WWII/Cold War Test Review (e-Learning)

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

• U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
• U.S., Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Germany, France, and Japan

A mass murder of people based on in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious, politics, or culture is called...

• Holocaust
• Genocide
• Concentration Camp
• Nuremberg Laws

Why was it called the "Cold War"?

• The war took place in the Ural Mountains where the climate is cold. 
• Both countries built many weapons, including nuclear bombs but they were never used.
• Both countries continuously used nuclear weapons.
• Soldiers were sick and had colds while they were fighting.

Who is this a image of and what did she a symbol of .....

• June the Fighter symbol of women's suffrage

• Susan the solider symbol of women working on airplanes

• Rosie the Riveter symbol of women working in factories during the war.

What did the government encourage people to buy to help finance the war?

• Speculation

• Ration Books

• Victory Gardens

• War Bonds

1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”

• Korematsu v. United States
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Marbury v. Madison 
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

• Operation Torch