History Test

Front 1

What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common in the 1930s?

Back 1

Conquest of other nations for land and raw materials

Front 2

Which was part of American policy during the early years of world War II?

Back 2

Remained neutral - gave war supplies to allies

Front 3

The battle of Bulge was...

Back 3

The largest battle in Europe

Front 4

What was the "final solution to the Jewish question," announced by the Nazis at the Wannsee Conference?

Back 4

Destroy all Jews

Front 5

In order to modernize agriculture in the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin...

Back 5

Conbined family farms into state farms

Front 6

In summer 1942, the Allies sunk all four Japanese carriers and 250 planes in the pivotal fight at...

Back 6

Midway

Front 7

To which direction did Hitler look when he decided Germany needed more lebensraum ("living space")?

Back 7

Eastern Europe and USSR

Front 8

During the 1930s, the United States focused largely on

Back 8

Recovery from Great Depression

Front 9

The goal of the Manhattan project was to

Back 9

Create an atomic bomb

Front 10

Why did the government evacuate Japanese Americans from the West Coast?

Back 10

Fear caused by attack of Pearl Harbor

Front 11

During the early 1940s and after, the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) believed in

Back 11

Nonviolence to end Racism

Front 12

On the home front during World War II, popular culture was characterized by...

Back 12

National patriotism

Front 13

Because of the war, large numbers of women began to work as

Back 13

Welders and steel workers

Front 14

To meet the demand for war material, the American government...

Back 14

Directed business in war production

Front 15

In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?

Back 15

Pacific Ocean

Front 16

After the Allies gained control of North Africa, what was their next target?

Back 16

Italy

Front 17

The Germans were finally halted in the advance in the Soviet Union at...

Back 17

the battle of Stalingrad

Front 18

What finally brought an end to World War II?

Back 18

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Front 19

The Berlin aircraft was Pres. Truman's response to the...

Back 19

Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Front 20

The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would

Back 20

Protect its own interests

Front 21

Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous Hollywood figures with

Back 21

Being Communist Sympathizers

Front 22

What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?

Back 22

To create stable democracies in resistance to communism

Front 23

What impact did Joseph Stalin McCarthy have on American Society?

Back 23

Nationwide fear of communism

Front 24

How did Truman react to the USSR's deployment of an atomic bomb?

Back 24

Demanded the creation of a more powerful bomb

Front 25

The North Atlantic Tatu Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of...

Back 25

Collective security

Front 26

Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose...

Back 26

Communistic influence in the Middle East

Front 27

As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in...

Back 27

Keeping South Korea free from communism

Front 28

The 1957 launching of Sputnik...

Back 28

Cause USA to focus spending on math and science and started the great Space Race