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WorksheetsTopic 15 & 16 (SSUSH19 - SSUSH21)
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 25mins
What years did WWII begin and end?
1938-1951
1945-1951
1941-1945
1936-1944
The term appeasement refers to ---
giving in to an aggressor to avoid war
depending on allies to fight for you
disarming to show your unwillingness to fight
standing up for one's beliefs
Which of the following are not Allied leaders of World War II?
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Woodrow Wilson
Which plan aided European countries after World War II?
Marshall Plan
Freedom Plan
Truman Plan
European Plan
Which two cities were attacked with atomic bombs by the United States?
Nagasaki & Hiroshima
Tokyo & Kyoto
Tokyo & Yokohama
Osaka & Kyoto
Which president of the United States died during World War II?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Which country completes this diagram
Spain
France
Japan
Russia
attack on Pearl Harbor
Lend-Lease Act
Operation Torch
This was a military tactic used by the US in the Pacific Theater. play audio
Blitzkreig
Island-hopping
Trench warfare
The American program to build an atomic bomb was known as the
Manhattan Project
Operation overlord
New York Project
Operation A-bomb
The strategy of capturing some islands and going around others. That United States used in order to invade Japan.
Double V
Naplam
Lend-Lease
Island hopping
What is the message this propaganda is trying to send ?
If Americans do not help Britain, Hitler will destroy America.
The president has the power to create embargoes against countries who become involved in the war.
The actions of Axis powers from 1940 to 1941 caused Americans to be more open to going to war.
There is no longer any form of democracy in Europe and America should not go into the war so that democracy can live on.
What is another name for the Invasion of Normandy?
Battle of France
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
V-E Day
What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?
stop spread of communism
Money for Western Europe to rebuild
Supplies for Western Europe
all of the above
The Truman Doctrine became known as:
The Marshall Plan
The policy of Containment
The Riga Axioms
The Domino Theory
What was the Truman Doctrine?
President Truman declared war on the Soviet Union
Truman's oath as President
Truman's declaration to Congress that the US needed to help stop communism
When President Truman nominated George C. Marshall
Who was the Korean War between?
U.S. and South Korea
Russia and North Korea
North Korea and South Korea
North Korea and North Vietnam
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
What war ended in a stalemate (meaning nobody won)?
World War I
Korean War
Civil War
World War II
North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.
Soviet Union/communist
Soviet Union/democratic
U.S.A./communist
U.S.A./democratic
What type of economic system did North Korea follow?
Capitalism
Socialism
Liberalism
Communism
Which global superpower supported South Korea?
U.S.A.
Britain
Germany
U.S.S.R.
When was the Korean War fought?
1945-1948
1945-1950
1941-1945
1950-1953
This group was against Truman integrating the military.
Northern Republicans
Southern Republicans
Northern Democrats
Southern Democrats
Plan by the United States to overthrow the Castro/Cuban government using Cuban exiles.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs
Embargo
After the sinking of the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, congress signs:
The Vietnam Declaration
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Vietnam Resolution
Plan by the United States to overthrow the Castro/Cuban government using Cuban exiles.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs
Embargo
Brown vs Board of Education overturned this case:
Plessy vs Ferguson
Miranda vs Arizona
Tinker vs DeMoines
Eisenhower vs Florida
The outcome of Brown vs Board of Education was:
the segregation of public schools
the integration of public schools
not significant because states didn't implement it
helpful to the plan to contain communism
This act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender. It also ended segregation in public places.
Brown vs Board of Education
Miranda vs Arizona
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
This act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender. It also ended segregation in public places.
Brown vs Board of Education
Miranda vs Arizona
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
This act outlawed the requirement for would-be voters to take literacy tests to register to vote. Also paid for programs to register minority voters.
Brown vs Board of Education
Miranda vs Arizona
Civil Rights Act 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
These programs, which were President Johnson's vision for America, had the goal of making the United States a great society and give all Americans a better standard of living and greater opportunities regardless of their background.
New Deal
The Second New Deal
Johnson Doctrine
Great Society
Which of the following TWO choices describe the impact of television on society?
First broadcast of the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon) in 1960.
Helped to gain the sympathy of many American during the Civil Rights Movement by covering demonstrations.
Provided no entertainment for people.
Television had minimal impact on society during this time.
Written by Martin Luther King Jr to address fears white religious leaders had that he was moving too fast toward desegregation.
"I have a Dream" speech
"Non-Violence Now" speech
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
"Civil Rights for Everyone" letter
Given by Martin Luther King Jr to over 250,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. asking for peace and racial harmony.
"I have a Dream" speech.
"Violence Now" speech.
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
"Civil Rights for Everyone" speech
This group was founded by African American College Students and initially used the tactics of sit-ins and non-violence to impact change.
SNCC
SCLC
NAACP
SEC
This group was founded by MLK Jr and other ministers to peacefully protest racial injustice.
SNCC
SCLC
NAACP
SEC
Created a roadway system to connect every major city in the U.S:
National Interstate Highway and Defense Act
National Road Trip Association
National State Highway and Defense Act
National Parks Association
What is Jackie Robinson best known for?
Being a founding member of the SNCC.
First African American to integrate major league baseball.
A lawyer made famous in the Miranda vs Arizona case.
First African American to enroll in a public college in Alabama.
Mexican American who started the United Farm Workers' Movement and politically organized a community in order to influence elections.
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Cesar Chavez
Benito Garcia
Which of the following is NOT an example of the affluence of the postwar era?
‘White Flight’ from the cities to the suburbs
The shifting of blue-collar jobs to the service sector
Racial discrimination that resulted in a large wage gap
Government restrictions on the types of strikes and power of labor unions
To help promote international cooperation in the fight against Communism, America and Western Europe established
NATO
the CIA
the Warsaw Pact
the DMZ
Which early Cold War trend is reflected in this video?
Consumerism
Franchise
Nuclear Family
Brinkmanship
