HS US History Review Unit 8: WWII and the Cold War

Question 1

This was a policy that would prevent the extension of communist rule to other countries.

Accepted Answer

containment

Question 2

"24 Nazi leaders were put on trial for crimes against humanity and crimes against the peace.”

Accepted Answer

Nuremburg Trials

Question 3

What motivated McCarthyism? "It was the fear of ______."

Accepted Answer

Communists

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

Accepted Answer

develop atomic bomb

Question 5

Which happened first?

Accepted Answer

WWII begins

Question 6

Which act(s) banned the sale of arms after WWI?

Accepted Answer

Neutrality Acts

Question 7

Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Communist USSR were all which type of government?

Accepted Answer

totalitarian

Question 8

How were Japanese Americans treated during WWII?

Accepted Answer

treated horribly, put in internment camps

Question 9

What did the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 do?

Accepted Answer

took German citizenship and property from Jews

Question 10

Which happened second?

Accepted Answer

Germany surrenders

Question 11

The policy of making concessions to dictatorial powers to avoid conflict is known as...

Accepted Answer

appeasement

Question 12

Which country was split in half after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 13

Why did the Nazis gain power in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Germany was struggling economically

Question 14

Which of the following provided economic aid for European nations after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 15

Which happened third?

Accepted Answer

Japan surrenders

Question 16

Which country was split in half after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 17

Which of the following countries was not a communist country in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 18

Whatwas the verdict of the Supreme Court case, Korematsu v. United States (1944)?

Accepted Answer

internment was a "military necessity"

Question 19

What type of government system did the Soviet Union, North Korea, and China have in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

communism

Question 20

Which event led to America's intervention in WWII?

Accepted Answer

Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

Question 21

Which of the following correctly describes anti-Semitism?

Accepted Answer

prejudice toward Jews

Question 22

Which of the following groups were targeted by Hitler's "final solution"?

Accepted Answer

Gypsies, the disabled, homosexuals, Jews

Question 23

Which happened last?

Accepted Answer

Korean War begins

HS US History Review Unit 8: WWII and the Cold War

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