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LEVEL III US History World War II to the Cold War Blizzard Bag 2014 - 2015
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1. Pictured above are Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Tehran
Conference in 1943. They were the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the
United Kingdom. During World War II, these men were known as the "Big Three" because they
led
A. the most powerful of the Allied countries.
B. countries had declared war on each other.
C. the only countries fighting against Germany.
D. the countries that suffered the most casualties during the war.
2. Which of the following had the greatest impact on mass media in the United States during
the Cold War era?
A. newspapers
B. radio
C. magazines
D. television
3. Which of the following best explains why television began replacing radio by the 1950s?
A. Radio lost its government funding.
B. Televisions became more affordable.
C. Radios became too difficult to make.
D. Television had just been invented.
4. The American anticommunist crusade intensified in the late 1940s when the government
began their investigation of a former State Department official who had worked closely with
FDR. Who was this government official?
A. Julius Rosenberg
B. Whittaker Chambers
C. Alger Hiss
D. J. Edgar Hoover
5.
The picture above is an iconic image from World War II and symbolizes which of the following?
A. the women who ferried supplies into combat areas during the war
B. the women who joined the armed forces in combat roles
C. the millions of women who joined the workforce in heavy industry
D. the important work done by Red Cross nurses during World War II
6. What pulled the United States permanently out of the Great Depression?
A. the New Deal
B. World War I
C. new immigrants
D. entry into World War II
7. The growth in suburban homes grew dramatically in the 1950s. William Levitt, a Long Island
building contractor, revolutionized the housing market by
A. finding the best way to build homes at a drastically lower price.
B. searching for the cheapest property in the growing suburban areas.
C. purchasing older houses and fixing them up to sell at higher prices.
D. applying mass-production techniques to home construction.
8. Who was the leader of the Viet Minh movement that sought Vietnamese independence from
France and later became the president of North Vietnam?
A. Le Duc Tho
B. Mao Zedong
C. Ho Chi Minh
D. Ngo Dinh Diem
9.
United States
U.S.S.R.
Democracy
Dictatorship
Capitalist economy
Communist economy
Freedom of speech, religion,
and the press are valued
?
Which of the following best completes the chart above?
A. Ownership of private property is valued.
B. Right to life, liberty, and happiness are valued.
C. Equality for all classes of people is valued.
D. Guarantee of individual freedoms is valued.
10. From 1968 until 1973, U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese
diplomat Le Duc Tho held a series of negotiations that eventually led the United States and
Vietnam to agree to a ceasefire in 1973. What was the name of this agreement?
A. Paris Peace Accords
B. Helsinki Accords
C. Camp David Accords
D. Geneva Accords
11. What were the Pentagon Papers?
A. newspapers published by the Pentagon to keep people up to date on current events
B. a treaty signed by the U.S. and South Vietnam in which the U.S. agreed to help them
C. a top-secret history of the U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
D. documents outlining the organizational structure of the U.S. military
12.
During the Cold War following World War II, the countries in dark blue on the map above all
belonged to the
A. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
B. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.
C. League of Nations.
D. North American Free Trade Agreement.