1.What type of government did Germany, Italy, and Japan have in the 1930s?
totalitarian
communist
fascist
2.What event marked the beginning of World War II in Europe?
Germany’s invasion of Poland
annexation of Austria by Germany
German bombing of British cities
3.What event caused the United States to declare war on Japan?
the Japanese attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor
the Japanese embargo of U.S. goods in its conquered territories
the Japanese blockade of U.S. ports on the West Coast
4.What battle was a turning point in World War II in Europe?
Midway
Bataan
Stalingrad
5.Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?
Government officials discovered that Japanese Americans had been secretly spying for Japan.
Most Japanese Americans had only been in the United States for five years or less.
The racist attitudes of government officials caused them to doubt Japanese Americans’ loyalty.
6.How did the war against Japan end?
U.S. forces invaded Japan and fought house to house until the Japanese surrendered.
U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after which Japan surrendered.
U.S. commandos infiltrated the Japanese government, forcing the Japanese to surrender.
7.How did the United States initially respond to the Holocaust?
The State Department organized the evacuation of tens of thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany.
Strict immigration controls prevented many fleeing Jews from seeking refuge in the United States.
The United States decided to boycott the Berlin Olympic games in 1936 to protest the treatment of German Jews.
8.Which of the following was a conflict of the beginning of the Cold War?
the Berlin Blockade
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Space Race
9.Why did the United States send troops to the Korean peninsula?
Korea was occupied by the Japanese during World War II.
The communist north had invaded the Western-backed south.
Russia had invaded Korea and planned to make it a colony.
10.Which of the following was an effect of the arms and space race?
U.S. government funding for science education increased significantly.
The Cold War turned hot as nuclear war took place in space.
The U.S. was unable to keep up with the arms spending of the Soviet Union.
11.Why was House Un-American Activities Committee especially concerned about communism in Hollywood?
Most Hollywood actors belonged to the communist party.
Many Hollywood actors had emigrated from communist countries.
Any communist actors within Hollywood could heavily influence the American public.
12.Which of the following was a significant migration stream during the 1950s?
from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt
from the suburbs to the exurbs
from the country to the city
13.Which of the following was a new media technology in the 1950s?
radio
television
cassette players
14.Who was left behind in the economic boom of the 1950s?
suburban families
Native Americans
former World War II GIs
15.What was an early victory of the cvil rights movement?
Brown v. Board of Education
The Voting Rights Act
Affirmative Action
16.What was the purpose of sit-ins during the civil rights movement?
to challenge the segregation laws and customs
to force county officials to let African Americans vote
to keep segregated buses from running their routes
17.How did the Black Panthers' tactics differ from those of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders of the SCLC?
The SCLC did not believe in using boycotts or marches to achieve its goals.
The Black Panthers were willing to resort to violence to defend themselves.
The Black Panthers did not emphasize pride in being African American.
18.The Bay of Pigs resulted in
the removal of Fidel Castro from Cuba.
nuclear weapons being removed from Cuba.
a failed U.S. mission.
19.Johnson’s Great Society targeted what problem in the United States?
poverty
sexism
communism

