Final Exam Review (Spring 2018)

Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941?

• Island hopping disturbed Japanese trade routes in the Pacific

• The US had destroyed their entire naval fleet at Midway

• Japanese-Americans were relocated to internment camps

• The US imposed trade restrictions on them, causing shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

Which event caused France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The establishment of Nazi concentration camps

• Germany's invasion of Poland

What was the Manhattan Project?

• The US government's plan to develop atomic weapons

• The invasion of Nornmandy

• The plan to round up the Jews and put them in concentration camps

• The Soviet plan to infiltrate the US government

Which of the following quotes can be attributed to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

• "Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far"

• "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy"

• "We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"

• "I am not a crook"

Why did the US want to capture the island of Iwo Jima during World War II?

• The entire Japanese naval fleet was located there

• They wanted to use it as a refueling station for future attacks

• They wanted to contain the spread of communism throughout the continent

• It was the capital of Japan and the government was headquartered there

Which of the following was the generation of Americans born from 1945 to 1961?

• Milennials

• Baby Boomers

• Generation Z

• Generation X

Which of the following statements is true about the Cold War?

• The United States expanded its influence to the rest of the world via military intervention

• The US and Soviet Union stockpiled nuclear weapons during an arms race

• The United States and Soviet Union retreated into an isolationist stance in world affairs

• The United States experienced a period of westward expansion, urbanization, and industrialization

_________ divided North and South Korea

• 17th parallel

• Treaty of Versailles

• Dayton Accords

• 38th Parallel

Which of the following was a result of McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Segregation was declared unconstitutional

• The US government instituted the draft to recruit soldiers for the Korean War

• The government created NASA and spent billions on space exploration

• Many Americans were arrested for suspected communist activities

Why was the group of actors, known as the Hollywood 10, blacklisted from future movie roles during the Cold War?

• They were convicted of being communist spies

• The refused to testify in front of HUAC about communist activities

• They organized violent protests against the draft

• They were involved in the cover up of the Watergate break-in