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WorksheetsUS Studies - 2nd Semester Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Between WWI and WWII, the US government followed a policy of
Isolation
Containment
Alliances
Rationing
The policy of giving into Hitler's demands so European countries could avoid war
Isolationism
Containment
Appeasement
Disarmament
What prompted the US to enter WWII?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Sinking of the USS Maine
Sinking of the Lusitania
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Allied invasion of the Germans in northern France after crossing the English Channel is known as
Double V Campaign
D-Day
Manhattan Project
Island Hopping
The United States increased aid to Great Britain before the US joined WWII when they offered the
Lend-Lease Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Pentagon Papers
New Deal
What is something that changed in women's lives during WWII?
They earned equal pay for equal work
The ERA passed the House of Representatives
They were able to join the armed forces
They earned the right to vote
What group of Americans did the US government force into internment camps?
German
Italian
Chinese
Japanese
The US government limited the amount of resources available to Americans during WWII in a process called
Rationing
Embargo
Conservation
Internment
In order to raise money for WWII, the US government sold
Liberty Coupons
Victory Badges
Victory Gardens
War Bonds
Threats & tensions between the US and USSR that developed after WWII is called
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Arms Race
The US government's goal was the stop the spread of communism. The policy is known as
Rationing
Containment
Isolation
Appeasement
Which country fell to a communist takeover in 1949?
Korea
Vietnam
Russia
China
What organization was formed after WWII to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe?
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
The Berlin Wall was built to
Keep people from fleeing to East Berlin
Keep people from fleeing to West Berlin
Protect Berlin from attack
Divide Europe
The fear of communist expansion into America is known as the
Tet Offensive
Cold War
Counterculture Movement
Red Scare
What country was permanently divided after a war in that nation from 1950-53?
Korea
Vietnam
China
Russia
With which country did the US almost begin a nuclear war in 1963?
Korea
Mexico
Cuba
Russia
Which case put an end to discriminatory state laws regarding separate schools?
Tinker v. Des Moines
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
Refusing to obey laws that are determined to be unjust is called
Desegregation
Boycott
Sit-in
Civil Disobedience
Children were willing to get arrested and fill the jails as a form of protest in the city of
Birmingham, AL
New Orleans, LA
Jackson, MS
Montgomery, AL
Rosa Parks arrest in 1955 led to
the creation of the NCAAP
the desegregation of city schools
a boycott of city buses
the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nine high school students were prevented from attending a desegregated school in
Charleston, SC
Jackson, MS
Birmingham, AL
Little Rock, AR
The increasing number of people moving to suburbs was aided by the increased access of
trains
automobiles
scooters
buses
The period from 1945-1961 during which 65 million children were born in the US is known as
Baby Boom
Generation Gap
The Greatest Generation
Generation X
Which part of America has had a large population increase since the end of WWII?
Sun Belt
Rust Belt
West Coast
New England
NASA putting a man on the moon in 1969 was one result of the
Bracero Program
Cold War
Arms Race
Space Race
Many Americans had trouble trusting government leaders after the
first man landed on the moon
Watergate Scandal
Russians tested an atomic bomb
Cuban missile crisis
President Gerald Ford released former President Nixon of any investigation or punishment for Watergate activity. This is called
Forgiveness
Pardon
Regret
Exonerate
To address security concerns after 9/11/01, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and created the Department of
Interior
Military Affairs
International Affairs
Homeland Security
After 9/11/01, the US military was sent to Afghanistan to
overthrow the ruling Taliban authorities
colonize the land
find Suddam Hussein
find weapons of mass destruction
One of America's worst domestic terrorist attacks took place April 19, 1995 at
Birmingham, AL
New York City
Oklahoma City, OK
Lawrence, KS
After the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, the US became involved in a military conflicts in Afghanistan and
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Vietnam
Trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. This is known as
Interdependence
Globalization
Interconnected
Global security
