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Goal 10-11 Unit test – WWII-Vietnam War Study Guide
1. Why were the Lend-Lease Act and the Destroyers-for-Bases deals adopted prior
to U.S. entry into World War II?
2. During the war, nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to __________
3. During the war, women in the WAACs served as
4. The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for…
5. In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, president Truman’s main goal
was to…
6. To label someone’s activities as McCarthyism would suggest that
7. The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military
intervention in….
8. What was the main idea behind the Truman Doctrine?
9. Who would Sen. Joseph McCarthy probably consider an enemy?
10. Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism followed by the United
States before it entered World War II?
A. Signing of a collective security pact with Latin American nations.
B. Passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations.
C. Embargo on the sale of gasoline and steel to Japan
D. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s exchange of American destroyers for
British naval and air bases
11. In the 1930’s, how did the United States attempt to avoid a repetition of the events
leading up to United States involvement in World War I?
12. What did United States foreign policy experts mean in the 1960s when they talked
about “the domino theory”?
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13. The passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution granted President Johnson powers by
allowing him to ……
14. Which of the following statements about United States involvement in Vietnam is
true?
A. Congress authorized the escalation of United States military activity in
Vietnam after communist forces allegedly attacked United States naval
vessels.
B. United States involvement in the war did not occur until Diem’s
assassination in 1963.
C. Nixon’s expansion of the war into Cambodia drew strong support at home.
D. The Tet offensive proved the success of the containment doctrine.
15. Which of the following best characterized United States public support for the
Vietnam War?
A. increased as a result of television
B. was supported on most college
campuses
C. increased after Kennedy’s death.
D. declined after the Tet Offensive
16. This event in 1960 sent the cold war back into a “deep freeze” when American
Gary Powers was caught spying over the Soviet Union
17. Which war time conference got a Soviet pledge to enter the war against Japan and
a Soviet promise of self-determination for Poland?
18. Which of the following Cold War actions DOES NOT represent an American
attempt to use money to contain communism?
A. NATO
B. Marshall Plan
C. Alliance for Progress
D.
Truman Doctrine
19. What was the purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973?
20. The 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik had which of the following
effects?
21. The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify
Germany.
22. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
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23. The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was
24. Who commanded Allied forces in Europe during World War II?
25. Island-hopping was a strategy associated with…
26. The D-Day invasion was directed against the coastline of which country?
27. The Manhattan Project was…
28. In which of the following geographical areas did Americans first face combat
during World War II?
29. During World War II, the American economy…
30. Which military strategy did the U.S. adopt upon entering World War II?
31. Constitutional justification for the internment of Japanese-Americans during
WWII was similar to the justification of U.S. behavior in the case of…
32. Which of the following best describes the effect of the Vietnam War on America?
A. America’s commitment to an internationalist foreign policy was
strengthened
B. Americans became more appreciative of the help and loyal support of
America’s NATO allies
C. There was an increasing distrust and disrespect toward the U.S.
government and toward authority in general
D. As in World War II, Americans put aside their differences and united
behind the war effort
33. Which incident during the 1960s came the closest to causing a U.S.-Soviet war?
34. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson used ______________ to justify
American efforts to stop communism in Vietnam?
35. Which activity by the Viet Cong caused American troops the most difficulty?
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36. The buildup of the American military effort in Vietnam during the mid-1960s was
known as…
37. The battle at which location was considered to be the turning point of U.S.
military involvement in Vietnam?
38. Most Americans saw the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a victory for
the U.S. But Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, claimed it was a Soviet victory
because…
39. Which caused many Americans to increasingly condemn U.S. involvement in
Vietnam as “immoral”?
40. Critics of the Bay of Pigs invasion claimed it was a violation of the…
41. Which individual was most widely accused of using “big lie” tactics during the
early 1950s?
42. Which represented the greatest foreign policy setback of the Eisenhower
administration?
43. Which policy of the 1950s is best associated with “brinkmanship”?
44. Which of the following were provisions of the Geneva Accords of 1954?
I. Ho Chi Minh began attacks on South Vietnam
II. France agreed to give Vietnam its independence
III. Vietnam was to be temporarily divided into two parts
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. I, II, and III
45. The accumulation of war bonds during World War II and the scarcity of consumer
goods at the end of the war led to…
46. Who coined the expression “iron curtain”?
47. What Soviet action resulted in the Berlin Airlift?
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48. Understanding that communism has its greatest appeal to those who are hungry
and poor, the U.S. announced its…
49. The U.N. was able to halt aggression in…
50. Arab resentment towards the U.S. grew in 1948 when…
51. In which country did foreign policy efforts by the Truman administration fail?
52. Which development(s) caused President Truman to issue the Truman Doctrine in
1947?
A. Communists seized power in China
B. The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb
C. Communist rebels threatened to seize power in Greece and Turkey
D. All of the above
Identifications: Regular will identify 3 and Honors will identify 5 on your own sheet of
paper.
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Rosie the Riveter
War Production Board
Battle of Britain
D-Day (Operation
Overlord)
Benito Mussolini
Warsaw Pact
House Un-American
Activities Committee
(HUAC)
Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg
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