1. SSuSh Review

2. What civil rights activists propsed a march on Washington in 1941 to demand more rights for African American workers?
A: A. Phillip Randolph

3. What did FDR have to pass in order to convince Randolph to call off the march?
A: An executive order ending discrimination in the defense industry

4. The Japanese bombed what U.S. naval base on December 7th, 1941?
A: Pearl Harbor

5. What group of Americans were placed in internment camps in the greatest number due to FDR’s executive order 9066?
A: Japanese Americans

6. What law passed by Congress allowed the U. S
What law passed by Congress allowed the U.S. to send arms to any nation considered vital to U.S. defense?
A: the Lend-Lease Act

7. What battle in the Pacific is considered the turning point and why?
A: the battle of Midway; it is the turning point because the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers

8. What is the name of the Allied invasion that took place June 6, 1944 and was the largest sea-land-air operation in history?
A: D-Day (part of Operation Overlord)

9. What American General was the overall commander of D-Day and Operation Overlord?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower

10. The fall of what German city marked the end of the war in Europe?
A: Berlin

11. Who was considered the U.S. “Hidden Army” on the home front?
A: the women who took the jobs of the men who were fighting. This women worked in the factories to produce the supplies needed by the troops overseas.

12. What is name for the secret project of the building of the atomic bomb?
A: the Manhattan Project

13. What president made the decision to drop the atomic bombs and end the war with Japan?
A: Harry Truman

14. What plan was designed to give aid and strengthen democratic governments in countries of Europe after World War II?
A: the Marshall Plan

15. What policy did the U.S. take towards the spread of communism through the Truman Doctrine?
A: the Containment Policy- the U.S. did not want communism to spread to any new places and was obligated to help those countries who were resisting Communist takeover

16. What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
A: the 38th parallel

17. How did the Korean Conflict end?
A: An armistice was called and the border stayed the same. Above the 38th parallel remained Communist and below remained democratic. The policy of containment was fulfilled.

18. What Cuban dictator was able to overthrow Batista in 1959 and still remains in power today?
A: Fidel Castro

19. What invasion by Cuban exiles was supposed to remove Castro from power but turned out to be a big humiliation for the U.S. and the Kennedy Administration?
A: the Bay of Pigs

20. What crisis occurred in 1962 in which President Kennedy placed a naval blockade on Cuba in order to stop Soviet missiles from arriving?
A: the Cuban Missile Crisis

21. What were the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A: the Soviets agreed not to place missiles in Cuba but in return the U.S. agreed to remove missiles from Turkey and also promised never to invade Cuba

22. What major event in the Vietnam War changed public opinion in the U.S.?
A: the Tet Offensive

23. Was the Vietnam War successful?
A: No, once the Americans left the troops from North Vietnam were able to take over and the entire country of Vietnam remains Communist even today.

24. What act passed by Eisenhower made transportation within the U. S
What act passed by Eisenhower made transportation within the U.S. much easier?
A: the Interstate Highway Act

25. What is the term used for the increase in births from 1945-1960?
A: the Baby Boom

26. What man is known for building houses in the newly formed suburbs?
A: William J. Levitt

27. What is the impact of TV socially
What is the impact of TV socially? (Think about sitcoms like “Leave it to Beaver”)
A: TV showed Americans what the “perfect life” should be like and pushed Americans to conform to this idea

28. What famous example is used to show the impact of TV on politics in the 1950s?
A: the Kennedy/Nixon debates

29. How did TV affect the Civil Rights Movement?
A: TVs showed media coverage of the Civil Rights Movement and showed people around the country and around the world how bad things were in the South.

30. What is the name of the first satellite launched into space and what country launched it?
A: Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union in

31. How did the U.S. respond?
A: the U.S. was both paranoid and embarrassed by the situation. NASA was created and the U.S. was able to launch Explorer I in Also, the U.S. education system was improved and included more of an emphasis on science and math