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U.S. History Review

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 3hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of World War I?
a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Alliances

d)

Communism

2.
The secretive project that saw the Americans develop the Atomic bomb was:
a)
The Miami Project
b)
The Minnesota Project
c)
The Missouri Project
d)
The Manhattan Project 
3.
What meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin saw the Allies agree to divide Germany after the war and establish free elections in Eastern Europe?
a)
Yalta Conference
b)
Nuremberg Conference
c)
Berlin Conference
d)
Potsdam Conference
4.
The plan by the United States to provide financial aid and loans to European countries to rebuild the continent and prevent another Great Depression was called the:
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Stalin Declaration
d)
Marshall Plan 
5.
What was the end result of the Korean War?
a)
It escalated into a larger war between Russia, China, and the USA
b)
North Korea's communist regime collapsed 
c)
Little territorial change, but South Korea remained democratic
d)
South Korea was reunited with North Korea in one Communist nation
6.
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved? 
a)
American troops invaded the Bay of Pigs
b)
President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev were both assassinated and the situation resolved 
c)
American U-2 planes dropped bombs on the Soviet missiles to disarm them
d)
The Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles in exchange for American promises to not invade Cuba
7.
What provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older?
a)
HUD
b)
Medicare
c)
Social Security
d)
VRA
8.
The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:
a)
Peace Corps
b)
AFP
c)
VISTA
d)
Great Society
9.
The President that took over for JFK when he was assassinated was:
a)
Johnson
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Nixon
d)
Carter
10.
The Warren Commission studied:
a)
Reasons we helped train Cuban refugees for the Bay of Pigs
b)
JFK's Assassination
c)
The Berlin Crisis
d)
Peace Corps
11.
The Bay of Pigs invasion attempted to get what leader out of power in Cuba?
a)
Michael Lamont
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Raul Ibanez
12.
Reasons that Kennedy defeated Nixon included:
a)
Television Debates
b)
The Berlin Crisis
c)
His military policy
d)
Kennedy's Age
13.
What nation did Winston Churchill lead? 
a)
France 
b)
Britain 
c)
Spain 
d)
Soviet Union
14.
Segregated Jewish areas in some Polish cities that the Nazis sealed off were called: 
a)
suburbs
b)
ghettos
c)
precincts
d)
cantons
15.
Japan, Italy, and Germany were called the ____ powers in WW II. 
a)
Allied 
b)
Axis 
c)
Anvil 
d)
Wolf Pack
16.
What event happened on December 7, 1941? 
a)
Roosevelt died
b)
D-Day
c)
Atomic bombing of Japan
d)
Pearl Harbor
17.
The night when Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were attacked across Germany was: 
a)
Nuremberg
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Holocaust
d)
Passover
18.
Hideki Tojo was the leader of: 
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
North Korea
d)
Italy
19.
The economic and political system that has a single party ruled by a dictatorship that ends private property is called: 
a)
Communism
b)
Market Economy
c)
Socialism
d)
Fascism 
20.
What allows people to buy goods over an extended period of time without having to put much money down upon purchase? 
a)
FAA Loans
b)
urban sprawl 
c)
installment plans
d)
Businessmen like Ford
21.
The first person to make a transatlantic flight was: 
a)
Lindbergh 
b)
Earhart
c)
Peterson 
d)
Davis 
22.
The scare of Communism spreading to the U.S. after WW I was called the: 
a)
Red Scare
b)
Blue Scare
c)
Palmer Scare 
d)
Hoover Scare
23.
What Secretary of the Interior was responsible for the Teapot Dome Scandal? 
a)
Hughes
b)
Fall
c)
Hoover
d)
Mellon
24.
During World War II the U.S. used this strategy to combat the Japanese military in the Pacific.
a)
Slash and Burn
b)
Five Star Frog Splash
c)
Island Hopping
d)
Double Envelopment
25.
Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. were part of this alliance during the Second World War?
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Triple Alliance 
d)
Triple Entente
26.
The U.S. enters the Second World War when the Empire of Japan attacks this U.S. naval base.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Pentagon
c)
Midway Island
d)
Pearl Harbor
27.
The United States dropped 2 of this weapon on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki near the end of WWII.
a)
Mother of All Bombs
b)
Chemical Weapons
c)
Atomic Bombs
d)
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
28.
These allowed for the legal separation of races (segregation).
a)
Tom's Laws
b)
Civil Rights Act 1964
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Jim Crow Laws
29.
The Supreme Court Case that declares segregation unconstitutional.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Tinker v. Des Moines
c)
Red Scott Decision
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
30.
This formed in the states of Colorado, Texas, the Dakotas, and others. Major droughts and high winds formed tornados. This event made farming impossible.
a)
Cereal Bowl
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Great Depression
d)
100 Year Flood
31.
The series of programs that the government put into place in order to provide relief, reform, and recovery to the U.S. economy during the "Great Depression".
a)
Taft-Tartly Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Social Security 
d)
New Deal
32.
Americans who were prospering during the 1950's started to move into __________________.
a)
Cities
b)
Farms 
c)
Condos
d)
Suburbs
33.
This was the first suburb constructed in the United States.
a)
Pleasantville
b)
Youngstown
c)
Levittstown
d)
Buildaburgh
34.
There was a large increase in the birthrate following WWII (1945-1949). What is this called by historians?
a)
Birth-o-mania
b)
Baby Boom
c)
Baby Bottle Bomb
d)
Great Migration
35.
Campaign to root out communism in the U.S. during the Second Red Scare.
a)
McCarthyism
b)
Hooverism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Hollywood Conviction
36.
This advancement greatly increased the ability of Americans to travel around the nation and enabled them to live farther from their jobs.
a)
Canal System
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Interstate Highway System
d)
International Space Station
37.
Period of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted in a space race, arms race, and proxy wars.
a)
Hot War
b)
Cold War
c)
Korean War
d)
World War 3
38.
When 2 or more countries try to create more advanced and deadly weapons in order to maintain their superiority. This was experienced between the U.S. and Soviets with Nuclear Warheads.
a)
Arms Race
b)
Weapons relay
c)
ICBM
d)
Space Race
39.
The U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War was based on the __________________ of Communism.
a)
Control
b)
Creation
c)
Concentration
d)
Containment
40.
The United States fought 2 wars in Asia during the Cold War trying to contain communism. Where were the wars?
a)
Japan + Vietnam
b)
Vietnam + Korea
c)
China + India
d)
Korea + Japan
41.
The Soviet Union controlled most of Eastern Europe during the Cold War. This alliance and control was called ___________________.
a)
The Steel Curtain
b)
The Cobra Clutch
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
Soviet Defense Force
42.
This was an event during the Cold War in which the United States and Soviet Union almost launched a full scale nuclear war.
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis 
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Turkey Missile Crisis
43.
The theory that if one Asian nations falls to communism then all of the rest will fall.
a)
Jenna Theory
b)
Containment Theory
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Full Metal Jacket Theory
44.
This is used to persuade someone to your point of view. It is most often used by governments and may include lies.
a)
Thesis
b)
Source
c)
Propaganda
d)
Purpose Statement
45.
An economy in which all economic decisions are made by the government.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
46.
Which of the following is an example of appeasement between Hitler and Chamberlain?
a)
Munich Agreement
b)
Yalta Conference
c)
Final Solution
d)
Non-aggression pact
47.

growth of the suburbs of the southwestern states and showed a population shift away from the Northeast and Midwest

a)

Sunbelt

b)

Interstate Highway System

c)

Great Society

d)

Consumerism

48.

music, television, and movies used to create a common culture. It also served as a way for the counterculture to deliver its message

a)

Mass Media

b)

Counterculture

c)

Consumerism

d)

Baby Boomers

49.

held hearings headed by Senator McCarthy to root put possible communists in the government and society

a)

Sunbelt

b)

Conformity

c)

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

d)

Mass Media

50.

buying products, mostly on credit, to improve the standard of living in the United States following World War II

a)

Sunbelt

b)

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Loans

c)

Great Society

d)

Consumerism

51.

the process by which an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors change in order to fit in with society's norms

a)

Counterculture

b)

Conformity

c)

Baby Boomers

d)

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Loans

52.

a law formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act which provided low-interest loans or other benefits to World War II veterans seeking education, business opportunities, and homes

a)

Fair Deal

b)

Great Society

c)

G.I. Bill of Rights

d)

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

53.

government programs proposed that sought to reduce poverty and increase opportunity for poor Americans

a)

Fair Deal

b)

Baby Boomers

c)

G.I. Bill of Rights

d)

Great Society

54.

Amendment that ensured the right of adult women to vote

a)

Fifth Amendment

b)

First Amendment

c)

Sixth Amendment

d)

Nineteenth Amendment

55.

The Little Rock Nine needed protection from the __________ government because the __________ government would not enforce the law.

a)

state, federal

b)

federal, state

c)

state, local

d)

local, state

56.

The Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling stated that ________ in schools was unconstitutional.

a)

segregation

b)

federation

c)

regulation

d)

None of these

57.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott started because ________ was arrested.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Malcom X

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

58.

Martin Luther King Jr. used ___________ protests.

a)

non-violent

b)

deadly

c)

violent

d)

chaotic

59.

The Bay of Pigs was a political ___________ for Kennedy.

a)

Party

b)

Debate

c)

Victory

d)

Humiliation

60.

The leader of North Vietnam was

a)

Saigon

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ngo Dinh Diem

61.

The Geneva Accords ended the __________ colonial rule in Vietnam.

a)

American

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Russian

62.

The My Lai Massacre was committed by which group?

a)

US Army

b)

Vietcong

c)

South Vietnamese Army

d)

North Vietnamese Army

63.

The American public was made ___________ by the Tet Offensive.

a)

happy

b)

indifferent

c)

upset

d)

None of these

64.

What were people protesting at Kent State?

a)

Nuclear Bombs

b)

Civil Rights

c)

President Nixon

d)

Vietnam War

65.

The Pentagon Papers showed that:

a)

The US was winning in Vietnam

b)

The US government lied about Vietnam

c)

The US was going to attack the USSR

d)

he US government was ending the war in Vietnam

66.

Which court case decided that segregation was legal as long as everything was "separate but equal?

a)

Plessy v. Fergeson

b)

Brown v. The Board of Eduacation

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

67.

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 which stated that it was a federal crime to prevent people from voting?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

68.

Initially, who is the popular leader of the African American movement/organization that was against non violent protesting?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Malcolm X

69.

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

a)

African American suffrage

b)

Immigrant rights

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Prohibition

70.

What was the name of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?

a)

allies

b)

central powers

71.

Which was not a cause of WW1?

a)

militarism

b)

isolationism

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

72.

   Whose death sparked World War I?

a)

Kaiser Wilhelm

b)

Archbishop Ussher

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

73.

Which side did the US support

a)

Allies

b)

central powers

74.

What radical group created the "Red Scare" in the 1920s?

a)

Pacifists

b)

Anarchists

c)

Communists

d)

Nativists

75.

To what the Harlem Renaisance reffers?

a)

Afro-American soldiers during the great war

b)

Rise the power of women

c)

Revive the Afro-American pride and culture

d)

Artistic revolution

76.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A period of economic success and an improving economy

b)

The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

c)

A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

d)

A hotly contested presidential election

77.

Who was the fascist leader of Italy?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Neville Chamberlain

78.

The D-Day Allied invasion of France took place where?

a)

Paris

b)

Plymoth

c)

Tokyo

d)

Normandy

79.

What is the name of the new political party to rise in Germany following WW1?

a)

Socialist

b)

Nazi

c)

Fascist

d)

Bolshevik

80.
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?
a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

World War II

c)

British Air Raid

d)

Soviet Food Drive

81.
In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?
a)

The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.

b)

The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.

c)

The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.

d)

The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

82.
In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?
a)

to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam

b)

to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam

c)

to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong

d)

to prevent attacks against United States shipping

83.

Which of the following BEST defines Segregation?

a)

no separation of people by race or ethnicity

b)

separation of people by race or ethnicity

c)

The act of disliking someone based on race or ethnicity

84.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

85.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

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