Test 10, Chapters 19-20

Question 1

coordinated food relief in Europe

Answer 1

Herbert Hoover

Question 2

Allied commander in Europe

Answer 2

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 3

known for building “Liberty ships”

Answer 3

Henry Kaiser

Question 4

led US forces in the Philippines

Answer 4

Douglas MacArthur

Question 5

became a missionary to Japan

Answer 5

Jacob DeShazer

Question 6

led a bombing raid over Tokyo

Answer 6

Jimmy Doolittle

Question 7

3 men who aided in the development of the atomic bomb.

Answer 7

Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, J. Robert Oppenheimer

Question 8

Who led the Free Chinese against both the Japanese and the Chinese Communists?

Answer 8

Chiang Kai-shek

Question 9

Who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW II?

Answer 9

Winston Churchill

Question 10

When did Israel become a nation-state?

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

What was the name of the German army’s last great offensive in Europe?

Answer 11

battle of the Bulge

Question 12

When did Black Tuesday occur?

Answer 12

October 29, 1929

Question 13

the Japanese lost nearly all of their remaining ships and planes in the Battle of

Answer 13

Leyte Gulf

Question 14

The Nazi murder of over 6 million Jews is known as the

Answer 14

Holocaust

Question 15

What military alliance was formed by the US, Canada, and several western European nations to oppose Communism?

Answer 15

NATO

Question 16

What is speculation?

Answer 16

risky investments for the chance of quick profit

Question 17

What alliance was formed to oppose communism in Southeast Asia?

Answer 17

SEATO

Question 18

What was the code name for America’s atomic bomb project?

Answer 18

Manhattan Project

Question 19

V-J Day was proclaimed on September 2, ____.

Answer 19

1945

Question 20

The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

Answer 20

Midway

Question 21

By 1941, _____ stood as the last bastion of freedom in Europe.

Answer 21

England

Question 22

Which US President began the “New Deal”

Answer 22

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 23

Who portrayed a slanted view of the Depression in his book entitled The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 23

John Steinbeck

Question 24

In the Korean War, the US pursued a policy of ______ against the Communists

Answer 24

containment

Question 25

The D-day invasion took place in what country?

Answer 25

France

Question 26

The Nazi-Soviet Pact divided up the country of ____

Answer 26

Poland

Question 27

The Battle of ______ was the first naval battle in which the opposing ships never saw each other.

Answer 27

Coral Sea

Question 28

The ____________ Act established a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance.

Answer 28

Social Security

Question 29

During WW II, Germany, Italy, and ______ formed the Axis Powers.

Answer 29

Japan

Question 30

The first city to be bombed with an atomic weapon was

Answer 30

Hiroshima

Question 31

Brave, second-generation Japanese-Americans who fought in WW II were called

Answer 31

Nisei

Question 32

Who led the United Nations' forces through most of the Korean War?

Answer 32

Douglas MacAuthur

Question 33

On what date was Pearl Harbor attacked?

Answer 33

December 7, 1941

Question 34

Name the Fascist dictator of Italy during WW II.

Answer 34

Benito Mussolini

Question 35

Which amendment repealed Prohibition?

Answer 35

21st

Question 36

Name the Nazi dictator of Germany during WW II

Answer 36

Adolf Hitler

Question 37

Name the New Deal program created to control flooding, conserve soil, and bring hydroelectric power to the mid-South?

Answer 37

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Question 38

What 1938 legislation dictated that the work week would not exceed 40 hours?

Answer 38

Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 39

Name the President who believed that families, churches, private charities, and neighbors should look after the needs of the unemployed during the Depression.

Answer 39

Herbert Hoover

Question 40

Give 3 reasons for the severity of the Great Depression.

Answer 40

1. the desire of a few to get rich quick 2. the widespread practice of buying goods on credit 3. government interference in the free market economy

Question 41

Label the following on the map of the West Indies:

Answer 41

Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas