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LEAP Part 2

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why would the US not be considered TRULY neutral?

a)

The US was sending troops to Great Britain to help train others.

b)

The US was sending builders to help reconstruct buildings ruined from the bombings.

c)

The US publicly declared their intention to side with Allies and send in troops.

d)

The US was supplying war materials to the Allies.

2.

Which country did Germany invade which made France and Great Britain officially declare war?

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Italy

d)

Poland

3.

Which policy created during the beginning of the war allowed for the Allies to borrow military supplies?

a)

Cash Carry Policy

b)

Bases for Destroyers

c)

Lend Lease Act

d)

Appeasement Provision

4.

Why does Japan attack the United States?

a)

US placed high tariffs on Japanese exports.

b)

US placed an oil embargo on Japan.

c)

Japan wanted the US to join the Axis Powers.

d)

US gained territory from Japan.

5.

Why did propaganda posters like these exist during WWII?

a)

Convince the public to watch a movie about the war.

b)

Persuade the public to support the Axis Powers.

c)

Convince the public to support the war effort at home.

d)

Inform the public of crucial war battles.

6.

True or False: Women worked in war time factories, and women also joined the armed forces in combat roles.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The actions taken by the Tuskegee Airmen and other African American battalions helped ________ the military by the end of the war.

a)

Draft

b)

Segregate

c)

Educate

d)

Integrate

e)

Promote

8.

Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt allowed for the forced relocation of _________.

a)

German Americans

b)

Japanese Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

Italian Americans

9.

What group of people did Hitler's concentration camps and "Final Solution" plans NOT target?

a)

Jews

b)

Aryans

c)

Gypsies

d)

Catholics

10.

What country's shoreline was invaded on D-Day?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

Italy

d)

France

e)

Denmark

11.

What was the name of the US strategy in the Pacific?

a)

Naval Dominance

b)

Island Hopping

c)

Operation Bull Shark

d)

Operation Overlord

12.

Both the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences attended by the Allied leaders decided and finalized their decision to do what with Germany?

a)

Strip the country's land of all vital resources

b)

Make them pay war reparations

c)

Divide Germany in zones of control

d)

Let Germany rebuild on it's own but provide aid money

13.

What was the name of the project in the US where they were developing the atomic bomb?

a)

Manhattan

b)

Bronx

c)

Brooklyn

d)

New York

14.

Why did the US decide to use the atomic bomb?

a)

An invasion of Japanese mainland would result in many US casualties.

b)

It was a new weapon with little testing done at other sites.

c)

Japan had attacked the US mainland in 1945.

d)

They were going to attack where only military was stationed (no civilians).

15.

The Nuremberg Trials found many Nazi Officials guilty of...

a)

Murder

b)

Extortion

c)

Military Treason

d)

War Crimes

16.

Who is NOT on the permanent five-member UN Security Council?

a)

United States

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

e)

France

17.

After World War II, one important outcome of the passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was that it...

a)

allowed women to serve in combat positions

b)

limited suburban growth

c)

provided funds for new military bases

d)

created educational and housing assistance for veterans

18.

Which United States foreign policy is being referred to in this cartoon?

a)

Neutrality Act

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Manhattan Project

19.

Besides Germany, which two other locations were divided by the allies at the end of WWII?

a)

France

b)

Berlin

c)

Japan

d)

Amsterdam

e)

Korea

20.

The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by...

a)

boycotting German-made imports

b)

building the Berlin Wall

c)

stopping all traffic leaving Berlin

d)

airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

21.

Organizing the Berlin Airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of...

a)

imperialism

b)

isolationism

c)

containment

d)

neutrality

22.

Which country was not included in the formation of NATO?

a)

US

b)

USSR

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

23.

What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Central Powers

d)

The Kremlin

24.

What is the name of the dividing line between North and South Korea?

a)

28th Parallel

b)

34th Parallel

c)

38th Parallel

d)

42nd Parallel

25.

Who accused multiple members of the US government of being a communist?

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Julius Rosenberg

d)

Joseph Stalin

e)

Walt Disney

26.

McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in...

a)

the end of the arms race

b)

reduced spending on national defense

c)

increased discrimination against returning veterans

d)

damage to the reputations of many innocent people

27.

Which of the following was convicted and executed for espionage (stealing US secrets for USSR)?

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Julius Rosenberg

d)

Alger Hiss

28.

One important effect of President Eisenhower’s proposal for interstate highways was a significant increase in..

a)

health-care spending

b)

suburban communities

c)

educational opportunities

d)

sectional differences

29.

In 1958, the United States government increased spending on science education and research in reaction to the...

a)

creation of the Warsaw Pact

b)

launching of Sputnik

c)

installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba

d)

U-2 incident

30.

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

e)

James Gregory

31.

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called:

a)

Destroy Castro

b)

Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The U-2Coastal Operation

e)

The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

32.
What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?
a)
one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
b)
on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
c)
one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
d)
one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal
33.

A goal of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to...

a)

eliminate discrimination in housing

b)

implement job-training programs

c)

increase equal rights for African Americans

d)

end barriers to voting faced by African Americans

34.

Which of these is the approach MLK and his followers use in the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

containment

b)

black nationalism

c)

civil disobedience

d)

legal system

35.

What event inspired the student protests at Kent State University?

a)

Events of the Vietnam War

b)

Events of the Korean War

c)

Events of the Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Events of the Civil Rights Movement

36.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964 and name of the following Resolution to let the US send in ground troops?

a)

Gulf of Thailand

b)

Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

South China Sea

37.
What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S.?
a)
It was the longest and least successful war in American history
b)
It was long and hard, but did contain communism
c)
our soldiers were welcomed home as heroes
d)
The Soviets slowed their efforts to spread communism
38.
After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?
a)
The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
b)
The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
c)
The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
d)
The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north
39.

What was the name of the building that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?

a)
Waterfront
b)
Watergate
c)
Wyndgate
d)
Waterfall
40.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)

be assassinated

41.

The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Cuba

e)

United States

42.

Which statement best explains how President Reagan contributed to the end of the Cold War?

a)

He helped revolutionaries overthrow the government of the Soviet Union.

b)

He ordered a rapid increase in military spending to challenge the Soviet Union.

c)

He threatened to use nuclear missiles to destroy the Soviet Union.

d)

He placed an embargo on the sale of goods in the Soviet Union.