US FINAL

"After I noticed the flash, white clouds spread over the blue sky. It was amazing. It was as if blue morning-glories had suddenly bloomed up in the sky. . . . Then came the heat wave. It was very, very hot. Even though there was a window glass in front of me, I felt really hot. It was as if I was looking directly into a kitchen oven." —Isao Kita

In this text, Isao Kita is describing:

• The Bataan Death March

• The attack on Hiroshima

• The invasion of Iwo Jima

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. . . . The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in

their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." —President Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941

What was President Roosevelt's purpose in this speech?

• to make the first announcement of Japan's

  attack on Pearl Harbor

• to explain Japan's military strategy

• to try to calm the fears of Americans

• to ask for a declaration of war on Japan

The "zoot suit riot" that occurred in Los Angeles in 1943 highlighted violence against:

• African AMericans

• German Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Mexican Americans

Which American military strategy is best depicted by the above map?

• Scorched Earth

• Strategic Bombing

• Island Hopping

• Naval Blockade

"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." President Harry S. Truman, Address Before a Joint Session of Congress, March 12, 1947

In this speech, Truman was advocating:

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Shelters such as this represented American concern about:

• the increasing number of natural disasters in the

  1950s.

• the potential threat of domestic terrorism in the

  1950s.

• a potential nuclear attack during the Cold War.

• a successful launch of a Soviet satellite into

  space.

"It is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. . . . To separate [students] from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority . . . that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to be ever undone." —Chief Justice Earl Warren (1954)

In this statement, Chief Justice Warren is referencing the Supreme Court's majority opinion in:

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District

• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

"[W]hen you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children. . . . Then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait." —Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter From Birmingham Jail," 1963

In this excerpt from his letter, King is arguing that:

• segregation will not go away on its own.

• nonviolent resistance is the only path to racial

  equality.

• in most cases "separate" is far from being

  "equal."

• segregation must end immediately.

The lunch counter "sit-ins" were meant to:

• antagonize the restaurant owners.

• draw attention to segregation and challenge the

  law.

• provoke police intervention.

• bring racism to the public's attention.

"You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences."

What point is President Eisenhower making here with his domino analogy?

• Vietnam is merely the latest in a chain reaction

  of colonies seeking independence that began

  decades ago.

• If Vietnam were to fall to the communists, it

  would only be a matter of time before its

  neighbors followed suit.

• When free elections are established in one

  country, the seeds of democracy are planted in

  its neighboring countries as well.

• There is no point supporting one colonial

  government when others are undergoing

  decolonization.