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Unit 8 Test Review
1.
What prompted the United States to enter the war in 1941?
2.
The Japanese leaders believed they could cripple the American naval fleet where?
3.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor cause the US to do what?
4.
In September 1940, Japan allied itself with
5.
What events led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
6.
Shortly after Congress passed a war declaration on Japan, which other two countries declared war on
the United States?
7.
Why did President Franklin Roosevelt create the Office of War Mobilization?
8.
To meet the demand for war material, the American government directed what?
9.
Instead of making cars, the Ford Motor Company converted to making
10.
As a result of war production, employment increased and membership in what, rose?
11.
Because of the war, large numbers of women began to work as…
12.
Where did Allied forces land on D-Day?
13.
In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?
14.
After the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, what did Japan do?
15.
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
16.
How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?
17.
The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to
18.
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union created what?
19.
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
20.
What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
21.
What was an immediate result of the Truman Doctrine?
22.
The Berlin airlift began when
23.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
24.
As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in keeping who free from Communism
25.
During the Cold War, a major goal of United States policy in Latin America was to protect what in
Latin America?
26.
President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in response to
27.
What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
28.
One major event that led up to the Korean War was
29.
What was the final resolution of the Korean War?
30.
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power faded shortly after he appeared where?
31.
The 1957 launching of Sputnik caused congress to increase spending on what?
32.
How did television helped spur economic growth?
33.
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became…
34.
In the 1950s, scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to create what?
35.
How did William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs
36.
Why did Credit cards became popular
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What did Rock-and-roll give the young people of the 1950s?
38.
A 1950s technological innovation furthered by research during World War II was the…
39.
What were the results of the baby boom?
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