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U.S. History 9 Mid-Term

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," his antisemitic manifesto, while in prison for attempting to _________.

a)

rig the elections

b)

overthrow the German government (coup)

c)

refuse to fight in World War I

d)

destroy Jewish businesses

2.

After the Nazi Party won approximately 37% of the vote, Hitler initially became the ________ of Germany.

a)

Commander in Chief

b)

President

c)

Prime Minister

d)

Chancellor

3.

After the _______ was set on fire, Hitler blamed a communist plot and convinced the government to give him supreme powers, allowing him to suspend basic rights and detain people without trial.

a)

Capitol Building

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Reichstag

d)

Congress

4.

Hitler's political title as sole leader of Germany was _____.

a)

President

b)

Deutscher

c)

Danke

d)

Führer

5.

Hitler promised the German people all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

restore German pride, glory, and strength

b)

make Germany a place welcoming of everyone

c)

rebuild the German military

d)

bring back jobs for the unemployed

6.

The Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Herman Goring

d)

Erwin Rommel

7.

This was an organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in Nazi principles.

a)

Brownshirts

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

German Youth

d)

German Association

8.

World War II begin when Germany invade its neighboring country of _____.

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

Soviet Union

9.

In WWII, Germany used a new type of war strategy called the _____, which means "lightning war."

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

buchstabieren

c)

Veränderung

d)

gemacht

10.

Germany broke their non-aggression pact with _______ in June 1941.

a)

Austria

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

Soviet Union

11.

Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain throughout most of World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Gordon Lightfoot

12.

Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of _____ during WWII.

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

Poland

13.

Who was President of the United States during World War II?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

14.

Who attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

15.

Over 100,000 people of this ancestry where sent to internment camps in the United States between 1942-45.

a)

Italian

b)

German

c)

British

d)

Japanese

16.

Which American General became Supreme Allied Commander during WWII?

a)

General George Patton

b)

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

General Ferdinand Foch

d)

General Franklin D. Roosevelt

17.

The D-Day Invasion of June 1944 took place at the beaches of _____.

a)

Dunkirk, France

b)

London, Great Britain

c)

Normandy, France

d)

Paris, France

18.

The final German OFFENSIVE attack, which took place in December of 1944, was a final chance to push back the Allied Forces. The Americans took massive causalities, but won the battle.

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Paris

19.

Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of _____.

a)

the Bulge

b)

Berlin

c)

Okinawa

d)

D-Day

20.

After the Civil War, ____________ were used to legalize segregation in the South.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The 14th Amendment

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

21.
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or ethnicity. 
a)
discrimination
b)
freedom
c)
equality
d)
hatred
22.

African Americans wanted segregation to end, so they started non-violent, peaceful protests which was the start of _________.

a)

Segregation Movement

b)

Integration Movement

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Jim Crow Movement

23.

What was the name of the 14-year-old boy who was wrongfully executed for murders he did not commit in 1944?

a)

William Jackson

b)

Vernon Williams

c)

George Stinney

d)

James Edwards

24.

Who was the 14-year-old boy who was murdered by two white men in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white cashier named Carolyn Bryant?

a)

Medgar Evers

b)

George Stinney

c)

Robert Jones

d)

Emmett Till

25.

What is lynching?

a)

execution by judge & jury sentence

b)

a form of slavery defined by one's race and inherited by children

c)

when a mob murders someone (often by hanging) for an alleged offense or to strike fear

d)

people being treated as the chattel (personal property) of an owner and being bought and sold as commodities

26.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
27.

______ was a six-year-old African American child who became the first to desegregate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in 1960.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Diane Nash

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Daisy Bates

28.

The Little Rock _________ was a group of African American students who became the first to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

a)

Five

b)

Seven

c)

Nine

d)

Eleven

29.

Which group did Dr. King help found?

a)

Council on Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

d)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

30.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in ______.

a)

armed resistance

b)

separating from whites

c)

peacefully resisting unjust laws

d)

violent protests & rioting if necessary

31.
Who was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Thurgood Marshall
32.

In 1963, more than 200,000 civil rights supporters marched in the Nation's capital in hopes of earning the civil freedoms afforded to white Americans. This _______________ ended with Dr. King giving his _____________ speech

a)

March from Selma to Montgomery; Letter from Birmingham

b)

March on Washington; Letter from Birmingham

c)

March from Selma to Montgomery; I Have a Dream Speech

d)

March on Washington; I Have a Dream Speech

33.

What civil rights organization was led by a young man named John Lewis?

a)

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

b)

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

c)

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

d)

UL (Urban League)

34.

In 1963, a bomb created with 15 sticks of dynamite was set off at a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing ______.

a)

four young black girls

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

the leader of the NAACP

d)

four leaders of the SCLC

35.

What march was organized by MLK and advocated for equal voting rights in 1965?

a)

Selma, Alabama

b)

Montgomery, Alabama

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

d)

Birmingham, Alabama

36.

Who was the openly racist governor of Alabama during the Selma marches of 1965?

a)

Jim Clark

b)

Bull Connor

c)

Elmer Cook

d)

George Wallace

37.

The event when state troopers and county possemen attacked the unarmed marchers with billy clubs and tear gas while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL is known as ____.

a)

Bloody Saturday

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Bloody Monday

d)

Blood Tuesday

38.
Name the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. 
a)
Harry S Truman
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
John F. Kennedy
39.

_______ was a black activist who occasionally clashed with MLK, Jr. (and criticized his nonviolent approach to activism). He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary.”

a)

Medgar Evers

b)

Malcolm X

c)

John Lewis

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

40.

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist hate group that still exists today.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary and controversial political organization that used armed "copwatching" to challenge police brutality, but also created social programs such as Free Breakfast for Children to help their communities.

a)

True

b)

False

42.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
43.
The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...
a)
stop the spread of Fascism.
b)
stop the spread of slavery.
c)
stop other countries from building up their military power.
d)
stop the spread of Communism.
44.
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
45.

Which part of Korea was communist?

a)

North

b)

South

46.

Who won the Korean war?

a)

The United Nations

b)

North Korea

c)

Nobody, it ended in a stalemate (tie)

47.
Mao Zedong became the communist leader of what country?
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
USSR
d)
Cuba
48.

The U.S. failed to get rid of the Communist leader of what country in the Bay of Pigs invasion?

a)

El Salvador

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Cuba

49.

Lyndon B. Johnson's policies to try to end poverty and racism in the United States were called his _______.

a)

New Deal

b)

New Frontier

c)

Great Society

d)

Kewl Beanz

50.

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ngo Dien Diem

d)

Hideki Tojo

51.

The corrupt, non-communist leader of South Vietnam who was assassinated

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

John F. Kennedy (JFK)

52.

What year did the US go to war with North Vietnam?

a)

1945

b)

1955

c)

1965

d)

1975

53.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy 
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
54.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
55.

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

56.

This was the name of the Communist rebels in South Vietnam

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Korea Cong

c)

King Kong

d)

Viet Song

57.

In June of 1968, who was the Democratic presidential candidate who was assassinated?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Bobby Kennedy

c)

Ted Kennedy

d)

Roger Kennedy

58.

Who was elected president in 1968?

a)

Nixon

b)

Johnson

c)

Kennedy

d)

Eisenhower

59.

This famous 1969 music festival attended by over 400,000 people in New York was all about "peace and love."

a)

Coachella

b)

Summer of Love

c)

Counterculture

d)

Woodstock

60.

The name for the group of mostly young people, often called hippies, who believed in a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to war, consumerism, and traditional ways of life.

a)

The Beats

b)

The Opposers

c)

The Counterculture

d)

The Culturalists

61.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
newsreels
62.

Where in Vietnam did a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers take place?

a)

My Lai

b)

Saigon

c)

Hanoi

d)

Ho Chi Mihn City