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WorksheetsLEAP Part 2
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 19mins
Why would the US not be considered TRULY neutral?
The US was sending troops to Great Britain to help train others.
The US was sending builders to help reconstruct buildings ruined from the bombings.
The US publicly declared their intention to side with Allies and send in troops.
The US was supplying war materials to the Allies.
Which country did Germany invade which made France and Great Britain officially declare war?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Poland
Which policy created during the beginning of the war allowed for the Allies to borrow military supplies?
Cash Carry Policy
Bases for Destroyers
Lend Lease Act
Appeasement Provision
Why does Japan attack the United States?
US placed high tariffs on Japanese exports.
US placed an oil embargo on Japan.
Japan wanted the US to join the Axis Powers.
US gained territory from Japan.
Why did propaganda posters like these exist during WWII?
Convince the public to watch a movie about the war.
Persuade the public to support the Axis Powers.
Convince the public to support the war effort at home.
Inform the public of crucial war battles.
True or False: Women worked in war time factories, and women also joined the armed forces in combat roles.
True
False
The actions taken by the Tuskegee Airmen and other African American battalions helped ________ the military by the end of the war.
Draft
Segregate
Educate
Integrate
Promote
Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt allowed for the forced relocation of _________.
German Americans
Japanese Americans
African Americans
Italian Americans
What group of people did Hitler's concentration camps and "Final Solution" plans NOT target?
Jews
Aryans
Gypsies
Catholics
What country's shoreline was invaded on D-Day?
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
France
Denmark
What was the name of the US strategy in the Pacific?
Naval Dominance
Island Hopping
Operation Bull Shark
Operation Overlord
Both the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences attended by the Allied leaders decided and finalized their decision to do what with Germany?
Strip the country's land of all vital resources
Make them pay war reparations
Divide Germany in zones of control
Let Germany rebuild on it's own but provide aid money
What was the name of the project in the US where they were developing the atomic bomb?
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
New York
Why did the US decide to use the atomic bomb?
An invasion of Japanese mainland would result in many US casualties.
It was a new weapon with little testing done at other sites.
Japan had attacked the US mainland in 1945.
They were going to attack where only military was stationed (no civilians).
The Nuremberg Trials found many Nazi Officials guilty of...
Murder
Extortion
Military Treason
War Crimes
Who is NOT on the permanent five-member UN Security Council?
United States
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
France
After World War II, one important outcome of the passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was that it...
allowed women to serve in combat positions
limited suburban growth
provided funds for new military bases
created educational and housing assistance for veterans
Which United States foreign policy is being referred to in this cartoon?
Neutrality Act
Atlantic Charter
Truman Doctrine
Manhattan Project
Besides Germany, which two other locations were divided by the allies at the end of WWII?
France
Berlin
Japan
Amsterdam
Korea
The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by...
boycotting German-made imports
building the Berlin Wall
stopping all traffic leaving Berlin
airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
Organizing the Berlin Airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of...
imperialism
isolationism
containment
neutrality
Which country was not included in the formation of NATO?
US
USSR
Great Britain
France
What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Wall
Central Powers
The Kremlin
What is the name of the dividing line between North and South Korea?
28th Parallel
34th Parallel
38th Parallel
42nd Parallel
Who accused multiple members of the US government of being a communist?
Joseph McCarthy
Harry Truman
Julius Rosenberg
Joseph Stalin
Walt Disney
McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in...
the end of the arms race
reduced spending on national defense
increased discrimination against returning veterans
damage to the reputations of many innocent people
Which of the following was convicted and executed for espionage (stealing US secrets for USSR)?
Joseph McCarthy
Nikita Khrushchev
Julius Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
One important effect of President Eisenhower’s proposal for interstate highways was a significant increase in..
health-care spending
suburban communities
educational opportunities
sectional differences
In 1958, the United States government increased spending on science education and research in reaction to the...
creation of the Warsaw Pact
launching of Sputnik
installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba
U-2 incident
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
James Gregory
Kennedy approved an invasion plan called:
Destroy Castro
Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U-2Coastal Operation
The Soviet Nuclear Crisis
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...
eliminate discrimination in housing
implement job-training programs
increase equal rights for African Americans
end barriers to voting faced by African Americans
Which of these is the approach MLK and his followers use in the Civil Rights Movement?
containment
black nationalism
civil disobedience
legal system
What event inspired the student protests at Kent State University?
Events of the Vietnam War
Events of the Korean War
Events of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Events of the Civil Rights Movement
Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964 and name of the following Resolution to let the US send in ground troops?
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Pearl Harbor
South China Sea
What was the name of the building that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?
be assassinated
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?
China
Germany
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
Which statement best explains how President Reagan contributed to the end of the Cold War?
He helped revolutionaries overthrow the government of the Soviet Union.
He ordered a rapid increase in military spending to challenge the Soviet Union.
He threatened to use nuclear missiles to destroy the Soviet Union.
He placed an embargo on the sale of goods in the Soviet Union.
