American History Spring Study Guide

Hitler viewed Jews as a religious community

What was the name of the Vietcong supply lines from North Vietnam and neighboring countries?

The Hollywood ten were ordered to go to prison because they were convicted of

Which event was considered "the straw that broke the camel's back" and the start of WW1?

Since the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?

What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?

Who was the leader of the pro-communist forces in Vietnam in the 1950s?

What was the a growing youth movement that pushed for huge social changes in the United States?

Who were the Viet Minh?

What is a U-boat?

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

What were the two opposing sides during WW1?

What was the first battle that the US attacked Japanese forces?

Which of the following was NOT true of the Russian Revolution?

Who was President Johnson's Secretary of Defense who argued for escalation of the war?

What battle led to the liberation of France?

All the following were ways to avoid the draft EXCEPT

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called

An agreement nations make to support and defend each other is known as an

The Lusitania was a:

What did some of Buddhist monks do to show their opposition to the President Diem?

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

Allies won the Battle of Berlin

Who was the leader of the communists in China?

An agreement to stop fighting is called an

This country fought on the side of the Allies:

Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?

What was the South Vietnamese Army called?

Hitler commited genocide in the systematic killing of millions of innocent people in the

What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?

The Allies won the Battle of Normandy

After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and

The Treaty of Versailles helped to create the League of Nations to do what?

Which best explains why the United States sent troops to fight in Vietnam?

The difference between President Johnson’s claims of winning and what was really happening?

All of the following events happened in 1968 EXCEPT

The Nuremberg Trials punished those responsible for the Holocaust and other Axis power criminals

What was formed to prevent WWIII from happening

Adolf Hitler was able to gain power because

What did Congress do with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Allies did not hold ground and in turn lost the Battle of the Bulge

Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he

How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975?

After The Blitz, Geat Britain won what battle?

The treaty to end World War I was named the -

The Marshall Plan provided aid for European countries

Who were people who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds?

Who ruthlessly ruled South Vietnam until his assassination in 1963?

Who are people who were for the war in Vietnam called? (pro-war)

The building up of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries is known as -

Who appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict?

How many women entered the American workforce during World War I?

What was President Nixon’s strategy in ending the war was called?

Japan attacked the US fleet in Pearl Harbor

Hitlers reign of terror ended when he was shot by the Soviet Union army

What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?

Who was the president of the U.S. when World War 1 started?

Who was defeated in the Chinese civil War despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the U.S.?

What begins right after WWII ends

The Allies win the Battle of Iwo Jima

Germany is divided into 4 zones to help rebuilding

What were two chemicals used by the U.S. in the jungles of Vietnam?

The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between

How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?

Where did the massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by US troops during the Vietnam War occur?

Which president escalated the war by attacking neighboring nations like Cambodia in the 1970s?

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream media began to

Who was President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, lead advisor over Vietnam?

Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at

The U.S. government passed the ___ to allow a draft to recruit soldiers for the war.

Who was the U.S. Commander of operations in Vietnam who demanded more troops?

Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?

The Battle of _________ US was able to anticipate Japan's attack thorugh "cracking" their code

The purpose of The Iron Curtain was to prevent the spread of opposing ideals (ex. communism)

If one country in Indochina fell to communism, others would soon follow. What is this called?

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 caused--

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of

What was the bombing campaign of North Vietnam, started with President Johnson?

What was President Nixon's policy of withdrawing American troops & replacing them w/Vietnamese?

What battle is considered one of the greatest naval battles in history

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

The young organization that fought for civil rights, and against the Vietnam War and the draft

Who were the communist rebels in South Vietnam? (Also called the Vietcong)

What 1968 battle in Vietnam was a turning point in the war?

Who was the leader of the Nationalists in China?

Who is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?

The Battle of Okinawa ended WWII when the Axis powers were defeated, Japan surrenders

The first satellite launched into space was

The Battle of Philippine Sea was a big loss for the Allies

Which country fought on the side of the Central Powers?

What was one criticism of the draft?

Because of the failure to succeed in Vietnam by 1968,

What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?

What was one way American citizens could support the war at home?