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AS2 Midterm Exam Review 2024
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1
Invasion of Normandy
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Guadalcanal
Operation Beach
Operation Torch
2
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
to kill all Jews and provide lebensraum for the Aryan race
to win the war before US entered by making a nuclear program
to get more soldiers for the invasion of Russia
to divide up his territories among his generals
3
What was the main idea behind the policy of containment?
stop tyranny from spreading
stop democracy from spreading
stop radical ideas from spreading
stop communism from spreading
4
Lend Lease Act
Allowed US to provide weapons to their allies
Allowed war with European nations
Allowed US to provide assistance to the Axis powers
A pact between Germany and USSR
5
What was the invisible line that separated democratic and communist countries in post WWII Europe?
Communist Curtain
Underground Curtain
Iron division
Iron Curtain
6
What is the Pacific Theater of WW2?
Wars with Germany
Major theater of war between the Allies and Japan.
A serious of wars in 1980
A war lead by a guy named joey
7
This map shows what theater of WW2?
Pacific
European
Asian
African
8
Who was killed in Mississippi and the publicity of the crime helped jump start the Civil Rights Movement?
Emmett Till
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
9
The biggest post-war conflict between the Soviets and the US was how this would be separated and reorganized
Germany
satellite states
the Middle East
Europe
10
What are satellite nations?
nations dominated by Western Europe
nations dominated by the Soviet Union
nations dominated by China
nations dominated by the USA
11
Who practiced civil disobedience and became the face of the early Civil Rights Movement?
Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
12
Woodstock
Supported conformity
Rejected the Civil Rights Movement
Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 in New York, counterculture
Rejected Women's Rights Movement
13
Which of the following was
NOT
a challenge to 1950s conformity?
Living in the suburbs
Civil Rights Movement
Elvis Presley and Rock and Roll
Women as housewives
14
What was the name of the US plan to help the economic recovery of Western Europe after WWII called?
Roosevelt Corollary
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
15
Who was involved with Black Nationalism and the Nation of Islam?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Emmett Till
Thurgood Marshall
16
What caused the US Congress to increase spending of math and science education?
Soviet ICBMs
Sputnik
first man on the moon
Soviet successful test of nuclear weapons
17
Which 2 countries was the Truman Doctrine especially focused on helping resist the spread of communism to?
Turkey and Albania
Turkey and Poland
Greece and Czechoslovakia
Greece and Turkey
18
Organizations like the SCLC and CORE used what type of protest against segregationist violence?
non-violent
Strikes
violent
armed confrontation
19
Which of the following resulted in the growth of suburbs?
better public transportation systems
baby boom
better schools
discrimination/racism in cities
20
After the North Africa campaign, what was the Allies next target?
Italy
Pacific
Japan
France
21
Difference between MLK and Malcolm X
Worked for different movements
Difference in use of violence and emphasis on self reliance
Both followed Nation of Islam
Lived in different parts of the world
22
Rosie the Riviter symbolized:
Women supporting the war effort during WWII.
Women in the armed forces during WWII.
23
What was the name of the organization created after WWII meant to help countries peacefully settle disputes?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
24
What was the basic principal that NATO was based on?
collective solvency
collective security
collective resistance
collective analysis
25
The Allied Powers were...
Japan, Germany, Austria-Hungary
France, Soviet Union, Britain, US
None of these
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
26
Who was a lawyer for the NAACP and became the first African American justice on the Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Emmett Till
Thurgood Marshall
27
What was the idea that if a country had so many powerful nuclear weapons no other country would dare attack it called?
deterrence
brinkmanship
big stick diplomacy
escalation
28
What is island hopping?
Avoiding islands with enemy troops
Sending Atom bombs until Japan surrenders
Sending peace negotiations from island to island
Taking over each island all the way to Japan.
29
Which of the following had the greatest impact on American homes in the 1950s?
television
computers
the transistor
polio vaccines
30
Who were the Axis powers during World War II?
the United States, Great Britain, and France
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union
the United States, Great Britain, France, & the Soviet Union
Germany, Italy, and Japan
31
Why was rock-and-roll so popular for the youth of the 50s?
helped them connect with their parents
helped them conform to society
helped them have their own fashion and music styles
helped them learn how to be an adult
32
What defined the Cold War?
50 years of tension between USA and China
50 years of tension between USA and USSR
50 years of tension between USSR and Western Europe
50 years of tension between UK and USSR
33
Which of the following remained divided at almost the same place as before the conflict?
Israel
Germany
Vietnam
Korea
34
The Freedom Rides (1961) were protests against
trucking companies that refused to hire African American drivers
laws that mandated separate railroad cars for African Americans and whites
segregation in interstate bus routes throughout the South
segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama
35
Steamed from the idea that progress for equality was taking too long and lacked progress
Black Power
SCLC
Great Society
Black Nationalism
36
Neutrality Acts
Kept the Japanese from invading China
Limited trade with the US and countries at war
None of the options listed
Europe's policy towards Germany
37
What is appeasement?
Agreeing to a compromise
Uniting two countries
Giving into an aggressor to keep peace
Surrendering to prevent death
38
Which event brought the USA and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
Berlin Wall being built
Bay of Pigs
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
39
Which president desegregated the US military and fired MacArthur?
Truman
JFK
Eisenhower
FDR
40
This included healthcare for the elderly but was criticized for giving the federal government too much authority
Great Society
New Frontier
Modern Republicanism
Fair Deal
41
In a totalitarian country...
rulers are chosen at birth
the government has total control over people's lives.
people vote in free elections
people have a lot of rights
42
What areas saw the most legislative victories during the Civil Rights Movement?
desegregation and job opportunities
job opportunities and voting rights
voting rights and equal housing opportunities
desegregation and voting rights
43
This was built to stop people from escaping communist territory
Great Wall of China
Elastic Curtain
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
44
What did the Warren Commision determine?
JFK was assassinated by multiple shooters
JFK was assassinated by the CIA
JFK was assassinated by one person
JFK was assassinated by the Soviets
45
The essential element of the policy of containment was
a commitment to holding communism to the USSR
a commitment to working with the USSR
a rejection of involvement in the United Nations
a commitment to rolling back communism
46
What was one result of the Interstate Highway system?
less reliance on public transportation
fewer car accidents
fewer cars on the road
more reliance on public transportation
47
Who was the president during the Little Rock crisis (hint: he was a WWII hero)?
Eisenhower
Truman
Johnson
Kennedy
48
Which countries signed a non aggression pact?
Germany & Italy
Soviet Union & Germany
US & Germany
US & Soviet Union
49
This was the Allied response to the Berlin Blockade
Berlin Crisis
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Berlin Problem
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Black power movement
took all power from african americans
Separate from white societies and form their own communities
movement for the safety and self sufficiency of african american men
movement for the safety and self sufficiency of african american women
51
What is fascism?
Puts allies above the nation
Puts the nation above the individual
Similiar to democracy
Puts the individal above the nation
52
Sent to internment camps during WWII
POWs
Jews
dictators
Japanese Americans
53
Who created Levittown?
Henry Kaiser
Jackie Robinson
William Levitt
Harry Truman
54
Who committed NASA to the goal of putting a man on the moon during the 1960s?
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Johnson
Nixon
55
The Birmingham Protests...
Resulted in the desegregation of buses crossing state lines
Ended school segregation
lifted the ban on interracial marriage in many states
became a symbol of violent white resistance to the CRM
56
The use of the atomic bomb
made an invasion of Japan necessary
helped force Japan to surrender.
was an EASY decision to make.
prevented Japan from invading the United States.
57
What did Truman fire MacArthur over?
Suez Canal Crisis
Vietnam War
UN Partition Plan of Israel
Korean War
58
This persons actions led to Montgomery Bus Boycott
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Emmett Till
59
Who was a prominent anti-communist in the US who spread widespread fear of communists in the country?
Marshall
McCarthy
MacArthur
Truman
60
The attack on Pearl Harbor led to American intervention in this world conflict.
Vietnam War
World War I
Cold War
World War II
61
What did the Nuremberg trials prove?
You are responsible for your own actions.
The Nazis were not responsible for their actions because they were at war.
You can get away with murder if you are ordered to do it.
The Nazis were able to kill people out of fear of their own lives.
62
Who killed Kennedy? Who killed the man who killed Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald / Jack Ruby
John Connally / Fidel Castro
Jack Ruby / Lee Harvey Oswald
Lyndon Johnson / Jack Ruby
63
Nazism was the political and economic doctrine that supported:
dominance of nationalism and superior authority
imprisoning of Aryan supporters
destruction of all Germans
private ownership of farms and factories
64
The feminist movement in the 1960s and 70s focused on which set of major ideas:
equal rights in education, employment, and politics
the right to vote and work outside the home
domestic violence and rape culture awareness
the right to wear pants and cut their hair short
