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Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
100
What caused the United Statesto enter World War II ?
On December 7th 1941 Japanese airplanes bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
100
Why did Japan surrender on V-J Day?
On August 14, 1945 the Americans bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with attomic bombs.
100
Whih 3 countries belonged to the Axis powers?Who were there dictators?
Germany-Hitler, Italy-Mussolini, Japan-Hirohito.
100
What materials did U.S factories mainly produce during World War II?
Mainly war supplies, airplanes, and airplane engines.
100
Name the largest group of people killed y the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The Jewish People
200
Which group of people were forced to internment camps in the United States?Why?
Mostly Japanese people were sent to internment caps. Some Italian, Americans, and German Americans were to. The U.S wasworried that some Japenese would help attack the U.S again.
200
Why were the Navajo code talker created.
They were created to keep the Japanese from hearing the Allied plans in the Pacific.
200
What was the nickname given to the woman who worked in factories during WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
300
Name the group of African American pilots who flew successful missions over Italy.
Tuskegee Airmen
300
What two major countries were involved in the Cold War? Why did they fight?
The US and Soviet Union had different ideas about government.The US was democratic, market economy, and capitalism meaning the people helped control government and economy. Soviet Union was Communist meaning government controlled everything.
300
What area did the Soviet Union take control of after World War II?
They controlled the eastern half of Europe and the eastern half of Germany and Berlin.
300
Under communism, what does the government control?
They control production and own the nations natural resources and capital resources.
300
Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin?
The Allies and Soviet Union controlled different sides of Berlin and both wanted control of all of Berlin. Berlin was in the Soviet side of Germany. The Soviets decided to enforce a blockade to try and force the Allies to give up their side of Berlin. It did not work because the Allies began the Berlin Airlift to send supplies.
400
The building of what structure began on August 13, 1961? What did it do?
The Berlin Wall was built and it separated East Berlin and West Berlin.
400
What was the Iron Currtain?
A symbol of diferences between the Communist and non-communist countries.
400
What did Mao Zedong do?
In 1949, Mao Zadong led the Chinese Communists to victory in China with the help of the Soviet Union backing.
400
Who was Joseph McCarthy?What people lost their jobs or couldn't work becaue of anti-communism?
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator that was anti-communist and thought that communist spies worked for the government. He began a series of trials and many innocent people were accused.
400
What wa the goal of the United Nations?
To keep peace among nations and to settle problems peacefully.
500
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Neither side won and the countries remained divided.
500
Why did John F. Kennedy order a blockade of Cuba?
The US discovered that the Soviet Unions were placing missiles in Cuba that were 90 miles from the US.