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Bench Mark Cold war/WW2 Review
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1
Why didn't the U.S. intervene in the Hungarian Uprising?
Hungary was already a part of the West
The United States wanted to remain isolated.
The United States was already fighting the Vietnam War
Hungary was a part of the Warsaw Pact
2
Adolf Hitler supported all of the following EXCEPT...
German nationalism
Territorial expansion of Germany
The Treaty of Versailles
Abolishing civil liberties in Germany
3
Executive Order 9066, which interned Japanese Americans, was a direct response to which event?
Invasion of France
Invasion of Great Britain
Hitler Invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
4
Choose the Correct Order (Iran)
Mosaddegh, The Shah, The Ayatollah
The Ayatollah, Mosaddegh, The Shah
The Shah, The Ayatollah, Mosaddegh
Shah, The Ayatollah, Mosaddegh
5
Which were NOT a cause of the 2nd Red Scare
The USSR developed its first A-Bomb
Iran elected Mohammad Mossadegh
China becoming communist
The Korean War
6
The Vietnamese Refugees mostly associated themselves with...
Khmer Rouge
U.S.
The Viet Cong
Soviet Union
7
The Vietnam War was extremely popular with U.S. back home.
True
False
8
How did the Marshall Plan attempt to contain communism?
Economic and Military Aid
Sending in US troops to fight communist rebels
Fighting communists at home (domestically)
Using Nuclear bombs to eliminate the communist threats
9
The Manhattan project was a Top Secret Project conducted in Germany
False
True
10
Which military tactic did the U.S. use in the Pacific?
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
D-Day
Proxy Wars
11
The US sometimes established dictatorships despite their values of democracy.
True
False
12
Totalitarian governments in Germany and Italy gained power in the 1930s because...
the U.S. gave its approval
Communism was a successful model to follow
WW1 caused severe economic problems
The people wanted a return to monarchies ruled by kings.
13
Which of the following was an ECONOMIC reason that Japan attacked the USA in 1941
Making alliances with other Asian nations
Promoting Japan's social views
Spread Japanese religious ideas
To increase access to natural resources
14
U.S. was dragged into WW2 after...
Operation Barbarossa
Discovery of the Nazi death camps
Pearl Harbor
Invasion of Poland
15
The US used covert actions in all of these countries during the Cold War except...
Iran
Chile
Korea
Guatemala
16
A Value of communism is that everyone could own land but they could not hire their own employees
True
False
17
Which of these were NOT a tactic of the U.S. in Vietnam
Guerilla Warfare
Agent Orange
Napalm
Search and Destroy
18
Leader of North Vietnam
Adolf Hitler
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kim Il Sung
19
Where was Vietnam Divided?
13th Parallel
38th Parallel
17th Parallel
11th Parallel
20
This super DUPER secret program to develop the atomic bomb was known as
The North Atlantic Charter
The Potsdam Conference
The Manhattan Project
The Nuremberg Trial
21
The Bracero Program brought in legal immigrants from Mexico to work in the U.S.
True
False
22
Which event came first?
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The U.S. backed coup in Iran
The Iron Curtain Speech
23
WW2 Totalitarian Leaders
Hitler, Stalin, Hideki Tojo
Churchill, Stalin, Hitler
Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt
Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill
24
Where was Korea divided?
38th Parallel
11th Parallel
17th Parallel
13th Parallel
25
Which president escalated the war in Vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
JFK
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
26
Who was the Big Three?
FDR, Stalin, Churchill
Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Hitler
FDR, Stalin, Hitler
Hideki Tojo, Mussolini, Stalin
27
Mohammad Mossadegh was the target of Operation Ajax because he...
Nationalized Copper
Nationalized Oil
Held U.S. embassy workers in Iran hostages
Established Iran as a communist government
28
This was the turning point in Europe during WW2
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
The Manhattan Project
29
Which was designed to not contain communism?
The Warsaw Pact
The Vietnam War
The Truman Doctrine
The Berlin Airlift
30
The "blacklisting" that cost many film-industry workers their jobs in the late 1940s was due to
Their wilingness to follow orders
Their ability to limit the scope of the Cold War
Decisions by the Hollywood Ten
The activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee
31
There was no Antisemitism and Jewish Hate in America during WWII
False
True
32
American "ISOLATIONISTS" believed that...
Great Britain could beat Germany with the USA's help
The USA should stay out of Europe's war
The Soviet Union would be a reliable ally of the USA
The USA should make an alliance with Germany
33
American life after WW2 was...
Miserable
Nothing changed
Decent
BABY BOOM! Life was good.
34
Lend Lease
Declaration of War by the Big Three
Appeasing Hitler
Sales of arms to certain countries (specifically Britain and USSR)
US demanded Great Britain to provide military arms to fight Japan
35
All of the following were reasons that the US dropped the 2 atomic bombs on Japan EXCEPT:
Saving American lives
Forcing a Japanese surrender
Revenge for Pearl Harbor
Commit genocide on all Japanese people
36
This was known was the turning point of the Vietnam War.
The Battle of Saigon
The Bay of Pigs invasion
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Tet Offensive
37
Which of the following is true about the Marshall Plan?
Protected Turkey
Provided Armed security
Protected Korea
Provided Focus on boosting Europe's economy
38
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was
a military supply route running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam.
True
False
39
The Japanese invasion of China in 1931 was an example of:
Fascism
Anti-semitism
Appeasement
Imperialism
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Allowing communism to exist where it was but preventing its spread to other nations is known as:
demilitarization
Integration
Appeasement
Containment
