Social Studies 5th Six weeks

Why did President Roosevelt call December 7, "A day that will live in Infamy"?

• because congress declared war on the Axis Powers

• It was the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan

• Because Japan realized that the U.S could be a military threat to their efforts to expand control of the Pacific Ocean

• Millions of people found ways to support the war effort.

What event does this headline announce?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The bomb in of Hiroshima

• The start of the Vietnam War

• The defeat of the Allied Powers

With many of the men off fighting the war, thousands of women took over their jobs.

• True

• False

The hydrogen bomb was 10 times more powerful than the atomic bomb.

• True

• False

In 1952, American scientists developed and tested a new type of weapon, know as the

• Atomic bomb

• hydrogen bomb

• Nuclear bomb

• Nuclear Missile

When did the Soviet Union test its first Atomic bomb?

• 1958

• 1954

• 1999

• 1949

Following World War II, The Allied Forces divided _____ into four occupation zones.

• Germany

• Poland

• Spain

• France

After WWII, about ________ of American Citizens still lived in the south.

• one quarter

• two thirds

• one half

• three-quarters

What countries were the primary participants in the Cold War?

• Great Britain and France

• United States and Great Britain

• United States and Soviet Union

• France and The Soviet Union

What did it mean to have segregated school in America?

• Schools became run down because of lack of tax revenue.

• Children could attend whatever school they wanted.

• Parents attended school with the children.

• Attendance was based on the color of the child's skin.