The American Republic To 1877 © 2007

Chapter 19: The Making of Modern America

Self-Check Quizzes

1
President Roosevelt’s proposals to fight the Great Depression became known collectively as the __________.
A)Square Deal
B)Fair Deal
C)New Deal
D)New Frontier
2
Which of the following actions led the United States to enter World War II?
A)Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany
B)the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
C)Hitler’s invasion of Poland
D)the rise of military leaders in Japan
3
As many as 6 million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis in what became known as __________.
A)Operation Overlord
B)the Manhattan Project
C)the Final Solution
D)the Holocaust
4
The __________ was the first major Japanese defeat in the war in the Pacific.
A)Battle of Midway
B)Battle of the Coral Sea
C)Battle of Guadalcanal
D)Battle of Leyte Gulf
5
As World War II ended, a bitter rivalry known as the Cold War developed between the United States and __________.
A)Great Britain
B)France
C)the Soviet Union
D)Japan
6
__________, a leader of the civil rights movement, believed that African Americans should use nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.
A)Martin Luther King, Jr.
B)Rosa Parks
C)Thurgood Marshall
D)Malcolm X
7
Which of the following statements about the Vietnam War is false?
A)More than 58,000 Americans were killed in the conflict.
B)President Nixon’s goal was to achieve “peace with honor.”
C)Americans on the home front strongly supported the war effort.
D)When American troops pulled out, South Vietnam fell to the communists.
8
Which president resigned from office after his involvement in the Watergate scandal became public?
A)Jimmy Carter
B)Richard Nixon
C)Gerald Ford
D)Ronald Reagan
9
Who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush?
A)Elaine Chao
B)Donald Rumsfeld
C)Condoleezza Rice
D)Colin Powell
10
Who emerged as the prime suspect in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
A)Saddam Hussein
B)Osama bin Laden
C)Muammar al-Qaddhafi
D)the Taliban
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