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WorksheetsThe World Wars & The Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
After World War I, the United States returned to its position of isolationism.
True
False
After World War II, the isolationism of the United States ended with the formation of the United Nations.
True
False
Select the THREE Axis Powers of World War II.
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Italy
Which country fought along side the US and Britain during World War I but joined Germany on the Axis Powers during World War II?
Japan
China
Italy
Soviet Union
Which country, held responsible for World War I, will also be the reason that World War II starts?
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
Japan
Select the TWO conditions that will lead directly to the outbreak of World War II.
The assassination of the Archduke of Germany
The sinking of the Lusitania
The aftermath of the Great Depression
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The rise of dictatorships in Europe and Asia
Select the THREE countries that got bigger after World War I, having been granted land from Germany.
Soviet Union
Poland
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
What country did Germany invade in September of 1939 that is known as the official start of World War II?
Austria
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
What American Naval base was attacked by Japan, leading directly to the entry into the war by the United States?
Fort Polk, Louisiana
San Diego Naval Base
US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Select the THREE Allied countries at the beginning of World War II.
Germany
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Poland
France
Who became president of the United States upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt in April of 1945?
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Why did Germany surrender unconditionally in May of 1945?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Berlin
Constant bombing by Great Britain forced Hitler to flee and Germany to give up
Hitler committed suicide and Germany was left without a leader
Japan went back on their agreement with Germany and assassinated Hitler
Following the surrender of both Germany and Japan, what TWO countries emerged as the world's super powers?
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Japan
Select the THREE outcomes of World War II.
The United Nations was formed as a world-wide peace-keeping organization
The large empires of Europe were split into several smaller nations
Germany, and its capital of Berlin, were divided between the Allied Powers
The United States returned to its isolationism "bubble"
2/3 of the Jewish population of Europe was exterminated by Hitler's "Final Solution"
Which TWO Axis Powers cities were devastated when the United States dropped the only two atomic bombs ever used in a war?
Berlin
Hiroshima
Venice
Nagasaki
Osaka
In what ways did the state of Louisiana contribute to World War II? (Select THREE)
Manufacturing the Higgins Boats for easier ship to shore transport of troops
A large scale "faux war" known as The Maneuvers
It was the test site for the first atomic bomb
The Gulf Coast was the headquarters for the US Navy
Thousands of men volunteered and were drafted to fight in the war
What supreme court decision in 1954 finally overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson "separate but equal" is legal idea of 1896?
Miranda vs. Arizona
Brown vs. Board of Education
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born Michael King, Jr. in 1929 but it was changed to "Martin Luther” after a trip to Germany where his father learned about the Protestant Reformation.
True
False
Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in a non-violent approach to gaining equality through the use of Civil Disobedience.
True
False
Malcolm X believed that the methods of Martin Luther King, Jr. weren't enough and that people should fight for equality be "any means necessary".
True
False
What southern University was integrated by James Meredith?
University of Mississippi
University of Alabama
Mississippi State University
Louisiana State University
What president sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock to counter the governor's action of using the National Guard to block the entrance of the school?
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
A boycott of what business started in Montgomery, Alabama with Rosa Parks.
grocery stores
buses
diners
banks
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American to integrate schools in what southern city?
Mobile, Alabama
Jackson, Mississippi
New Orleans, Louisiana
Orlando, Florida
Both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were assassinated in New York City in 1968.
True
False
