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Worksheets2nd semester US History Review
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What caused the U.S. to enter WW2?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The 9/11 attacks
c)
The battle of Dunkirk
d)
D-Day
2.
What was Hitler's term for 'lightning war'?
a)
Wunderwaffe
b)
Blitzkreig
c)
Dreihunde
d)
Wolfstein
3.
What was the first island the U.S. took from Japan?
a)
Midway
b)
Hawaii
c)
Okinawa
d)
Iwo Jima
4.
In the Battle of Britain, what type of vehicle was mainly used?
a)
Airplane
b)
Tank
c)
Ship
d)
Submarine
5.
What island was this picture taken on?
a)
Okinawa
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Guadalcanal
d)
Wake Island
6.
After Germany surrendered, the Allies decided to
a)
return Germany to their people.
b)
divide Germany into two parts and return half to the German people.
c)
divide Germany into three parts, to be governed by Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union
d)
divide Germany into four parts, to be governed by Britain, the U.S., the Soviet Union, and France.
7.
After World War 2, what organization was formed on the basis of the Atlantic Charter?
a)
the Yalta Alliance
b)
the United Nations
c)
the League of Nations
d)
the Warsaw Alliance
8.
The Allies sunk all four Japanese carriers and 250 planes at
a)
the Battle of Guadalcanal.
b)
the Bataan Peninsula
c)
the Battle of Midway
d)
the Solomon Islands
9.
Why is the Holocaust a unique event in history?
a)
Jews of Europe have never been persecuted before
b)
The genocide was planned in great detail and required the cooperation of many people
c)
The Soviets and Germans worked together to implement it
10.
During World War II, which geographic features contributed most to the Soviet Union’s (Russia) defense against the German invasion?
a)
size and climate
b)
deposits of many natural resources
11.
What was the official American stance during the early part of the war ?
a)
neutrality
b)
imperialism
c)
appeasement
d)
aggression
12.
Which set of countries made the Allies?
a)
Great Britain, France, U.S., Italy
b)
Germany, USSR, Japan, France
c)
Germany, Japan, Italy
d)
U.S., Great Britain, France, USSR
13.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
14.
How did wartime pressures create a break from the past?
a)
Many women took untraditional jobs.
b)
women quit their jobs and got married
c)
women stayed home with their kids
15.
What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland?
a)
Many Americans supported Isolationism
b)
Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact
c)
The U.S. feared Hitler's retaliation
d)
The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so
16.
What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?
a)
They were executed
b)
They were placed in internment camps
c)
They were forced to serve in the military
d)
They were deported from the U.S.
17.
Which man was elected President 4 times, and served during the Great Depression and WWII?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
John F Kennedy
18.
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
a)
Through diplomatic negotiations
b)
By capturing their capital city
c)
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
d)
By surrounding Japan and allowing no one to leave
19.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
20.
Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?
a)
The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR
b)
The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration
c)
The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space
d)
The USSR collapsed because of economic competition
21.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
22.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
23.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
24.
Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?
a)
United States and United Kingdom
b)
Japan and the Soviet Union
c)
United States and the Soviet Union
d)
Germany and Japan
25.
What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?
a)
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
b)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)
26.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
27.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
28.
The scale of suburban growth would have been impossible without which of the following?
a)
franchise businesses
b)
mass transportation
c)
the Interstate Highway Act
d)
fast-food restaurants
29.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
30.
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
a)
Socialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Exorcisms
31.
Truman ordered the desegregation of this, known as Executive Order 9981?
a)
armed forces
b)
public schools
c)
public transportation
d)
automobile factories
32.
In 1959 revolutionary leader ______________ overthrew the Cuban dictatorship.
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Joseph McCarthy
33.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
a)
The Soviets and the U.S. entered into a nuclear war
b)
It never really ended, there are still tensions today
c)
Soviets backed down and pulled their missiles out of Cuba
d)
the Cubans forced the Soviets to leave because they didn't want war with the U.S.
34.
Which of the following best describes the results of the Korean War?
a)
North Korea defeated South Korea, and now all of Korea is under Communist rule.
b)
China defeated Korea, and now all of Korea is under Chinese rule.
c)
The Korean War ended in a stalemate. Today, North Korea is still a Communist nation, and South Korea is a free nation.
d)
The United States defeated Korea, and today Korea is a territory of the U.S.
35.
One similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that both wars were
a)
resolved through the diplomatic efforts of the United Nations
b)
fought in an effort to contain communism
c)
fought without foreign influence or assistance
d)
caused by religious conflicts
36.
President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by
a)
ordering a naval blockade of Cuba
b)
asking Congress to declare war on Cuba
c)
authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba
d)
seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba
37.
What group funded the court challenges to segregation in the 1950s?
a)
ACLU
b)
NAACP
c)
KKK
d)
Congress
38.
In what city was Rosa Parks involved in a bus boycott?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Selma
c)
Montgomery
d)
Atlanta
39.
The showdown in Little Rock, the sit-in movement, and the freedom rides showed that
a)
the federal government sided with the protesters
b)
most white southerners welcomed change and joined the protesters
c)
the civil rights movement had achieved its goals
d)
many white southerners resisted integration and used violence against protesters
40.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
41.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
42.
Which method did MLK urge his followers to use to achieve justice?
a)
demanding that Congress pay reparations to African Americans
b)
leaving any community in which racism is practiced
c)
engaging in civil disobedience
d)
using violence to bring about change
43.
Martin Luther King first emerged as the leader of the civil rights movement when he
a)
challenged the authority of Orval Faubus in Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
c)
led the protest march in Birmingham, Alabama
d)
gave his "I have a Dream Speech" in Washington D.C.
44.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
45.
Who was the white governor of Alabama who opposed both desegregation and voting rights?
a)
Bull Connor
b)
Emmett Til
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
George Wallace
46.
The major topic of the Selma march was which of the following?
a)
lunch counters
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
desegregation
d)
voting
47.
Why was the United States so interested in Saigon?
a)
Natural Resources
b)
Ngo Dynh Diem was a democratically elected leader and ally
c)
South Vietnam could not fall to communism
d)
China and the Soviet Union were intervening there
48.
This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam
a)
My Lai
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
49.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
50.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
51.
This was the replacing American troops with South Vietnamese troops.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
52.
Which Ohio university saw a protest become deadly?
a)
Ohio State
b)
University of Ohio
c)
Kent State
d)
Miami of Ohio
53.
Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?
a)
Ngo Dihn Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
President Kennedy
d)
Sui Chin
54.
When the USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese vessels the event became known as
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
the Battle of Midway
c)
the Gulf Shores incident
d)
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
55.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
56.
Limits the power of the President during a time of conflict
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act
57.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
58.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
59.
Why did America invade Cambodia even though we were trying to get OUT of the Vietnam War?
a)
To cut Viet Cong and NVA supply routes
b)
To stop Communism in Cambodia
c)
to rescue captured Americans located there.
d)
to create a passage way to Thailand
60.
Which president was MOST responsible for escalating troop numbers in Vietnam?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
61.
What was the "Domino Theory?"
The idea that...
The idea that...
a)
Americans should be playing games like Dominos instead of going to war
b)
If South Vietnam became Communist, all of Southeast Asia would too
c)
If the U.S. went to war in Vietnam, many other countries would follow
d)
If the N. Vietnamese leader fell from power, S. Vietnam would follow
62.
What is the situation in Vietnam today?
a)
Vietnam is one country and is democratic
b)
Vietnam is split North (Communist) and South (Democratic)
c)
Vietnam is one country and is communist
d)
Nothing changed, it went back to the way it was
63.
OPEC was an organization that exported what?
a)
Weapons
b)
Drugs
c)
Water
d)
Petroleum
64.
Which president resigned after the Watergate scandal?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
JFK
c)
Nixon
d)
Johnson
65.
The Camp David Accords were between what two countries?
a)
USA and Vietnam
b)
Isreal and Egypt
c)
South Vietnam and North Vietnam
d)
USA and Isreal
66.
Ronald Reagan appealed to a lot of Americans because…
a)
He wanted a smaller government
b)
Less taxes
c)
Failures of the Carter administration
d)
All of the Above
67.
The incident illustrated by this cartoon increased cynicism toward the US government because
a)
the press secretary failed to keep the public informed of national policy changes
b)
the president directed a conspiracy to mislead the nation
c)
the Supreme Court overruled federal statutes that defined confidentiality
d)
Congress failed to pass legislation enforcing protection of privacy rights
68.
Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?
a)
A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
b)
Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
c)
Conflicts in Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
d)
Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
69.
How did President Carter attempt to end hostilities in the Middle East?
a)
He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords.
b)
He deployed US troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization.
c)
He ordered the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.
d)
He threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria.
70.
Who did Reagan beat in landslide victory in 1980?
a)
Bush
b)
Carter
c)
Nixon
d)
MOndale
71.
Which action did President Ford take in an attempt to end the national controversy over the Watergate affair?
a)
pardoning Nixon
b)
declaring a war on poverty
c)
declining to run for election
d)
asking Congress to impeach President Nixon
72.
The main significance of the Watergate affair was that it
a)
led to the impeachment and conviction of President Nixon
b)
showed that the laws of the US are superior to the actions of the President
c)
was the 1st time a President had disagreed with Congress
d)
proved the Presidential powers are unlimited
73.
What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?
a)
Cuba
b)
China
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Both China and Soviet Union
74.
Which is an example of détente?
a)
building the Berlin Wall
b)
placing ICBMs in range of Moscow
c)
Soviet invasion of Afganistan
d)
Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union
75.
Which country broke apart at the end of the Cold War?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
76.
What did Iranian student activists do when the Shah of Iran was treated in an American hospital?
a)
they terrorized American travelers in Europe
b)
they forced an attack on Iraq
c)
they seized the American embassy and took hostages
d)
they staged an overthrow of the government
77.
Iraq invaded which country during the Persian Gulf War?
a)
Israel
b)
Saudi Arabia
c)
Iran
d)
Kuwait
78.
Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?
a)
The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
b)
The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
c)
The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
d)
The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.
79.
Which of the following ideas would be supported by modern conservatives?
a)
working for the election of more Democratic candidates
b)
taking a strong stance against communism
c)
greater government participation in the economy
d)
increasing unfunded mandates from Washington, D.C.
80.
What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
a)
a series of military actions to root out communism in Central America
b)
a coalition of nations that volunteered to police the Middle East
c)
a plan to defend Eastern Europe in the event of a Soviet attack
d)
a program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles
81.
President Reagan sought world peace through _____.
a)
détente
b)
military strength
c)
economic policies
d)
industrialized trade
82.
How did President Reagan’s buildup of America’s weapons contribute to the fall of communism?
a)
It strengthened the Soviet economy and prompted Gorbachev to expand control of Eastern Europe.
b)
It weakened the Soviet economy, which prompted Gorbachev to expand control of Eastern Europe.
c)
It weakened the Soviet economy and encouraged Gorbachev to promote reform in the Soviet Union.
d)
It strengthened the Soviet economy, which prompted Gorbachev to promote reform in the Soviet Union.
83.
What was the name of Iraq's Dictator, who ordered the invasion of Kuwait, for which the US forced their withdraw in the Persian Gulf War?
a)
Anwar Sadat
b)
Osama Bin Laden
c)
Mumamar Quadafi
d)
Saadam Hussein
84.
Nixon was the first U.S. president to visit this communist country?
a)
China
b)
Cuba
c)
North Korea
d)
East Germany
85.
The Watergate Scandal had what effect on the American people?
a)
optimism & happiness
b)
anger & jealousy
c)
cynicism & distrust
d)
elation & trust
86.
President Clinton was impeached, tried & acquitted on charges of perjury & obstruction after what scandal?
a)
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
b)
Whitewater
c)
Watergate
d)
Travelgate
87.
What was attacked by Al-Qaeda on 9/11/2001?
a)
World Trade Center & Pentagon
b)
White House & Capitol building
c)
Supreme Court building & Washington Monument
d)
World Trade Center & White House
88.
The Equal Rights Amendment:
a)
passed Congress but failed to achieve ratification by the required 38 states.
b)
had the support of all American women.
c)
had little support from American men.
d)
had no support from baby boomers.
89.
This was one of the first things that Clinton worked on in office…
a)
Healthcare
b)
Guns
c)
Taxes
d)
Drugs
90.
TRUE/FALSE: Clinton was impeached by the House and the Senate and lost his job.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
91.
The official name for Obamacare is
a)
Affordable Care Act
b)
American Health Care Service Act
c)
Obama Doctrine
d)
U.S. National Health Care Act
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