U.S History B Final Exam 2022/2023 Real Questions and Answers
1. What is genocide and what is the Holocaust? Correct Answer: Genocide - deliberate extermination of
a specific group of people, Holocaust - specifically during WWII
2. What is the German military strategy of blitzkrieg? Correct Answer: Attack using surprise and
overwhelming force
3. What was Winston Churchill opposed to? Correct Answer: The Munich Pact
4. Describe the non-aggression pact. Correct Answer: SU and Germany wouldn't attack eachother and
they would split Poland
5. What did Britain and France do in following a policy of appeasement? Correct Answer: Submitted to
Hilter's demand
6. The actions of what country finally forced the US to enter the war? Correct Answer: Japan - bombing
of Pearl Harbor
7. What was Adolf Hiter opposed to (think about the end of WWI)? Correct Answer: Treaty of Versailles
8. What was the Lend-Lease Act? Correct Answer: A policy allowing the President to provide arms to
certain foreign countries
9. Where did the Allies invade on D-Day? Correct Answer: Nazi-occupied Europe (northern coast of
France)
10. What was V-E Day? Correct Answer: Germany surrendered (Victory in Europe Day)
11. Why did Truman drop the atomic bomb? Correct Answer: End the war and save American lives
12. How did women serve in WWII? Correct Answer: Nurses and radio operators
13. What was Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic? Correct Answer: Keep food and war supplies
from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union
14. What happened during the Battle of Britain? Correct Answer: Germany bombed Britain for 2 months
15. Who commanded US forces in Europe? Correct Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1. Why did the Soviet Union set up the Berlin Blockade? Correct Answer: Because the west was trying to
reunify Germany
2. Who was the communist leader in China? Correct Answer: Mao Zedong
3. Who controls economic activity in a capitalist system? Correct Answer: Private citizens
, 4. Where did General Douglas MacArthur command forces after WWII AND why did Truman fire him?
Correct Answer: Korea, wanted to bomb China
5. Why did the United States develop the hydrogen bomb? Correct Answer: Because the Soviet Union
developed the atomic bomb
6. What US Senator believed that communism was present in the US government and military? Correct
Answer: Joseph McCarthy
7. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? Correct Answer: Stop the spread of Communism
8. The Eisenhower Doctrine was established to prevent communism from spreading to what region of
the world? Correct Answer: Middle East
9. What is the policy of brinkmanship? Correct Answer: Retaliation to the edge of all-out war
10. What military alliance did the Soviet Union join with Eastern European nations? Correct Answer:
Warsaw Pact
11. How did the United States get supplies to the cut off regions of West Berlin? Correct Answer: Berlin
Airlift
12. Which side of Korea started the war in Korea? Correct Answer: North
1. Where were the majority of the homes in the 1950's built? Correct Answer: suburbs
2. What were the benefits under the GI Bill of Rights? Correct Answer: Low-interest loans, college
tuition, unemployment pay
3. What is consumerism? Correct Answer: More money to spend and more products to buy
4. Which group of people enjoyed the highest level of prosperity during the 1950's? Correct Answer:
White males
5. What type of job declined in the 1950's? Correct Answer: Manufacturing
6. What did Truman threaten do to workers who went on strike? Correct Answer: Draft them
7. What did Americans rely on as their source of entertainment & news by the 1960's? Correct Answer:
TV
8. What is Medicare? Correct Answer: Health care for the elderly
9. Which group of people made up the beat movement? Correct Answer: Artists and poets
10. Who enjoyed the highest levels of prosperity during the 1950's? Correct Answer: Whites (white
males)
1. What is genocide and what is the Holocaust? Correct Answer: Genocide - deliberate extermination of
a specific group of people, Holocaust - specifically during WWII
2. What is the German military strategy of blitzkrieg? Correct Answer: Attack using surprise and
overwhelming force
3. What was Winston Churchill opposed to? Correct Answer: The Munich Pact
4. Describe the non-aggression pact. Correct Answer: SU and Germany wouldn't attack eachother and
they would split Poland
5. What did Britain and France do in following a policy of appeasement? Correct Answer: Submitted to
Hilter's demand
6. The actions of what country finally forced the US to enter the war? Correct Answer: Japan - bombing
of Pearl Harbor
7. What was Adolf Hiter opposed to (think about the end of WWI)? Correct Answer: Treaty of Versailles
8. What was the Lend-Lease Act? Correct Answer: A policy allowing the President to provide arms to
certain foreign countries
9. Where did the Allies invade on D-Day? Correct Answer: Nazi-occupied Europe (northern coast of
France)
10. What was V-E Day? Correct Answer: Germany surrendered (Victory in Europe Day)
11. Why did Truman drop the atomic bomb? Correct Answer: End the war and save American lives
12. How did women serve in WWII? Correct Answer: Nurses and radio operators
13. What was Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic? Correct Answer: Keep food and war supplies
from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union
14. What happened during the Battle of Britain? Correct Answer: Germany bombed Britain for 2 months
15. Who commanded US forces in Europe? Correct Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1. Why did the Soviet Union set up the Berlin Blockade? Correct Answer: Because the west was trying to
reunify Germany
2. Who was the communist leader in China? Correct Answer: Mao Zedong
3. Who controls economic activity in a capitalist system? Correct Answer: Private citizens
, 4. Where did General Douglas MacArthur command forces after WWII AND why did Truman fire him?
Correct Answer: Korea, wanted to bomb China
5. Why did the United States develop the hydrogen bomb? Correct Answer: Because the Soviet Union
developed the atomic bomb
6. What US Senator believed that communism was present in the US government and military? Correct
Answer: Joseph McCarthy
7. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? Correct Answer: Stop the spread of Communism
8. The Eisenhower Doctrine was established to prevent communism from spreading to what region of
the world? Correct Answer: Middle East
9. What is the policy of brinkmanship? Correct Answer: Retaliation to the edge of all-out war
10. What military alliance did the Soviet Union join with Eastern European nations? Correct Answer:
Warsaw Pact
11. How did the United States get supplies to the cut off regions of West Berlin? Correct Answer: Berlin
Airlift
12. Which side of Korea started the war in Korea? Correct Answer: North
1. Where were the majority of the homes in the 1950's built? Correct Answer: suburbs
2. What were the benefits under the GI Bill of Rights? Correct Answer: Low-interest loans, college
tuition, unemployment pay
3. What is consumerism? Correct Answer: More money to spend and more products to buy
4. Which group of people enjoyed the highest level of prosperity during the 1950's? Correct Answer:
White males
5. What type of job declined in the 1950's? Correct Answer: Manufacturing
6. What did Truman threaten do to workers who went on strike? Correct Answer: Draft them
7. What did Americans rely on as their source of entertainment & news by the 1960's? Correct Answer:
TV
8. What is Medicare? Correct Answer: Health care for the elderly
9. Which group of people made up the beat movement? Correct Answer: Artists and poets
10. Who enjoyed the highest levels of prosperity during the 1950's? Correct Answer: Whites (white
males)
