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Unit 11 Review game questions


 * 1) What was the name of the ship full of Jewish German refugees that was refused landing rights in America and whose occupants went on to the death camps in Europe? (St. Louis)
 * 2) The group known as “America Firsters” were opposed to what? (U.S. entering WWII)
 * 3) What is the $2 billion plan called to develop the atomic bomb? (Manhattan Project)
 * 4) What was the court case that challenged the internment of Japanese-Americans? (Korematsu vs. United States)
 * 5) Name the place of the last conference of the leaders of WWII Allies. (Yalta)
 * 6) What happened at Alamagordo? (A-Bomb test)
 * 7) Name the second city hit by the Atomic bomb. (Nagasaki)
 * 8) What was the name given to the alliance of Germany, Japan and Italy? (Axis powers)
 * 9) What was the name of the economic agreement after the war that established the U.S. dollar as the standard of currency for other foreign currencies? (Bretton Woods Agreement)
 * 10) What did Winston Churchill say had come down in Europe between Communist and Democratic countries? (Iron Curtain)
 * 11) What pro-business labor bill was passed during the Truman Adminstration? (Taft-Hartley Act)
 * 12) What was the name of the committee that investigated supposed Communists in the U.S.? (House Un-American Activities Committee)
 * 13) Name someone executed for spying on the U.S. (Julius or Ethel Rosenberg)
 * 14) The group name of the film directors who refused to answer questions about their communist affiliations was what? (Hollywood Ten)
 * 15) During the Eisenhower administration the largest public works program in American history was enacted—what was it? (Interstate Highway Act)
 * 16) In what city did the Brown vs. Board of Education case take place? (Topeka, Kansas)
 * 17) Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by Eisenhower? (Earl Warren)
 * 18) What kind of war weapon did the new look of the U.S. defense program emphasize in the 1950s? (atomic weapons)
 * 19) What American group was responsible for returning the deposed Shah of Iran to power? (CIA—also supported a coup in Guatemala, intervened in Philipine elections, and put King Hussein of Jordan on its payroll)
 * 20) The U.S. gave money to the French as its first involvement in the military issues in what Asian country? (Indochina/Vietnam)
 * 21) Who was the Egyptian President during the Eisenhower administration? (Nasser)
 * 22) What important structure was nationalized by the Egyptian government under Nasser? (Suez Canal)
 * 23) What incident strained U.S-Soviet relations in 1960? (U-2 incident—plane shot down)
 * 24) What book by John Kenneth Galbraith described the U.S. economy during the postwar period? (The Affluent Society)
 * 25) What was the Diner’s Club? (credit card)
 * 26) What did William Levitt create? (Levittowns—standardized houses to build suburbs)
 * 27) The New Cult of Domesticity encouraged women to choose what as their career? (housewife)
 * 28) Name an important religious popularize in the 1950s. (Bishop Fulton Sheen, Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale)
 * 29) What two words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s? (“under God”)
 * 30) In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on the bus? (Montgomery Alabama)
 * 31) What was the name of the Soviet satellite launched in 1957? (Sputnik)
 * 32) What book argued against the use of DDT? (Silent Spring by Rachel Carson)
 * 33) What was the name of the agreement that prohibited war as an instrument of national policy in 1928? (Kellogg-Briand Pact)
 * 34) What was the name of the committee that investigated the motives of munitions dealers during WWI? (Nye Committee)
 * 35) In what country is Omaha Beach? (France)
 * 36) Name one program designed to help the Allies before Pearl Harbor? (“Cash and Carry,” Destroyers for Bases, Lend-Lease Act)
 * 37) What American President first suggested that the U.S. would be better off staying out of the affairs of other nations, otherwise known as Isolationism? (Washington in his Farewell Address)
 * 38) What was the line of latitude that divided North and South Korea (38th parallel)
 * 39) Within 110, how many Americans were killed in the Pearl Harbor attack (2402—accept 2290-2512)
 * 40) What was the name of the person who increased productivity of warships at the beginning of WWII? (Henry J. Kaiser)
 * 41) The double V campaign was for victory over fascism and what else? (discrimination)
 * 42) Who was the leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a union that organized a march for civil rights for blacks in Washington DC? (J. Philip Randolph)
 * 43) What was the name of the plane that was used to drop the atomic bomb? (Enola Gay)
 * 44) Who was Francis Gary Powers? (U-2 pilot shot down over the USSR)
 * 45) What specific kind of clothing did Latinos wear during the war that angered Americans (Zoot Suits)
 * 46) What was the name of the fictional representative woman who worked in a factory during WWII? (Rosie the Riveter)
 * 47) In what country was the first atomic bomb exploded? (the U.S.)
 * 48) What economic problem did post-war U.S. face? (inflation)
 * 49) What anti-union bill, vetoed by Truman but overridden by Congress, outlawed the closed shop and required a cooling off period before a strike? (Taft-Hartley)
 * 50) What state was Joseph McCarthy from (Wisconsin)
 * 51) What party did Joseph McCarthy belong to? (Republican)
 * 52) What party did Harry Truman belong to? (Democratic)
 * 53) What party did Dwight Eisenhower belong to? (Republican)
 * 54) On what island in Hawaii is Pearl Harbor? (Oahu)
 * 55) Who was the British Prime Minister after Winston Churchill? (Clement Atlee)