US History - Quiz Review (SSUSH20)

This organization was created after WWII and replaced the League of Nations to intervene in world affairs.

• The League of Extraordinary Nations

• Committee for World Peace

• The United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

A time period marked by an arms race with weapons of mass destruction between the USA and the Soviet Union.

• The War on Terrorism

• The Cold War

• The Age of Imperialism

• Glasnost & Perestroika

This program was meant to help war-torn Europe rebuild their nations, economies in order to resist communism.

• Presidential Reconstruction Plan

• Congressional Reconstruction Plan

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

These two wars were fought to stop the spread of communism there.

• Vietnam & the Battle of Midway

• Korea & the War on Terrorism

• Vietnam & Pearl Harbor

• Korea & Vietnam

That portion of the North American British Colonies that were founded for financial gain. Virginia was the 1st of these.

• New England

• Mid-Atlantic

• Southern

• Western

Which event was an invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles who wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro and return Cuba to a democracy?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Bay of Pigs

• The TET Offensive

• Operation Overlord

Which President signed an executive order ending segregation in the armed forces at the end of WWII?

• President Franklin Roosevelt

• President Harry Truman

• President Eisenhower

• President Kennedy

This region of the British North American colonies developed a diverse culture and was geographically settled between the New England & Southern colonies.

• Mid-Atlantic

• Western

• Southern

• New England

Communism was spreading into North Korea from

• China

• Japan

• Vietnam

• South Korea

This President signed an executive order during WWII, that prohibited discrimination in defense industry jobs.

• President Harry Truman

• President Franklin Roosevelt

• President Herbert Hoover

• President Eisenhower