American History II Exam Review

What was name for the Communist superpower that was the United States' rival during the Cold War?

• Soviet Union/USSR

• Germany

• Korea

• Cuba

What prompted the U.S. to enter WWII in 1941?

• the imprisonment of Jews in Concentration Camps

• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• the pact that the Soviet Union signed with Germany

• Germany's invasion of the Rhineland

Through their island-hopping strategy, the Allies put themselves in a position to

• bomb Japan

• retake Pearl Harbor

• Defend China

• bomb Germany

The goal of the Manhattan Project was to

• develop an atomic bomb

• devise a strategy for invading Japan

• build 8 new aircraft carriers

• defend New York City

Which of the following took place on D-Day?

• Allied invasion of Italy

• Allied invasion of France along the Normandy coast

Which term best describes the diplomacy followed by some nations when they would give in to Hitler's demands?

• appeasement

• containment

He established the Third Reich in Germany, by conquering most of Europe in the 1930s and early 1940s

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Emperor Hirohito

This president was elected in 1960; promised change; solved the cuban missile crisis; assassinated in 1963.

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

• Johnson

• Nixon

Which of the following best describes why the U.S. fought in the Vietnam War?

• to prevent the Communist North Vietnam from taking over the Democratic South Vietnam

• to prevent the Democratic South Vietnam from taking over the Communist North Vietnam

• to colonize Vietnam and expand the U.S. Empire

Which best describes the New Deal?

• The senators and representatives who opposed FDR's domestic agenda

• A series of federal programs to help the poor and reform the economy in the wake of the Great Depression

• A series of laws the caused the Great Depression