World War II and Cold War Quizs

I was the U.S. President during most of World War II. I led the nation through the Great Depression and declared war after Pearl Harbor.

• Harry S. Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon B. Johnson

I was the defensive alliance formed by the U.S. and Western allies to counter the Soviet Union.

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

• Warsaw Pact

• ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty)

I ordered a naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis and avoided nuclear war.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Pearl Harbor

• Tokyo Bay

• Pearl Harbor

• San Francisco

• Guam

What does HUAC stand for?

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• House of Unlawful Activities Committee

• House of American Unity Committee

• House Unilateral Activities Committee

I symbolized the working woman during WWII. I rolled up my sleeves and went to work in factories.

• Rosie the Riveter

• Betty the Builder

• Wendy the Worker

• Molly the Mechanic

I was the mass internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, upheld by the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States.

• Japanese Internment

• Japanese Relocation

• Japanese Exclusion

• Japanese Displacement

I was the project that developed the atomic bomb in secret during WWII.

• The Manhattan Project

• The Apollo Program

• The Marshall Plan

• The New Deal

The Manhattan Project

• A secret project to develop the atomic bomb

• A famous art movement in New York

• A major infrastructure project in Manhattan

• A historical event related to the moon landing

I was the doctrine that stated the U.S. would support free peoples resisting subjugation.

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan