Era Review Quiz

Who was the supreme Allied commander in Europe during WWII? 

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• George Patton 
• General McArthur 
• Winston Churchill 

What tiny island was the location of a battle that was the turning-point in WWII in the Pacific?

• Middle Ground 
• Midway
• Midpoint
• Middle Island  

On December 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt asked the US Congress to declare war on ____________

• China
• Japan
• Germany
• Asia 

Who was NOT a European dictator?

• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini
• Tojo Hideki

Allies opened a second European front during WWII, with the  ______ battle.

• El-Alamein
• Iwo Jima
• Stalingrad
• D-Day

What was the Red Scare?

• fear of the spread of wealth
• fear of the spread of Communism
• fear of the spread of Capitalism 
• fear of job competition

What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It immediately struck down all Jim Crow laws enacted in the South
• It had little effect on political change in the South
• Within four years more than 70% of southern blacks had registered to vote
• It prompted ratification of the 24th Amendment

Why did President Johnson introduce his Great Society initiative?

• To reduce the need for labor unions in American industry
• To establish social benefits for all Americans
• To work toward reducing the tax burden on corporations
• To establish legislation that would help poverty-stricken Americans

Brown v. Board of Education had the most immediate effect on:

• Segregated schools
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The Freedom Riders
• The Miranda Warning

What did the Communist takeover in China and the Korean War give rise to in America?

• The Space Race
• Communism
• McCarthyism
• The Marshall Plan