Final Quiz

Question 1

Who did not immediately join the first World War and later declared war on it's pre-war allies?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 2

What was the name of the prewar alliance that included France and Russia?

Accepted Answer

The Triple Entente

Question 3

Woodrow Wilson's proposed principles of piece were known as the ___________.

Accepted Answer

14 Points

Question 4

The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to what foreign policy Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

The Monroe Doctrine

Question 5

When neither side of a conflict can reach a decisive victory the two sides are in a __________.

Accepted Answer

Stalemate

Question 6

British Prime Minister who opposed Appeasement and lead the British during the war

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 7

What was the name given to the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?

Accepted Answer

Operation Barbarossa

Question 8

What pivotal Pacific War battle saw the US Navy destroy 4 Japanese aircraft carriers?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Midway

Question 9

What Austro-Hungarian Archduke was assassinated by the Black Hand in 1914?

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

Question 10

What type of combat was stereo typical of the First World War?

Accepted Answer

Trench Warfare

Question 11

Which country notably practiced Unrestricted Submarine Warfare during WW1 sinking neutral ships

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 12

On November 11th 1918 a(n) _________ was declared ending the First World War.

Accepted Answer

Armistice

Question 13

What abbreviation for the National Socialist German Worker's Party do we know them by today?

Accepted Answer

Nazi

Question 14

What early automobile was mass produced by Henry Ford?

Accepted Answer

The Model-T

Question 15

What was the name for German WW1 submarines that disrupted Allied shipping?

Accepted Answer

U-Boat

Question 16

What was the American strategy in the Pacific that took only the most important islands?

Accepted Answer

Island Hopping

Question 17

Act of congress passed in March of 1941 to give aid to the Allies in World War 2

Accepted Answer

Lend-Lease Act

Question 18

Who lead the Rough Riders at the battle of San Juan Hill?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 19

The Treaty that concluded the First World War was known as the Treaty of _______.

Accepted Answer

Versailles

Question 20

General Black Jack Pershing lead the ________ in Europe after the United States joined the war.

Accepted Answer

American Expeditionary Force

Question 21

What political philosophy first purposed by Karl Marx took hold in Russia in 1917?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 22

A political system that controls every aspect of citizen's lives.

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism

Question 23

President, known for the New Deal, elected first in 1932 served for an unprecedented 12 years

Accepted Answer

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 24

___________ is a term used for buying stocks with credit.

Accepted Answer

Buying on Margin

Question 25

Policy of avoiding war by giving in to the demands of an aggressive nation.

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 26

The New Deal was the set of policies created by FDR to combat what?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

Question 27

Who was Roosevelt's handpicked successor to the presidency? He also served on the supreme court

Accepted Answer

William Howard Taft

Question 28

Young women who cut their hair short during the Jazz Age were known as ______.

Accepted Answer

Flappers

Question 29

When did the Japanese execute their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor against the Pacific Fleet?

Accepted Answer

December 7th 1941

Question 30

What international assembly was created after the First World War?

Accepted Answer

The League of Nations

Question 31

Meaning "divine wind" in Japanese this was the strategy where pilots intentionally crashed

Accepted Answer

Kamikaze

Question 32

This is a term for the extermination of an entire group of people.

Accepted Answer

Genocide

Question 33

Ban on the sale of Alcohol started by the Eighteenth amendment and ended by the Twenty First

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 34

What was the term given to the massive drought and adverse weather that struck the Great Plains

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 35

Who was the dictator in control of the Soviet Union during the second World War

Accepted Answer

Josef Stalin

Question 36

What amendment empowered the US Government to create the progressive income tax?

Accepted Answer

16th

Question 37

This name was given to the systematic killing of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany.

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 38

What name was given to the domestic policies of Theodore Roosevelt?

Accepted Answer

The square deal

Question 39

German tactics used during World War 2. Translates in English to Lightening War.

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 40

What was the name of the German war plan that began with a concentrated effort against France?

Accepted Answer

The Schlieffen Plan

Question 41

What American General became Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War 2?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D Eisenhower

Question 42

What Pacific War battle was the first naval battle between aircraft carriers?

Accepted Answer

Battle of the Coral Sea

Question 43

What Congressional Act required American men to sign up for the draft?

Accepted Answer

The Selective Service Act

Question 44

Name given to the combined forces of German, Italy, Japan and their allies.

Accepted Answer

Axis Powers

Question 45

A political ideology in which the state is superior to the individual. Named for a Roman symbol

Accepted Answer

Fascism

Question 46

What American political movement advocated reforms to "improve society" during the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

Progressiveness

Question 47

who won the three way presidential race of 1912 as a progressive Democrat?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 48

What three countries formed the PRE-WW1 Triple Alliance?

Accepted Answer

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Question 49

Fought in a Russian city on the Volga river what WW2 battle was the bloodiest in history?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Stalingrad

Question 50

Who was President of the United States during the Spanish-American War and annexation of Hawaii

Accepted Answer

William McKinley

Question 51

Belief in and build up of the armed forces of a nation.

Accepted Answer

Militarism

Question 52

Name for the secret program in the US to develop a weapon that split the atom's for energy.

Accepted Answer

The Manhattan Project

Question 53

The ____ Army was a group of WW1 veterans that demanded early payment of money owed to them.

Accepted Answer

Bonus

Question 54

A weapon that uses nuclear fission to produce tremendous power.

Accepted Answer

Atomic Bomb

Question 55

What is the name given to October 29th 1929, the day the stock market collapsed?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 56

Americans bought ___________ to help fund the Allied War effort.

Accepted Answer

War Bonds

Question 57

What leader of the National Socialist German Worker's Party became Chancellor in 1933?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 58

What Neighborhood in New York City was a jazz age focal point of African American culture?

Accepted Answer

Harlem

Question 59

What is the name given to the American-British-Canadian invasion of Normandy in June 1944?

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 60

What is the term used to describe the forced imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WW2?

Accepted Answer

Internment

Question 61

Mass production was generally done on a ____ line.

Accepted Answer

Assembly

Question 62

What is the term for the period of poor economic performance that started in 1929 in the US?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

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