Comprehensive U.S. History and Cold War Key Concepts Quiz

1, FDR's legislative agenda was known as the Square Deal.

False

Did FDR's reforms fix the economy?

No, but they added relief and recovery programs.- True

Why did the US not let Jews into the country during WWII?

Fear of jobs and competition.

Who was in charge of the war in the Pacific?

Douglas MacArthur.

Which of the following is not true about Social Security?

Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

What is appeasement?

Policy of giving aggressive nations concessions to avoid war.

What was the main reason the US entered World War II?

Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Who was not a Fascist?

Stalin.

How did FDR communicate the New Deal programs?

Fireside chats.

What did the Neutrality Acts of 1935 do?

Made it illegal to sell weapons to any nation at war.

What did Japanese internment result in?

Loss of much of their freedom.

What was the importance of the Battle of Normandy?

It was an Allied invasion of Europe.

What is Nixon's biggest accomplishment?

The SALT treaty.

What was a direct result of the SALT Treaty?

Moscow summit of 1972.

What is internationalism?

The idea that through trade, nations will have peace and stability.

What outlawed discrimination and forced schools to desegregate?

Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What was the US attitude before entering WW2?

Isolationist.

Who was the Leader of the Nation of Islam?

Malcolm X.

Who was associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was connected to the NAACP?

Thurgood Marshall.

Who was most likely associated with CORE?

James Farmer.

What was the direct reaction to Rosa Parks' arrest?

Montgomery Bus Boycott.

What was MLK's purpose for the Washington march?

To support the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Which of the following was not true about WWII

The US industry was very little in production during WW2?

What did both Churchill and Roosevelt argue about Poland?

That free elections should be held.

What is the Truman Doctrine?

Support for free peoples resisting communism.

What is the Marshall Plan

Economic aid to rebuild Europe.

What does détente refer to?

Relaxing tensions between the US and the USSR.

What is NATO?

The US and Western Europe alliance.

What is the Warsaw Pact?

The communist alliance.

How did the launch of Sputnik affect the US?

It increased government funding of education.

What was the justification for the US entering the Vietnam War?

Domino Theory.

What tactics did the Viet Cong use?

Guerrilla warfare.

What led to the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

An alleged attack on US ships led Congress to wage wars

What was Henry Kissinger's role?

Trusted advisor of Nixon.

What is true about the Federal Highway Act?

It was used for military transportation.

Why did Truman decide to bomb Japan?

To save American lives.

What was the Credibility gap?

The mistrust between the government and the public.

Who was in power during the Moscow summit?

Leonid Brezhnev.

What was the separate but equal doctrine?

Plessy v. Ferguson.

What did Brown v. Board of Education achieve?

Desegregated classrooms.

What is McCarthyism?

Pointing out alleged communists.

How did FDR ensure banks were safe to reopen?

Through regulatory agencies.

What was the Battle of Midway?

The turning point of the war in the Pacific.

What was the Battle of Stalingrad?

The turning point of the war in Europe.

How did the US transition during WWII?

From peacetime to wartime.

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?

Native Americans who used their language as an unbreakable military code.

What was the best example of containment?

The Korean War.

What did HUAC do?

Blacklisted people for not complying with their demands.

Which of the following is true about the Cuban Missile Crisis

Kennedy ordered a Naval Blockade

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Covert operation that failed in Cuba