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USB - Pre/Post Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the ______ powers

a)

Allied

b)

Central

c)

Axis

d)

atlantic

3.

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

4.

Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union were known as the ________ powers

a)

Allied

b)

Dunkrik

c)

Axis

d)

Atlantic

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

This allowed Communists in North Vietnam to supply weapons to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.

a)

Geneva Accords

b)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

c)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

d)

Operation Rolling Thunder

13.

_____ was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam.

a)

Reunifying Vietnam

b)

Containing the spread of communism

c)

Upholding the Geneva Accords

d)

Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam

14.

Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?

a)

If one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall too

b)

Communism will topple the global economy

c)

Communism will cause the fall of the United States

d)

Socialist governments are a threat to freedom

15.

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

16.

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

17.

A _______, or suicide plane, was an attack in which Japanese pilots crashed their planes into Allied ships.

a)

Bloody Anizo

b)

Kamikazee

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Filipino

18.
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
19.
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
20.
Term used to describe all people of a certain group, race, or gender
a)
stereotype
b)
consumerism
c)
racism
d)
discrimination
21.
What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis?  
a)
America’s secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey
b)
Castro’s promise to restore democracy
c)
 The discovery that the missiles had been removed
d)
Castro’s promise to break with the Soviet Union
22.
The unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence is known as ____.
a)
Clemency
b)
Darwinism
c)
McCarthyism 
d)
Brinkmanship
23.
During the protests at _________, 4 students were killed causing the U.S. to become even more divided.
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
Bowling Green University
c)
Ball State University
d)
Kent State University
24.
President __________ is forced to resign after the Watergate scandal in Washington, D.C.
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Bill Clinton
25.
Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American _________.
a)
voters
b)
students
c)
farmers
d)
factory workers
26.
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
27.
President Truman's goal when deciding to drop the atomic bombs was to _____.
a)
find out how destructive they were
b)
teach the Japanese military a lesson after Pearl Harbor
c)
end the war and save American lives
d)
show the world how powerful the United States was
28.
Hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union but without military action
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
29.
The "zoot-suit" riots that erupted in Los Angeles 1942 were directed against
a)
Mexican Americans
b)
Japanese Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
German Americans
30.
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