Unit 4 Test Review

Important People

100

The assassination of this person led to the beginning of World War I

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

200

This president was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963

John F. Kennedy (JFK)

300

Proposed the League of Nations after World War I

Woodrow Wilson

400

This U.S. president challenged the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall

Ronald Reagan

500

Influential civil rights leader who promoted nonviolent demonstrations to end discrimination and promote desegregation

Martin Luther King, Jr.

WWI & WWII

100

This nation left World War I in 1917 after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Russia

200

This name was given to the countries that sided with Germany during World War II

Axis Powers

300

This city was divided into two, an Eastern and Western section, after World War II

Berlin

400

Through this project, the atomic bomb was developed

Manhattan Project

500

This battle was the turning point in the battle to control the Pacific during World War II

Battle of Midway

Important Dates

100

The United States was attacked by Islamic terrorists on this day in 2001

September 11th

200

The date Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan

December 7, 1941

300

The year the C.A.R.E.S. Act was signed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide economic relief to Americans

2020

400

The year Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait 

1990

500

The year NASA launched the first space shuttle

1981

Post World Wars to Modern Times

100

This country uses a missile defense system called the Iron Dome

Israel

200

In 1962 and 1963, Supreme Court cases ended these two religious practices in public schools

Bible reading and prayer

300

This idea promotes the government controlling all resources on behalf of the people

socialism

400

Name one way Reaganomics affected the U.S. economy

Attempted to balance the budget

Promoted a stable money supply

Attempted to keep trade and business free from government regulations

500

Name one way Operation Iraqi Freedom was beneficial to the people of Iraq

Removed Saddam Hussein from power

Established free elections in Iraq

Bonus

100

The name of the ideological war between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII

Cold War

200

This U.S. President authorized the creation of an additional military branch called the Space Force

Donald Trump

300

The leader of Italy during World War II

Benito Mussolini

400

The voting age was lowered to 18 with the signing of the constitutional amendment

26th

500

At the Camp David Accords, Isreal signed a peace treaty with this nation

Egypt