Question 1

During the Second World War, __________ and __________ were led to believe they were members of a race superior to anyone else.

a. Poland, Yugoslavia
b. France, Germany
c. Japan, Germany
d. Germany, Italy
e. England, Russia

Question 2

Which of the following was not a target of Hitler's Nazi party?

a. Homosexuals
b. Gypsies
c. Jews
d. Capitalists
e. Communists

Question 3

How did the cold war change in 1949?

a. The United States developed an atomic bomb.
b. The Soviets erected the Berlin Wall.
c. The Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
d. The Soviets detonated a nuclear bomb.
e. The Soviets sent a manmade satellite into orbit.

Question 4

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office, he was succeeded by

a. Harry S Truman.
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
c. Herbert Hoover.
d. Richard M. Nixon.
e. Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Question 5

The first African American to play baseball for a major league team played for the

a. White Sox.
b. Yankees.
c. Red Sox.
d. Dodgers.
e. Clippers.

Question 6

What inspired FDR to set up the Manhattan Project?

a. He saw it as a way to get revenge on Japan for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b. He saw it as a way to scare Stalin after the war was over.
c. He wanted to be able to provide clean, cheap energy.
d. Einstein warned him that the Germans were working on the same project.
e. He wanted to use it against the Germans to end the war quickly.

Question 7

Which of the following nations did not control a portion of Germany after World War II?

a. United States
b. Austria
c. France
d. England
e. Soviet Union

Question 8

The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union came down to differences between the ideologies of _____________ and ___________.

a. mercantilism, fascism
b. socialism, communism
c. capitalism, communism
d. fascism, capitalism
e. socialism, fascism

Question 9

Why were the Russians not concerned about the threat of nuclear war with the United States?

a. They did not understand how much destruction it would cause.
b. They were not concerned with the amount of lives lost in such a war.
c. They understood the destruction that it would cause and knew the United States would never do it.
d. They had spies providing them information to build their own nuclear weapons.
e. They knew the American public would never approve of such an action.

Question 10

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress passed the _____________, which gave the president the ability to reorganize the government to make it more effective during war.

a. War Powers Act
b. Logan Act
c. Neutrality Act
d. Gilmer-Aiken Act
e. Lend-Lease Bill

Question 11

What did Winston Churchill compare the occupation of lands by the Soviets after World War II to?

a. A day of infamy
b. A blast furnace
c. A concrete ship
d. A steel trap
e. An iron curtain

Question 12

Who liberated Paris from Nazi control during World War II?

a. Russians
b. Free French Resistance
c. Germany
d. Americans
e. English

Question 13

World War II started when

a. the United States declared war on Japan.
b. the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
c. France was defeated by Germany.
d. the Germans invaded Poland.
e. England declared war on Germany after they invaded French.

Question 14

The first atomic bomb was dropped on

a. Tokyo.
b. Kyoto.
c. Hanoi.
d. Nagasaki.
e. Hiroshima.

Question 15

In his inaugural address, President Franklin Roosevelt outlined what he called his ____________, which stated that no nation had the right to intervene in another nation's matters.

a. Fair Deal
b. Square Deal
c. Big Stick Policy
d. Good Neighbor Policy
e. Dollar Diplomacy Policy

Question 16

The Japanese word for "divine wind" is

a. bushido.
b. kemptai.
c. kamikaze.
d. saki.
e. bonzai.

Question 17

Revisionist historians contend that this individual was responsible for the start of the cold war.

a. George McArthur
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Joseph Stalin
d. George Patton
e. Franklin Roosevelt

Question 18

Why did President Truman not seek a second term of his own?

a. He knew he would not win.
b. He was ready to retire.
c. He was defeated in the Democratic primary.
d. He died in office.
e. He was labeled a communist.

Question 19

What bill did President Truman veto because he said it would create a thought police?

a. Patriot Act
b. Internal Security Act
c. McCarran Internal Security Act
d. Loyalty Act
e. Political Readjustment Act

Question 20

To prevent another world war from erupting after the second one came to an end, the _____________ was created.

a. World Court
b. United Nations
c. League of Nations
d. World League Organization
e. Guardians of the Globe