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History 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which leader transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power? | Joseph Stalin |
| On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend? | Surprise attacks with overwhelming force |
| What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis? | Deliberate extermination of a specific group of people |
| When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany? | Before the war began |
| Name the major world leaders during WWII | Spain: Fanco/SU: Stalin/GB: Churchill/US: FDR/Germany: Hitler |
| What all did Winston Churchill oppose? | Munutin Pact |
| Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust? | Jews |
| Which nations signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland | Soviet Union |
| In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do? | Submitted to Hitler's demands |
| The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war? | Japan |
| What problem was targeted by the Office of Price Administration? | Inflation |
| To protest discrimination, who organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941? | A. Phillip Randolph |
| Who led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation? | General George Patton |
| The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked what? | Last German Offensive |
| The Allied invasion of what country was given the code name D-Day? | Nazi Occupied Europe |
| V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when what happened? | Germany surrendered |
| When forced to abandon the Philippines, who made the vow, "I shall return"? | Douglas MacArthur |
| What was Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb? | End the war and save American lives |
| Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to what during the war? | Internment camps |
| With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans | Advancement |
| What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? | Stop spread of communism |
| What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany? | Berlin Blockade |
| What was best known for investigating communism in the film industry ? | HUAC |
| Who was defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States? | Nationalists |
| Who was the leader of the Communism in China? | Mao Zedong |
| General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. force in what country? | Korea |
| Who was winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict | South Koreans |
| The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing what? | Eisenhower Doctrine |
| To label someone's activities as ____ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations | McCarthyism |
| When the S.U. exploded an atomic bomb, US made what? | Hydrogen bomb |
| What are the benefits of the GI bill? | Low interest rates |
| What threat did Truman issue to striking workers? | Draft |
| Who did the Dixiecrats nominate for president in 1948? | J. Strom Thurman |
| What jobs declined during the 1950's? | Manufacturing |
| what is the term for a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies? | Conglomerates |
| Where were the vast majority of new homes in the 1950's built? | Suburbs |
| With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, what became an American way of life? | Consumerism |
| Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and information | Television |
| What is the beat movement? | Expression of nonconformity by artists and poets |
| Who enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period? | White Americans |
| Where was John F. Kennedy from? | Massachusetts |
| Robert Kennedy was appointed to serve as ___? | Attorney general |
| What all did the hot line do? | Ease Cold war tension and make Communication easier |
| What was the Peace Corp? | Successful program proposed by Kennedy |
| What was concluded by the Warren Commission following the investigation on JFK's assignation? | Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone |
| What was listed under the Economic Opportunity Act? | Training program for youth, head start, poor to join Public Works Program |
| Who was Lyndon B. Johnson? | Experienced politician, President, UP to Kennedy |
| What was Medicare intended to provide? | Health insurance |
| What was the purpose of The Immigration Act of 1965? | Ended quotas based on nationality |
| What were the decisions of the Warren Court? | Praised by liberals |
| What affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws? | Plessy vs Ferguson |
| Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education? | Separate but equal |
| According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence ? | White racism |
| The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in what circumstances? | Public accommodations |
| What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do? | Register voters |
| The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in what activities? | Selling or renting a home |
| What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on buses? | Economic pressure |
| What was the Black Power movement? | To advance black community |
| Black Power leader | Malcamex |
| What did the Black Panthers advocated for? | Violence, black nationalism |
| Describe examples of de facto segregation? | Concentration of urban African American in slum areas |
| What was the United States' main goal in Vietnam? | William Westmoreland |
| In the early years of the war, how could a young man automatically be deffered from the draft? | Enrolling in college |
| What major events occurred in 1968? | Tet offensive, Robery Kennedy & MLKJr assassinated |
| What set off the first general student strike in U.S. history? | Invasion of Cambodia |
| After WWII, which country did the United States aid in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam? | France |
| Who/what enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh Trail |
| What was the main purpose of the War Powers Act? | Limits power of president |
| What was founded by Tom Hayden and Al Harber that charged that corporations and large government institutions had taken over America? | Students for democratic society |
| Who was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable? | Tet offensive |
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