Historical Thinking Skills
This historical thinking skill involves developing a plausible thesis or argument based on the evidence.
A. sourcing
B. contextualization
C. close reading
D. corroboration
E. formulating a claim
E. formulating a claim
Which leader is NOT matched with his correct country?
A. Joseph Stalin / Russia
B. Adolf Hitler / Germany
C. Benito Mussolini / Italy
D. Hideki Tojo / Japan
A. Joseph Stalin / Russia
Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union
In its 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court declared that it was _________ to remove Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II.
A. constitutional (legal)
B. unconstitutional (illegal)
A. constitutional (legal)
TRUE or FALSE? The Iron Curtain was a physical wall separating the Soviet Union from the west.
FALSE
This historical thinking skill involves identifying the author’s claims about an event, evaluating the evidence the author uses, and analyzing the author’s word choice.
A. sourcing
B. contextualization
C. close reading
D. corroboration
E. formulating a claim
C. close reading
This leader believed that Nordic peoples (Aryans) were physically and morally superior to other races and he sought to purify his country by removing other races, particularly Jews. He advocated for more “living space” for his country so Aryans could raise large families and conquer more territory. The economic depression gave him the opportunity to spread his ideas, and he was elected chancellor in 1932. He moved quickly to replace democracy with a totalitarian government.
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Hideki Tojo
B. Adolf Hitler
On December 7, ______, Japan bombed the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii.
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1942
C. 1941
TRUE or FALSE? The Soviet Union was a founding member of NATO.
FALSE
This historical thinking skill involves comparing documents to each other and recognizing disparities between accounts.
A. sourcing
B. contextualization
C. close reading
D. corroboration
E. formulating a claim
D. corroboration
He founded the first fascist political movement in 1919, which favored military values and the use of violence under a strong and ruthless leader. This movement also promised to revive an earlier era of glory. He utilized violent squads to break up political meetings and labor strikes. Hoping this strong leader could solve the nation’s problems, the king appointed him prime minister in 1922.
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Hideki Tojo
C. Benito Mussolini
President Roosevelt ordered the State Department to investigate the loyalty of Japanese Americans, and the findings were presented one month before the attack on Pearl Harbor. This document found that there was no threat from people of Japanese ancestry living in the U.S.
A. The Munson Report
B. The Korematsu Investigation
C. The Loyalty Dossier
D. The West Coast File
A. The Munson Report
Which would fit under the definition of an arms race?
A. Two countries both having increased diplomacy with each other
B. Two countries both refusing to trade with each other in retaliation
C. Two countries both building up military strength
D. Two countries both racing to have technological superiority
C. Two countries both building up military strength
This historical thinking skill involves identifying the author and evaluating the author’s trustworthiness and credibility.
A. sourcing
B. contextualization
C. close reading
D. corroboration
E. formulating a claim
A. sourcing
This leader took control of private farms and turned them into huge collective farms. Millions died in the famine that followed this shift. He also oversaw the Great Purge, in which the secret police killed enormous numbers of party leaders, military officers, and other potential rivals.
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Hideki Tojo
A. Joseph Stalin
A little over two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed _________, which authorized the U.S. military to exclude civilians from any area without trial or hearing. This paved the way for the internment of Japanese Americans.
A. the Japanese Internment Act
B. the Alien Land Law
C. the Asian Exclusion Act
D. Executive Order 9066
D. Executive Order 9066
Which of the following would NOT have gotten you on a communist watch list during the Cold War?
A. Your sexual orientation
B. Being from a large city on the West Coast
C. Being associated with the labor movement or union
D. The materials you read, art you had, or your profession
B. Being from a large city on the West Coast
This historical thinking skill involves understanding how background information influences the content of the document, like when and where the document was created and how the time period may have influenced the author.
A. sourcing
B. contextualization
C. close reading
D. corroboration
E. formulating a claim
B. contextualization
During the economic depression of the 1930’s, the nation’s military began to increase its power and play a greater role in politics. Assassinations and upheaval followed. Civilian politicians, fearing for their lives, gave up more power to the military. This leader became prime minister in 1941. He was an aggressive militarist who continued to develop the military and prepare the nation for war.
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Hideki Tojo
D. Hideki Tojo
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a law acknowledging that the incarceration of more than 110,000 individuals of Japanese descent was unjust and offered an apology and reparation payments of ________ to each person incarcerated.
A. $5,000
B. $20,000
C. $50,000
D. $100,000
B. $20,000
Who said the following statement during the Cold War? "While I cannot take the time to name all the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205."
A. Harry Truman
B. Julius Rosenberg
C. Joseph Stalin
D. Joseph McCarthy
D. Joseph McCarthy