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US history WWII - Vietnam
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What type of economic system did the Soviet Union (USSR) useduring the Cold War?
mercatilism
communism
free market
capitalism
2
North and South Korean are divided at the ______Parallel.
1st
49th
38th
29th
3
The weapons buildup between the United Statesand the Soviet Union was called
the Great Nuclear Build-up
nuclear arms race
Cold War Duel
strategic arms standoff
4
Hitler’s plan to eliminate all Jews was referred to as
Trail of Tears
Darkest Night
Final Solution
Great Terror
5
Who was the fascist leader of Germany during WWII?
Mussolini
Castro
Hitler
Churchill
6
Who controlled the satellite nations?
USSR
Gemany
England
Canada
7
The Axis Powers were made up of…
Russia, France, Germany
Russia, England, France, the United States
Japan, Germany, Italy
Spain,Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands
8
What was the name of the Soviet built satellitefirst launched into orbit around the earth?
Kosmos I
Vostok 1
Sputnik
Apollo I
9
Who was the Rep. Senator fromWis. who made claims about Communists taking over our government
Joe Biden
Joseph McCarthy
Ron Johnson
Bob La Follette
10
What was Hitler's last offensive battle?
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarosa
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
11
Who became the President of the US after FDR died and made the decision to drop the A-bombs?
Truman
Eisenhower
Clinton
Kennedy
12
Technique Nazi’s used to quickly take control using tanks, aircraft & organized ground troops
Blitzkreig
Schnell
Bombardieren
Lichtgeschwindigkeit
13
What president committed the United States to reaching the moonbefore the end of the 1960s?
Nixon
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Truman
14
Where were Japanese Americans forced to liveduring WWII?
relocation centers
country camps
ghettos
concentration camps
15
Who was the commander of the US Pacific front during WWII?
George Patton
Erwin Rommel
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
16
What foreign policy plan of the US helped European countries rebuildafter WWII?
Eisenhower Plan
Marshall Plan
Reconstruction Plan
Wars End Plan
17
What the first successful mission to the moon?
Apollo 1
Apollo 1968
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
18
What policy followed by England & France allowed Hitler to build his military & take territory
pacification
conciliation
appeasement
accession
19
Who surrounded to Gen. MacArthur on board the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945?
Germany
Korea
Japan
USSR
20
Who was President of the US when Pearl Harbor was bombed and for most of WWII?
FDR
Wilson
Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
21
Who was the Cold War “fought” between?
France and Vietnam
US and USSR
China and USSR
North Korea and South Korea
22
What phrase, coined by Churchill, described the division of eastern and western Europe?
Steel Wall
Barbed Wire Fense
Chain Barricade
Iron Curtain
23
What was the goal of Operation Overlord?
secure Russia's eastern front
end Battle of Britain
liberate France
cut supplies to German
24
What event targeting Jewish businesses and synagogues marked thebeginning of the Holocaust?
the "Final Solution"
the Beer Hall Putsch
Operation Barbarosa
Kristallnacht
25
What landmark case integrated public schools inthe United States?
Tinker v. Des Moines
West Side Schools v. Mergens
Brown v. Board of Eduation
Ingraham v. Wright
26
What was the name of the American program thatdeveloped the first atomic bombs?
Operation Torch
Manhattan Project
Operation End War
Project Incineration
27
What policy did the US implement during the Cold War to stop communism from spreading?
Domino
Halting
At Bay
Containment
28
What type of economic system does the UnitedStates use?
capitalism
socialism
mercantilism
communism
29
What "airlift" involved British and America planes flying supplied to Germans?
Dresden
Frankfurt
Bavaria
Berlin
30
What US gov. branch ruled thatthe segregation of Alabama's buses was unconstitutional ?
the Legislative
the Executive
the Defense
the Judicial
31
What ships was industrialist Henry Kaiser known for buildingduring WWII?
Freedom ships
aircraft carriers
Liberty Ships
airships
32
When was VE Day (the official ratification of Germany’ssurrender)?
June 6, 1945
May 8, 1945
Aug. 15, 1944
Nov. 11, 1944
33
What strategy Japan turn to near theend of the war that involved suicide flight missions?
Kapai
Konichi wa
Kamikazes
sayōnara
34
What peacetime military alliance did the US enter into with western powers during the Cold War
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
Marshall Plan
35
What “plan” did the United States give aid to England before weentered into WWII?
Loan and Leave Plan
Take Now Pay Later Plan
Lend Lease Plan
Preemptive Plan
36
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?
Tsar Nicholas II
David Lloyd George
Tojo
Churchill
37
Who successfully argued the
Brown v. Board of Education
case beforethe Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Daro
Clarence Thomas
Martin Luther King
38
Who was the fascist leader of Italy during WWII?
Castro
Benedicto
Mussolini
Stalin
39
What President integrated the US military in1948?
Eisenhower
FDR
Kennedy
Truman
40
What strategy did the US use to regain control of territory Japanhad taken?
hop scotching
shore boating
island hopping
wave running
41
Who was the African American boy that was murdered for making a remark to a white woman in AL?
John Lewis
Stokely Carmichael
Emmitt Till
Medgar Evers
42
Due to their proximity to Black Sea & Russia what 2 countries did Truman give aid to in 1947?
Italy and Albania
Ukraine and Macedonia
Syria and Jordan
Turkey and Greece
43
Who did Gen. Eisenhower force to observe the atrocitiesof liberated concentration camps?
Adolf Hitler
surviving Jews
world leaders
local Nazi leaders
44
The Allied Powers were made up of…
Russia,France, Germany
USSR,England, the United States
Spain,Switzerland, Belgium
Japan,Germany, Italy
45
What happened on August 6, 1945?
US dropped the first atomic bomb
Battle of Berlin
Germany surrendered
Japan surrendered
46
Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII?
Stalin
Churchill
Hitler
Hoover
47
What were the names of the trials that put war criminals on trialafter WWII?
Berlin Trial
War Crimes Trials
Scopes Trials
Nuremberg Trials
48
What Apollo mission nearly didn't return due to a oxygen tank explosion?
20
13
11
1
49
What does the acronym M.A.D. stand for inregards to nuclear war?
Murder and Devastation
Major Atomic Destruction
Mortality and Death
Mutually Assured Destruction
50
Who started the Korean War by attacking South Korea on June 25,1950?
the United States
Japan
China
North Korea
51
What position do communists have on privateownership of businesses and industry?
only a favored class can own private business
everyone should have a chance to own a business
no one can own private business or property
only men can own private property
52
What battle brought the US and USSR together in the final defeat of Hitler andNazi Germany?
Battle of Berlin
Operation Torch
Battle of Annihilation
D-Day
