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US History 2 Unit 2 Chapter 16 Test B
Write the letter of the name or term that best matches each description. Not all terms or names
will be used. (4 points each)
a. Joseph Stalin
c. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
d. Winston Churchill
e. Neville Chamberlain
______ 1. Leader who made concessions to Hitler in hopes of ending German aggression
______ 2. Leader of the fascist government in Italy
______ 3. Leader whose political philosophy was based on both nationalism and racism
______ 4. Leader who disapproved of the policy of appeasement
______ 5. Leader whose totalitarian regime was based on a communist philosophy
6. Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?
a. Stalin
c. Lenin
b. Hitler
d. Mussolini
______ 7. What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
a. the broadcasting of anti-Semitic
c. the abuse of a nation’s citizens by
ideas
their own government
b. the deliberate extermination of a
d. the killing of people for the purpose
specific group of people
of creating terror
______ 8. On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
a. a system of fortifications
c. surprise and overwhelming force
b. “out-waiting” the opponent
d. the ability to make a long, steady
advance
______ 9. When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
a. before the war began
c. when the United States declared war
b. when they declared war
d. after France was invaded and divided
______ 10. Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
a. Austria ➜ Joseph Stalin
b. Spain ➜ Francisco Franco
c. Britain ➜ Charles de Gaulle
d. France ➜ Neville Chamberlain
______ 11. Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
a. the Munich Pact
c. the Lend-Lease Act
b. the Atlantic Charter
d. the Treaty of Versailles
______ 12. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
a. Nationalists
c. Facists
b. Aryans
d. Jews
______ 13. Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and
division of Poland?
a. Italy
c. Italy and Japan
b. Spain
d. the Soviet Union
______ 14. In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
a. declared war on Germany
c. entered into a formal defense alliance
b. submitted to Hitler’s demands
d. pressured the United States to enter
the war
______ 15. The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
a. Italy
c. Germany
b. Japan
d. the Soviet Union
(map page 492 in WH TB)
16. According to the map,
which of the following
countries was among the
neutral nations?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Finland
Greece
Sweden
Great Britain
17. Which of the following
countries was an Axis pow
a.
b.
c.
d.
______ 18. From which direction(s) did Germany attack Leningrad?
a. north and south
c. east
b. east and west
d. west
______ 19. According to the map, who controlled the Soviet Union during this period?
a. the Allies
c. both the Allies and the Axis powers
b. the Axis powers
d. neither the Allies nor the Axis powers
______ 20. Which countries did Germany attack in 1938?
a. Belgium and France
c. Poland and Austria
b. Czechoslovakia and Austria
d. Austria and Yugoslavia
Spain
Turkey
Soviet Union
Italy
US History 2 Unit 2: Chapter 17 Test B
You may use the book to take this test. Do not write on the test….use the answer document.
If a statement is true, mark A on your answer document. If it is false, mark B.
______ 1. The purpose of the Office of Price Administration was to make sure that war industries
received needed resources.
______ 2. African Americans who worked in noncombat positions during the war were called WACs.
______ 3. George Patton led the U.S. Third Army to free Paris from German occupation.
______ 4. The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war.
______ 5. On May 8, 1945, or V-E Day, Americans celebrated the liberation of the death camps.
______ 6. The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
______ 7. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo.
______ 8. At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to begin planning for the
postwar world.
______ 9. The Selective Service System provided free education and loan guarantees to veterans.
______ 10. Nisei are Japanese Americans who were born during World War II.
Map Skills
Choose the statement that best answers the question.
Use the map to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer.
11. Which country
was one of the
Allied powers?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Italy
Poland
Soviet Union
Spain
12. Which country
remained neutral
during the war?
a. Bulgaria
b. Latvia
c. Denmark
d. Sweden
13. Which Axiscontrolled country
did the Allies
invade first?
a. France
b. Morocco
c. Italy
d. Germany
______ 14. Which city marked the farthest advance of Axis powers into the Soviet Union?
a. Leningrad
c. Stalingrad
b. Moscow
d. Warsaw
______ 15. In which direction did Allied troops move after liberating Paris?
a. north
c. south
b. east
d. west
Choose the statement that best answers the question.
______ 16. The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration.
a. inflation
c. depression
b. recession
d. unemployment
______ 17. To protest discrimination, ___ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941.
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. General George Marshall
b. Harry S. Truman
d. A. Phillip Randolph
______ 18. General ___ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.
a. George S. Patton
c. Douglas MacArthur
b. George Marshall
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
______ 19. The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___.
a. last German offensive
c. Allies’ first victory in a land battle
b. liberation of the death camps
d. Axis powers’ first loss in a land battle
______ 20. The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day.
a. Japan
c. North Africa
b. Italy
d. Nazi-occupied Europe
US History 2 Unit 2: Chapter 18 Test B
You may use the book to take this test. Do not write on the test….use the answer document.
Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
a. Truman Doctrine
c. iron curtain
b. Marshall Plan
d. Warsaw Pact
2. The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
a. iron curtain
c. Berlin blockade
b. Berlin airlift
d. German Democratic Republic
3. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
a. The CIA
c. HUAC
b. The UN
d. NATO
4. The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the
United States.
a. Nationalists
c. Soviets
b. Communists
d. peasants
5. ___ was the leader of the Communists in China.
a. Chiang Kai-shek
c. Syngman Rhee
b. Mao Zedong
d. Kim Il Sung
6. General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.
a. Guatemala
c. the Middle East
b. Hungary
d. Korea
7. The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
a. Communists
c. South Koreans
b. Nationalists
d. North Koreans
8. The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ___.
a. Marshall Plan
c. Warsaw Pact
b. Truman Doctrine
d. Eisenhower Doctrine
9. To label someone’s activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported
accusations.
a. brinkmanship
c. McCarthyism
b. containment
d. infiltration
10. When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying
efforts to develop ___.
a. NATO
c. a space satellite
b. an atomic bomb
d. a hydrogen bomb
Map Skills
Use the map to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer on your answer document.
(The same map is on page 624 in your textbook.)
11. Which country was the northernmost NATO member in 1955?
a. Sweden
c. Great Britain
b. Norway
d. Greece
12. Which Warsaw Pact country was isolated from other Warsaw Pact countries?
a. Portugal
c. Albania
b. Ireland
d. Norway
13. Which body of water
was not bordered by a
nonaligned country?
a. Baltic Sea
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Mediterranean
Sea
d. Black Sea
14. How many countries
shown on the map
belonged to the Warsaw
Pact?
a. six
b. seven
c. eight
d. nine
15. Which three NATO countries border Warsaw Pact countries?
a. Turkey, Greece, Denmark
c. Greece, Italy, Denmark
b. Turkey, Greece, West Germany
d. Greece, Turkey, Italy
Choose the statement that best answers the question.
16. In a capitalist system,
a. the state controls economic activity.
c. elected officials control economic activity.
b. private citizens control economic activity. d. the dictator controls economic activity.
______ 17. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
a. promote free elections in Europe.
c. force Germany to pay war reparations.
b. restrict the spread of communism.
d. maintain international peace through the UN.
______ 18. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
a. the Marshall Plan.
c. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
b. the formation of NATO.
d. efforts by Western nations to reunify
Germany.
19. Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists
a. relied heavily on financial aid from the
c. attracted overwhelming support from the
Soviet Union.
nation’s peasants.
b. ruled in the southern and eastern regions d. were led by Mao Zedong.
of China.
20. The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because
a. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over c. the Soviets had already sent military aid to
the presence of Taiwan.
South Korea.
b. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over d. the Soviets had wanted to remain neutral at
the presence of Chinese Communists.
the time.
US History 2 Unit 2 Chapter 19 Test B
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
a. counseling
c. free homes
b. low-interest loans
d. government jobs
2. President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.
a. arrest
c. draft
b. sue
d. deport
3. The Dixiecrats nominated ___ to run for president in 1948.
a. Harry S. Truman
c. J. Strom Thurmond
b. Thomas E. Dewey
d. Henry A. Wallace
4. During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.
a. manufacturing
b. advertising
c. communications
d. service
5. A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.
a. franchise
c. government agency
b. monopoly
d. conglomerate
6. The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .
a. big cities
c. small cities
b. suburbs
d. rural areas
7. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became
an American way of life.
a. consumerism
c. planned obsolescence
b. social conformity
d. a 40-hour work week
8. Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment
and information.
a. radio
c. telephones
b. movies
d. television
9. The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
a. college students
c. teenagers
b. artists and poets
d. rock 'n' roll performers
10. Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
a. Latinos
c. white Americans
b. African Americans
d. Mexican Americans
11. All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a
peacetime economy except
a. increased unemployment.
c. the supply of goods exceeding demand.
b. inflation.
d. decreased wages.
12. All of the following contributed to the economic recovery after the war except
a. consumer demand.
c. the Cold War.
b. labor strikes.
d. the Marshall Plan.
13. The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
a. his relentless campaign against a "do- c. his position on civil rights.
nothing" Congress.
b. the healthy state of the nation's
d. support from labor unions.
economy.
14. The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
a. Harry S. Truman.
c. Richard M. Nixon.
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
d. Adlai Stevenson.
15. One disadvantage of standardization in American business was that it
a. led to a lower standard of living.
c. lowered profits.
b. discouraged individuality.
d. was less efficient.
16. The group that benefited most from the economy and culture of the 1950s was
a. African-American women.
c. white women.
b. African-American men.
d. white men.
17. The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the
following except
a. noise pollution.
c. decreased usage of national parks.
b. the Interstate Highway Act.
d. the widening gap between the middle
class and the poor.
18. The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except
a. promote political candidates who
c. found the Unity League of California.
represented their interests.
b. organize the G.I. Forum.
d. return to Mexico.
19. Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
a. its portrayal of an idealized society.
c. the size of the screen.
b. weak transmitters.
d. its black-and-white images.
20. In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of
a. harmless entertainment.
c. African-American culture.
b. rebellion.
d. mainstream American values.