U.S. HISTORY E.O.C. REVIEW PART 6

Question 1

The Selective Service and Training Act

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drafted millions of men for military service.

Question 2

V-E Day (May 8, 1945) was the day when

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Germany surrendered in World War II.

Question 3

The cash-and-carry and lend-lease policies was exceptions the U.S. government created to the

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Neutrality Acts.

Question 4

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act/G.I. Bill of Rights included which of these benefits?

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all of these

Question 5

The Tuskegee Airmen were a World War II fighter squadron of pilots who were

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African Americans.

Question 6

Why didn't the U.S. ease immigration restrictions to allow more Jews to enter in the 1930s?

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both of these

Question 7

D-Day (June 6, 1944) is the code name for the Allied invasion of

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France.

Question 8

In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted and executed for

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espionage.

Question 9

Foreign policy in which the U.S. pledged aid to any nation resisting a communist takeover?

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the Truman Doctrine

Question 10

The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to

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develop and build the atomic bomb.

Question 11

On which sites did the United States drop the atomic bombs (August 1945)?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 12

Which nation launched Sputnik I in 1957, making Americans feel inferior and vulnerable?

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the Soviet Union

Question 13

The United States provided $13 billion in aid to help Europe recover from World War II with

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the Marshall Plan

Question 14

Which of these involved a failed attempt by the United States to spy on the Soviet Union?

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the U-2 incident

Question 15

Case in which the SCOTUS ruled that the internment of the Japanese during WWII was justified?

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Korematsu v. United States

Question 16

On which date did the Japanese attack the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

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December 7, 1941

Question 17

In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring the interment of

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Japanese Americans.

Question 18

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was established to search for

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communist spies.

Question 19

Term for making unsubstantiated public accusations of disloyalty, & the bullying of witnesses?

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McCarthyism

Question 20

Which of these outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war, including civil war (1935)?

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the Neutrality Acts

Question 21

To combat inflation during WWII, the U.S. government did ALL of the following EXCEPT

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decrease government spending.

Question 22

The U.S. & Great Britain organized an airlift of supplies for which blockaded city in 1948?

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West Berlin

Question 23

The Cold War was the state of hostility short of military confrontation that developed between

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the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 24

Term for the systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe, about half of whom were Jews?

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Holocaust

Question 25

The policy of containment is the effort to stop the spread of

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communism.

Question 26

What international peacekeeping organization was chartered in 1945 in San Francisco, CA?

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the United Nations

Question 27

Which international military alliance did the United States join in 1949?

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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 28

Which one of these events triggered the outbreak of World War II in Europe (September 1, 1939)?

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Germany's invasion of Poland

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