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Student Name: _______________________________________ Period: __________ Score: ________ 8th Grade Spring Semester Post-Test Study Guide This final exam will consist of 30 questions assessing knowledge from Fall Semester. Guide is used to prepare and review, but not allowed to be used during the assessment. ACADEMIC VOCABULARY characteristics compelled conclusion effect objective relate influence affected excerpt consumer viewpoint Strand 1: American History 1) Explain how Pearl Harbor led to United States involvement in World War II. 2) Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II: War bond drives, Women and minorities in the work force, rationing, internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian - Americans 3) Summarize the United States’ role in the following events: D-day invasion, Battles of the Pacific 4) Describe the following origins of the Cold War: Western feat of communist expansion, Soviet fear of capitalist influences 5) Describe the impact of the Cold War on the United States: McCarthyism, Cuban Missile Crisis 6) Identify the role of the United States in the Korean War: Military involvement, Resolution of conflict 7) Identify the role of the United States in the Vietnam Conflict: Containment of Communism - Domino Theory, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 8) Describe life (e.g., transportation, communication, technology, medical, entertainment, growth of suburbs) in the U.S. during the Post War period. 9) Describe the importance of the following civil rights issues and events: Nonviolent protests, Desegregation, Voting Rights Act of 1965 VOCABULARY: propaganda War bonds Harry Truman Little Rock Nine Brown v. Board of Ed ratification Civil Rights movement Martin Luther King Voting Rights Act 1965 Immigration Reform Act 1965 Dwight D. Eisenhower clergymen Domino Theory Gulf of Tonkin Strand 2: World History 1) Review the rise of totalitarianism in Europe following World War I. 2) Analyze the major causes of World War II: Resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles 3) Describe the following events leading to the Allied victory: D-Day Invasion, Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa 4) Describe how racism and intolerance contributed to the Holocaust. 5) Summarize each of the following outcomes of World War II: Redrawing of political boundaries in Europe 6) Describe the following events resulting from World War II: Marshall Plan, NATO / Warsaw Pact 7) Examine the fall of Communism and the unification of European nations: Germany – reunification, Berlin Wall torn down VOCABULARY: Totalitarianism appeasement Pearl Harbor Zimmerman D-Day Iwo Jima Normandy Nazi de/militarize Okinawa Cold War blockades Strand 3: Civics/Government 1) Describe the impact of the following executive orders and decisions: Executive Order 9066 – creation of internment camps on U.S. soil, Use of Atomic Bomb 2) Explain U.S. and world foreign policies leading to the Cold War: Truman Doctrine, NATO ,Marshall Plan VOCABULARY: Truman Doctrine NATO Marshall Plan Strand 4: Geography VOCABULARY: Strand 5: Economics VOCABULARY: Internment
