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4th Nine Weeks S.S
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why Did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? | We Cut off their Oil supply and Scrap Metal |
| During the massive military campaign known as D-Day, allied troops landed where? | Normandy, France |
| The world body that was formed after World War II to help maintain peace was called? | United Nations |
| What was the name of the trials that tried Nazi leaders for war crimes? | Nuremberg Trails |
| The Holocaust was caused by Germany's attempt to do what? | Create a master race |
| What was the Manhattan project? | Project to build the Atomic Bomb |
| May 8th, the day after German leaders officially signed an unconditional surrender, was called? | VE Day (Victory in Europe) |
| What was Germany's last offensive move during World War II? | Battle of the Bulge |
| The largest seaborne invasion in history? | D-Day (Americans and British landing in Normandy, France) |
| In the 1940's and 1950's, the area known as "behind the iron curtain" included? | Russia |
| What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine? | Domino Theory |
| What action did General MacArthur take during the Korean War that immediately led to his discharge | He was fired for criticizing the President |
| The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow who? | Fidel Castro |
| What does 'perestroika' refer to? | A new way of communism governing economics and politics |
| What mostly Hindu country has the world's largest democracy? | India |
| As a British colony, this nation was called the Gold Coast? | Ghana |
| What nation was formerly known as East Pakistan? | Bangladesh |
| Describe the partition of India. | India and Pakistan |
| The dividing of India into two nations was referred to as? | Partition |
| This was the name taken by East Pakistan once they broke away from West Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| What is the Domino Theory? | If one country falls to communism nearby country will also fall to Communism |
| What was the Tet Offensive? | January 1968. North Vietnam/Viet Cong attacks several cities and bases in South Vietnam |
| What happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas? | President John F. Kennedy was assassinates by Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated? | Lyndon Johnson |
| Why was the Tet Offensive considered the turning point of the war? | Americans felt as if we could not win the war |
| Give three reasons why many Americans protested the war. | Some thought we shouldn't be there, the fighting was wrong, and the cost to American society was too high |
| Give three reasons whythe war was so frustrating to US soldiers. | No frontline, Climate and Weather, and Soldiers were Young and Inexperienced |
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