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US History Quarter 3 Test Review Game
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a quiz on US History from WW2 through the 1950s and Cold War
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1
In Korematsu v. United States (1944), The Supreme Court ruled that what was legal during WWII?
dropping of atomic bombs on Japan
exclusion of Japanese Americans from the draft
deportation of all recent immigrants from Japan
internment of Japanese Americans
2
Which US President decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan?
Roosevelt
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
3
programs LBJ championed?
The Civil Rights Act
the Voting Rights Act
Head Start
All of the above
4
Which of the following countries were not a part of the Axis alliance during WWII?
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
5
Russia defeated 1/3 of the German Army by...
Using Moscow as a home-base for bombing runs
Using AK-47s
Using poisoned Vodka sold to the Germans
Using their harsh winter
6
Khrushchev was the less violent leader of Russia after who's death?
Gorbechev
Lenin
Putin
Stalin
7
What were the results of the Vietnam War?
The US made South Vietnam a U. S. territory
The Soviet Union made South Vietnam a colony
All of Vietnam became communist.
All of Vietnam became non-communist
8
The Japanese-Americans were treated fairly during WWII?
False
True
9
Why was the Vietnam war known as a "living room war"?
Latest updates were published in magazines
It was on the nightly news on TV
Civilans fought
It was a board game
10
What term refers to the division of Europe into communist and capitalist sides after WWII?
The Great Division
The Steel Wall
The Iron Curtain
The Great Divide
11
Executive Order 8802
No federal agency can discriminate in hiring practices
Allows for Japanese interments
Women are allowed to work
establishes the Loyalty Review Boards
12
After the Tet Offensive, how did Americans at home respond to the Vietnam War?
Volunteered to Fight
Planted gardens
Anti-War Protests
Made bomb shelters
13
What was Watergate?
Scandal under Carter about a break-in of the Republicans
Hostage situation resulting in the deaths of 33
Oil crisis with the Shah of Iran
Political scandal under Nixon with a break-in at the DNC
14
Which US General carried out the Normandy Invasion?
Eisenhower
Patton
McArthur
Rommel
15
Fat Man and Little Boy refers to...
A big fat guy and his little friend
The names of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan
A new jazz dance
The secret German weapon that used lasers
16
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Jumpstart Europe's economy
Deliver Poland to the West
Stop the spread of communism
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
17
Brinkmanship refers to....
A peaceful solution to preventing the spread of communism
The threat of nuclear war to prevent communism
Eisenhower Doctrine
War time talks with opposition
18
The Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI....
Led to the rise of Mussolini in Italy
Led to the rise of Hitler in Germany
Led to the US domination of the Pacific
Led to the rise of FDR in the US
19
Greatest failure of JFK's presidency
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Law for Mentally Disabled
20
The law that started the draft during WWII was...
The Federal Reserve Act
The Social Security Act
The Selective Service Act
The Mandatory Draft Act
21
The leader of the USSR during WWII was...
Stalin
Lenin
Kruschev
HItler
22
What is the name of the area where affluent, white, conformists moved after WWII?
The inner cities
Rural farming areas
Industrial areas
Suburbia
23
A "good American" during the 50s believed in....
No Discrimination
Communism
Fascism
Consumerism
24
During the Vietnam War this president was in office...
George Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
25
NATO was an alliance of...
Capitalist/Democratic countries in Western Europe
Countries who want to have fun
Communist countries in the USSR
Fascist countries trying to overtake Russia
26
The arms race after WWII was fought between...
The US and Japan
The US and Germany
The US and USSR
The US and Mexico
27
Which group of people were the largest victims of the Holocaust?
Anglos
Jews
Americans
Aryans
28
Which US propaganda symbol encouraged women to take "mens" work during WWII?
Truck-Driver Large Marge
Machine - Gun Betty
Rosie the Riveter
Uncle Sammie
29
The House Committee of Un-American Activities investigated possible....
Criminals
Japanese
Nazis
Communists
30
The Baby Boom occurred....
After WWII
During WWII
During the early 1800s
After 2001
31
Cause of Vietnam war
Spread of communism
Violence in Vietnam
Failure of Warsaw Pact
Russia's aggression
32
Senator Joseph McCarthy led to....
Investigation and discrimination of possible communists
the Manhattan project
His rise to the presidency
The persecution of big businesses
33
The secret project to design and test the atomic bomb is known as...
The Chicago Project
The "Super Secret Armageddon Project"
The Manhattan Project
The Los Angeles Project
34
Mary McLeod Bethune founded which HBCU?
Bethune-Cookman
Bethune
Women’s University of South Florida
Women’s School of Political Science
35
What was JFK's presidency called?
Camelot
Excalibur
Knights of the Round Table
Legend of the Sword
36
The policy to contain communism in the East was known as...
Prevention
Brinkmanship
Extinction
Containment
37
Nationalism is.....
Something the French believed in during WWII
Belief one's own country is the most important thing
Something the Jews believed in during the Nazi rule
Something the British believed in during WWII
38
Gulf of Tonkin
Initiated the withdraw of troops from foreign lands
Allowed JFK to expand the war in Vietnam
Caused American soldiers to retaliate w/o orders
Allowed Johnson to expand the war in Vietnam
39
Drive Ins during the 50s were....
Gas Stations
Movie Theaters
Pharmacies
Restaratunts
40
The 38th Parallel divided which country into communist and non-communist countries?
Germany
Korea
Vietnam
Russia
41
University of California vs. Bakke forbade
The use of Affirmative Action in college admissions
The use of racial quotas from private hiring practices
Utilizing Affirmative Action in any circumstance
The use of racial quotas from college admission practices
42
Which Pacific battle involved the army, air forces, and navy?
Berlin
Battle of the Bulge
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
43
Which country adopted the naval strategy of Island Hopping?
The USA
Germany
Japan
England
44
Vietnam War
1950s
1960s
1960s-1970s
1950s-1960s
45
The Cold War and Korean War led to the discrimination of....
Patriotic Americans
Non-Conformists
46
Which of the following was invented in the 1950s?
Airplanes
The Wheel
Plastics
Cars
47
Bay of Pigs
A succesful attack that hit the whole city in Germany
A failed attack that led to the Vietnam conflict
A failed attack during the Kennedy administration to kill Fidel Castro
A bunch of little pigs that were slaughtered
48
President Lyndon Johnson received authorization for the use of force in Vietnam through
the United Nations Security Council
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
the Truman Doctrine
49
What signaled the beginning of the arms race between the US and USSR?
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Berlin Blockade
The division of Europe (Iron Curtain)
the Paris Peace Treaty
50
The Berlin Airlift was when....
Hitlers strategy to overcome the Balkens
US involvement to get Germans out of East Berlin
When Churchill threatened to blow Berlin into the sky
The US flew cargo planes to deliver supplies to West Berlin
51
The more powerful atomic weapon invented in the 50s was...
The Oxygen Bomb
The Electron Bomb
The Neutron Bomb
the Hydrogen Bomb
52
Which even led to the US fully joining WWII?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Battle of Brittain
The Nazi Holocaust
The Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor
53
Duck and Cover refers to....
Atomic attack drills in schools
A military defensive strategy
a child's game
A military offensive strategy
54
Lightning War in German means...
Dankeshen
Luftwaffestein
Blitzkreig
Schlossenheimer
55
Consequence of Vietnam and Watergate Scandal
Americans trusted the government
America became a developing country
America supported the troops but not the plan
Americans no longer trust the government.
56
Which of the following was the peace conference where Germany surrendered ending WWII / Europe?
The Yalta Conference
The Berlin Conference
The Versailles Conference
The Paris Conference
57
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cubans ran out of missiles and it was a crisis
10 day standoff that ended in nuclear warfare
None of these
13 day standoff that forced the US to use a naval blockade of Cuba
58
Mary McLeod Bethune, a leading African-American___,as a child attended the local free school.
educator who
whose education
educator she
educator
59
The Truman and Marshall Plans prevented communism in Turkey and Greece by...
Threatening to use force (Brinkmanship)
Providing money for rebuilding
Make peace with Russia
Attack Russia with nuclear weapons
60
JFK's presidency was tainted by ____ while Nixon's invovlement in ____.
The Bay of Pigs, Watergate
Watergate, Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis, Watergate
The Vietnam War, Watergate
61
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
62
JFK's presidency ended when...
he was assassinated
Jimmy Carter became president
his wife was killed
his term expired
63
What happened to U2 spy plane
Shot down by soviet union
Crashed into the ocean
Shot down by U.S.A.
Bombed Berlin
64
Mary McLeod Bethune's parents were:
slaves
educated
authors
school teachers
65
LBJ's policies were called...
NATO
Great Society
Fair Deal
New Deal
66
The first satellite sent to space that helped fuel the arms race was called...
Glastokov
Appolo 13
Gemeni
Sputnik
67
JFK's presidency term was called this to symbolize his young and bold goals and policies
New Federalism
The Great Society
Big Stick
The New Frontier
68
The agreement that said there would be no war if Hitler stopped invading countries was...
The Dresden Agreement
The Stuggart Agreement
The Berlin Agreement
The Munich Agreement
69
Lend-Lease Act
Great Britain, France, Russia, later US
the term for the murder of six million Jews by Nazi regime
Hitler and Stalin agreed that they would not attack each other
allow sales or loans of war materials to country defense the US deem vital
70
Which of the following was an international embarrassment for the US?
The U2 Scandal
The ousting of the government of the Nazis in Germany
The Battle of the Bulge
The coup of Guatemala
71
Which US General was fired by Truman for insubordination?
McDonald
McArthur
Patton
McCarthy
72
The U2 Spy Plane incident:
created a renewed relationship between Russia and Cuba
forced Russia to admit to spying on the US
led to a breakdown in the Eisenhower/Khrushchev relationship
Pushed the U.S. into the space race
73
Eisenhower Doctrine
Act of causing fright, alarm towards a specific topic
Preparing for war...
Law to protect the Middle East from any communist attack
American law enforcement organization
