WWII & Cold War STAAR Review
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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