AMH QUIZ II

During which presidential election did the first televised presidential debate take place?

1960

The U..S. Commander at the Battle of Midway was

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Which WWII group used the "Double V" as its symbol?

CORE

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:

China

The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at:

Dien Bien Phu

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

The allied commander at the D-Day invasion was

Dwight Eisenhower

After being elected President of the United States, he traveled to Korea to try to speed up the process since he had promised during his campaign to end the Korean War.

Eisenhower

Adlai E. Stevenson was: ?????

Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956

Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by:

France

He said the U.S. should contain the Soviet expansion tendencies

George Kennan

The secretary of state who devised the plan for massive U.S. aid to Europe was:

George Marshall

Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?

Its huge cost did not justify its benefits.

D-Day took place

June 6, 1944

John Kennedy's Vice presidential running mate in 1960

Lyndon Johnson

Allies finally halted the Japanese victory spree at the Battle of

Midway

Many British oil tankers were manned by

NOT NOT NOT NOT Many British oil tankers were manned by

Which of the following is most accurate regarding race relations during World War II:

NOT NOT NOT NOT No changes were made in hiring practices regarding race, creed, color, or national origin during WWII

When the Germans controlled the skies in Britain in early 1941 where British pilots had been training, Franklin Roosevelt:

NOT NOT NOT NOT Sent American air force pilots to fly missions in British aircraft

Which is most accurate regarding rationing during World War II :

NOT NOT NOT NOT The need for gasoline rationing was invented to include Americans on the home front in the war effort since there was never actually a shortage of oil and gas

Negotiations between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill that transferred wealth from Great Britain to the United States prior to and during World War II included all of the following except:

NOT NOT NOT NOT The sale of British rubber plantations in Malaysia

Adlai E. Stevenson was:

NOT NOT NOT NOT a senator revealed by Joseph McCarthy to be a Communist

The Soviet Union's plan to rehabilitate post-war Germany included:

NOT NOT NOT NOT rebuilding industry and infrastructure

"A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"

Pearl Harbor Attack

Truman learned of the successful detonation test of the atomic bomb when he was taking part in the

Potsdam Conferencee

Eisenhower's Vice presidential running mate in 1952

Richard Nixon

Prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) who led the chase after Alger Hiss

Richard Nixon

The Peace Corps and the emphasis on manned lunar landings were part of

The New Frontier

Joseph Stalin was the leader of

The USSR

A 1947 universal pledge of U.S. support for any people fighting Communist threats

Truman Doctrine

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:

Truman's upset victory

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, patriotic Americans were encouraged to:

achieve financial, social, and physical success

With the end of World War II, Korea

became divided into northern and southern halves

In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:

became the first country to recognize the Jewish state

President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act

because he believed it promoted thought control and was unconstitutional

While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:

black veterans encountered barriers to entrance

The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by

cold war-related military spending

Senator Joseph McCarthy was very effective in

exploiting public fears

Richard Nixon

had a reputation for hard-line anti-communism and rough campaign tactics

Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order# 9066

imprisoned Japanese Americans in internment camps

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

order development of the hydrogen bomb

In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime precedent with its involvement in:

peacetime alliances

A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to:

prevent the return of the Depression

In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court:

struck down "separate but equal" in public education

One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to:

the Pledge of Allegiance

The country that suffered the most deaths in the fighting of World War II was

the Soviet Union

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:

the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors

One major reason for religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was:

the desire to combat "godless" communism

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in:

the military

In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

the military