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- American History B Diagnostic Test 1 (American History B Diagnostic - PC: Erie CSD)
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- Question Number 1 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- "What we have to consider here today while time remains, is the permanent prevention of war," is part of what speech given by Churchill?
- Your Answer
- A. The Iron Curtain speech
- Question Number 2 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Around 10,000 Filipino and 600 captured American troops died in which event of World War II?
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- A. Bataan Death March
- Question Number 3 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What is the current status of the Korean War?
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- A. An official cease fire was declared so there was no real winner.
- Question Number 4 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- If companies are forced to downsize, which of the following is mostly likely to happen?
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- D. Stocks would decrease.
- Question Number 5 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- The conference that kept Czechoslovakia independent but placed Sudetenland under German control was known by what name?
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- B. Munich Conference
- Question Number 6 Points: 0.00/1.00
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- Which of the following would most likely have a positive effect on the economy?
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- D. Soldiers are sent away to war, leaving many jobs available.
- Question Number 7 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- When the United States became involved in World War I, on what country did they declare war?
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- C. Germany
- Question Number 8 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Who was the leader of the U.S. 7th Army during the freedom of Siciliy and Italy from Mussolini's control?
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- A. General George Patton
- Question Number 9 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which technological advance in World War II made it possible to detect attacks at night and from great distances?
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- C. Radar
- Question Number 10 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following Axis leaders gained power in his country by bringing the nation out of economic depression?
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- A. Adolph Hitler
- Question Number 11 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?
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- A. John Steinbeck
- Question Number 12 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- This President died while in office.
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- A. Harding
- Question Number 13 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What occurred on October 29, 1929?
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- D. all of the above
- Question Number 14 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- How did President Hoover respond to the onset of the Great Depression?
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- B. Hoover did nothing in response to the steep rise in unemployment.
- Question Number 15 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following did not contribute to the birth of the fear of communism in the U.S. after World War II?
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- D. The Un-American Activities Committee activation
- Question Number 16 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which World War I ship was sunk in violation of the rules of neutrality?
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- B. Lusitania
- Question Number 17 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What is the term given to the fear of communism that took hold of the U.S. after World War II?
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- D. Red Scare
- Question Number 18 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- To mobilize for World War I, which one of the following did America have to do?
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- C. Pass the Selective Service Act
- Question Number 19 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- After the stock market crash, banks
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- A. lost money and closed.
- Question Number 20 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What was the main purpose of the alliance system?
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- A. To balance political power across countries
- Question Number 21 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What was the longest battle of World War I?
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- D. Battle of Verdun
- Question Number 22 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What Russian event caused Russia to pull out of World War I and was also the result of Karl Marx's influence on Lenin?
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- A. Bolshevik Revolution
- Question Number 23 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What was the difference in beliefs between Truman and MacArthur when it came to the Korean War?
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- B. MacArthur wanted total warfare against the North Koreans, even to the point of using nuclear weapons if possible, but Truman wanted to limit warfare.
- Question Number 24 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- The latter years of this president’s time in office were scandalous ones, the Teapot Dome Scandal being one of the biggest.
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- A. Harding
- Question Number 25 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following is said to measure the pulse of the economy?
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- D. Stock market
- Question Number 26 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- The Battle of Verdun is well known for which of the following?
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- B. Gruesome fighting and the significant loss of life as it was a battle of attrition
- Question Number 27 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- This President’s “Return to Normalcy” campaign focused on the demobilization of the country after World War I.
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- A. Harding
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- Often involved a domino effect in which a country beefs up its armed forces just to keep up with other countries
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- C. Militarism
- Question Number 29 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What term describes moving from one island to another by capturing them one at a time, moving closer to Japan with each success?
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- B. Island hopping
- Question Number 30 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What name is given to the military strategy in which simultaneous attacks by all divisions of a military's force are conducted?
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- B. Blitzkrieg
- Question Number 31 Points: 0.00/1.00
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- Which one of the following is representative of the U.S. strategy for controlling the Pacific during World War II?
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- C. Leyte Gulf
- Question Number 32 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Based on the 1910 census, which law passed by Congress restricted immigration by nationality to just 3%?
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- B. Emergency Quota Act
- Question Number 33 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What role did Joseph McCarthy play in the Red Scare?
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- A. He brought it to the forefront by accusing communists and homosexuals in the government of being security risks
- Question Number 34 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What name is given to the process a country goes through in trying to regain normalcy after having been involved in a war?
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- B. Demobilization
- Question Number 35 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- During World War I, what caused the Germans to institute unrestricted submarine warfare?
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- B. Blockades that prevented food and supplies from reaching Germany
- Question Number 36 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which area did Hitler ask for Great Britain's help in invading?
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- D. Sudentenland
- Question Number 37 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What is a war of attrition?
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- C. Each side tries to break the other down until they lose the desire or resources to fight.
- Question Number 38 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What is one way in which other countries contributed to the Great Depression in the U.S.?
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- B. European countries were still recovering from WWI and were unable to help.
- Question Number 39 Points: 0.00/1.00
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- What was the main way in which World War I differed from previous wars?
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- D. Wilson's Fourteen Points defined the rules of engagement for World War I.
- Question Number 40 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following is the alliance that was created between Canada, the United States, Britain, Denmark, Iceland, France, and others in 1949?
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- B. NATO
- Question Number 41 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following was a direct result of the Dust Bowl?
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- D. More than 60% of farmers lost their farms.
- Question Number 42 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following was a meeting between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill to discuss the postwar world?
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- B. Yalta Conference
- Question Number 43 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- What was the Soviet Union's response to the creation of NATO?
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- B. Forming of the Warsaw Pact
- Question Number 44 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following can be considered part of the reason for the stock market crash in 1929?
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- A. Consumers relied too much on the use of credit, so they overspent.
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- Which of the following best illustrates the negative aspect of an alliance system?
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- C. Alliances introduce financial insecurities.
- Question Number 46 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following countries was a part of the Central Powers during World War I?
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- A. Austria-Hungary
- Question Number 47 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which of the following statements is a TRUE of America at the end of 1928?
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- A. Americans believed that the good times would never end.
- Question Number 48 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Businesses sell shares of ownership in their company by issuing which of the following?
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- C. Stock
- Question Number 49 Points: 0.00/1.00
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- Mussolini joined an alliance with Germany and Japan in what agreement?
- Your Answer
- C. Munich Pact
- Question Number 50 Points: 1.00/1.00
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- Which area did Japan invade in 1931?
- Your Answer
- A. Manchuria
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