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- On which island is Mt. Suribachi located?A)OkinawaB)MidwayC)TarawaD)GuamE)Iwo Jima
- The Battle of ______ was the turning point of the war in the Pacific Theater.A)The Coral SeaB)MidwayC)The PhilippinesD)AustraliaE)Wake Island
- The Bay of ____ Invasion in 1961 was a failed attempt by the United States to retake control of the nation of Cuba.CowsSnakesEelsMicePigs
- The Japanese word for "divine wind" issaki.kamikaze.bonzai.kemptai.bushido.
- Who was Eisenhower's Secretary of State who argued for Deterrence over Containment?John F. KennedyRichard NixonJohn Foster DullesThomas DeweyNone of the above
- The commander of the German forces at Normandy who was at home during the invasion wasAdolph Hitler.Paul Leudendorf.Albert Schweitzer.Herman Goering.Erwin Rommel.
- Imre Nagy was the leader of what Eastern European nation in 1956?AustriaCzechoslovakiaRomaniaHungaryAlbania
- How did Benito Mussolini die?A)Natural causesB)Executed after being convicted of war crimesC)Killed by Italian partisan fightersD)Assassinated by United States special forcesE)None of the above
- The largest naval engagement in history occurred at the Battle ofMidway.Leyte Gulf.Coral Sea.Pearl Harbor.Tarawa.
- The Bandung Conference was held in which nation?ChinaEgyptIndonesiaJapanTurkey
- The process employed in the Pacific during World War II in which an island under occupation by the Japanese was ignored in favor of an island closer to the Japanese homeland was calledleapfrogging.skipping.hopscotch.daisy chain.aggressive diplomacy.
- To combat inflation during World War II,Roosevelt abolished price controls.Roosevelt placed the National Recovery Administration in charge of rationing items to prevent it.Congress established the Office of Price Administration.Congress authorized more production of household goods.American industry shifted away from war production to provide for consumer demand.
- The Japanese Army's first defeat during World War II occurred at the Battle ofMidway.Coral Sea.Guadalcanal.New Guinea.Australia.
- In what year was NASA created?19551958196119641967
- Why did the Japanese often experience such high casualty rates during World War II?Americans refused to accept their surrender.They refused to surrender.They were barely trained and often ran into gunfire.They were forced to fight and did not have the heart to do so effectively.They didn't; they rarely experienced losses more than the Americans did.
- During World War II, the North experienced a dramatic increase in the population of _________ moving there because the job demand.Irish AmericansMexican AmericansAfrican AmericansJapaneseChinese
- n what year was the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) formed?19481951195419571960
- President Theodore Roosevelt's presidential plan was called theNew Frontier.New Deal.Square Deal.Fair Deal.Final Frontier.
- What was the name of the first Russian satellite launched into space in 1957?VostokSputnikLeninKolkoraCosmos
- In what city did the 50 nations meet to form the charter of the United Nations?A)Washington D.C.B)New York CityC)San FranciscoD)HoustonE)Boston