Day 13 Quiz NM History

Match the following

• The Japanese surrendered ending the war in the Pacific

• December 7, 1941

• The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

• August 6, 1945

• The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

• August 9, 1945

• The Gadget was tested at the Trinity Site

• July 16, 1945

• The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

• September 2, 1945

When did the Trinity Site become a national historic landmark?

• 1975

• 1945

• 1964

• 2001

The day the Japanese surrendered is known as ______.

• VJ Day

• VE Day

• VU Day

• VV Day

After testing the bomb at the Trinity site...

• Cows lost their hair

• Not a blade of grass was left within a mile of ground zero

• The earth was scorched for a quarter mile around ground zero

• Extensive testing was done to see if anyone had cancer due to radiation exposure

155 scientists signed a petition urging the government not to use the bombs on Japan

• True

• False

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea on _______

• June 25, 1950

• September 2, 1945

• July 2, 1950

• June 25, 1953

Who had been accusing government agencies and universities of harboring communists? 

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Ronald Reagan

• Harry S. Truman

By 1955, America is the ______country in the world.

• poorest

• most developed

• richest

• greatest

Who launched the first artificial satellite into space?

• The U.S.

• The Soviet Union

• China

• Canada

Where did scientists from Los Alamos help test new weapons?

• Nevada

• South Pacific

• California

• Arizona