Trimester Assessment #3 Review

Question 1

Josef Stalin ruled the Soviet Union after who died?

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 2

FDR created the New Deal to:

Accepted Answer

to protect Americans from another catastrophic depression

Question 3

Why were some Americans against the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

African-Americans didn't have rights in US, It wasn't our war, it was a difficult war to strategically fight

Question 4

Why were dictators in Europe able to gain power?

Accepted Answer

Their countries were in ruins from WWI

Question 5

Harry Truman dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because:

Accepted Answer

The cities were devoted to the production of war supplies

Question 6

Why was the Great Depression the worst economic crisis in America's history?

Accepted Answer

It affected millions of Americans

Question 7

Benito Mussolini was an ally of Hitler and the nationalistic leader of:

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 8

The Cold War was:

Accepted Answer

a war of words

Question 9

Which of the following helped CAUSE the Stock Market Crash of 1929

Accepted Answer

Banks loaned investors money to buy stocks

Question 10

The Cold War was the result of:

Accepted Answer

nationalism, the fear of communism, power hungry leaders

Question 11

John C. Marshall created the Marshall Plan to:

Accepted Answer

help rebuild Europe

Question 12

The Hoover Dam:

Accepted Answer

creates electricty, All of the answers, created the largest reservoir, created Las Vegas

Question 13

One long term effect of the Holocaust was:

Accepted Answer

the immigration of survivors to America, orphaned children who lost all family heirlooms, the creation of Israel, the loss of 40% of Europe's Jewish Population

Question 14

Senator Joseph McCarthy chose to hold hearings to: (Choose the BEST answer)

Accepted Answer

prevent communism from spreading to America

Question 15

Many Americans were against the Vietnam War because:

Accepted Answer

18 year olds were drafted and couldn't vote

Question 16

Winston Churchill declared that who had dropped an "Iron Curtain," dividing Europe into two:

Accepted Answer

USSR, Soviet Union

Question 17

The Great Depression in America ended because:

Accepted Answer

WWII created a demand for America's factory supplies

Question 18

Hitler's plan to eliminate all those who he deemed "Undesirable" was known as:

Accepted Answer

The Final Solution

Question 19

The Allied Forces would not have been able to win WWII without women working in the factories.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Why did Americans intern Japanese-Americans?

Accepted Answer

They feared another attack on American soil

Trimester Assessment #3 Review

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Trimester Assessment #3 Review

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