HISTORY QUIZ - WORLD WAR 2 VOCABULARY

A struggle over political

differences between the

United States and Soviet Union in which

both countries lived on

the brink of nuclear war

until the collapse of the

Soviet Union in 1991.

• Hot War
• Freezing War
• Warm Conflict
• Cold War

This conflict was fought from

1950 – 1953 in a country being

backed by the Soviet Union

who urged the population to

adopt communism. President

Truman cited the “Truman

Doctrine” sending troops to help.

After three years of bitter fighting,

the struggle ended in a stalemate.

• World War II
• Cold War
• Vietnam War
• Korean Conflict (War)

This conflict was fought from 1955

– 1975. It was the longest and

bloodiest conflict in US history.

• Vietnam War
• World War II
• Korean War
• Gulf War

This war was a It was a crushing and

embarrassing defeat for the

United States and also the longest and bloodiest war ever fought in the US.

• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• World War II
• Iraq War

Cold War dispute between the United States and the

Soviet Union. In 1962 the S.U. allied themselves with

the Cuban communist dictator, Fidel Castro, and placed

atomic weapons pointed at the U.S. in 1962.

• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Berlin Wall Crisis
• Korean War

In April, 1961, 1,500 CIA trained

Cuban exiles & American troops

landed at the THIS PLACE in

southern Cuba with the intent of

capturing and removing Fidel

Castro from power

• Bay of Pigs
• Caribbean Sea
• Atlantic Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico

An order, usually

proclaimed by a

president or the

government of a

country, to

prohibit trade with

another country.

• embargo
• alliance
• blockade
• sanction

A marked

increase in the

birthrate,

especially in

the US

following

WWII.

• Baby Bust
• Toddler Explosion
• Baby Boom
• Infant Surge

Eleanor Roosevelt was the first woman to represent a country when she was sent to represent

the United States at the newly created United Nations following WWII. Eleanor played a vital role

in expanding the rights of people all around the world when she was given the position of

“Chairman” over a committee that would write this important U.N. document still cited today.

• Global Declaration of Human Rights
• International Declaration of Human Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Worldwide Declaration of Human Rights

As soldiers returned home following WWII, the government began discussing

ways to help them. First known as the servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, this

bill offered money for college or job training, low or no interest loans to buy homes or

businesses, and unemployment benefits to military veterans.

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• Military Support Act of 1946
• Veterans Assistance Act of 1945
• Soldiers Reintegration Bill of 1947