WorksheetsAS2 Final
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
By 1938, Hitler rebuilt his military in Germany. What treaty did he violate with this action?
a)
The Munich Agreement
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
d)
Treaty of Paris
2.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
3.
Who promised to restore Germany to its former power?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
4.
Who was the leader of Fascist Italy?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Benito Mussolini
5.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
6.
Which term explains the U.S. policy and stance on World War II?
a)
neutralism
b)
isolationism
c)
blitzkrieg
d)
atomicism
7.
Slaughter of European Jews by the Nazis during WWII
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Holocaust
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Appeasement
8.
Victory in Europe (V-E Day) came after
a)
Japan surrendered
b)
the atomic bombing
c)
Germany surrendered
d)
the Treaty of Versailles
9.
The United States developed a strategy to control bases and naval routes in the Pacific, and work towards Japan. This was called
a)
Island hopping
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Anaconda Plan
d)
Blockade
10.
Lightning warfare is known as
a)
Anschluss
b)
Luftwaffe
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Autarky
11.
Who was the British Prime Minister during most of the war
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Charles de Gaulle
12.
the President of the U.S. who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Stalin
d)
Churchill
13.
Attack the prompted the United States to join WWII
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
El-Alamein
c)
D-Day
14.
Nazi leaders were charged as war criminals
a)
House Unamerican Acts Committee
b)
Executive Order 9066
c)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
d)
Nuremberg Trials
15.
After World War II, the United States instituted the Marshall Plan:
a)
to rebuild relations with the Soviet Union
b)
to prevent a nuclear arms race
c)
to rebuild Europe
d)
to create the European Union
16.
What is the purpose of the United Nations?
a)
World Peace
b)
Human Rights
c)
Get countries to get along.
d)
All of the above.
17.
U.S. General that led the Army forces in Japan.
a)
General MacArthur
b)
General Eisenhower
c)
General Nimitiz
d)
General Patton
18.
Another name for D-Day
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Death
d)
Operation Take Back
19.
How did the Korean War end?
a)
Peace Treaty
b)
South Korea Victory
c)
North Korea Victory
d)
Armistice
20.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
21.
Like Germany, Korea was divided into occupations zones. The _____ zones were split by the _______________.
a)
2/38th parallel
b)
4/38th parallel
c)
2/39th parallel
d)
3/ 11th parallel
22.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
23.
What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?
a)
To spread communism
b)
To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
c)
To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
d)
To contain communism and promote democracy
24.
The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating
a)
Soviet Union
b)
SATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Eastern Bloc
25.
Who was the Wisconsin senator who accused many people of communism without any proof?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Douglas McArthur
26.
What does HUAC stand for?
a)
House United-American Committe
b)
House Un-American Activities Committe
c)
House Un-American Court Activities
d)
House Un-American At County
27.
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
28.
The migration (moving) of people during the 1950's moved from urban to _________________________ areas.
a)
suburban
b)
GI Bill
c)
arms race
d)
cultural divide
29.
The _________________________________ encouraged independent thinking in an age of conformity.
a)
Beat Generation
b)
GI Bill
c)
restricted
d)
suburban
30.
More people bought new housing units in 1945-1965 because of assistance offered by the __________________ to soldiers returning from World War II.
a)
GI Bill
b)
cultural divide
c)
suburban
d)
suburban
31.
Which fact about the JFK Assassination is NOT true?
a)
Alleged shots fired from Texas Schoolbook Depository
b)
Shot during motorcade in Dallas, TX
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald will be found guilty & executed
d)
Fourth U.S. President to be assassinated in office
32.
What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?
a)
Space Program
b)
Cuban missile crisis
c)
Civil Rights movement
d)
Bay of Pigs
33.
What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?
a)
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
b)
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
c)
The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
d)
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty
34.
Court Case that overturned the 1896 Separate but Equal case was
a)
Brown v. BOE ,1954
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1964
35.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
36.
The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US did what?
a)
Take missiles out of Poland
b)
Promised not to attack Cuba
c)
Promised to not attack the Soviet Union
d)
Take missiles out of the Soviet Union
37.
Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US.
b)
US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US.
c)
The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets.
d)
Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.
38.
Who was the leader of Cuba during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Fulgencio Batista
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Ho Chi Minh
39.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Awesome Society
d)
Great Society
40.
Political leaders such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were committed to the idea of —
a)
women’s rights
b)
racial segregation
c)
school integration
d)
rights for farm workers
41.
This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it
a)
de jure
b)
de facto
c)
de marce
d)
de quere
42.
Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
43.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
44.
As described in the text, the Voting Rights Act was a solution created to address what problem?
a)
African Americans did not yet have the right to vote.
b)
Women did not yet have the right to vote.
c)
African Americans were being prevented from exercising their right to vote.
d)
Women were being prevented from exercising their right to vote.
45.
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Le Duc Tho
b)
Ngo Deinh Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Vo Nguyen Giap
46.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
47.
What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?
a)
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
b)
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
c)
The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
d)
Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
48.
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
a)
modern, mechanized warfare
b)
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
c)
archaic, stone-age warfare
d)
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
49.
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
a)
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
b)
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
c)
both napalm and agent orange
d)
none of the options
50.
What did some young men do to avoid the draft?
a)
Burned their draft cards.
b)
moved to Canada
c)
attended college
d)
all of the options
51.
This was the surprise attack by the Vietcong on US troops in South Vietnam
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Offensive
c)
Maddox Offensive
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
52.
The anti-war movement at home became more intense and even violent. 4 students were killed at ________ by the national guardsmen when they were protesting the war on campus.
a)
Kansas State
b)
Kent State
c)
California State
d)
Ohio State
53.
At the Democratic Convention in this city in 1968, violent riots took place.
a)
New York
b)
San Francisco
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Chicago
54.
Aerial bombing campaign of N. Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a)
Operation Rolling Thunder
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Torch
d)
Operation Tropic Thunder
55.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration?
a)
Stalin
b)
Khrushchev
c)
Lennin
56.
Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Napalm
57.
In response to the Soviets removing missiles from Cuba, the U.S. removed missiles from:
a)
West Germany
b)
India
c)
Turkey
d)
Alaska
58.
LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.
a)
the USSR
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
North Korea
59.
How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?
a)
Set himself on fire
b)
Chained himself to the White House fence
c)
Hanged himself in public
d)
Set off a bomb in Saigon
60.
What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?
a)
Hand South Vietnam over to the communists
b)
Keep peace with the Soviet Union
c)
Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive
d)
Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting
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