8th grade ss final

Question 0

What event plunged most of Europe into WW2

Answer 0

The Invasion of Poland

Question 1

What event brought the USA into WWII

Answer 1

Pearl Harbor

Question 2

Hat was the turning point of the war in the pacific

Answer 2

The battle of midway

Question 3

Significance of DDAY

Answer 3

It was the largest seaborne invasion in history

Question 4

Name the largest group of victims of the Holocaust

Answer 4

Jews

Question 5

What happened at the Yalta conference

Answer 5

Stalin promised to declare war on Japan.

Question 6

Significance of battle of bulge

Answer 6

It was a month long battle in which the allies turned back in the last major German offense

Question 7

Define Marshall plan

Answer 7

The us program to aid Europe

Question 8

Why was NATO created?

Answer 8

The wester democracies wanted to create a military alliance

Question 9

Bloody Sunday, a violent attack by the police against protesters in Selma, Alabama led to…

Answer 9

More people supporting the civil rights movement

Question 10

The return of soldiers of WWII and women, traditional role in the home led to…

Answer 10

The Baby Boom

Question 11

Miranda v. Arizona stated that

Answer 11

All accused people must be informed of their due process rights

Question 12

Brown vs. board of edu.states that…

Answer 12

Segregation in schools is illegal

Question 13

Who helped organize a farmers work union

Answer 13

Cesar Chavez

Question 14

The government passed _____ to help returning soldiers pay for school

Answer 14

The G.I. Bill

Question 15

Senator Joseph McCarthy and HUAC

Answer 15

Accused innocent people of being communist and many acting careers were ruined

Question 16

Who did Eisenhower send to escort the Little Rock 9

Answer 16

The 101st airborne

Question 17

The domino theory was one that

Answer 17

If one country fell to communist, others would follow

Question 18

How did the fear of communism affect Hollywood after the war?

Answer 18

Blacklisting ruined many acting careers

Question 19

Kruschev’s decision to build the Berlin Wall in 1961 led to what?

Answer 19

An increased fear of communism in the U.S.

Question 20

What was the HUAC (House Of Un-Ameidan Activities)

Answer 20

A group that unfairly suspected communists in America

Question 21

What was the Cold War

Answer 21

A war of threats and fear

Question 22

What is containment

Answer 22

The American policy to stop the spread of communism

Question 23

Describe the Berlin Wall

Answer 23

It was built by Kurshchev to stop East Germans from going into West Germany

Question 24

What did Cesar Chavez do?

Answer 24

He founded La Raza Unidada to get better conditions for Mexican Americans

Question 25

What did Betty Friedan do?

Answer 25

She helped found the National Organization for Women

Question 26

What was the Bay of Pigs incident?

Answer 26

It was a failed attempts by Cuban troops, trained by the U.S.,to take over Cuba

Question 27

What was Kormatsu v. United States?

Answer 27

A Supreme Court case which said that people could be imprisoned .if considered a threat to the nation

Question 28

What was NATO

Answer 28

A military alliance of wester democracies

Question 29

Why did the US attack Afghanistan?

Answer 29

They protected terrorists

Question 30

Who was in charge of the nation that the US was fighting?

Answer 30

Saddam Hussein

Question 31

Why did we attack Iraq according to the President?

Answer 31

They had WMDs

Question 32

What government controlled Afghanistan?

Answer 32

The Taliban

Question 33

Who was in charge of the 9-11 attacks

Answer 33

Osama bun Laden

Question 34

What group attacked America on 9-11-2001

Answer 34

Al Quada

Question 35

What were some ways the Persian Gulf War was fought?

Answer 35

In desert and sky with bombs

Question 36

Where did we capture members of al Quada?

Answer 36

Tora Bora

Question 37

Who was President during the Persian Gulf War?

Answer 37

George H. K. Bush

Question 38

Where does America NOT have troops deployed?

Answer 38

England

Question 39

How many survivors were pulled from the debris in New York?

Answer 39

12

Question 40

Why are we still in Iraq now that they have a democratic government?

Answer 40

We are a police for, training Iraqies in defense

Question 41

What building were hit by planes?

Answer 41

World Trade Center and the Pentagon

Question 42

Which of the following activities were banned in Afghanistan?

Answer 42

Play, parties, concert

Question 43

What were the reasons for US involvement in the Persian Gulf War

Answer 43

Iraq had invaded a neighboring country

Question 44

What is a WMD?

Answer 44

Weapon of Mass Destruction

Question 45

The Persian Gulf War was fought against...

Answer 45

Iraq