USII Midterm Review 2025

What was the largest land-sea-air operation in military history?

Which battle was the turning point in the war in Europe?

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded by James Farmer in order to do what?

Orson Welles performed "War of the Worlds" on the radio and people believed there was a real alien invasion.

Radio speeches explaining FDR's programs were commonly known as what?

What was a camp where Jews were sent to be systematically murdered in gas chambers called?

What country was Herbert Hoover from?

What was the act that said a person could be fined or imprisoned for interfereing with the war effort in WWI?

What country was Franklin D. Roosevelt from?

What was the idea that people should succeed or fail through their own efforts?

What organization froze prices on goods and raised income taxes to fight inflation?

What country was Neville Chamberlain from?

Which of the following was NOT a battle in the Pacific?

What country was Adolf Hitler from?

When was the Pearl Harbor attack?

When was V-E Day celebrated?

What country was Nicholas Romanov from?

What country was Kaiser Wilhelm from?

What was set up by Wilson in WWI that encouraged companies to use mass production of goods to eliminate waste?

Which conference was focused on post-war order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war?

Which conference was held to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization plans?

What did we call places where we would grow our own food during war?

What were poor, segregated sections of cities where Jews were sent called?

What was the most heavily defended place on earth that saw more than 6,000 US deaths in battle?

What amendment to the Constitution moved the date of the presidential inauguration from March to January?

What happened to the country of Germany after the war?

Which amendment created the Income Tax?

What was the 1941 law that allowed the US to ship arms and other supplies to nations fighting the Axis powers?

FDR's select group of advisors who helped him create his Depression-era programs were known as what?

What was one book about the Depression written by John Steinbeck?

What happened to Germany at the end of WWII?

Which amendment banned / prohibited the manufacture, sale, and purchase of alcohol?

The acts that outlawed and prevented arms sales to nations at war was known as what?

What country was Benito Mussolini from?

A government that has complete and total control over its citizens is known as what?

The period of intense activity where Congress passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation?

The Office of Scientific Research & Development was created to...

What was giving into your priciples in order to please, or satisfy, an aggressor known as?

Which battle was the turning point in the war in the Pacific?

Which group of people suffered from lack of nutrition and education during the Great Depression?

What document officially ended WWI?

The region of farmland made worthless because of drought and overproduction of crops in the 1920s was known as what?

Who was president of the US during the time of WWI (1917-1918)?

What was the place called where the US held Japanese Americans during the war?

What country was Woodrow Wilson from?

What did Woodrow Wilson want to create to help prevent future wars?

Which amendment moved the date of presidential inaugurations from March to January?

What happened to Adolf Hitler after WWII ended?

What were labor camps where Jews were sent to WORK?

Where were American soldiers forced on a 65+ mile death march (later determined to be a war crime)?

What was it called when people used newspapers for warmth?

What was the system of images letting people know if a town was safe or not called?

The group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $500 pay was what?

What was the name of the diverse groups of people dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party during the Depression?

How did the US communicate plans on the Pacific front and maintain secrecy despite Japanese cryptographers?

What bill helped veterans adjust after WWII?

The German brand of extreme nationalism with racial purification was known as what?

Which act provided old-age insurance for retirees, unemployment compensation, & aide to families with children?

Which of the following New Deal programs is still in existence today?

The period from 1929-1940 where the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed was known as what?

Which amendment caused prohibition to go into effect?

What was the Night of Broken Glass?

What country was Winston Churchill from?

Who helped rebuild Japan after the war?

What was the code name of the plan to develop an atomic bomb?

What was the WWI Propaganda agency called?

What was the act that exapnded the draft and provided 10 million soldiers for war?

When did the formal surrender of the Japanese take place?

The island where over 240,000 people were estimated to have been killed, & one of the last battles of the war, was what?

The Japanese invasion of a major Chinese Nationalist city, which was determined to be a war crime, was where?

What country was Charles de Gaulle from?

What movement was popular between 1939-1941 in America when it came to the war effort?

When farmers refused to work, dumped milk, and burned crops, it was ironically called what?

Operation Paperclip was a plan to provide immunity to Japanese scientists of Unit 731 in exchange for information

The series of trials to convict high-ranking Nazi officials were known as...

What country was Joseph Stalin from?

Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

Which of the following was a famous movie that was produced during the Depression?

What were makeshift shanty towns homeless people created during the Depression?

The day when the bottom fell out of the stock market was known as what?

Between 1928 and 1932, the suicide rate grew by approximately what percentage?

The political party that stresses extreme nationalism and the interests of the state above those of the individual?

Which of the following was NOT a major leader of an Allied Power after WWI?

The Depression-era programs created by FDR focusing on Relief, Recovery, and Reform, were known as what?

What was it called when people would walk around with their empty pants pockets turned out?

Which of the following was NOT a way the government paid for WWI?

What were the code names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan?

What country was Vladimir Lenin from?

Who was NOT a famous radio personality during the Great Depression