US History B Final Exam Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 68 Public

US History, WWII, Cold War, Civil Rights

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Which American President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII?

Roosevelt

Kennedy

Eisenhower

Truman

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After the war, the United States & ____ emerged as superpowers

France

the Soviet Union

China

Germany

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In 1941, the "__________" was passed which allowed the U.S. to lend weapons & supplies to the Allies.

Cash & Carry Policy

Lend-Lease Act

War Weapons Act

Mutual Defense Act

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Which event is considered to be the first official act of World War II?

The D-Day Invasion

Germany's invasion of Poland

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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Which event caused the United States to finally enter WWII in 1941?

Germany's invasion of Poland

The Holocaust

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

The sinking of the Lusitania

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What was the name for the military strategy used by the United States to fight in the Pacific during WWII?

Island Hopping

The Manhattan Plan

Blitzkrieg

Trench Warfare

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During WWII, which countries were part of the Axis Powers?

France, Australia, Canada

Germany, Austria Hungary, China

Great Britain, the USSR, the US and France

Germany, Italy and Japan

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During WWII, which group of Americans was forcefully sent to "internment" camps as a "military necessity?"

Italian Americans

German Americans

Mexican Americans

Japanese Americans

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The _______ were the first black military pilots, whose courage led to the eventual integration of the U.S military

Harlem Hellfighters

Tuskegee Airmen

The 442nd Infantry

Buffalo Soldiers

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June 6, 1944 (D-Day), nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000 Allied soldiers invaded...

Normandy, France

Hiroshima, Japan

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Berlin, Germany

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This was the code name for the secret U.S. government program to build the atomic bomb

Operation Rolling Thunder

Project Apollo

Operation Overlord

Manhattan Project

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In August of 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of ____ & ____ - leading to their surrender & the end of WWII.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Tokyo & Kyoto

Nagoya & Sapporo

Osaka & Yokohama

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In the '50s, this anticommunist hysteria spread in the US. Many people were accused, w/o evidence, of being communist...

The Communist Trials

The Soviet Crisis

The Soviet Hunt

The Red Scare

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After WWII, the _____ was created to promote world peace and negotiation amongst nations

Peace Corps

League of Nations

Alliance for Progress

United Nations

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As a result of the Korean War...

North Korea and South Korea remained divided.

The United States attacked N. Korea with atomic weapons.

North and South Korea were unified.

North Korea gained complete control.

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This group of 29 Native American soldiers made significant contributions to the Pacific war effort during WWII by creating an unbreakable code.

Sioux Cryptographers

Navajo Code Talkers

Cherokee Code Breakers

Apache Encryption Unit

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