7, 1941)
FDR loses feeling in his legs
Mussolini takes over Ethiopia
Hitler surrenders
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
21
How did the American government lead the war effort during WWII
increasing taxes on the rich
encouraging public to ration food and goods
regulating the economy
creating propaganda through film
22
What was Fred Korematsu challenging in his historic court case against the US?
Citizenship of Japanese-Americans
the quality of his facial surgery
government's power to limit rights
not allowing Japanese-Americans to fight in combat
23
What was the overall effect the Red Scare had on American society in the 1950s?
increase in Americans moving to USSR
Limits on what one could study in school
freedom to choose ideological affiliation
limits on civil liberties
24
First major war in which the US was called upon to contain communism
Vietnam War
WWI
100 Years' War
Korean War
25
Which two nations emerged as super powers after WWII
USA and Mexico
USSR and Germany
USSR and Chad
USA and USSR
26
Which international organization was created to avoid future conflicts after WWII?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
27
The Soviets shutting communist Eastern Europe to Western Europe was
The Iron Wall
The Iron Curtain
The Wooden Wall
Berlin Wall
28
What military tactic did General MacArthur use to push Japanese military back?
Island Skipping
Trench Warfare
Nuclear Warfare
Island Hopping
29
How did FDR announce the official internment of Japanese internment?
Executive Order 4040
Executive Order 1025
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 3856
30
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a
Free-market trade agreement by communist nations
interstate commerce agreement between democract nations
economic alliance by communist nations
military alliance between democratic nations
31
The US officially denounced the Axis Powers by claiming to be a
Arsenal for Democracy
Beacon of Freedom
Hope for Peace
Shelter for Solidarity
32
Hitler's goal of creating the Third Reich included all except:
land redistribution for Jews
Place for Nazi rhetoric to be fulfilled
an empire for the Aryan Race
empire for all German speakers
33
controlling all aspects of society and economy through nationalistic code (Mussolini)
Fascism
Nazism
Communism
Capitalism
34
How did minorities play a different role as soldiers as opposed to WWI?
were fighting in de-segregated units
saw combat and became highly decorated
stayed in non-combat positions
held many high-ranking positions
35
How did the 2nd Red Scare manifest itself in every day American lives?
Duck and Cover Drills
Creation of NASA
Loyalty Oaths
Fallout Shelters
36
The Soviets created this military alliance in response to NATO
Prague Initiative
UN
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Pact
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This was the American stance as aggression and tension grew in the early 1930s
economic aid to both sides
economic aid to only democratic-supported nations
economic aid to totalitarian regimes
economic aid to nobody
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The GI Bill was introduced to
aid veterans with partaking in the babyboom
aid veterans with college education and home owning
aid veterans with job opportunities
aid veterans with PTSD
39
Stalin wanted to move the Soviet Union's economy from
Agricultural ---> Industrial
Industrial ----> Agricultural
Agricultural with some industrial
Agricultural to more Agricultural
40
Who is the figure below?
Maude the Mechanic
Patty the Packager
Gina the Giftwrapper
Rosie the Riveter
41
The US angered Japan by
Placing an embargo on essential war materials
attacking them by sea and air
helping them fight against the Allies
ignoring their calls for peace
42
Where did Harry S. Truman drop the two atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Osaka
Tokyo and Nagaski
Tokyo and Mt. Fuji
43
Which country did NOT make up the Axis Powers of WWII
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan