Unit 5 Study Guide
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
1. What is communism?
2. Describe Joseph Stalin’s leadership in the Soviet Union.
3. What is fascism, and how is it different than communism?
4. What beliefs did Hitler express in his book, Mein Kampf?
5. How did Hitler’s treatment of Jews parallel American treatment of blacks?
6. How did American nativism impact German Jew refugees?
7. How did Hitler’s treatment of Jews parallel American treatment of Native Americans?
8. What is the relationship between Social Darwinism and the Holocaust?
9. How did Japan’s imperialism in China impact the United States?
10. How did Hitler justify German imperialism in Europe?
11. What foreign policy was favored by most Americans at the beginning of World War II?
12. What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts?
13. How did the Non-Aggression Pact impact Hitler’s imperialism in Europe?
14. Which countries were part of the Axis Powers?
15. Describe the German style of warfare.
16. What is the significance of the Battle of Britain?
17. What was the purpose of the Selective Training and Service Act?
18. How did FDR help fight the Axis Powers without technically violating the Neutrality Acts?
19. How did many Americans react to FDR’s attempts to fight the Axis Powers before the Pearl Harbor attack?
20. What was the significance of the Lend-Lease Act?
21. What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter?
22. What was the significance of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
23. How did World War II impact the role of the federal government?
24. What did the War Production Board do, and how did it do it?
25. What did the National War Labor Board do, and how did it do it?
26. What did the Office of Price Administration do, and how did it do it?
27. How did Congress raise money to fight World War II?
28. What did the Office of War Information do, and how did it do it?
29. What is the “Sun Belt,” and how did it change during and after World War II?
30. What were the causes and effects of the Second Great Migration?
31. Why is the “Rosie the Riveter” symbol significant?
32. How did women serve the United States in World War II?
33. Describe the treatment of blacks on the home front and military during World War II.
34. What was the “Double V” campaign, and why was it significant?
35. How did Native Americans serve the United States in World War II?
36. How did Mexican-Americans serve the United States in World War II?
37. Describe the treatment of Japanese-Americans on the home front during World War II.
38. What is the significance of the Korematsu v. United States Supreme Court ruling.
39. What countries were part of the Allies?
40. Describe the two theaters of World War II.
41. Why was the Battle of the Atlantic significant?
42. How was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in World War II?
43. How was the North Africa Campaign significant?
44. How was Operation Husky significant?
45. How was the Tehran Conference significant?
46. How was the D-Day invasion/Operation Overlord a turning point in World War II?
47. How was the Battle of the Bulge significant?
48. How was the Yalta Conference significant?
49. How was Germany divided after World War II?
50. What happened to eastern European countries after World War II?
51. What was the “Cold War”?
52. How was the Bataan Death March significant?
53. How were the Doolittle Raids significant?
54. How was the Battle of the Coral Sea significant?
55. How was the Battle of Midway significant?
56. Describe the strategy of the “island-hopping” campaign.
57. Describe the violence the occurred while fighting the Japanese on islands. How did this reflect what Americans expected from an invasion of mainland Japan?
58. How was the Battle of Leyte Gulf significant?
59. What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?
60. How did President Truman justify the use of atomic bombs on Japan?
61. What was the impact of the use of atomic bombs on Japan?
62. How did the development of atomic bombs negatively impact the future of the world?
63. What happened to Korea and Vietnam after World War II?
64. What happened to China after World War II?
65. How did Cold War tension increase in Asia after World War II?
66. How did the foreign policy of the United States change after World War II?
67. What is the United Nations, and how is the United States’ role in the United Nations?
68. Why was Israel created, and how has it caused challenges in the United States’ foreign policy?
69. How was Germany divided after World War II?
70. How did communism spread in Europe after World War II?
71. What was the significance of the “Iron Curtain”?
72. What was the significance of “containment” policy?
73. What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?
74. What was the original purpose of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
75. What was the significance of the Marshall Plan?
76. What happened during the Berlin Airlift, and why was it significant?
77. Why was the Democratic Party split in the Election of 1948?
78. Why was Truman able to win the Election of 1948?
79. What was the significance of NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
80. How did the creation of the atomic bomb by the Soviet Union increase Cold War tension?
81. What was the significance of the fall of China to communism?
82. What caused the Korean War?
83. How did the Korean War relate to containment policy?
84. Describe General Douglas MacArthur’s role in the Korean War.
85. How did the Korean War progress?
86. What was the significance of the Second Red Scare?
87. What was the significance of HUAC?
88. What was the significance of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
89. How did Joseph McCarthy exploit Second Red Scare fears?
90. What is McCarthyism?
91. How did fear of nuclear war impact American citizens?
92. Why did President Truman lose popularity by the Election of 1952 (the end of his second term)?