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WWII & Cold War STAAR Review

Quiz by Amy McGowen

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  • Q1

    Which event resulted in the United States entering into WWII in 1941? 

    Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    German Invasion of Poland

    Soviet missiles being placed in Cuba

    30s
  • Q2

    Germany invaded ______ in 1939, and this officially started WWII

    India

    Poland

    France

    Great Britain

    30s
  • Q3

    Which country was responsible for the attack on the U.S.  navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

    Japan

    Soviet Union

    Germany

    China

    30s
  • Q4

    What was sold by the U.S. government to help raise money to support the war effort? 

    rationing cards

    flappers

    war bonds

    victory gardens

    30s
  • Q5

    Once the U.S. entered WWII Americans were encouraged to plant _______ to help make food more available for the war effort. 

    Potato Farms

    Victory Gardens

    Commercial Gardens

    Rationing Gardens

    30s
  • Q6

    What was implemented by the U.S. government during WWII to help make sure supplies were available for the war effort? 

    Rationing

    War Bonds

    Enlistments

    War Guild Clause

    30s
  • Q7

    Which of the following was a contributing factor to the build up of German aggression and the start of WWII? 

    Treaty of Versailles & the War Guild Clause

    The Feminine Mystique & the Holocaust

    War Guilt Treaty & the Paris Peace Treaty

    Treaty of Paris & Rationing

    30s
  • Q8

    What was the U.S. position at the start of WWII? 

    Leader of the Allied Forces

    Exploring Expansionism 

    Enforcing Containment

    Neutral

    30s
  • Q9

    The U.S. created which secret program with the purpose of creating atomic weapons? 

    Manhattan Project

    Star Wars

    The Atom Project

    The Great Race

    30s
  • Q10

    In order to end the War in the Pacific and save American lives the U.S. decided to drop atomic bombs on which Japanese cities? 

    Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    New Delhi & Beijing 

    Taiwan & Hong Kong

    Shri Lanka & New Orleans

    30s
  • Q11

    What is the name given to the time period that is characterized by on going tension / competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

    The Cold War

    The Great War

    The Great Migration 

    The Great Gatsby

    30s
  • Q12

    After the attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. government passed __________; which allowed for the internment of Japanese-Americans during the time that the U.S. fought in WWII. 

    Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 1022

    Executive Order 1234

    Executive Order 0911

    30s
  • Q13

    Which group of people used their native language to transmit secret code across enemy lines for the Allied Forces? 

    American Expeditionary Forces

    Tuskegee Airmen

    Navajo Code Talkers 

    Navy Seals

    30s
  • Q14

    During the Cold War which of the following best describes the U.S. policy towards Communism? 

    Neutrality

    Expansionism

    Isolationism

    Containment

    30s
  • Q15

    Which U.S. Containment policy stated that the U.S. would provide military aid to countries defending themselves from Communist take over? 

    Truman Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Marshall Plan

    Big Stick Diplomacy

    30s

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