January 2022: Proficient Level Review
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- 1.At which of the following locations in the Pacific Ocean did the U.S. test atomic bombs after World War II?
- A.
Bikini Atoll
- B.
Bahrain
- C.
Bahama Islands
- D.
Iwo Jima
- 2.In which of the following decades did the USSR first successfully test an atomic bomb?
- A.
1940s
- B.
1950s
- C.
1930s
- D.
1960s
- 3.Which of the following was the first time the United States Government sent thousands of soldiers to fight a war to stop the spread of Communism after World War II?
- A.
The Korean War
- B.
The Vietnam War
- C.
The Spanish Civil War
- D.
The Chinese Civil War
- 4.All of the following statements about "McCarthyism" (the 2nd Red Scare) are true except Joseph McCarthy:
- A.
Possessed definitive proof that Communists were in the U.S. Government
- B.
Was the most powerful politician in America in the early-1950s
- C.
Was a U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin
- D.
Was exposed on national television as a fraud and a bully
- 5.All of the following statements about the "Berlin Airlift" are true except:
- A.
Stalin isolated East Berlin by not allowing any supplies to enter by road or rail
- B.
For 11 months, American and British planes flew in life-saving supplies
- C.
There were a little over 2 million people that lived in that part of Berlin
- D.
The planes were safe as long as they stayed in an internationally agreed upon one mile wide "No Fire Zone"
- 6.In which of the following decades did the nation of China become a communist country?
- A.
1940s
- B.
1950s
- C.
1960s
- D.
1930s
- 7.Which of the following were accused, tried, convicted, and executed for spying, and selling atomic bomb secrets, to Russia during the Cold War? Julius & Ethel:
- A.
Rosenberg
- B.
Rosenbaum
- C.
Rosenwitz
- D.
Rosenstein
- 8.All of the following statements are true about the Korean War except:
- A.
Communist South Korea invaded Non-Communist North Korea
- B.
This was the first "Containment War"
- C.
American soldiers killed in the war numbered in the tens of thousands
- D.
During the first year, Communist China entered the war
- 9.Which of the following was the main reason why millions of kids enjoyed reading comic books in the 1950s?
- A.
The Super-Heroes were constantly battling against injustice
- B.
There were SO MANY Super-Heroes from which to choose
- C.
The animation had drastically improved compared to 1940s comic books
- D.
The price of a comic book was usually only a nickel or a dime
- 10.Which of the following was President for most of the 1950s (1953 - 1961); he was our 34th President, and during World War II, he was the U.S. General that planned the D-Day Invasion
- A.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- B.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
- C.
Harry S. Truman
- D.
Calvin Coolidge
- 11.In the famous short film "Duck and Cover", Bert was the:
- A.
Cartoon turtle that hid in its shell
- B.
Boy that dove off his bike and covered up by the curb
- C.
Cartoon monkey that threw dynamite from the tree
- D.
Brother that moved ahead of his sister by the wall
- 12.Which of the following early Rock 'n' Roll groups had such hits as "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"
- A.
Bill Haley and the Comets
- B.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
- C.
The Dave Clark Five
- D.
Herman's Hermits
- 13.The largest generation in US History (70+ million births) started in 1946 . . . which of the following years marked the end of this generation?
- A.
1964
- B.
1960
- C.
1962
- D.
1966
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