Bellringers Week 28 (7th gr.)

What was the purpose of rationing during World War II?

• To increase volunteers for the Army

• Getting resources for the unemployed

• Conserving resources for soldiers

• To encourage the production of wartime goods

Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of women's contribution in which area?

• Military Service (Nursing)

• Volunteer organizations

• Housewives and mothers

• War-related industries

An economic system where the government owns everything and makes all the economic decisions.

• Cold War

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Communism

What was the global struggle for power between the communist Soviet Union and the democratic United States called?

• Cold War

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Nuremberg Trials

Which policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War?

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Nuremberg Trials

• Communism

What was the US's plan to provide billions of dollars of financial aid to rebuild Europe and prevent the spread of Communism?

• Cold War

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Nuremberg Trials

What were the trials held in Germany to punish Nazi leaders for "Crimes against humanity" called?

• Cold War

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Nuremberg Trials

What was the US's policy of trying to stop the spread of communism called?

• Cold War

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Nuremberg Trials

What was the "Iron Curtain" a metaphor for during the Cold War?

• A physical barrier separating East and West Germany

• The division between the Soviet Union and Western Europe

• A type of Soviet military defense

• A conference held in Yalta

What was the primary purpose of the Yalta Conference?

• To establish the United Nations

• To plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany

• To divide the territories controlled by the Axis powers

• To discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe