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Midterm Review Part 3

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the image below best represent?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Communism

d)

Nullification

2.

What was Congress's purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?

a)

To lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain

b)

To charge Britain more for U.S. weapons than Britain could afford

c)

To provide equal amounts of aid to Britain and Germany

d)

To provide Britain with the aid without joining the war.

3.

The Navajo Indians were known as "Wind Talkers" and they....

a)

developed the atomic bomb

b)

encoded military communications for secure transmissions.

c)

translated secret messages from the Axis Powers

d)

designing radar technology for submarines.

4.
What event led to the US joining WWII? 
a)

Germany invaded Poland. 

b)

Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 

c)

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

d)

Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 

5.

Who were the first African-American fighter pilots?

a)

Flying Tigers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Birmingham Airmen

d)

Wasps

6.
What were some opportunities that were given to women and African-Americans that weren't available before the war?
a)

Working in Factories

b)

Making weapons for the war.

c)

Playing in an All American Girls baseball league.

d)

All of the above

7.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
Military program to start building submarines.
b)
An atomic bomb program
c)
A building in New York City
d)
A city in New York
8.

Why happened in the Battle of Midway?

a)
Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers and control of the Pacific 
b)
Japan surrenders to the US a day after the Battle of Midway
c)
Soviets enter into the war with Japan
d)
Germany is overran by the British
9.
An attempt to exterminate the Jews in Europe; 6 million Jews were killed; Millions were sent to concentration camps. 
a)
Holocaust 
b)
Internment Camps
c)
Fall of Berlin 
d)
Battle of the Bulge
10.

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

a)

a fictional character who represented the working woman during WWII created for propaganda

b)

the first woman foreman who contributed to the manufacturing of war materials

c)

the first woman to fight for the US on the frontlines in Europe

11.
Posters like this encouraged people to buy war bonds in order to– 7.G
a)
Gain public support for the war
b)
Help finance the war 
c)
Create jobs 
d)
Recruit volunteers for the military
12.

Home-based food program that could supplement the rationing done by American families, and soldiers would have enough food as well.

a)

anti-Semitism

b)

carpet bombing

c)

rationing

d)

victory gardens

13.
Forced march of over 10,000 American Prisoners
a)
Bataan Death March
b)
Nuremberg Trials
c)
House Unamerican Acts Committee
d)
Battle of Midway
14.

Former pilots who flew with the Chinese Airforce against the Japanese.

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Flying Tigers

c)

Windtalkers

d)

Running Serpents

15.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the...

a)

Medal of Honor recipient.

b)

Leader of the Flying Tigers.

c)

U.S. Army General who was later elected to be President of the United States

d)

creator of the Atomic Bomb.

16.

The United States strategy of Island Hopping...

a)

dropping bombs called "Hoppies" on Japan's many islands.

b)

hopping really hard on islands to increase seismic activity.

c)

challenging the Japenese to long and high jumping competitions.

d)

allowed for the formation of United States military bases to push back against Japan.

17.

United States government feared Japanese Espionage (Spies) during World War II which resulted in...

a)

Carpet Bombing

b)

The Assassination of the Emperor

c)

The bombing of Hiroshema

d)

Executive Order 9066, Internment Camps

18.

Who was the African American Medal of Honor recipient during World War II?

a)

Tobey Maguire

b)

Roy Beneviedez

c)

Alvin York

d)

Vernon Baker

19.

Which amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

20.

Executive Order 9066 led to...

a)

The dropping of the Atomic Bomb.

b)

the internment of Japanese Americans

c)

Forced immigration of Japanese back to Japan.

d)

Drafted ALL Japanese Americans.

21.

During World War II, this poster is encouraging...

a)

Americans to Run!

b)

Americans to grow Victory Gardens.

c)

ALL Americans to volounteer and work together.

d)

American Men to enlist and become soldiers

22.

"The next morning, we were loaded into trucks for the trip. It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen. Bodies were stacked in rail cars. We were warned not to feed any survivors, doctors would do that."

What event is this quote describing?

a)

Horrors of the Nazi Concentration Camps

b)

The Aftermath of the Atomic Bomb

c)

Poisonous Gas effects.

d)

Japanese internment Camps in America

23.

Which of the New Deal programs helped to preserve natural parks and provide jobs to Americans during the Great Depression?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

Works Progress Administration

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

Works Progress Authority

24.

The Works Progress Administration primarily hired...

a)

Construction Workers

b)

Artists & Writers

c)

Politicians

d)

Bankers

25.

What act was passed that provided retirement income for the elderly?

a)

Old Fogies Act

b)

Pension Plan Act

c)

Old Folks Home Act

d)

Social Security Act

26.

Which president is known for taking BOLD emergency actions during the Great Depression?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Harry Truman

27.

Who was the photographer that took this image and what is the title?

a)

Dorothea Lange

"Migrant Mother"

b)

Joseph Ghetti

"Dust Storm"

c)

Lewis Hine

"Battered"

d)

Jacob Riis

"Despair"

28.

Which election SPLIT the Republican Party & allowed the Democrat Woodrow Wilson to WIN the election?

a)

Election of 2016

b)

Election of 1976

c)

Election of 1932

d)

Election of 1912

29.

Allows Voters to Remove elected officials from Office

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

All of the Above

30.

The 18th Amendment UNEXPECTEDLY led to....

a)

Legalization of Marijuana

b)

African Americans elected to office

c)

A Rise in Organized Crime

d)

Increased Communist Activity

31.

Who supported ideas of: Income Taxes, Free Coinage of Silver, Direct Election of Senators, Imitative, Referendum, & Recall?

a)

The Republican Party

b)

The Progressive Party

c)

The Democrat Party

d)

The Populist Party