Worksheets2nd Semester Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany, he published his ideas about a superior Aryan race in his book "Mein Kampf."
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Francisco Franco
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
They thought the United States was weak and easy to defeat
The United States had declared war on Japan's ally, Germany
Germany convinced Japan to attack
The Japanese wanted complete control of the Pacific and the United States was in their way
The D-Day invasion signaled the start of what major part of the war?
Liberation of concentration camps in Europe
Rescuing of prisoners of war at Dunkirk in Belgium
Liberation of Great Britain from German control
Liberation of France from German control
What name was given to the ambitious scientific project to develop the atomic bomb in the United States?
Trinity Project
Alamogordo Project
Oppenheimer Project
Manhattan Project
What was the process of the United States moving resources to West Berlin via airplane?
Berlin Airlift
German Airlift
West Berlin Trade Organization
Project Berlin
Who was not a member of the "Big Three" that met at the Yalta Conference to discuss post-World War II negotiations?
Josef Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
The primary goal of the United Nations was to:
Ensure peace
Divide up occupation Berlin into occupation zones
Rebuild Europe after World War II
Provide aid to countries that fell to communism
This U.S. Senator used his tactics to accuse individuals in the United States of being members of the communist party:
Paul McCartney
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
The majority of the homes in the 1950's were being built in which areas?
Big cities
Suburbs
Rural towns and villages
Nebraska
This piece of technology became a primary way in which families received information in the 1950's.
Radio
Telephones
Telegraphs
Television
The beat movement and rock n' roll were both viewed as:
Harmless forms of entertainment
Rebellion
Family-friendly forms of activity to be involved with
Mainstream American culture
This piece of technology made travel easier for Middle Class families
Car
Bus
Subway
Bicycle
All of the following prominent Civil Rights leaders were assassinated in the 1950's EXCEPT:
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
"Children's March" was a part of which Civil Rights event?
Birmingham Campaign
Greensboro sit-ins
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Selma March
Which of the following is an accomplishment of the Black Panther Party?
Free medical clinics
Day care centers
Free breakfast programs
All of the above
The events of the Freedom Summer took place in which state?
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
John F. Kennedy was from which New England state?
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in which year?
1960
1961
1962
1963
Lyndon B. Johnson's agenda was known as the:
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Big World
Great Society
Before becoming involved in politics, Lyndon B. Johnson was a:
Doctor
Lawyer
Teacher
Engineer
