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US History B Spring Final Review

Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the very beginning of World War II, what side did the US Join?

a)

Germany

b)

They were neutral

c)

Italy

2.

What type of camps did Hitler set up in 1939?

a)

Boot Camps

b)

Military Camps

c)

Concentration Camps

3.

Which countries belong to the Axis Powers?

a)

Korea, US, Germany

b)

Japan, Germany, Italy

c)

Britain, Japan, Korea

4.

Where did the Japanese first attack the US?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Gulf of Mexico

5.

When the US entered World War II, what did the American auto industry change its plants to do?

a)

Cars & Guns

b)

Shut Down

c)

Planes & Tanks

6.

What was the offensive by the Germany Army?

a)

The Battle of the Bulge

b)

The Battle of Midway

c)

The Battle of Pearl Harbor

7.

What strategy did the US use in the Pacific against the Japenese?

a)

Submarines

b)

Air Attack

c)

Island Hopping

8.

How did the war end against the Japanese?

a)

Two Atomic Bombs where dropped

b)

Japanese surrendered

c)

They got tired of fighting

9.

What was the blitzkrieg?

a)

Everyone is bombed

b)

Fast Attack

c)

Lightning war

10.

What does ration mean?

a)

Survival

b)

Allowance of food

c)

To go home

11.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as? 
a)
island-hopping 
b)
island-jumping 
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing 
12.
Where did the largest land-sea-air invasion in world history take place? 
a)
Hiroshima, Japan
b)
Normandy, France
c)
Nagasaki, Japan
d)
Berlin, Germany 
13.
Where were Japanese Americans relocated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor? 
a)
concentration camps
b)
Internment camps 
14.
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy? 
a)
aggression
b)
advancement 
c)
internment 
d)
appeasement 
15.
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII? 
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Emperor Hirohito
d)
Charles de Gaulle 
16.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII? 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt 
17.
What event led to the start of WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland 
b)
Germany invaded Austria 
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy 
d)
Germany formed an alliance with Japan 
18.
What was rationing? 
a)
growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyard
b)
donating money to the government to help in the war effort
c)
a practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buy
d)
used to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies) 
19.
Who were the first African-American fighter pilots? 
a)
Tuskegee Boys
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Birmingham Airmen
d)
Tuskegee Tough Guys 
20.
Which of the following was NOT a role of women during WWII? 
a)
soldiers
b)
mechanics
c)
nurses
d)
pilots 
21.
What was the Manhattan Project? 
a)
radio beams used to determine location of objects
b)
the world's first computer 
c)
effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
d)
a complicated code machine used by German military 
22.
What was the Holocaust? 
a)
a relocation camp for Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor
b)
a relocation camp for Muslims after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
c)
the widespread killing of Jews by Nazis
d)
the time period following WWII
23.

Manchuria was invaded by which country?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

24.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

25.

What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?

a)

Lend Lease

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

Cash and Carry

d)

Borrow and Pay

26.

The Navajo Indians were known as "Wind Talkers" and they....

a)

developed the atomic bomb

b)

translated secret messages for Allied Powers

c)

translated secret messages from the Axis Powers

27.

What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

a)

It caused the Allies to retreat from the Soviet Union.

b)

It brought the U.S.S.R. into the war.

c)

It was Hitler’s last offensive battle.

d)

It allowed the Allies to come north through Italy.

28.

Allied leaders met at this conference in February 1945 to address post-war Europe

a)

Yalta

b)

Geneva

c)

New Orleans

d)

Potsdam

29.

General Douglas MacArthur fled which islands in 1942, and later liberated them in 1945?

a)

Philippine islands

b)

Samoan islands

c)

Aleutian islands

d)

Hawaiian islands

30.
Which country ruled over the Korean Peninsula in the early 1900s to 1945?
a)
Japan
b)
New Zealand
c)
Russia
d)
China
31.

Which country occupied North Korea following its independence from Japan?

a)

Great Britian

b)

South Korea

c)

Japan

d)

U.S.S.R.

32.
What year did the Korean War begin?
a)
1940
b)
1950
c)
1970
d)
1960
33.
What was the dividing line border between North and South Korea at the beginning and end of the war?
a)
48th Parallel
b)
38th Parallel
c)
28th Parallel
d)
58th Parallel
34.
Why was it important to the U.S. to get involved in the Korean War?
a)
to take control over the Korean peninsula.
b)
for humanitarian reasons
c)
to contain communism 
35.

What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

a)

South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea

b)

North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea

c)

Stalemate, with the border remaining at the 38th parallel

d)

The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part

36.

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

a)

blockade

b)

containment

c)

perestroika

d)

satellites

37.

The leader of the communist revolution in Cuba during the 1950's, who became an anti-American dictator.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Ho Chi Minh

38.

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Detente

39.

A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.

a)

Arms Race

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Glasnost

d)

Warsaw Pact

40.

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Cold War

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Iron Curtain

41.

Was there any Nuclear missile launching during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

a)

No

b)

Yes

42.

How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Khruschev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba

b)

Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion

c)

Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War & asked Khrushchev to intervene

d)

The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases

43.

Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Nikita Khruschev

d)

Joseph Stalin

44.

What was the failed attempt by the CIA to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power?

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

DMZ

c)

Cuban Revolution

d)

Brinkmanship

45.
Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?
a)
Politically Active 
b)
Happy Housewife
c)
Majority Income Earner
d)
Single Mothers
46.
What was the term 'iron curtain' used  to describe the division of?
a)
North and South Vietnam
b)
East and West Asia
c)
North and South Korea
d)
East and West Europr
47.
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
To expand trade with Europe
b)
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
c)
To stop the spread of communism
d)
to send financial aid to Europe
48.
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
a)
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
b)
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
49.
How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?
a)
by providing government housing for refugees
b)
by providing military assistance to Vietnam
c)
by providing money to stop poverty
50.
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
a)
Countries joining together to end democracy
b)
Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
c)
Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
d)
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
51.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
52.
What important entertainment industry influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?
a)
Internet
b)
Newspapers
c)
Movies
d)
Television
53.
Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--
a)
European Nations
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Satellite Nations
54.
The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--
a)
Korean Pact
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
NATO
d)
Satellite Nations
55.

William Levitt is best known for what?

a)

Urban renewal projects

b)

Constructed expensive housing developments in cities

c)

Mass-produced suburban housing

d)

Advocated for more affordable housing in cities

56.

During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on what?

a)

Conformity

b)

Individualism

c)

Diversity

d)

Intellectualism

57.
What did "duck and cover" represent
a)
protection from a nuclear explosion
b)
elementary recess game
c)
a new board game
d)
a hunting move
58.
The policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically
a)
Imperialism
b)
Militarism
c)
Nationalism
d)
League of Nations
59.
Which of the following laws created the CIA, Department of Defense, & Joint Chiefs of Staff?
a)
Employment Act
b)
Atomic Energy Act
c)
National Security Act
d)
Taft-Hartley Act
60.

What impact did the beatniks make on American society in the 1950's?

a)

their style of music influenced the improvement of Jazz

b)

their lifestyles influenced Americans to question traditional values

c)

their impact helped people begin to conform to the traditional way of life in America

d)

led to major urban renewal projects

61.
Who founded the Black Panther Party ? 
a)
Huey Newton
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Eldrige Cleaver
d)
Bobby Seale
62.
What is the name of the Supreme Court Case  that ruled that segregation is illegal and violates the  14th amendment? 
a)
Plessy V. Ferguson
b)
Brown V. Board of Education
c)
Marbury v. Madison 
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
63.
Who played a pivotal role in boycotting the Montgomery Bus line after being arrested ?  
a)
Ida Wells 
b)
Rosa Parks 
c)
Ella Baker
d)
Coretta Scott King
64.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
65.
Which law ensures no American citizen outlaws the discrimination of based on race, color , religion, sex, or national origin 
a)
voting rights act 1964
b)
civil rights act  1957
c)
civil rights act  1964
d)
24th amendment
66.
which act prevents racial discrimination in voting? 
a)
24th  amendment 
b)
civil rights act 1964
c)
voting rights act 1965
67.
which lawyer  argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education ?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren
68.
Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan 
c)
Sylvia Plath 
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
69.

Commission made by LBJ after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.The point was to investigate if someone paid for the assassination of Kennedy. This concluded that Oswald killed Kennedy on his own.

a)

Black Commission

b)

Warren Commission ­

c)

Justice Commission

d)

Johnson Commission

70.

This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Law 1975

c)

Civil Rights Law of 1988

d)

Civil Service Act of 1960

71.

_____________ rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the ruling of unsegregated public places.

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

National Organization for Women

c)

United Farm Workers

d)

Counterculture

72.

“You, Mr. President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use force.” Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, letter to John F. Kennedy, October 24, 1962

Which US action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?

a)

Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America

b)

Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba

c)

Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam

d)

Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin

73.

“If we don’t do something real soon, I think you’ll have to agree that we’re going to be forced

either to use the ballot or the bullet. It’s one or the other in 1964. It isn’t that time is running

out—time has run out!”

-- Malcolm X, April 3, 1964

Which type of action against racial injustice is Malcolm X supporting in this passage?

a)

Violent riots

b)

Political action

c)

Non-violent protest

d)

Any means necessary to end injustice

74.

Why were Arkansas National Guardsmen deployed in the image?

a)

To prevent nine African-American students from entering their high school

b)

To carry out a state executive order that integrated public schools

c)

To protect nine African-American students who were integrating a high school

d)

To enforce the decision inBrown v. Board of Education

75.

What was the goal of African American and white volunteers during the Freedom Summer?

a)

to train African Americans in job skills

b)

to integrate state-supported universities

c)

to protest segregated eating establishments

d)

to register African American voters

76.
What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?
a)
Alliance for Progress
b)
Green Peace
c)
Peace Corps
d)
Army Corps of Engineers
77.
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War, which could be best described as 
 http://www.ushistory.org/us/52a.asp
a)
direct military engagement.
b)
 peaceful co-existence
c)
an "Iron Curtain" that descended across the European continent 
d)
engagement through proxy states such as Korea, Vietnam, & Cuba and an ideological struggle between capitalism & communism
78.

All of the following groups supported "black separatism" or "Black Power" EXCEPT:

a)

Stokely Carmichael

b)

The Black Panthers

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Thurgood Marshall

79.
Who won the presidential election on 1960?
a)
Johnson
b)
Nixon
c)
Kennedy
d)
Eisenhower
80.
What country was the first country to launch a successful satellite into orbit?
a)
Canada
b)
U.S.A
c)
Russia
d)
England
81.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Leonid Brezniv
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev
82.
Which president sent in American troops into a Little Rock high school, during the case of the Little Rock Nine?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
83.

Who became president in 1963 when JFK was assassinated?

a)

Nixon

b)

LBJ

c)

Ford

d)

Carter

84.

What does "SNCC?"

a)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

b)

Stupid nurses Cops Cones

c)

Singers No Cool Calls

d)

Student's Violence Coordinating Committee

85.
This political Party was formed to fight against police brutality in urban neighborhoods
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 
d)
Southern Christian Leadership Committee
86.
This type of segregation is created and maintained by laws.
a)
de facto
b)
de jure
87.
This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it
a)
de jure
b)
de facto
88.
Which of the following is an example of de jure (legal segregation)?
a)
White Flight
b)
Jim Crow Laws
89.
Which of the following is an example of de facto (not by law) segregation?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
White Flight
90.
What organization, created by WEB Dubois, advocated for rights for blacks and other minorities?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
NATO
d)
NAFTA
91.

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Vietminh

c)

NATO

d)

South Vietnamese gov't

92.

Which word best describes Ngo Dinh Diem's government?

a)

Effective

b)

Incompetent

c)

Brutal

d)

Open-minded

93.

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

a)

Great Society

b)

War Powers Act

c)

26th Amendment

d)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

94.

Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?

a)

Agent Orange

b)

Napalm

95.

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

96.

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

97.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...

a)

American withdrawal from Vietnam

b)

Public disapproval of the war

c)

Escalation of the war

98.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
99.
Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam War?
a)
Kent State
b)
Ohio State
c)
Miami of Ohio
d)
Dayton
100.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
101.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
102.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
103.
Vietnam (Indochina) was a colony of what country before World War II?
a)
Great Britain
b)
China
c)
France
d)
the Netherlands
104.
The United States dropped more bombs in Vietnam then all of the countries in WWII combined.  A major reason for this is which of the following?
a)
Operation Ranchhand
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
Operation Strategic Hamlet
d)
Agent Orange
105.
Why was this called the "living room war"?
a)
For the first time people fought out of their living room
b)
The nightly news showed what was happening with live footage
c)
Soldier's battle positions were called living rooms
d)
President gave daily briefings on what was happening and actions taken in the war
106.
What were the goals of the American Indian Movement?
a)
re-establishment of Indian ownership over Alcatraz Island and portions of Alaska
b)
passage of legislation granting better access to education and giving reservations resources to attract tourism
c)
A renewal of traditional cultures, economic independence, and better education for Native Americans
d)
an end to the termination policy and control over natural resouces
107.
The gathering at Woodstock in 1969 is best described as...
a)
a violent clash between police and students during an anti-war protest
b)
a three-day music concert dedicated to peace and love
c)
the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters that led to Nixon's resignation
d)
a student protest to demand immediate integration for African Americans
108.

What was the most influential music group during this time ?

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

The Beatles

c)

Migos

d)

Big Time Rush

109.

The increased use of ________ was common in this era ?

a)

School grants

b)

Telephones

c)

Computers

d)

Drugs

110.

Which of the following did "hippies" disagree with most ?

a)

Communism

b)

War

c)

World peace

d)

Marriage

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