Unit 5 Chapter 26, 27

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What person came to power in Germany in 1933 as head of the Nazi (National Socialist Workers) party?

Adolf Hitler

What battle did the Germans launch a surprise counteroffensive in Belgium against the Allies in December 1944?

Battle of the Bulge

What person, known as IL Duce, became the Fascist leader and later dictator of Italy in the 1920s

Benito Mussolini

President Roosevelt's lend lease program allowed

Britain to borrow military equipment from the U.S.

President Franklin Roosevelt's "lend lease" program allowed:

Britain to borrow military equipment from the U.S.,

What United States organization was established in 1947 to coordinate the gathering and evaluation of military and economic information on foreign nations?

Central Intelligence Agency,

All of the following statements about the Second Red Scare are true except

Democrats used the scare to discredit Dwight Eisenhower's political coalition.

What minor political party was formed by many Southerners as a result of the civil rights' proposals of the 1948 Democratic convention?

Dixiecrat

What did President Truman call his domestic legislative program of social and economic reforms beginning in 1949?

Fair Deal

What did President Harry Truman call his domestic legislative program of social and economic reforms beginning in 1949 ?

Fair Deal,

What American general was dismissed from his command for openly challenging President Truman's civilian control of the military during the Korean war?

General Douglas MacArthur

Which three nations joined the Tripartite Axis Pact of 1940?

Germany, Italy, and Japan

What person established The President's Committee on Civil Rights to investigate race relations and develop an agenda for racial justice after the 1946 elections?

Harry Truman

What person, who was selected vice-president in the election of 1944, would succeed to the presidency upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt on April 12, 1945?

Harry Truman

What person, who was selected vice-president in the election of 1944, would succeed to the presidency upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt on April 12, 1945?

Harry Truman.

What name was given to the systematic murder of millions of European Jews and others by Nazi Germany in the concentration camps?

Holocaust

What Congressional Committee was established to investigate alleged subversives and Communists after World War II and began hearings to expose Communist influence in American life beginning in 1945-47?

House Committee on Un-American Activities

What was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter of 1941 ?

It emphasized the defeat of Germany as the first priority,

What was the purpose of the Taft-Hartley Plan?

It was an attempt by big business to reverse gains made by organized labor,

What group of Americans were sent to relocation camps in the West and Southwest in 1942 by a presidential executive order because of a possible threat to national security?

Japanese-Americans

What person led the Nationalists forces in the Chinese civil war?

Jiang Jieshi

What U.S. Senator from Wisconsin charged that there were Communists in the State Department in 1950 during the Second Red Scare?

Joseph McCarthy.

The United States program to develop the atomic bomb during World War II was the:

Manhattan Project,

The United States program to develop the atomic bomb during World War II was the

Manhattan Project.

What American program in June 1947 proposed massive U.S. assistance for European recovery and rebuilt the economy of Western Europe to prevent any internal Communist revolutions?

Marshall Plan

What American program in June 1947 proposed massive U.S. assistance for European recovery and rebuilt the economy of western Europe to prevent any internal Communist revolutions?

Marshall Plan.

With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, what position did President Franklin Roosevelt and the United States take in the beginning?

Neutrality

What was the name of the first military alliance against Soviet expansion in Western Europe which the United States joined in 1949 with much military aid?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The Allied invasion of northern Europe, D-Day, on June 6, 1944 was called:

Operation Overlord,

The Allied invasion of northern Europe, D-Day, on June 6, 1944 was called

Operation Overlord.

Which statement about Pearl harbor is true?

Over 2,000 Americans were killed in the surprise Japanese attack.

What event led President Roosevelt to declare that December 7, 1941, was a day that would live in infamy?

Pearl Harbor

The Second World War in Europe began on September 1, 1939 with the German invasion of what country?

Poland

The Second World War in Europe began on September 1, 1939 with the German invasion of what country?

Poland,

Which of the following groups were known as the BIG Three leaders of World War II?

Stalin, Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt

The forty-five year struggle for world dominance between the United States and the Soviet Union is called

The Cold War.

Who first declared that an Iron Curtain had descended across the European continent between Western and Eastern Europe after World War II?

Winston Churchill

Who first declared that an "Iron Curtain" had descended across the European continent between western and eastern Europe after World War II ?

Winston Churchill,

Which World War II conference of February 1945 has been subjected to bitter criticism because of the many concessions made to Russia for help against Japan along with the military division of Germany?

Yalta

The defense policy document known as NSC-68

advocated a massive expansion of the American military and defense expenditures.

Levittown represented a change toward

affordable homes in American suburbs.

The United States and other Western nations responded to the Berlin blockade by:

airlifting supplies into the isolated city.

The content of George Kennan's long telegram about containment depicted

an aggressive U.S.S.R. driven by expansionist communism.

The America First Committee was known for its

belief that the U.S. should defend its own borders and not its European allies.

How did the United States assure western Europeans that it would honor its NATO commitment and this became the nucleus of the NATO force?

by deploying American troops in western Europe

The Office of Price Administration fought inflation:

by implementing price controls and rationing,

The Office of Price Administration fought inflation

by implementing price controls and rationing.

Civil Rights reforms enacted by the Truman administration included

desegregation of the armed forces

The Atlantic Charter of 1941

emphasized the defeat of Germany as the first priority.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were designed:

ensure the U.S.'s central role in the reviving world economy and trade,

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were designed to

ensure the U.S.'s central role in the reviving world economy and trade.

President Harry Truman and Congress, through the Truman Doctrine in 1947, appropriated $400 million to:

fight Communism in Greece and Turkey,

President Truman and Congress, through the Truman Doctrine, in 1947, appropriated $400 million to

fight communism in Greece and Turkey.

The Employment Act of 1946 did not

guarantee full employment for all American workers.

The G.I. Bill was geared at helping veterans in the areas of:

housing and education,

The G. I. Bill was geared at helping veterans in the areas of

housing and education.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson and President Truman believed that North Korea's invasion of South Korea

involved planning by the Soviet Union.

The American strategy in the Pacific has been often called

island hopping.

What was meant by the term Blitzkrieg, which was introduced by Germany during World War II?

lightening warfare

In the Potsdam Declaration Conference of 1945, the U.S. attempted to:

open a door for a Japanese surrender.

In the Potsdam Declaration Conference of 1945, the U.S. attempted to

open the door for a Japanese surrender.

What couple were executed in 1953 for allegedly passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union?

the Rosenbergs

Results of the Korean war on the United States included all of the following except:

the Soviet Union became once again convinced of the U.S. military invulnerability

In the period after World War II (1946-1951), fears of Communism were increased by all of the following except

the Soviet installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba

The main reason behind President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb was:

the bomb offered a quick end to the conflict and would save troop lives,

The main reason behind President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb was

the bomb offered a quick end to the conflict and would save troops' lives

Which statement about Native Americans in World War II is true?

they often served as effective code-talkers by using Native American languages

At the meeting of the Western Allies at Casablanca in 1943, it was decided that

they would fight the Axis powers until they achieved an unconditional surrender.

What was the purpose of the D-Day invasion?

to liberate France from German control

The Taft-Hartley Act

was an attempt by big business to reverse gains made by organized labor.


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