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WW2 & Cold War REVIEW!
WW2 & Cold War REVIEW!
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1
Which five countries were made permanent members of UN Security Council in 1945?
US-Britain-France-USSR-China
US-West Germany-France-USSR-China
US-East Germany-France-USSR-China
US-Britain-France-USSR-Japan
2
Who first described the separation between Eastern and Western Europe as an Iron Curtain?
FDR
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
3
The first man successfully launched into orbit in 1961 was:
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
4
The battle that turned the tide against the Nazis on the eastern front in early 1943:
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Normandy
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
Battle of Stalingrad
5
American diplomat whose 1946 "long telegram" warned of Stalin's control over Eastern Europe?
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Harry Truman
George Kennan
6
"The Japanese Race is an enemy race... the racial strains are undiluted."
Adolf Hitler
Gen. George S. Patton
Admiral Yamamoto
Gen. John Dewitt
7
About _______ Americans served in uniform during WWII:
6 million
50 million
16 million
26 million
8
Who were the "Big Three" leaders who gathered at Yalta in 1945?
Chamberlain-Truman-Stalin
Churchill-FDR-Stalin
Chamberlain-FDR-DeGaulle
Hitler-Stalin-Churchill
9
Which country was NOT a member of NATO?
France
Italy
United States
Czechoslovakia
10
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party embraced all of the following
except
:
territorial expansion.
racism and anti-Semitism.
a totalitarian government.
communism
11
In 1959, Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev engaged in the _______ in Moscow.
a summit
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
a fist fight
the kitchen debate
12
"I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
Adolf Hitler, 1939
Admiral Yamamoto, 1941
Winston Churchill, 1945
Neville Chamberlain, 1938
13
To end the Cuban Missile Crisis the superpowers pledged to all the following except:
US not remove its missiles in Turkey
USSR remove its Cuban missiles
US not invade Cuba.
USSR not intervene in Vietnam
14
By 1945, women made up ________________ of the workforce on the home-front.
almost 70 percent
about one third
about one quarter
about 15 percent
15
The Berlin Wall remained standing
1961-1991
1961-1989
1949-1991
1946-1991
16
Which of the following events stunned Americans in 1957?
Suez Canal crisis
Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite
the Cuban Revolution
battle at Dien Bien Phu
17
FDR's "Four Freedoms" included all of the following
except
the Freedom
of Speech
from fear
of Choice
of religion
18
Key blunder of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor:
only one US battleship was severely damaged or destroyer
declaration of war was not submitted prior to attack
only a handful of American servicemen were killed
Japanese bombers ran out of gas before reaching targets
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General MacArthur was relieved of his command in Korea because he
publicly opposed Truman's policy of limited war in Korea.
crossed the 38th parallel.
failed to reunify the country.
could not successfully lead the UN forces.
20
The Korean War was an example of all of the following EXCEPT
war without congressional approval
appeasement
Cold War battlefield
containment policy