The U.S. During & Post-World War II

Question 1

This resulted from the following: Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935; Japan invaded China; Germany and Italy entered into a military treaty.

Answer 1

The beginning of WWII

Question 2

Also known as ‘beatniks’, this counter-culture group promoted sexual liberation and drug use, and opposed capitalism and religion. Their movement centered in Greenwich village but later spread.

Answer 2

The Beat Generation

Question 3

This occurred in 1948 when Soviet forces isolated Allied-controlled West Berlin in an attempt to control the city, leaving Berlin with no electricity or access to food shipments.

Answer 3

The Berlin Blockade

Question 4

A U.S. order that imprisoned around 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent along the west coast (most of whom were citizens)

Answer 4

Executive order 9066

Question 5

This attack on December 7, 1941 invaded a U.S. naval base in Oahu forced President Roosevelt to declare war, finally bringing the United States into WWII.

Answer 5

Pearl Harbor

Question 6

Known as Kristallnacht, in November 1938 where more than 9,000 Jewish-owned businesses, homes and synagogues were destroyed or vandalized in retribution for the Jewish murder of a German.

Answer 6

The Night of Broken Glass

Question 7

The ‘big three’, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met here to determine the fate of post-world war. One outcome was the division of Germany into occupation zones.

Answer 7

Yalta conference

Question 8

This policy was formulated by diplomat George F. Kennan and though it didn’t actively combat communism, it strived to limit its spread. This also became the cornerstone Truman’s foreign policy.

Answer 8

Containment

Question 9

This marked the official implementation of containment policy from the Harry Truman administration. Essentially, this provides support to other countries also resisting communism.

Answer 9

The Truman Doctrine

Question 10

This was an attack from the Germans that dropped 100 tons of explosives over London. The U.S. remained neutral, though they issued the Lend-Lease Act and issued the first peacetime draft.

Answer 10

The Blitz

Question 11

Communists, journalists, Christians who opposed Hitler, Romani, Jews, blacks, the handicapped, and homosexuals - anyone who would pose a political threat to the Nazis.

Answer 11

Adolf Hitler’s targets

Question 12

As a result of their rampage across the Pacific, this country had now acquired a maritime empire of more than 2.8 million square miles.

Answer 12

Japanese territorial control in 1942

Question 13

This occurred after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, only to bring the Nazi regime to retreat after the Battle of Stalingrad. Ally attacks from Britain and the U.S. further accomplished this.

Answer 13

Nazi regime downfall

Question 14

This was an ultimatum sent to Japan to surrender or face prompt and utter destruction. The Emperor never responded, and as a result, the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Answer 14

Potsdam declaration

Question 15

This was developed to investigate alleged communist activity in the United States in light of the Red Scare.

Answer 15

House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 16

This administration’s foreign policy was centered on containment.

Answer 16

Administration of Harry S. Truman

Question 17

This event was a result of the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and causing the Japanese Emperor to surrender on VJ Day.

Answer 17

The end of WWII

Question 18

This iconic structure was built by communist East Germany in order to prevent its citizens from fleeing to democratic West Germany.

Answer 18

The Berlin Wall

Question 19

This provided economic aid to 16 European countries struggling to recover after World War II.

Answer 19

The Marshall Plan

Question 20

This group consisted of the following countries: Germany and Japan.

Answer 20

Axis powers

Question 21

On June 4, 1942 a turning point of the war in the Pacific halted the Japanese and sent them into retreat. Allied forces sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, a cruiser, and two destroyers.

Answer 21

Battle of Midway

Question 22

This U.S. program under the Roosevelt administration was tasked with developing the first atomic bomb after learning that Germany was attempting the same.

Answer 22

The Manhattan Project

Question 23

Growing tensions between Japan and the U.S. The U.S. put an oil embargo on Japan after they had demonstrated plans to invade the Pacific, and Japan crippled the U.S. military presence there.

Answer 23

Precursors of Pearl Harbor

Question 24

This group consisted of the following countries: France, the United States, and Great Britain, and eventually Italy and Russia.

Answer 24

WWII Allies

Question 25

During this time, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel and the constitution of Japan was written taking power from the Emperor and transferring it to parliament.

Answer 25

Post-World War II in Asia

Question 26

This was the practice driven by Joseph McCarthy to minimize the threat of suspected communism by accusing and detaining suspects in light of the Red Scare.

Answer 26

McCarthyism