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World War II, Cold War, Civil Rights

Quiz by Lynn Gilchrist

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  • Q1
    Which statement about propaganda is true?
    The lack of propaganda during the war hurt the war effort.
    Creation of propaganda during the war was illegal.
    Propaganda had little effect on the war effort.
    Propaganda was produced by the government to encourage support for the war.
    30s
  • Q2
    Which statement about the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II is incorrect?
    Japanese Americans on the west coast of the U.S. faced a lot of discrimination.
    Japanese Americans were not impacted by the war.
    Japanese Americans on the west coast suffered economic losses as a result of internment.
    Japanese Amerians on the west coast were moved inland to internment camps.
    30s
  • Q3
    Which statement about rationing in false?
    Rationing was one way civilians were expected to support the war effort.
    Rationing was necessary so the U.S. could help supply the Allied Nation with food and supplies.
    Only minorities were required to ration food and other supplies needed for the war effort.
    All Americans were expected to ration food, gasoline and other items needed for the war effort.
    30s
  • Q4
    Which statement about the Holocaust is not true?
    Nazi concentration camps were scattered through Nazi occupied areas in Europe.
    The largest group victimized during the Holocaust was the Jewish population.
    Women and children were not targets of the Holocaust.
    Approximately 11 million people were killed as a result of the Holocaust.
    30s
  • Q5
    Which statement is the best definition of the term containment in reference to the Cold War?
    Containment refers to the efforts to stop the spread of fires in national parks.
    Containment refers to the actions taken to stop the spread of capitalism.
    Containment refers to the actions taken to stop the spread of communism.
    Containment refers to the effort to stop nations from governing themselvs.
    30s
  • Q6
    During the Cold War there was a threat of global nuclear war because
    the Soviet Union had already used a nuclear bomb to bring about the end of World War II.
    the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
    in order to get the North Vietnamese to surrender, the U.S. threatened to drop a nuclear bomb.
    North Korea invaded South Korea.
    30s
  • Q7
    Which is not a characteristic of the Montgomery bus boycott?
    Participants refused to ride the buses.
    Rosa Parks challenged bus segregation by refusing to give up her seat.
    Participants rode buses in protest of segregation on public transportation.
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the boycott.
    30s
  • Q8
    Which statement about non-violent protest is not accurate?
    Participants of the non-violent protests often resorted to violence anyway.
    It increased public sympathy and support for civil rights.
    Lunch counter sitins, Montgomery Bus Boycott and Freedom Rides are examples of non-violent protest.
    It was an approach supported by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    30s
  • Q9
    Which was not a goal of the March on Washington, DC?
    End poll taxes
    Election of the first black President of the U.S.
    End Jim Crow Laws
    End job discrimination
    30s

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