Post WWI ­ WWII: Unit Formative Assessments 4/7 1. Who was the President of the USA at the end of WWI? a. Warren Harding b. Calvin Coolidge c. Woodrow Wilson 2. Who were Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge? a. generals in WWI b. presidents after Wilson c. leaders of England and France 3. What technology became more common in the 1920s allowing people to live in suburbs? a. automobiles b. radios c. airplanes 4. What did the 19th Amendment change in America? a. freed the slaves b. banned political corruption c. allowed women the right to vote 5. What groups of people were discriminated against the most in the 1920s? a. African Americans, Communists, Immigrants b. White Men, Conservatives, Catholics c. Women, Liberals, Protestants 4/8 1. Who were the leaders of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution (1917­1920)? a. Nicholas I then Trotzky b. Lenin then Stalin c. Wilhelm then Hitler 2. Which of these was a totalitarian government leading up to WWII? a. America under FDR b. England under Churchill c. the USSR under Stalin 3. Which form of government only allowed one political party, takes away civil rights, censors all forms of expression, and preaches extreme nationalism while building a large military? a. Fascism​
under Mussolini in Italy b. ​
Democracy​
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Socialism​
under the King of the Netherlands 4. Who was the leader of the Nazi party that took power after economic depression in Germany? a. Adolf Hitler b. Joseph Stalin c. Benito Mussolini 5. _______ led the Chinese and _________ led the Japanese governments before WWII. a. Socialists / Fascists b. Democrats / Communists c. Communists / the military 4/9 1. Where did African Americans migrate from and to during the 1920s? a. rural South to urban North b. urban North to rural South c. Africa to America 2. What is the name of the group who started in the 1920s and discriminates against minorities? a. Prohibition Bootleggers b. Communist Party c. Ku Klux Klan 3. In 1919, Prohibition of alcohol was made illegal by _____, and in 1933 made legal by_____? a. 15th Amendment / 19th Amendment b. 18th Amendment / 21st Amendment c. Immigration Act / Dawes Plan 4. Who became president in 1928? a. Herbert Hoover b. Franklin Delano Roosevelt c. Charles Lindbergh 5. On October 24, 1929 the _________ crashed due to speculation and led to the _________. a. Hindenburg / Great Flying Scare b. League of Nations / WWII c. Stock Market / Great Depression 4/10 1. What problems in America’s economy in the 1920’s led to the Great Depression? a. imports, tariffs, immigration b. welfare, student loans, healthcare c. debt, speculation, overproduction 2.What problem did farmers and sharecroppers have during the Great Depression? a. The Dust Bowl b. The Great Fire c. Hurricane Katrina 3. Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression? Who was the next president? a. Washington / Lincoln b. Jackson / Johnson c. Hoover / FDR 4. What was the new term for the political programs started by FDR during the Depression ? a. The Great Society b. The New Deal c. The Big Ten 5. Along with changes in labor unions, the Supreme Court, and public works agencies, what major piece of legislation was created under FDR during the Depression ? a. Social Security Act of 1935 b. Land Act of 1936 c. World War Act of 1936 4/13 1. What were major causes of WWII? a. nationalism, imperialism, militarism b. progressivism, New Deal, democracy c. debt, speculation, overproduction 2.What countries made up the Axis Powers of WWII? a. USA, England, France, Russia b. Germany, Italy, Japan c. China, India, Brazil 3. What countries made up the Triple Alliance (Allies) of WWII? a. USA, England, France, Russia b. Germany, Italy, Japan c. China, India, Brazil 4. What was it called when Allied Powers gave in to the demands of the Axis Powers ? a. appeasement b. resistance c. Lend­lease program 5. Where was WWII not fought ? a. North Africa b. Islands in the Pacific Ocean c. South America 4/13 1. What caused Great Britain and France to finally ​
declare war​
on Germany on Sept. 3, 1939? a. Germany invaded France b. Germany invaded Poland c. Germany invaded Russia 2.What was the ​
Maginot Line​
? a. A line of military bases the French built to keep Germany out b. The front line of tanks and artillery the Germans used to attack c. The line that marked the furthest German invasion into Russia 3. The ________ was the German name for airstrikes like they used in the Battle of Britain. A ________ was a Japanese suicide airstrike like they used in the attack on Pearl Harbor. a. Panzer, Hari Cari b. Luftwaffe, Hirohito c. Blitzkrieg, Kamikazee 4. What do we call the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, to take it back from Axis Powers? a. D­Day b. V­J­Day c. V­­Day 5. What ended the war in Japan on September 2, 1945? a. Surrender after invasion b. Surrender after nuclear bombs c. death of Emperor Hirohito a.
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4/15 1. What is the term for the mass murder of a group of people, such as in Armenia in WWI? genocide b. suicide c. homicide 2.What is the term for the systematic oppression and murder of European Jews by the Nazis? Liebestraum b. Armenia c. Holocaust 3. What is the term for a person who leaves their home to find basic living needs, especially when their homes and way of living has been destroyed in war? refugees b. satellites c. casualties 4. After WWII, the Soviet Union (formerly Russia) controlled Eastern Europe with what form of government? democratic b. communist c. anarchist 5. What is the name of the international organization created after WWII to settle disagreements, which still exists to this day? League of Nations b. United Nations c. Premier League