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WorksheetsUS History 11 final review
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 56mins
What was the U.S. strategy for the Pacific front during WW2?
out of sight
long breaks between battles
full frontal attack
island hopping
What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
To exterminate all Jews
To develop the atomic bomb
To force Japanese surrender
To imprison Hitler
All of the following are Axis Powers EXCEPT
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
Was Nazi Germany an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was France an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was Imperial Japan an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was Italy an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was the United States an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was Great Britain an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was the Soviet Union an Allied or Axis Power?
Allied
Axis
Was Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Charles de Gaulle of France an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Benito Mussolini of Italy an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Winston Churchill of Great Britain an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Was Emperor Hirohito of Imperial Japan an Allied or Axis leader?
Allied
Axis
Lend-Lease Act
materials important for fighting a war
revised to allow warring countries to buy arms from the United States on a cash-and-carry basis
American destroyer torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine
stated the United States could supply arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the United States"
the entire western half of the Atlantic Ocean that Roosevelt declared as a neutral territory
Neutrality Act of 1939
materials important for fighting a war
revised to allow warring countries to buy arms from the United States on a cash-and-carry basis
American destroyer torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine
stated the United States could supply arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the United States"
the entire western half of the Atlantic Ocean that Roosevelt declared as a neutral territory
Policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.
Lend Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Neutrality Act
Cash and Carry
What did the GI Bill of Rights provide for veterans?
Free Healthcare
Access to low-cost mortgages and free college education
Guarantied Employment
Lifetime Finacial support
baggy pleated pants and knee length jacket worn by many Mexican-American youth (also the name of the wearers)
Bracero Program
zoot suit
Rationing
Neutrality
The final large-scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Guadalcanal
Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink Allied ships
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Genocide
Kamikaze
Hitler’s plan to kill as many Jews as possible
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Ghettos
“Final Solution”
After WWII, U.S helped rebuild Western Europe's infrastructure, and stabilize their economies and governments through-
The Truman Doctrine
The Molotov Plan
The Marshall Plan
The Containment Plan
Investigated alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties
Hollywood Ten
McCarthyism
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The idea that if a country falls to communism, neighboring countries will do as well.
Tet Offensive
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Molotov Plan
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence.
McCarthyism
Blitzkrieg
Hollywood 10
HUAC Act
A U.S policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
McCarthyism
Containment Policy
During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly to help Greece and Turkey.
Truman Doctrine
Marshal Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Warsaw Pact
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations
Rosenbergs
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
After WWII, North Korea was occupied by the ____________ and had a ____________ government.
U.S.S.R./Communist
U.S.S.R./Democratic
U.S.A./Communist
U.S.A./Democratic
After WWII, South Korea was occupied by ____________ and had a ____________ government.
U.S.S.R./Communist
U.S.S.R./Democratic
U.S.A./Communist
U.S.A./Democratic
What were the results of the Korean War?
The two sections of Korea reunited
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
China set up a communist government
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Douglas MacArthur
Both the SCLC and the ___ used peaceful protest such as ___, Freedoms Rides, and the Albany Movement.
SNCC, Sit-ins
NAACP, boycotts
Nation of Islam, boycotts
SNCC, consciousness objection
Principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated.
Arms Race
McCarthyism
.Blacklist
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Dwight Eisenhower
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhal Gorbachav
Fidel Castro
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Cuban Invasion
Glasnost means
openness- more freedom of speech and press
discrimination
better economic policies
changing to democracy with free elections
Perestroika means
openness- more freedom of speech and press
discrimination
better economic policies
changing to democracy with free elections
The main purpose of the United Nations is to
prevent wars
start wars
have meetings about world economic issues
stop the spread of communism
Which of the following terms means "an easing of cold war tensions"
perestroika
real politik
detente
Mutually Assured Destruction
Which American President challenged the morals of the Soviet Union and demanded that Gorbachev "tear down" the Berlin Wall?
Richard Nixon
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
The court case Brown v Board of Education changed...
All American citizens could use the same transportation
Separate but equal schools was not allowed
Separate but equal schoolswas now allowed
In 1896, this court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine for public facilities.
Brown v. Board
Texas v. Hernandez
Sweatt v. Painter
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which court case in 1954 ended segregation in schools, and reversed Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v. Board of Education
Lee v. Lee
Sweatt v. Painter
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.
any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes
the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites
voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards
poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots
The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.
the end of discrimination in public areas
the integration of religious and state facilities
Jim Crows to continue
None of the above
8.What organization did Cesar Chaves create and what did it fight for?
Brown Berets; Black Power
United Farm Workers; better pay and working conditions for migrant farmers
Black Panthers: Black power movement and defense of black communities
American Communist Party: Inspire communist revolution in America
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 group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
SNCC
Black Panthers
What was the main goal of the AIM occupation of wounded Knee in 1973?
draw attention to their conditions
obtain right to vote
demand better healthcare
protest gov't involvement in daily life
Which organization was responsible for the siege of Wounded Knee in an attempt to attract attention for the injustices done to Native American Indians ?
SCLC
AIM
NAACP
SNCC
Which of the following characteristics are most associated with Betty Friedan? (choose all the apply)
Women's Rights Advocate
Author of "The Feminine Mystique
encouraged women to be happy with non-traditional roles within society
Advocated for the passage of the 14th Amendment
a religious movement and organization founded in 1930 that combines black nationalism with Islamic teachings. Advocating black unity and self-sufficiency, the Nation came to prominence with the rise of Malcolm X
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
American Indian Movement
teams of African Americans and white Americans who traveled into the south to protest against segregated bus terminals
Little Rock 9
Black Panthers
NAACP
Freedom Riders
the first African American student at the University of MS
Emmett Till
Malcolm Little
Medgar Evers
James Meredith
- Helped broker a peace treaty between Israel (Menachem Begin) and Egypt (Anwar el Sadat).
- Egypt becomes first country to recognize Israel.
- Sadat and Begin jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1978
The above statements describe what event?
Geneva Accords
Camp David Accords
SALT I Treaty
OPEC
Staff of the US Embassy in Iran were held hostage after the dictator Shah Pahlavi was allowed into the US for medical treatment.
Energy Crisis
Munich Massacre
Iran Hostage Crisis
Camp David Accords
The gradual withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam by Nixon was called
the credibility gap
Westernization
Vietnamization
The Domino Theory
What is the ERA?
Equal Rights Amendment
Equality Rights Amendment
Enduring Rights Amendment
Equal Rights Addendum
What magazine did Gloria Steinem found in the 1970s?
Mrs. Magazine
Mx. Magazine
Miss Magazine
Ms. Magazine
Who did Reagan appoint as the first female Supreme Court Justice?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonya Sotamayor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Elena Kagin
Reaganomics is also known as:
Demand-Side Economics
Supply-Side Economics
Defecit Spending
No answer
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that
Borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
Significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
Broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
Reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
What was the nickname given to Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which proposed nuclear defence from space?
Space Force
Star Trek
Ender's Game
Star Wars
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —
borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra Affair ?
The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.
This person was responsible for invading Kuwait, and threatening Saudi Arabia, which led to Desert Storm:
Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein
Mikhail Gorbachev
Manuel Noriega
The belief that the United States needs to protect the Persian Gulf region at any cost best fits who's doctrine?
Carter Doctrine
Ford Doctrine
Reagan Doctrine
Clinton Doctrine
What terrorist group, led by Osama bin Laden, organized the September 11 attack on the US?
Taliban
Hezbollah
al-Qaeda
PLO
Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?
Mikhail Gorbechev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and president from 1990-1991. He democratized the country's political system and decentralized its economy, leading to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the end of the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph McCarthy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
