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?

Truman

Eisenhower

Kennedy

Roosevelt

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

France

China

Germany

the Soviet Union

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

Lend-Lease Act

War Weapons Act

Mutual Defense Act

Cash & Carry Policy

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

Germany's invasion of Poland

The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The D-Day Invasion

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

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

Germany's invasion of Poland

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

The Holocaust

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?

The Manhattan Plan

Island Hopping

Trench Warfare

Blitzkrieg

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

Germany, Austria Hungary, China

Germany, Italy and Japan

France, Australia, Canada

Great Britain, the USSR, the US and France

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

Japanese Americans

Mexican Americans

German Americans

Italian Americans

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

Buffalo Soldiers

Tuskegee Airmen

Harlem Hellfighters

The 442nd Infantry

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

Hiroshima, Japan

Normandy, France

Berlin, Germany

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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

Manhattan Project

Operation Overlord

Project Apollo

Operation Rolling Thunder

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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.

Tokyo & Kyoto

Nagoya & Sapporo

Osaka & Yokohama

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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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 Soviet Crisis

The Communist Trials

The Red Scare

The Soviet Hunt

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

United Nations

Peace Corps

League of Nations

Alliance for Progress

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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

Apache Encryption Unit

Cherokee Code Breakers

Navajo Code Talkers

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