“The Americans”
Grade 11
McDougal Littell
NAME ___________________________________
Unit 5 Chapter Test
Main Ideas
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1) What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the
Japanese government in the early 1930s?
(a) a civil war in Japan
(b) Hideki Tojo’s appointment as prime minister
(c) U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
(d) their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
2) How were Britain and France drawn into war with
Germany?
3) Which of the following statements most accurately reflects
Roosevelt’s feelings toward joining the war?
(a) He agreed with the isolationists and promoted a policy
of non-involvement in foreign wars.
(b) He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S.
citizens who opposed entering the war.
(c) He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it
as a threat to the United States.
(d) He did not understand the position of isolationists and
was eager to join the war.
(f) Hitler had taken power in Germany.
(g) Germany had attacked Poland.
4) What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
(h) Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia.
(f) the broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
(j) Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations.
(g) the deliberate extermination of a specific group of
people
(h) the abuse of a nation’s citizens by their own
government
(j) the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
Interpreting Graphs
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
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40
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Defense Spending
Unemployment Rate
30
70
60
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20
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Federal Outlay
(in billions of dollars)
Percent unemployed
35
0
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
Year
5) Between 1940 and 1944, how did defense expenditures
compare with the unemployment rate?
6) What general statement can be made about defense
spending after 1945?
(a) Both the unemployment rate and defense spending
increased.
(f) Defense spending increased slightly.
(b) The unemployment rate increased as defense spending
decreased.
(h) Defense spending remained about the same.
(c) The unemployment rate decreased as defense
spending increased.
(d) Both the unemployment rate and defense spending
decreased.
(g) Defense spending tripled.
(j) Defense spending decreased.
Map Skills
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
German Advances, 1938–1941
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German Advances, 1938–1941
Second Proof
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7) Locate the Maginot Line on the map. What was the
intended purpose of the Maginot Line?
(a) to protect France from German invasion
(b) to protect Germany from Austrian invasion
(c) to protect France from Italian invasion
(d) to protect Britain from German invasion
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Main Ideas
Choose the letter of the best answer.
8) In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan,
President Truman’s main goal was to
(f) end the war quickly.
13) When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War
(a) North and South Korea were still divided along the
th
38 parallel.
(h) get revenge for Pearl Harbor.
(b) a communist government was established in South
Korea.
(j) save Japanese lives.
(c) communist fears in the United States were lifted.
(g) weaken Japan for a long time.
(d) China gained control of the entire peninsula.
9) During the war, women in the WAACs served as
14) In a capitalist system,
(a) fighter pilots and foot soldiers.
(b) shipbuilders and waitresses.
(f) the state controls economic activity.
(c) scientists and factory workers.
(g) private citizens control economic activity.
(d) nurses and radio operators.
(h) elected officials control economic activity.
(j) the dictator controls economic activity.
10) Roosevelt’s decision to remove people of Japanese
ancestry to internment camps was a response to
(f) strong anti-Japanese sentiment after Pearl Harbor.
15) American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb
intensified when
(g) verified reports of Japanese Americans acting as
spies.
(a) the policy of containment failed in China.
(h) the lack of Japanese Americans serving in the armed
forces.
(b) the Soviet Union launched a space shuttle.
(j) rumors that the Japanese were developing an atomic
bomb.
(d) the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb.
(c) the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.
16) Accusations that communism was widely present in the
U.S. government and military were made by
11) Germany’s goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to
(f) Douglas MacArthur.
(a) invade the coast of Great Britain and then take over
the entire country.
(g) Joseph McCarthy.
(b) keep food and war supplies from reaching Britain and
the Soviet Union.
(j) Alger Hiss.
(c) prevent Allied forces from liberating France.
(d) prevent the invasion of North Africa.
12) The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for
(f) African Americans to serve in combat positions.
(g) soldiers to take short leaves from fighting.
(h) veterans to attend college for free.
(j) enlisted men to receive officer training.
(h) John Foster Dulles.
Interpreting Graphs
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
Percent of total U.S. budget
100%
National Defense
Human Resources (including education, health, Social Security)
Other Functions (including science, space, technology, agriculture)
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
Year
17) Which of these statements is supported by the graph?
(a) When defense spending increases, spending in the
other categories tends to decrease.
(b) When human resources spending increases, spending
in the “other functions” category decreases.
(c) From 1945 to 1965, the government consistently
spent the least amount of money in the “other
functions” category.
(d) When defense spending increases, human resources
spending increases at a similar rate.
18) How is the Korean War (1950-1953) reflected in the
graph?
(f) Defense spending climbs sharply in 1951 and then
stays at the same level.
(g) Defense spending fluctuates wildly during the war
years.
(h) Defense spending climbs sharply in 1951 and
declines in 1955.
(i) Defense spending stays on the course it has followed
since the start of the Cold War.
Map Skills
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
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19) Based on its geographic location, why might the Soviet
Union have once wanted to control parts of Turkey?
20) Which Warsaw Pact country did not benefit form sharing
a border with other Warsaw Pact countries?
(a) Turkey shared a border with Albania.
(f) East Germany
(b) Turkey had access to Soviet ports on the Black Sea
from the Mediterranean Sea.
(g) Albania
(c) Turkey had access to Soviet ports on the Black Sea
from the north.
(i) Austria
(d) Turkey had access to the Mediterranean Sea from the
Atlantic Ocean.
(h) Bulgaria
Main Ideas
Choose the letter of the best answer.
21) The group that benefited most from the economy and
culture of the 1950s was
23) In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock ‘n’ roll were
viewed as forms of
(a) African-American women.
(a) harmless entertainment.
(b) African-American men.
(b) dangerous rebellion.
(c) white women.
(c) African-American culture.
(d) white men.
(d) mainstream American values.
22) The factor that most contributed to the upset win of
Truman in the 1948 election was
24) What did the Longoria incident prompt Mexican
Americans to do?
(f) his relentless campaign against a “do-nothing”
Congress.
(f) reenlist in the army to earn a pension
(g) the healthy state of the nation’s postwar economy.
(h) riot in the streets of the barrio
(h) his position on civil rights.
(j) return to Mexico to flee discrimination
(j) support form labor unions.
(g) found the Unity League of California
Interpreting Political Cartoons
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
25) How is Dewey portrayed?
26) What is the cartoon saying about Truman and the 80th
Congress?
(a) as a fighter
(b) as a peacemaker
(f) They are working together to find solutions.
(c) as a bystander
(g) They are at odds with one another.
(d) as a friend
(h) Both oppose Dewey’s proposals.
(j) Truman had fistfights with several senators.
Map Skills
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
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When the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, its locks and canals linked the Atlantic Ocean
with iron-mining and steel-producing areas and with the Great Lakes
27) Which American port shown is located the farthest from
any iron ore deposits?
28) What is the approximate length of the Saint Lawrence
Seaway?
(a) Chicago
(f) 60 kilometers
(b) Detroit
(g) 600 kilometers
(c) Cleveland
(h) 60 miles
(d) Philadelphia
(j) 600 miles