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?

Eisenhower

Kennedy

Truman

Roosevelt

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

Germany

France

China

the Soviet Union

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

Cash & Carry Policy

War Weapons Act

Lend-Lease Act

Mutual Defense Act

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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

The sinking of the Lusitania

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

The Holocaust

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

Trench Warfare

Island Hopping

The Manhattan Plan

Blitzkrieg

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

Germany, Italy and Japan

Germany, Austria Hungary, China

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?"

German Americans

Italian Americans

Japanese Americans

Mexican Americans

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

The 442nd Infantry

Harlem Hellfighters

Buffalo Soldiers

Tuskegee Airmen

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

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Normandy, France

Hiroshima, Japan

Berlin, Germany

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

Project Apollo

Manhattan Project

Operation Overlord

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.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Nagoya & Sapporo

Tokyo & Kyoto

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 Soviet Crisis

The Red Scare

The Communist Trials

The Soviet Hunt

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

League of Nations

Alliance for Progress

Peace Corps

United Nations

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As a result of the Korean War...

The United States attacked N. Korea with atomic weapons.

North and South Korea were unified.

North Korea gained complete control.

North Korea and South Korea remained divided.

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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.

Navajo Code Talkers

Apache Encryption Unit

Cherokee Code Breakers

Sioux Cryptographers

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