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
