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WWII, 1950s and The Early Cold War
WWII, 1950s and The Early Cold War
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What was the name for the tactic the U.S. used to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific?
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
Genocide
Trench Warfare
2
Which of the following was a declaration by the US to aid any country threatened by communism?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Monroe Doctrine
3
The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of
the Cold War with the United States
Fears that the USSR was technologically more advanced
disarmament discussions between the superpowers
Soviet aggression in Afghanistan and China
4
Why didn't President Roosevelt get involved in the rise of Totalitarian governments in Europe?
Roosevelt thought it would worsen the Great Depression
Most Americans didn't support joining a war in Europe
Britain and France asked the U.S. to stay out of Europe
Roosevelt didn't believe the U.S. could defeat Hitler
5
The Hollywood 10, Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs were all victims of this
Palmer Raids
Congress of Economic Equality
The Red Scare
Senate Review of Communism in the US
6
What was the major purpose of the Yalta Conference in
1945
?
How to restructure Europe after the war
which countries to include in the U.N.
where to launch the invasion of Japan
discuss opening a second front against Germany
7
Which of the following happened first?
Bataan Death March
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
V-J Day
8
Which is NOT a reason Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan?
Demonstrate nuclear capabilities to the Soviets
The U.S. needed to test it's new nuclear weapon
Dropping the bombs would save American Lives
Japan was unwilling to unconditionally surrender
9
Similarity between the Red Scare following World War I and the Cold War following World War II?
suppression of some civil liberties
Renewal of fighting was a constant threat
Government was corrupted with spies
Russian revolutionarys moved to the US
10
Exiles were trained in Florida for this failed invasion.
Bay of Pigs
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
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Gave veterans unemployment pay, home loans, business loans and scholarships for college
GI Bill of Rights
24th Amendment
Veterans Economic Stability Act
Executive Order 5986
12
An example of the racial tension that developed in the South West during WWII
Double V Campaign
Zoot Suit Riots
Braceros
Watts Riot
13
In the map below, what is represented by the countries that are
red
?
NAFTA
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Countries receiving aid from the Marshall Plan
14
This was responsible for maintaining popular support for the war
Office of War Mobilization
War Productions Board
Office of War Information
National War Labor Board
15
The attack shown in this map is known as:
D-Day
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Miracle at Dunkirk
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1937 FDR speech: isolate nations that violate treaties and attack civilians
Quarantine Speech
Atlantic Charter
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Executive Order 3367
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Member of the Black Cabinet who assisted in the writing of the UN Charter.
WEB Du Boise
Mary McLeod Bethune
Marcus Garvey
Elanor Roosevelt
18
The statement below summarizes the foreign policy known a
colonialism
appeasement
collective security
nonalignment
19
Which best describes the Marshall Plan?
Provide military aid in countries fighting communism
Increased involvement in the United Nations
provided financial assistance to Western Europe
Provide humanitarian aid to Eastern Europe
20
What happened to many Japanese Americans on the West Coast after Pearl Harbor?
They were forced to join the military
They were deported
They were sent to internment camps
They were imprisoned
21
Senator McCarthy lost his power and McCarthyism ended when he accused this group of spying.
The Army
The Democratic Party
Congress
The FBI
22
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Stalin allowed free movement between the East and the West
All sectors of Berlin were communist
Stalin cut off supplies to West Berlin
Berlin Wall
23
The project to develop the Atomic Bomb
Three-Mile Island Project
Nuclear Project
Executive Order 9066
Manhattan Project
24
Allowed Americans to sell good to Europeans who paid cash and transported their own items
Atlantic Charter
Neutrality Act of 1942
Cash-and-Carry
Lend-Lease
25
This civil war ended in a draw at the 38th parallel even though the US aided the South.
Vietnam War
Korean War
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Chinese Civil War
26
Which was the CLOSEST the U.S. and Soviet Union came to actually fighting during the Cold War?
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Bay of Pigs invasion
27
This was built for defense purposes and helped to develope American prosperity after WWII
Suburbs
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Levittown
Interstate Highway System
28
If one country fell to Communism, its neighbors were next
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
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A society that is run for the benefit of the worker
Socialist Utopia
Capitalist Democracy
Communism
Fascism
30
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
September 6, 1942
December 7, 1941
January 9, 1943
June 6, 1944
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Early civil rights leader; forced FDR to pass Executive Order 8802 that desegregated war jobs
Mary McLeod Bethune
A Philip Randolph
Stokely Carmichael
Marcus Garvey
32
The woman in this poster is most closely associated with which of the following?
WAC
Rosie the Riveter
Office of War Information
WAVES
33
The Munich Pact is an example of this policy used to deal with Hitler
Appeasement
Isolation
Containment
Enabling
34
This future President was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces
George Patton
John F Kennedy
Dwight D Eisenhower
Harry Truman
35
Which of the following is NOT a tool used by Totalitarian governments to gain/hold power?
Democratic Elections
Propaganda
Secret Police
Censorship
36
What country did Germany invade to kick off WWII?
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Poland