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WorksheetsHistory B - Final CHS
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A _______, or suicide plane, was an attack in which Japanese pilots crashed their planes into Allied ships.
a)
Bloody Anizo
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Nagasaki
d)
Filipino
2.
Beginning in 1935, President _____ implemented the Neutrality Acts in an effort to keep the United States out of World War II.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3.
Which of the following dictators transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Vladimir l. Lenin
d)
Benito Mussolini
4.
Leader of the Nazi political party who's philosophy was based on nationalism and racism.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Adolf Hitler
5.
This allowed Communists in North Vietnam to supply weapons to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resoultion
c)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
6.
After World War I, Europe has many democracies. At the start of World War II what happened to most of these democracies?
a)
They thrived
b)
They became communist.
c)
They were torn apart by civil wars
d)
They were replaced by dictatorships.
7.
One legacy of the Civil Rights Movement that has been challenged in recent years is _____.
a)
Equal opportunity in housing
b)
Affirmative action programs
c)
Black participation in politics
d)
Separate but equal facilites
8.
President Truman's goal when deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ____.
a)
Find out how destructive the bomb was.
b)
Teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
c)
End the war and save Americans lives
d)
Show how powerful the United States was.
9.
The atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of _____ and _____.
a)
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
b)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c)
Nagasaki and Tokyo
d)
Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
10.
The secret development of the atomic bomb was led by?
a)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Enola Gay
11.
The purpose of the Nuremberg Trails was to punish _________ for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
a)
Soviet occupants of Eastern European countries
b)
The developers of the atomic bomb
c)
Japanese war criminals
d)
Nazi leaders
12.
The "zoot-suit" riots that erupted in Los Angeles in 1942 were directed against ______.
a)
African-Americans
b)
Mexican Americans
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
German-Americans
13.
Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
14.
The _____ was a policy in which the United States gave economic aid to rebuild Western European countries after World War II.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Eisenhower Doctrine
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Truman Doctrine
15.
This action provided vital supplies to West Germany that was blockaded by the Soviet Union.
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Cold War
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Brinkmanship
16.
Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win American support because he _____.
a)
was corrupt
b)
was a Nationalist
c)
was a communist
d)
had cooperated with Japan during World War 2.
17.
President Truman fired General ________ because he wanted to wage a war against China and North Korea.
a)
Dwight D Eisenhower
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
George Patton
d)
Joseph McCarthy
18.
The unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty or being Communist without providing evidence is known as _____.
a)
Clemency
b)
Dawnism
c)
McCarthyism
d)
Brinkmanship
19.
Term used to describe all people of a certain group, race, or gender.
a)
Stereotype
b)
Culture
c)
Nationality
d)
Ethnic Group
20.
Because Kennedy was elected by such a slim margin, he lacked a popular ______.
a)
Recession
b)
Opinion
c)
Reapportionment
d)
Mandate
21.
What contributed to the end of Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey.
b)
The discovery that the missles had been removed from Cuba
c)
Castor's promise to restore democracy
d)
Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
22.
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a)
To embarrass America
b)
To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
c)
To reduce cold war tensions
d)
To demonstrate the success of Communism
23.
He was responsible for separating East Germany from West Germany by building the Berlin Wall.
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon Johnson
24.
Which of the following reflects the findings of the Warren Commission?
a)
Oswald and Ruby were part of a conspiracy
b)
Oswald acted alone
c)
Cuban exiles were involved
d)
The FBI was involved
25.
The ____ of election districts shifted political power from rural to urban areas
a)
Competition
b)
Deregulation
c)
Proprietorship
d)
Reapportionment
26.
This political party was formed to fight against police brutality in urban neighborhoods
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
d)
Southern Christian Leadership Committee
27.
Which of the following is not associated with the Black Power movement?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Black Panthers
d)
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic party
28.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
29.
______ was the leader of the Communist Party in North Vietnam who fought the French, Japanese, and U.S. forces
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Yao Ming
30.
To expose Vietcong tunnel and hideouts, US planes dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungles of Vietnam.
a)
Napalm
b)
Land mines
c)
Agent Orange
d)
Nuclear missiles
31.
Conducted by U.S. soldiers, these resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese civilians with suspected ties to Vietcong and burning their villages.
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Christmas bombings
c)
Search-and-Destroy Missions
d)
Invasion of Cambodia
32.
The _____ was a surprise attack by the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese Army on numerous cities in South Vietnam
a)
My Lai Massacre
b)
Khmer Rouge
c)
Invasion of Cambodia
d)
Tet Offensive
33.
Americans who strongly felt that Johnson wasn't doing enough to escalate and win the war were known as ____.
a)
Lions
b)
Eagles
c)
Hawks
d)
Doves
34.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
a)
Richard M. Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
35.
In an attempt to win support for his war policies, Nixon made a special request to this group of America.
a)
Students for a Democratic Society
b)
Doves
c)
Silent majority
d)
Vietnam volunteers
36.
This requires a president to inform Congress within 48 hours if U.S. forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war.
a)
Pentagon Papers
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
d)
Geneva Accords
37.
Implemented by Adolf Hitler and practiced by the Nazis, genocide is
a)
The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
b)
the deliberate extermination of specific groups people
c)
the abuse of a nations citizens by there own goverment
d)
the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
38.
The systematic killing of over 6 million jews and other non-aryans is known as the
a)
blitzkrieg
b)
holocaust
c)
kristallnacht
d)
mein kampf
39.
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the ______ powers
a)
Allied
b)
Central
c)
Axis
d)
atlantic
40.
The Fair Deal was an economic program proposed by president ______.
a)
Dwight D. eisenhower
b)
Franklin D roosevelt
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Harry S. Truman
41.
Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union were known as the ________ powers
a)
Allied
b)
Dunkrik
c)
Axis
d)
Atlantic
42.
The "day that will go down in infamy" describes when Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ______
a)
France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Iwo Jima
d)
leningrad
43.
The ________ expanded the draft and eventually over 10 million soldiers joined the war
a)
Lend-lease act
b)
War production Board
c)
Selective Service System
d)
G.I Bill of Rights
44.
The responsibility of the ______ was converting industry from peace time to war time production.
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
War Production Board
c)
Selective service act
d)
office of price administration
45.
To protect discrimination, ________ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941
a)
Franklin D roosevelt
b)
Harry s truman
c)
General George Marshall
d)
A. Philip Randolph
46.
What was the Manhattan project?
a)
Japanese-Americans were sent to interment camps
b)
Planned the Allies strategy for invading Europe
c)
Developed the atomic bomb
d)
Encouraged the purchase of war bonds
47.
The Longoria Incident involved the refusal by town officials to provide funeral services to a World War 2 veteran because he was _____.
a)
African American
b)
Mexican American
c)
Japanese American
d)
Native American
48.
Convoys, sonar, and radar helped the Allies in defeating the ______ during the battle of the Atlantic.
a)
Russian air force
b)
Italian air force
c)
British R.A.F
d)
German U-boats
49.
The responsibility of the _____ was converting industry from peace time to war time production.
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
War Production Board
c)
Selective Service System
d)
Office of Price Administration
50.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people can buy during war time is known as _______.
a)
inflation
b)
recession
c)
depression
d)
rationing
51.
The ______ where all black pilots who preformed heroically during the fighting in Italy?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Buffaloes
c)
100th battalion
d)
141st regiment
52.
The allied invasion of Normandy, France to free Europe from the Nazis was known as ________
a)
D-Day
b)
V-E day
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
Battle of the Atlantic
53.
In the battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the soviet victory except _____?
a)
a brutal winter
b)
a massive allied invasion
c)
a massive Soviet counter-attack
d)
Hitler's refusal to order a German retreat
54.
American general who led the Allied troops that liberated Paris and other European countries from the Nazis
a)
George Patton
b)
George Marshall
c)
Douglas MacArthur
d)
Dwight D Eisenhower
55.
"White flight" involved mass exodus of white Americans from the nation's ________.
a)
cities
b)
suburbs
c)
farms
d)
coastlines
56.
The unsuccessful effort to integrate Native Americans by moving them off their reservations and into the nation's cities was known as the _____.
a)
Termination policy
b)
Dawes act
c)
Bracero program
d)
Indian recognition
57.
These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and over.
a)
Civil Rights Services
b)
Privatization of medicine
c)
Medicare and Medicaid
d)
Equal Insurance Policy
58.
Following the Arkansas governor's refusal to obey the supreme court decision in ______, a crisis occurs in Little Rock. President Eisenhower places the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and orders para-troopers into the city.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Morgan v. Virginia
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
59.
Civil rights leader and minister who deeply believed in the power of nonviolent protest
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Malcolm X
60.
One accomplishment of the ______ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Black Panthers
c)
Montgomery bus boycott
d)
Freedom Riders
61.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following
a)
housing
b)
churches
c)
private universities
d)
public accomadations
62.
Appealing to many African Americans' frustration over a lack of social and economic power, _______ preached that blacks should separate from white society.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Medger Evers
d)
Fannie Lou Hamer
63.
The Fair Deal was an economic program proposed by President _______.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Harry S. Truman
64.
A _____ is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations.
a)
conglomerate
b)
franchise
c)
charter
d)
monopoly
65.
Which is not a factor working against Kennedy in the 1960's election?
a)
Age
b)
Religion
c)
debate performance
d)
policy differences with his apponent
66.
____ was the leader of the fascist government in Italy during World War II.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Charles De Gaulle
67.
In the beginning of World War II the ____ had an alliance with Germany but ended the war fighting against Germans.
a)
Great Britain
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Poland
d)
Japan
68.
The _________ is a program in which the assistance of U.S. volunteers is offered to the developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
a)
Fair Deal
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Peace Corp
d)
Great Society
69.
Which of the following groups were intended to benefit the most from the "Great Society" programs?
a)
Minorities and the poor
b)
White, middle-class families
c)
Farmers and laborers
d)
Businessmen
70.
The organization formed to promote cooperation between world countries after World War II was called the _____.
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d)
Warsaw Pact
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