WorksheetsPost WWII : leading in to the 1950's
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following happened Post WWII?
a)
The New Deal
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Marshall Plan
d)
Yellow Journalism
2.
The Soviet Union, Stalin, practice what type of government?
a)
facism
b)
communism
c)
democratic
d)
capitalism
3.
What does the iron curtain separate?
a)
West and East
b)
communist control and democratic control of Europe
c)
America and Europe
4.
Who controlled East Germany?
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Truman
d)
Democratic rulers
5.
What was the main goal of the United Nations?
a)
to prevent the spread of communism
b)
prevent future global wars
c)
getting rid of Nazi control
6.
Who were the two superpowers post WWII?
a)
Germany & USA
b)
Japan & USA
c)
Soviet Union & USA
d)
China & Buena Vista
7.
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
a)
to rebuild Europe in order to prevent the spread of communism
b)
to prevent future wars
c)
to rebuild the Soviet Union
8.
What does containment mean?
a)
to keep something from spreading
b)
to spread something
c)
to put leftovers in a container
9.
Who formed the United Nations?
a)
USA
b)
Great Britain
c)
All the Allied powers
10.
What ended the Great Depression in America?
a)
involvement in WWII
b)
involvement in WWI
c)
The New Deal
d)
Atomic Bombs
11.
When was the Berlin Wall built?
a)
Post WWII
b)
Industrial Era
c)
Technology Era
d)
Environmental Era
12.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for growth in the economy post WWII?
a)
purchasing on credit
b)
workers gained higher salaries
c)
war materials converted to consumer goods
d)
Men did not work
13.
Which economic practice had the GREATEST effect on the economy?
a)
rent control
b)
savings accounts
c)
buying on credit
d)
trading between states
14.
What contributed to the baby boom?
a)
expansion of human rights
b)
women working outside the house
c)
highway system
d)
soldiers returning home
15.
What provided educational opportunities to soldiers?
a)
human rights
b)
G.I Bill of Rights
c)
Labor Unions
16.
Which of the following did the G.I. bill do?
a)
education and training
b)
$20 a week for unemployed
c)
job finding assistance
d)
all of the above
17.
What was created to help soldiers in 1944?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
United Nations
d)
G.I. Bill of Rights
18.
What president desegregated the military?
a)
Truman
b)
Roosevelt
c)
EIshenhower
d)
KEnnedy
19.
This nation was the first to send a satellite into space, called Sputnik.
a)
United States
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Great Britain
d)
Japan
20.
The Eisenhower Doctrine focused on expanding the Truman Doctrine to assist which of the following regions?
a)
Asia
b)
Middle East
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
21.
In 1950, what happened in Korea?
a)
North invaded the South
b)
South invaded the North
c)
West invaded the East
d)
East invaded the West
22.
Where did the Korean War end?
a)
17th parallel
b)
38th parallel
c)
100th parallel
d)
28th parallel
23.
What was Winston Churchill describing when he used the phrase "the Iron Curtain"?
a)
new curtains to keep his bedroom darker
b)
the Berlin Airlift
c)
the division of Europe between East & West
d)
Joseph Stalin's tomb
24.
"An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all." This statement summarizes the foreign policy known as...
a)
colonialism
b)
nonalignment
c)
appeasement
d)
collective security
25.
Which of the following nations was a part of the Warsaw Pact?
a)
United States
b)
USSR
c)
Great Britain
d)
Mexico
26.
Which US initiative was designed to provide financial aid for war-torn European countries after WWII?
a)
the Geneva Accords
b)
the United Nations
c)
the Marshall Plan
d)
the NATO Alliance
27.
The Truman Doctrine was the part of US foreign policy after WWII that focus on...
a)
preventing the spread of communism & halting Soviet aggression
b)
rebuilding the Japanese military
c)
increasing trade with African nations
d)
ending communism and blowing up the USSR
28.
What helped veterans buy homes and was a contributing factor to the explosion of the suburbs?
a)
GI Bill
b)
Veterans Bill
c)
Interstate Highway Act
29.
Which music type developed out of this time period
a)
Rock n Roll
b)
Blues
c)
Jazz
d)
Hip Hop
30.
What trend was related to the first credit card, new products like power lawn mowers, and TV commercials?
a)
depression
b)
republicanism
c)
civil rights
d)
consumerism
31.
The alliance of Capitalist countries that formed post WWII which included the United States, Canada, and England was called
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Central Powers
32.
Truman was afraid of communism spreading through "Domino Theory" which means
a)
if one country falls to communism, more will
b)
playing dominoes with U.S.S.R. is not fun
c)
if a country falls to communism it will likely stop the spread of communism
33.
The Cold War was a fight between _________________ & ____________________
a)
democracy/communism
b)
U.S./Soviet Union
c)
Allies/Soviet Union
d)
Germany/Allies
34.
In 1950, a revolution in ______ brought Mao Tse-Tung to power and converted the country to communism.
a)
China
b)
Korea
c)
the Soviet Union
d)
Vietnam
35.
The man who lead the Communist Revolution in China was _____
a)
Kim Jong Il
b)
Kim Il Sung
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Mao Zedong
36.
What was the name of the island to which the Nationalist forces retreated at the end of the war?
a)
Japan
b)
Australia
c)
Tawain
d)
Greenland
37.
Which country is "Philippines"
a)
23
b)
24
c)
19
d)
21
38.
Which country is Taiwan (also known as Formosa) occupied by Chiang Kaishek and Nationalists after China fell to the Mao's Communist?
a)
22
b)
19
c)
15
d)
26
39.
What was the international agreement that provided some "rules for war"?
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
Nuremburg Trials
c)
Geneva Convention
d)
Operation Overlord
40.
Regulating the amount of goods a consumer can obtain
a)
Office of War Information
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
rationing
d)
war bonds
41.
Nazi leaders were charged as war criminals
a)
House Unamerican Acts Committee
b)
Executive Order 9066
c)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
d)
Nuremberg Trials
42.
Home project raising about one third of the nation’s vegetables during World War II
a)
anti-Semitism
b)
carpet bombing
c)
rationing
d)
victory gardens
43.
Turning point that allowed the allies to take the offensive in the Pacific
a)
Bataan Death March
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
carpet bombing
d)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
44.
General who helped U.S. troops retake the Pacific using a strategy of island-hopping
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
George Patton
c)
Erwin Rommel
d)
John J. Pershing
45.
Group of American who played a key role in the Pacific campaign with an undecipherable code
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Navajo Code Talkers
46.
Developed the atomic bomb
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Holocaust
d)
appeasement
47.
Agreement signed after World War II designed to protect civilians, prisoners of war (POWs), and soldiers who are otherwise rendered incapable of fighting
a)
Atlantic Charter
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
appeasement
48.
Group of African American pilots known for their bravery who served as bomber escorts
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Flying Tigers
c)
Tuskegee Airmen
d)
Atlantic Charter
49.
Policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands in order to keep peace
a)
Holocaust
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
appeasement
50.
The mass killing of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis during World War II
a)
Holocaust
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Bataan Death March
d)
Rationing
51.
This photo was taken during which historical event?
a)
World War II
b)
Korean War
c)
Hitlers invasion of Poland
d)
French evacuation of Vietnam
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