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US-II Quarter 3 Review - WWII, Early Cold War, 1950s
US-II Quarter 3 Review - WWII, Early Cold War, 1950s
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Where were the Atomic Bombs droped?
Hiroshima and Manchuria
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Nanking
2
A person from which country would most likely deny what happened at Nanking?
Korea
China
USA
Japan
3
What is the type of protest in the photo above most commonly called?
Dine-Ins
Eat-Ins
Sit-Outs
Sit-In
4
What was the imaginary line that divided the democratic world from the communist world?
Steel Wall
Iron Wall
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
5
Eisenhower's policy of pushing a situation to the verge of war to threaten our opponent to quit
Flexible Response
Brinkmanship
Detente
Risky Business
6
Pearl Harbor was known as...
The day the whole world stopped
A day which will live in infamy.
The day the whole word cried
A day which we can never forget.
7
The Truman's economic plan to combat communism by providing aid to post-WWII Europe was called:
Dawes Act
Kellog-Briad Pact
Amistad Agreement
Marshall Plan
8
Which of the following reasons is true about the attack on Pearl Harbor?
No foreign power had attacked US territory while at peace
We trusted new tech but it didn't detect the Japanese planes
It is located in California.
We were at war with Japan at the time
9
What WWII conference did the USSR decide on their plan to help the Allies fight Japan?
Tehran
Potsdam
Yalta
10
The other popular name for McCarthyism was the....
Communist Creep-In
Immigrant Infultration
McCarthy Manhunt
Red Scare
11
Why is the generation born between 1945-1964 in the USA called the “Baby Boomers”?
There was a large increase in the # of births at that time
Many accidental pregnancies were had during this time.
The group was the most revolutionary in American history.
The infancy mortality rate rose exponentially at that time
12
At what WWII conference did the USSR pledge to allow self-determination of Eastern Europe?
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
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RANDOM BONUS:
What was the first question of this quiz?
When was Pearl Harbor?
When did the Great Depression begin?
What ended the Great Depression?
What made the US join WWII?
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What group was targeted and relocated during WWII due to fears of espionage?
German Americans
Italian Americans
Japanese Americans
Native Americans
15
The Japanese army invaded China & killed over 300k citizens and raped over 20k of the women at
Nanking
Bejing
Shanghai
Hiroshima
16
The beginning of WWII is most often marked by...
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Germany's invasion of Poland
None of these
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
17
__ was an international organization was created immediately after WWII to promote world peace.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Charter
League of Nations
United Nations
18
9 students are refused entry into an Arkansas high school that refuses to desegregate
Arkansas 9
None of the Above
Little Rock 9
Fayetteville 9
19
The 1st country to fall to Communism after WWII in Asia was ____ when Mao Zedong took it over.
USSR
China
Korea
Vietnam
20
The entrance to Auschwitz read “
Arbeit Macht Frei”.
In English, this would roughly translate to
Work will make you free
Abandon all Hope
Your debt must be payed
Submission to authority
21
What happened to the Rosenbergs and Why?
They were American spies who were caught in the USSR
They were Freedom Riders that were beaten to death
They were alleged communist Spies who were executed
They were jailed for trying to destroy the Statue of Liberty
22
When was Pearl Harbor?
September 1, 1939
October 18, 1943
December 7, 1941
June 14, 1924
23
The Neutrality Acts prohibited the US government from...
Loan any money to countries at war
Send any weapons to countries at war
Send messages to countries at war
Loan any money or send any weapons to countries at war
24
What made the USA join WWII?
News of D-Day
Discovery of the Holocaust
Germany breaking the Nazi-Soviet Pact
Pearl Harbor
25
Who was the Soviet leader of the USSR through WWII and the beginning of the Cold War?
Lenin
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
26
Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities' goal was to...
A political espionage cover-up by the President
Evaluate a Federal Money Laundering scandal in the USA
To investigate the belief that Communist infiltrated the Gov
To attempt to a communist revolution in the USA
27
What WWII conference was the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb decided?
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
28
The result of the Korean War was...
A unified democratic country
2 countries - Communist North Korea & Democratic South Korea
A unified communist country
The Cuban Missile Crisis
29
What ended the Great Depression?
The Court Packing Scandal
None of the Above
The New Deal
Steven Lora
30
Who coined the phrase "Black Power"?
Huey Newton
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
31
What court case ordered desegregation in all public schools in the US?
Bush v. Gore
None of the Above
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
32
Who told American children to "Duck and Cover" to protect themselves from nuclear explosions?
Terry the Tortoise
Bert the Turtle
Fred the Chimp
Mark the Monkey
33
Truman's plan to combat communism by restricting its expansion is known as...
Limitism
Red Line Politics
Brinkmanship
Containment
34
Dictators that rose to power in the 1920s and 1930s...
All of the Above
Were in Asia
Loved and respected their past leaders
Used military force to justify their power
35
Which of these are conditions in the Holocaust?
Prisoners branded on their arms and stripped of their names
Prisoners crammed into cattle cars for days
All of the Above
Prisoners stripped of every personal belonging
36
The first war testing the American Containment policy was in...
Afganistan
Vietnam
China
Korea
37
How did America handle the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
We threatened the USSR with nukes
We charged armored tanks with supplies through the blockade
We airlifted supplies over the blockade
We invaded Korea
38
Which Civil Rights leader preached the philosophy of non-violent resistance?
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
39
What WWII conference was the creation of the UN discussed?
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
40
Which of the following would likely NOT be considered an “undesirable” by Hitler?
A pure-blood German man (aka "Aryan")
A crippled boy
A Jewish merchant
An elderly woman
41
During the Holocaust, what was the most notorious camp?
Auschwitz
Warsaw
Krakow
Dresden
42
Which of these examples best exemplifies Malcolm X's philosophies?
Freedom Riders
Black Panthers
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
NAACP
43
What WWII conference was decided D-Day?
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
44
What major event turned the tides of WWII militarily?
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Dunkrik
D-Day
The Battle of the Bulge
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Which of the following is part of the Holocaust?
Extermination of "undesirables"
All of the Above
Forcing "undesirables" into ghettos
Concentration Camps
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The purpose of the Highway system was to...
Encourage commerce and economic growth across the USA
provide for evacuation and military mobilization
Decrease traffic through residential areas
Get America out of its pattern of Stagflation
