Abeka 8th grade History (America Land I Love) Test 10

Alliance for Progress

encouraged democracy and investment in Latin America

Peace Corps

sent volunteers to improve the health and farming practices of underdeveloped areas of the world

1962.

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in

St. Lawrence Seaway

The Great Lakes region was opened to ocean shipping through the completion of the ?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

supreme Allied commander in Europe during World War II

D - Day

The invasion that occurred on the shores of Normandy , France , was called ?.

Benito Mussolini

The leader of Fascist Italy during World War II was

Jim Elliot

The missionary that was killed in Ecuador by the Waodani was

Holocaust

The murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during World War II is called the ? .

Egypt

The nation that seized the Suez Canal from Great Britain in 1956 was

Albert Einstein

The physicist who wrote a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to begin research on the atomic bomb was

Eisenhower Doctrine

The policy that gave the president the power to use force , if necessary ,against Communist aggression in the Middle East was the

Battle of the Bulge

What was Germany's last major offensive of World War II ?

1945

When did World War II end ?

Fidel Castro

Who became the Communist dictator of Cuba in 1959 ?

. Joseph McCarthy

Who conducted investigations into Communist activities in the U.S. government ?

Dr. Jonas Salk

Who developed the polio vaccine ?

Rosa Parks

Who was arrested for refusing to give up a seat on a city bus in Montgomery , Alabama ?

Winston Churchill

Who was the prime minister of England during the Battle of Britain ?

He believed it to be a weak policy that encouraged Communist aggression .

Why was General MacArthur opposed to Truman's policy of containment ?

Erwin Rommel

German general known as the Desert Fox who was defeated in North Africa

Nisei

the most decorated infantry The regiment made up of American - born Japanese men that became unit in the entire U.S. Army was the

GI Bill

provided veterans with low - interest loans for homes farms , businesses and education

Taft - Hartley Act

weakened the power of labor unions

Match each location with the correct number . Andes Mountains Amazon River Lake Maracaibo Brazilian Highlands Falkland Islands Patagonia

4. Andes Mountains 1. Lake Maracaibo 3. Falkland Island 6. Amazon River 7. Brazilian Highlands 9. Patagonia

Truman Doctrine

America pledged help to any free nation threatened by a Communist invasion through the

Italy

During World War II , the Axis powers were the countries of Germany , Japan , and ?

Navajo Code Talkers

During World War II , vital military information was relayed through an unwritten language by the ?

Manhattan Project

What scientific effort developed the atomic bomb for the United States ?

Pearl Harbor

On December 7 , 1941 , the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base of ?

Jackie Robinson

The baseball player that broke the color barrier was ?

Berlin

The city that was divided by a wall during the Cold War was

John Glenn

The first American to orbit the earth was ?

Explorer 1

The first U.S. satellite was Sputnik

Battle of Midway

What battle is known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific ?

Poland

What country did Germany invade , beginning World War II ?

an end to discrimination against Black Americans

What did Martin Luther King , Jr. , call for in his famous speech in 1963 ?

Nazism

What form of socialism emphasized the belief that the Germans had evolved into a superior race ?

Whittaker Chambers

What former Communist Party member helped to expose Soviet spies in America ?

Israel

What independent state was established in 1948 ?

The televised debates portrayed Kennedy in a favorable manner .

What influenced John F. Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election ?

Geneva Summit

What meeting indicated the Soviet Union's willingness to shift to " peaceful coexistence " ?

NATO

What military alliance vowed to protect Western European and North American nations from Communist aggression ?

V - J Day

What name was given to the day on which General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender ?

Cold War

What name was given to the ideological war between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II ?

United Nations

What organization was formed to promote peace among the nations of the world after World War II ?

isolationist

What policy did the United States attempt to follow before entering World War II ?

Harry S. Truman

What president gave the order to use the atomic bomb against Japan ?

John F. Kennedy

What president promoted the New Frontier program in America ?

John F. Kennedy ( JFK )

What president was assassinated in 1963 ?

Cuba

Where did the Bay of Pigs incident occur ?

Lend - Lease Act

allowed the Allies to purchase American weapons and food during World War II

Jimmy Doolittle

led a bombing raid on Tokyo

Charles de Gaulle

led the Free French government

George Patton

led the invasion of Sicily and captured Rome

Essay : How did American citizens show unity and patriotism during World War II ? Include at least three examples of how the American citizens displayed their unity and patriotism .

• Americans showed their unity and patriotism by volunteering to serve in factories that produced war materials and by serving in the military . • Large numbers of American women worked in factories . • Women also joined the military through branches such as the Women's Army Corps and the WAVES . • American manufacturing switched from civilian to wartime production . • American families altered their daily lives by planting victory gardens , using ration books , and leading scrap drives . American citizens purchased war bonds to help fund the war effort .