WorksheetsQuestion Bank for Grade 11 History
Total questions: 127
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
Where did the first sit-in take place?
Montgomery, Alabama
Greensboro, South Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Greensboro, North Carolina
In which shop did the first sit-in take place?
Woolworths
The Warehouse
Walmart
K Mart
Who took part in the first sit-in? *
High school students.
Primary school students.
University students.
Working adults.
Which group was associated with the later sit-ins? *
NAACP
CORE
SNCC
SCLC
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
Great Migration
Prohibition
NAACP
Harlem Renaissance
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
What is Tuesday October 29th 1929, referred to as?
Red Tuesday
Blue Tuesday
Black Tuesday
Bankrupt Tuesday
Which of the following events was NOT a causation of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Bank Failures (closings) of the early 1930's
The Dust Bowl
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
What 2 events led to the Great Dust Bowl?
Rise of Hitler
Long Drought
Over farming the land
Election of Roosevelt
At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy?
aggression
advancement
internment
appeasement
What country did Germany invade to start WWII?
Poland
France
Soviet Union
Britain
Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Josef Stalin
George Patton
This cause of the Stock Market Crash involved investors paying down ten-percent of the value of a stock and using borrowed money to pay for the remainder of the price.
Bear Market
Bull Market
Speculation
Buying on Margin
How did FDR respond to the Supreme Court overturning multiple New Deal Programs?
He ratified legislation authorizing an age requirement for the Supreme Court Justices
He passed an executive order to recall Supreme Court Justices
He proposed an increase in the number of Supreme Court Justices
He appealed to Congress for a constitutional amendment involving the Supreme Court
What led to the Mexican repatriation?
overpopulation
The US decided to be scandalous
Claimed Mexican people were taking American jobs
the great depression needed to be more depressing
What were war bonds used for?
certificates sold by the US government to pay for the war
pictures of soldiers preparing for war
documents that displayed guns
funds used by the government to provide financial assistance to the poor
Battle of Midway
Organization established near the end of the WW2 to guarantee international peace and security through permanent diplomacy.
Two Japanese cities devastated by atomic bombs dropped by the US in an attempt to end the Second World War.
It was the decisive turning point in the Pacific War as the Allies won basically all of the battles in the Pacific after it.
June 6, 1944, the day on which Allied forces landed in Normandy, France to begin a massive offensive against the Germans and the occupied territory of Europe.
Anti-Semitism
Views or actions that protect Jews
Policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews
Actions that discriminated against Xenophobics
Policies that protect racists
June 6, 1944, the day on which Allied forces landed in Normandy, France to begin a massive offensive against the Germans and the occupied territory of Europe.
Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
D-Day
Enola Gay
Japanese forced U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war to undertake a 60 mile march through the jungle. Prisoners faced starvation, disease, and dehydration.
Bootin Din March
Butin Martyrs
Bataan Death March
Boston Death March
Regulating the amount of goods a consumer can obtain
Office of War Information
Bataan Death March
rationing
war bonds
What strategy did the United States use that involved attacking only important strategic islands and bypassing others?
blitzkrieg
the Manhattan Project
kamkikaze
island hopping
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Rommel
Goring
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Churchill
He spent the next two and a half years commanding an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific before famously returning to liberate the Philippines in October 1944.
These invdiduals used their language to form secret codes in the Pacific that could not be broken by the Japanese.
Flying Tigers
Tuskegee Airmen
Victory Gardens
Navajo Code Talkers
Which statement best defines the concept of communism?
A political and comic system in which the government owns and controls businesses and property
A political system in which the people are in charge of government and individuals can own and run their own business
A political and economic system in which people are in charge of the government and individuals can own and run their own business
None of the above
What is this image trying to do?
get people to fight the Russians
get people to fight the Axis Powers
get people to fight France
get people to fight the Allied Powers
The image shown above was from what World War 2 event?
the Battle of Stalingrad
the Battle of Midway
Hiroshima
the D-Day invasion
Which term best defines "Blitzkrieg"?
Trench warfare
Lightening war
Total War
Urban Warfare
The image shown above was from what World War 2 event?
the Battle of Stalingrad
the Battle of Midway
Hiroshima
D-Day invasion of Normandy
Where on the map did the D-day invastion take place?
A
B
C
D
What was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II?
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Kharkov
Two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945, bringing about the surrender of Japanese forces and the end of the war in the Pacific theater. In which two Japanese cities were they detonated?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Osaka and Kyoto
From the poster above, during the war many woman in America did what?
performed usually done by men
worked as scientists
served as nurses in the field
managed major factories
what was the final country germany invaded before france and the UK declared war on the germany
Czechoslovakia
austria
poland
ussr
How did World War II affect the US homefront?
Citizens were asked to ration resources, grow their own gardens, and buy war bonds.
The number of business closures increased.
The demand for foreign products decreased.
Women were no longer allowed to work.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
Nuremberg Trials
Scopes Trials
Nuremberg Laws
November Decree
Nazi troops attacked Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Ghettos
Anti-Semitism
What do the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and the attack of Nanking have in common?
they are appeasement policies
they are resistance movements
they are efforts at Russification
they are violations of human rights
Kept the United States from being involved in the war and from selling military supplies to countries involved.
Office of War Information
Flying Tigers
Neutrality Acts
December 7, 1941
Non-Aggression Pact
Responsible for war moral in the United States, usually by using propaganda.
Office of War Information
Flying Tigers
Neutrality Acts
December 7, 1941
Non-Aggression Pact
Japanese surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor (brings the United States into WWII)
Office of War Information
Flying Tigers
Neutrality Acts
December 7, 1941
Non-Aggression Pact
American volunteer pilots that help supply and defend China from the Japanese
Office of War Information
Flying Tigers
Neutrality Acts
December 7, 1941
Non-Aggression Pact
Naval Commanders of the U.S. Pacific fleet
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vernon Baker
Tuskegee Airmen
General Dwight Eisenhower
Nimitz and Macarthur
One of the first African American soldiers to see combat in the war. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross and eventually the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vernon Baker
Tuskegee Airmen
General Dwight Eisenhower
Nimitz and Macarthur
First black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force; contributed to the desegregation of the armed forces after WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vernon Baker
Tuskegee Airmen
General Dwight Eisenhower
Nimitz and Macarthur
President for the end of the war. Made the decision to drop the two atomic bombs.
Harry Truman
Vernon Baker
Tuskegee Airmen
General Dwight Eisenhower
Nimitz and Macarthur
Commander of the invasions on Normandy Beach (D-Day) and supreme commander of the Allied troops in Europe.
Harry Truman
Vernon Baker
Tuskegee Airmen
General Dwight Eisenhower
Nimitz and Macarthur
World War 2 officially started after Hitler invaded what country?
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Poland
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain? (AKA, the Bulldog of Britain)
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Charles Lindbergh
This term means "lightning war", and was the name of the fighting style that the Nazis used to conquer Europe.
Berlin
Kristallnacht
blitzkrieg
Nuremberg
Who was the President of the United States during World War 2?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Jimmy Carter
These American Pilots would be famous for not losing a single bomber in their bombing missions over France and Germany.
The 101st Airborne Division
The Steel Legion
The Tuskegee Airmen
The 501st
[p2] What battle occurred when the Germans attempted a counteroffensive to regain Antwerp in December 1944?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Kursk
Invasion of Normandy
Battle of Midway
[p3] What outcome did US President Truman hope to AVOID by dropping atomic bombs on Japan?
A negotiated peace settlement with Japan like the Treaty of Versailles with Germany in WWI.
American troops would suffer heavy casualties invading the Japanese homeland.
The Soviet Union would invade Japan & set up a communist government there.
Q. What was the name given to the camps that FDR ordered the Japanese-American citizens into as a means to protect our nation from a possible invasion by Japan?
Concentration Camps
Internment Camps
Labor Camps
Gulags
During World War 2, war bonds, rationing, as well as rage and price controls all served to -
raise money and maintain supplies for the war effort
rebuild a war-damaged economy
establish international relief funds
protect personal savings
What did Hitler do before he invaded Poland, to make sure the Soviets would not attack him later?
He canceled trade with the Soviets
He signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviets.
He challenged Stalin to a fist fight.
He attack Soviet Naval bases before the Polish invasion.
What was the name of the secret endeavor to build the Atomic Bomb called?
Manhattan Project
Truman Project
FDR Project
Brooklyn Project
What role did this character play during WW2?
a famous actress in a war movie
a fictional character who inspired men to farm during the war
the first lady of the United States
encouraged women to work the jobs men left behind
Where was the the 2nd atom bomb dropped?
Hirtimo
Hiroshima
Normandy
Nagasaki
Act that allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries in exchange for US rights in their military bases.
Patriot Act
Allied Act
Lend-Lease Act
Hartsfield Act
Where was the first nuclear bomb that we dropped on Japan?
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Iwo Jima
What was the Holocaust?
The systematic killing of over 6 million innocent Jewish people by the Nazis.
A virus that was going around during the war that killed millions of people
The systematic killing of over 6 million innocent German people by the Jewish.
What event caused World War II?
Germany invades France.
Britain defend itself against Germany.
Germany invades Poland.
A German U-boat sinks the Lusitania.
On September 03, 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on ______.
Belgium
United States
Germany
Poland
What does Blitzkrieg mean?
lightning bolt
lightning war
lightning speed
greased lightening
Hitler had made an agreement with ______.
the Soviet Union
France
Bulgaria
Great Britian
How did the other world leaders respond to Hitler's aggression?
Appeasement
Aggression
Military action
Negotiated peace terms
What was appeasement?
Using military force
Applying economic pressure to your enemies
Allowing someone to get away with small acts of aggression
Becoming allies
What issues led to the rise of dictatorships in Italy, Germany, Russia, and Japan?
Economic
Political
Military
All of the above
Weimer Republic was formed in which European country
France
Russia
Germany
Britain
The American stock market crashed in which year
1929
1933
1939
1945
Germany, Spain and Italy used what kind of government to control their people?
Fascism
Freedom of speech
Monarchy
Democracy
Soviet Union used what kind of government to control their people?
Freedom
Communism
they didn't control their people
Santalucian
When the United States did not want to join in WW2, this was called
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Isolationism
What document ended WWI and caused WW2 to happen?
Treaty of Versailles
14 Points
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
