World War 2 and Cold War Beginnings Test

Question 1

After bombing Pearl Harbor, anti- Japanese hysteria led to the forced holding of these people

Accepted Answer

Japanese Internment

Question 2

This battle, also known as the Battle of Normandy, was the largest sea-born invasion in history

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 3

Which is not ever an Axis Power?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 4

All are reasons FOR dropping the Atomic bomb EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

kills millions of innocents

Question 5

What were the tensions about in the cold war?

Accepted Answer

Communism v. Democracy

Question 6

Which is not an Ally?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 7

What event prompted Japan to surrender?

Accepted Answer

2nd Bomb at Nagasaki

Question 8

All are reasons for NOT dropping the bomb EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

kills the bad guys

Question 9

This event was an attack on the USA by Japan, drawing the US into WW2

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 10

this man led the fascist National German Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazis

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 11

Sharp increase in the birthrate after WW2 (1946-1961)

Accepted Answer

Baby Boom

Question 12

All are ways in which the US and Soviet Union competed in the Cold War EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Wealthiest Nation

Question 13

a program, and word, that means to stop the spread of something

Accepted Answer

containment

Question 14

a fascist party that gained power in Germany in the 30s preaching racial superiority.

Accepted Answer

Nazi Party

Question 15

The city where the first Atomic Bomb was dropped :

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima

Question 16

The killing of 6 million Jews/ 11 Million total persecuted ethnic groups by the Nazis

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 17

Cold War refers to:

Accepted Answer

fighting through threats and words

Question 18

a strategy where allied forces would capture islands to stage attacks on more islands

Accepted Answer

island hopping

Question 19

Which was NOT a program to contain communism?

Accepted Answer

War Productions Board

Question 20

This refers to the residential areas surrounding a city.

Accepted Answer

Suburb

Question 21

This is an instance where cold war turned hot

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 22

The goal of the Manhattan Project was to:

Accepted Answer

Create the Atomic Bomb

Question 23

Communist leader of the SovietUnion.He tried to control every aspect of life,crushed opposition

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 24

Explain how WW2 helped lift America out of the depression:

Accepted Answer

all of the above

World War 2 and Cold War Beginnings Test

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