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History Final Test 2
US History from Gone with the Wind to MLK - CCS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote Gone with the Wind? | Margaret Mitchell |
| What was the first animated feature film? | Snow White |
| What radio program by Orson Welles put people into a panic in 1938? | War of the Worlds |
| What airship crashed in NJ in 1937? | The Hindenburg |
| Who was Jesse Owens? | Black Olympic athlete who won 4 medals and made Hitler look absolutely stupid |
| What was one of HItlers earliest attempts to take over the German Reichstag? | Bear Hall pouche (I have no idea .. I can't read Aly's handwriting) |
| What was the name of Hitlers book? | Mien Kamf |
| What does Mien Kamf mean? | My struggle |
| Which form of government was the weakest in Hitlers eyes? | Democracy |
| What were the two races of man, according to Hitlers pseudo-religious beliefs? | Asians and Apes |
| Which two groups were blamed by Hitler as having caused the German economy to crash? | Jews and Communists |
| What was Hitlers term for the German "empire" that would rule under his leadership? | 3rd Reich |
| How long would the 3rd Reich rule, according to him? | 1000 years |
| Which country was ruled by Benito Mussolini? | Italy |
| What form of government did he introduce there? | Facism |
| What title did he take as ruler? | Il duce |
| What title did HItler take? | Furer |
| Who was the ruler of Soviet Russia? | Stalin |
| What was the term for the policy adopted by the British and French that allowed HItler to take Europe piece by piece? | Appeasement |
| What was Germanys line of defenses in the Rhineland called? | Sigfried Line |
| What was the French counterpart to the German defenses? | Mayinot |
| What is the German term for "living space"? | Labensroun (?) |
| What did the British prime minister proclaim that he had achieved after meeting with Hitler in 1938? | Prose in Our Time |
| On what date did Hitler invade Poland? | Sept. 1, 1939 |
| What is the name for the German Air forces? | Lufwaffle |
| What is "blitzkrieg"? | Lighting War |
| What coastal city was the site of the largest troop evacuation of the war? | Dunkirk |
| What was the term for the air war fought between England and Germany in 1940? | Battle of Britain |
| What unprecedented move was made by the US in September of 1940? | Peace time draft |
| Who ran against FDR in the 1940's election? | Wilkie |
| Who was commander of the american forces in the Pacific? | MacArthur |
| On what date was Pearl Harbor attacked? | December 7, 1941 |
| What did MacArthur say upon his expulsion from the Philippines? | "I'll be back." |
| Who was the commander of the Japanese Navy? | YammaMoto |
| Who was the Japanese Prime Minister? | Tajo |
| Who was the emperor of Japan? | Hiro Hito |
| What was Erwin Rommels nickname in Africa? | Desert Fox |
| What force did Rommel command? | Deuchland Africa Corp |
| Who eventually defeated him? | Montgomery |
| On what day did the Normandy invasion take place? | June 6, 1944 |
| What was the operation called? | D-Day |
| Who became president on April 12, 1945? | Truman |
| What are the three agencies of the US? | Secretarial, General Assembly, Security Council |
| Who are the five permanent members of the Security Council? | US, Russia, France, Britain, China |
| In what city is the US headquartered? | NY |
| What term was used for the post WW2 competition between the US and Russia? | Cold War |
| How did Churchill describe the division in Europe? | Iron Curtain |
| What was Trumans policy concerning communism? | containment |
| What organization was founded in April of 1949? | NATO |
| What was the purpose of NATO? | Defence against the Soviet Union |
| What was the soviets answer to NATO? | Warsaw Pact |
| What city was blockaded by the soviets in 1948? | Berlin |
| HOw did Truman deal with the Berlin blockade? | Airlift |
| Into waht two parts was Germany divided in 1949? | GDR and FRE |
| Along which line was Korea divided? | 38th Parallel |
| Who led the UN forces in the Korean War? | MacArthur |
| What nation came to the aid of North Korea? | china |
| Who led the Vietnamese communists? | Ho chi Mihn |
| What was the "comino theory"? | If 1 falls, they all fall |
| Who staged an overthrow of the Cuban dictator Batista in 1959? | Castro |
| What was the name of the failed attempt to retake Cuba by Cuban nationalists? | Bay of Pigs |
| What was the Cuban missile crisis? | Russian Missiles in Cuba |
| What was built in Germany in 1961? | Berlin Wall |
| Who was the leader of Russia in 1961? | Khrushef |
| What did the 22nd Amendment do? | Limited the presidential term |
| What was Trumans domestic policy called? | Fair Deal |
| Who was accused of espionage and perjury in 1948? | Hiss |
| Who originally accused Hiss of selling state department secrets? | Chambers |
| Whose political career was advanced by the Hiss trial? | Nixon |
| What senator from Wisconsin tried to make his career by prosecuting "communists"? | Mccarthy |
| Who founded National Review Magazine? | Buckley |
| What book did Goldwater write? | Conscience of a Conservative |
| Who ran for president in 1952? | Eisenhower |
| Who was Eisenhower's VP? | Nixon |
| What was Eisenhowers domestic plan called? | Dynomite Conservatism |
| What new cabinet post was created under Eisenhower? | Health, Education and Welfare |
| What is the department of Health, Education and Welfare called today? | Department of Education, Health and Human Services |
| What was the purpose of the federal highway system? | transport troops |
| Who ran for President in 1960? | Kennedy and Nixon |
| What was Kennedys program called? | New Frontier |
| Where was Kennedy assassinated? | Dallas |
| Who shot JFK? | Oswald |
| What did Brown V. Board of Education accomplish? | Desegregation of Schools |
| Who was Rosa Parks? | bus lady |
| From whom did MLK get his idea for cival disobedience? | Ghandi |
| Who was the fist African-American to play in major league baseball? | Robinson |
| Who wrote Jungle Book | Upton Sinclair |
| Who wrote Call of the Wild? | Jack London |
| Who wrote Gilded Age? | Mark Twain |
| Who wrote Hop on Pop? | Dr. Seusse |
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