Geography

1
Geography

• What is the capital of Washington?

• Olympia
• Seattle
• D.C.
• Richmond

2
Geography

• Which capital belongs to the non-
• contiguous region?

• Sacramento
• Tallahassee
• Honolulu
• Richmond

3
Geography

• Which group of famous cities would
• you find in the Northeastern part of the
• United States?

• San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle
• Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit
• New York, Boston, Pittsburgh
• Atlanta, Washington D.C., New Orleans

4
Geography

• What United States city is known for
• their steel plants?

• Pittsburgh
• Detroit
• Chicago
• Philadelphia

5
Geography

• If you were an African American in the
• 1920s, where would you live in order to
• have a better standard of living?

• Montgomery, Alabama
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Atlanta, Georgia

6
Geography

• The textile industry in the United
• States is associated with what area?

• New England
• Pacific Region
• Detroit
• Los Angeles

7
Geography

• What states are located in the
• southwest region of the United States?

• Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire
• Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico
• Alaska, California, Hawaii
• Maryland, Delaware, Virginia

8
Geography

• Which group of cities is located in the
• southwestern region of the United
• States?

• Honolulu, Juneau
• Atlanta, New Orleans
• San Antonio, Santa Fe
• Boston, Philadelphia

9
Westward Expansion

• Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce Indians
• toward Canada, but finally decided he
• must -

• Enjoy life on a reservation
• Surrender to the army
• Live in Mexico
• Continue to fight

10
Westward Expansion

• What led to the collapse of the cattle
• drives in the west?

• There was no way to get the cattle to the east.
• There were too many cattle for the open range.
• The creation of the transcontinental railroad.
• Sheep ranchers took over the open range.

11
Westward Movement

• After the Civil War, what two valuable
• minerals were discovered in the West?

• coal and silver
• copper and coal
• gold and coal
• silver and gold

12
Westward Expansion

• What was the result of prospectors
• moving to new mining sites?

• Homesteads
• Boom towns
• Indian reservations
• Ghost towns

13
Westward Expansion

• How did the invention of barbed wire and the
  steel
• plow influence the westward movement?

• It allowed people to move to more challenging
  environments.
• It improved tobacco farming in Virginia.
• It improved railroad construction.
• It allowed farmers to plant more crops.

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Westward Expansion

• Due to low rainfall on the Great Plains,
• farmers adapted their techniques by
• using which of the following?

• Sod homes
• Dry farming
• Railroads
• Barbed wire

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Westward Expansion

• What form of shelter did settlers use
• because of the scarcity of trees on the
• Great Plains?

• Teepee
• Grass hut
• Log cabin
• Sod house

16
Westward Expansion

• What new invention allowed wheat
• farmers to harvest their crops more
• quickly?

• Steel plow
• Windmill
• Barbed wire
• Railroads

17
Westward Expansion

• Which best describes the features and
• climate of the Great Plains?

• Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west.
• Land eroded by dust storms and water
• Low rainfall
• All of the above

18
Westward Expansion

• What reason caused people to expand
• westward?

• Opportunities for land ownership
• Transcontinental railroad
• Gold and silver
• All of the above

19
Westward Expansion

• What physical feature of the Great
• Plains made the land ideal for raising
• cattle?

• Abundant trees
• Flat open prairie
• Large rivers
• Rolling hills

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Westward Expansion

• What motivated the government policy
• of forcing all Native Americans onto
• reservations?

• A desire to protect their way of life
• To give them voting rights
• To get more land for settlers
• To punish settlers for stealing land

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Westward Expansion

• The idea of Manifest Destiny meant
• what?

• Native Americans had an equal claim to the lands
  in the west.
• Slavery should be allowed in the west.
• No more European colonies would be allowed in
  America.
• The United States had the right to expand to the
  Pacific Ocean.

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Westward Expansion

• Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull played a
• part in the _____?

• Battle of Little Big Horn
• Civil War
• Sand Creek Massacre
• Spanish American War

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Westward Expansion

• The completion of the Transcontinental
• Railroad in 1869 contributed to the
• settlement of what region of the United
• States?

• Northeast
• Southeast
• Western Rocky Mountains
• Non-contiguous

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Westward Expansion

• What was the impact of the westward
• movement on the Native Americans?

• Reservations
• Gold
• Homestead Act
• Civil War

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Westward Expansion

• Buffalo in the west were on the verge
• Of _____?

• Being domesticated
• Extermination
• Set aside for Indians
• All of the above

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Westward Expansion

• Which of the following was a provision
• of the Homestead Act?

• Gold
• Transcontinental Railroad
• 160 acres of land
• Cattle drives

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Westward Expansion

• Which of the following men fought in
• the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• George Custer
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Chief Joseph
• Abraham Lincoln

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Westward Expansion

• The Transcontinental Railroad helped
• to link the following?

• Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean

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Westward Expansion

• An Indian reservation is?

• Hunting ground for all Americans
• A national park for Indians
• Land set aside for Indians
• Land set aside for buffalo

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Westward Expansion

• The Homestead Act of 1862 helped
• the development of the West by?

• Granting land for the construction of the
  transcontinental railroad
• Allowing slavery to spread through the
  territories
• Providing free land to settlers
• Placing Native Americans on reservations

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Immigration

• Immigrants came to the United states from
• many parts of the world. Which group
• traveled the shortest distance to get to the
• United States?

• Chinese
• Canadians
• Irish
• German

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Immigration

• In the late 1800s, the increase for
• tenement building was a direct result
• of ____?

• Changing roles for women during war
• Rapid growth of cities due to immigrants
• Westward expansion by Americans
• Young children working in factories

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Immigration

• Which of the following BEST describes
• a tenement?

• Cramped quarters on a ship
• Place to go for food and shelter
• A run-down apartment building
• A suburb of the city

34
Immigration

• Hull House, a famous settlement house
• in Chicago, was founded by which of
• the following?

• Jane Addams
• Susan B. Anthony
• Bessie Smith
• Eleanor Roosevelt

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Immigration

• During the 1800s/ early 1900s,
• working conditions were _____?

• Good, with an 8-hour day, good wages, and safe
• conditions.
• Okay, with high wages, and fairly safe
  conditions.
• Poor, with long hours, low wages, and unsafe
  conditions.
• Poor, with short hours, low wages, and safe
  conditions.

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Immigration

• Where did most of the post Civil War
• immigrants come from?

• Eastern China
• South Africa
• Western Asia
• Eastern Europe

37
Immigration

• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
• prevented Chinese from?

• Leaving Ellis Island
• Immigrating to America
• Leaving America
• Emigrating from China

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Immigration

• This is a picture of what
• island located off the
• coast of New York?

• New York Island
• Great Hall Island
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

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Immigration

• This picture most
• likely represents
• what?

• Westward expansion
• Emigration
• Labor Union
• Homestead strike

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Immigration

• Americas first attempt to limit the number of
• immigrants entering the United States began
• in 1882 with the inception of?

• Restriction on Russian immigrants
• The Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Japanese Exclusion Act
• Standard Quota for formula system

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Immigration

• What product was most responsible for
• the growth of the major industrial area
• in Detroit, Michigan?

• Oil industry
• Textile industry
• Automobile industry
• Steel industry

42
Immigration

• After the Civil War, what city became
• the center of the meat packing
• industry?

• Sacramento
• Kansas City
• Pittsburgh
• Chicago

43
Immigration

• Which of the following is NOT a reason
• immigrants came to the United States
• following the Civil War?

• For a new adventure
• To begin an oppressive government
• Hope for a better opportunity
• Religious freedom

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Immigration

• Alexander Graham Bell invented the -

• Cotton gin
• Telephone
• Light bulb
• Steam boat

45
Immigration

• Which is the correct combination?

• Cotton gin - Carnegie
• Telephone - Rockefeller
• Lighting and Electricity - Edison
• Railroads - Bell

46
Immigration

• What modern technology can trace its
• origin to an invention of Alexander
• Graham Bell?

• Airplane
• Cell phone
• Microwave
• Nuclear power

47
Industrialization

• Which was NOT a result of affordable
• automobiles?

• Growth of cities
• Greater mobility
• Creation of jobs
• Suburban developments

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Industrialization

• Which statement is evidence that labor unions
• were more powerful after World War II?

• More workers were injured in factory accidents.
• Workers worked more hours for less money.
• Fewer workers wanted to join the union.
• Workers got new benefits and higher salaries.

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Industrialization

• Andrew Carnegie is most associated
• with -

• Railroads
• Steel
• Mining
• Oil

50
Industrialization

• John D. Rockefeller formed a
• monopoly in -

• Steel
• Railroads
• Oil
• Cattle

51
Industrialization

• All of the following are matched
• correctly EXCEPT?

• John D. Rockefeller oil
• Andrew Carnegie steel
• Henry Ford automobile
• David Sarnoff - railroads

52
Industrialization

• The assembly line increased?

• The need for skilled workers
• The quality of products while increasing costs
• The quantity of products while decreasing costs
• Worker safety on the job

53
Industrialization

• As a result of new technologies in the
• 1920s, Americans had -

• More chores to complete
• Extra leisure time
• Less time to play sports
• An increase income

54
Industrialization

• Labor unions formed to help workers -

• Work longer hours for lower pay
• Child labor laws
• Encourage the use of more child labor
• Stop government interference in the workplace

55
Industrialization

• When labor union workers protested
• low pay or working conditions, they
• used -

• Monopolies
• Child labor laws
• Strikes
• Trusts

56
Industrialization

• The Homestead Strike of 1892 involved-

• Standard Oil employees
• Workers from McCormick
• Carnegies steel workers
• Pullmans railway employees

57
Industrialization

• Which of the following workers could
• have been a member of the American
• Federation of Labor?

• Factory worker
• Farmer
• Slave
• Doctor

58
Industrialization

• One of the most important
• improvements in transportation in the
• early twentieth century was the -

• Railroad
• Automobile
• Ships
• Steam engine

59
Industrialization

• Which of the following was most
• responsible for the decrease in the use
• of railroads for transporting goods?

• Internet
• Satellites
• Interstate highways
• telecommunications

60
Industrialization

• John needs to research information about
• diabetes. Which modern technology
• would be the most useful?

• Cell phone
• Pager
• Telegraph
• Internet

61
Industrialization

• Which of the following was
• accomplished by the space program in
• 1970?

• Put a man on the moon
• Create a city on the moon
• Travel to the sun
• Put a man on Mars

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Reform Movements

• What corrupt organizations controlled
• local government in many cities during
• the Progressive Era?

• Muckrakers
• Progressives
• Political machines
• Suffragists

63
Progressive Era

• What is Jane Addams mainly known for?

• The creation of the American Federation of Labor
• The work of Hull House
• Her work in the womens suffrage movement
• Writing a history of the Standard Oil Company

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Industrialization

• Why did Henry Ford use the assembly line?

• To increase the number of cars and decrease the
  price
• To decrease the number of cars and increase the
  price
• To create a wider variety of cars
• To pay his employees less

65
Industrialization

• The creation of stocks, corporations,
• and trusts are most closely connected with -

• Rise of big business
• Development of the factory system
• Formation of labor unions
• Invention of the automobile

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Industrialization

• Who used the assembly line in the
• automobile industry?

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Ford
• J.P. Morgan

67
Industrialization

• Guglielmo Marconi was the first to sent
• messages using -

• Radio waves
• Telegraph
• Telephone
• Television

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Progressive Era

• Which is the best summary of the aims
• of the Progressive Movement?

• Cleaning up the worlds cities
• Eliminating abuses like crime and alcohol
• Helping new immigrants find homes
• Solving the problems created by Industrialization

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Wars

• In which war was Teddy Roosevelt a
• military leader?

• Civil War
• World War I
• Cold War
• Spanish-American War

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Spanish American War

• Which event was the most important factor in
• determining American involvement to the
• Spanish-American War?

• Blowing up of the USS Maine
• Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
• Creation of the Rough Riders
• Sinking of the Lusitania

71
Spanish American War

• Which of the following did NOT become a
  territory of the United States after the
  Spanish-American War?

• Guam
• Philippines
• Cuba
• Puerto Rico

72
Spanish American War

• From what country did Cuba want their
• independence?

• United States
• Spain
• Puerto Rico
• Great Britain

73
Spanish American War

• Which of the following BEST describes
• the United States after the Spanish
• American War?

• Dominant nation
• Emerging world power
• Economically dependent
• Politically independent

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Spanish American War

• The United States gained which of the
• following territories as a result of the
• Spanish-American War?

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam
• Guam, Philippines, Cuba
• Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines
• Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

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Spanish American War

• Exaggerated news reports of events is
• an example of -

• Yellow Journalism
• Tabloid Journalism
• Muckraker Journalism
• Biased Journalism

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Spanish American War

• The main goal of yellow journalism is
• To -

• Create revolutions
• Sell more newspapers
• Tell the truth
• Win support for a particular individual

77
World War I

• Which of the events was a major
• reason the United States became involved in
• World War I?

• League of Nations
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Archduke assassination
• XYZ telegram

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World War I

• The United States and its allies fought
• the Central Powers in World War I. The
• Allies included -

• Austria-Hungary and Turkey
• Britain and France
• Germany and Belgium
• Spain and Ottoman Empire

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World War I

• Which result of World War I became a
• cause of World War II?

• The Versailles Treaty being unfair
• The League of Nations was a success
• France was divided into two countries
• United States became isolationist

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World War I

• Which of the following is an accurate
• statement about the League of Nations?

• The United States does not join the League of
  Nations
• World peace is acquired
• Germany declares war over the League of Nations
• The League of Nations still exists today

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World War I

• What was a result of the Versailles
• Treaty?

• World War II
• Assassination of Archduke
• Germany experiences economic success
• Sinking of the USS Maine

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World War I

• Which major nation was also allied with
• Britain and France through most of
• World War I?

• Russia
• Spain
• Germany
• Sweden

83
World War I

• Many Americans opposed joining the League
• of Nations because they believed that -

• Dues the United States would have to pay would be
  too costly.
• The League of Nations would not follow a
  democratic policy.
• The League of Nations would allow Germany to
  join.
• This would cause the United States to become
  involved in another European War.

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World War I

• Why did the Germans torpedo the Lusitania?

• They wanted to kill innocent Americans.
• They were upset that they had lost the war.
• The ship was secretly sending weapons to Great
  Britain.
• It was a mistake by the U-boat captain.

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World War I

• Why was it necessary for soldiers in
• World War I to wear protective masks?

• Machine gun fire
• Flame throwers
• Mustard Gas
• Bayonet

86
1920s and 1930s

• During the 1920s and 1930s, Aaron
• Copeland, George Gershwin, and Duke
• Ellington were all associated with -

• Literature
• Music
• Art
• Politics

87
1920s

• Which invention helped speed up
• production in the automobile industry?

• Mail order retailing
• Assembly line
• Hydroelectric plant
• Wireless communication

88
1920s

• The growth of organized crime was a
• direct consequence of -

• Increased immigration
• Prohibition
• Jazz Age
• Civil Rights Movement

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1920s

• Aaron Copland was responsible for -

• Writing jazz music
• Turning his back on American traditions
• Creating classical compositions
• Writing folk songs

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Reform Movements

• Home appliances allowed women to?

• Serve in the military
• Work outside of the home
• Have larger families
• Have less leisure time

91
1920s

• The Harlem Renaissance was a -

• Fair in New York
• Celebration of African American art and
  literature
• Nightclub for African Americans
• Earned African Americans the right to vote

92
1920s

• Which of the following aviators flew the
• worlds first plane?

• Charles Lindbergh
• Wright Brothers
• Amelia Earhart
• Babe Ruth

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Reform Movements

• Bootleggers -

• Smuggled illegal alcohol
• Supported the Temperance Movement
• Followed the 18th Amendment
• Raided and closed speakeasies

94
1920s

• All of the following are correctly paired
• EXCEPT?

• Langston Hughes - artist
• Bessie Smith - blues singer
• Georgia OKeefe - poet
• Duke Ellington - jazz musician

95
1920s

• Which of the following is associated
• with movies?

• David Sarnoff
• Guglielmo Marconi
• Charlie Chaplin
• Eleanor Roosevelt

96
1920s

• Which of the following is NOT a labor
• saving device?

• Washing machine
• Electric lighting
• Radio
• Electric stove

97
1920s

• The artist who taught about the Great
• Migration North through their paintings
• was -

• Langston Hughes
• Georgia OKeeffe
• Jacob Lawrence
• Booker T. Washington

98
Reform Movements

• Which of the following is true about the
• Progressive Movement in the
• workplace?

• Improved safety conditions
• Increased working hours
• Decreased workers pay
• Increased child labor

99
Reform Movements

• In what way did the 18th Amendment
• affect Americans?

• Women were granted the right to vote
• Firearms were banned in public places
• The sale of alcohol was banned
• Congress could collect income taxes

100
Reform Movements

• The Temperance Movement eventually -

• Increased the crime rate
• Granted women the right to vote
• Declared speakeasies legal
• Helped people become less angry

101
1920s

• Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
• contributed to the development of what
• musical movement?

• Classical
• Jazz
• Blues
• Country

102
Reform Movements

• All of the following resulted from
• prohibition EXCEPT?

• Speakeasies
• Bootlegging
• c. Boomtowns
• Organized Crime

103
Reform Movements

• What movement wanted to amend the
• Constitution to grant women the right
• to vote?

• Prohibition
• Womens Suffrage
• Temperance Movement
• Jim Crow Movement

104
Reform Movements

• Which of the following supports how Susan B.
• Anthony felt about womens rights?

• Women should be paid less than men
• Women should have the right to vote
• Women should not go to college
• Women should NOT have the right to vote

105
Reform Movements

• All of the following are reasons for the Great
• Migration North EXCEPT?

• Jobs for African Americans were scarce in the
  South
• African Americans were facing discrimination in
  the South
• African Americans were searching for jobs in the
  North
• There was no discrimination in the North

106
1920s

• Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
• were concerned with the -

• Fashions of the 1920s
• Cultural experiences of African Americans
• Effects of prohibition on Americans
• Long term effects of World War I

107
Reform Movements

• The Temperance Movement was an
• attempt to alter immoral actions by -

• Providing women the opportunity to vote
• Banning the consumption of alcohol
• Outlawing the use of child labor
• Providing tax relief for immigrants

108
1920s

• The Great Migration North is defined as -

• African American writers, musicians, and artists
  gaining popularity
• People moving from the cities to the suburbs
• Mexicans immigrating to the United States
• African Americans moved to the northern cities in
  search of better jobs

109
Great Depression

• Which writer described the life of
• migrant workers during the Great
• Depression?

• John Steinbeck
• Ernest Hemingway
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Langston Hughes

110
Great Depression

• Which was a major feature of the New
• Deal?

• Social Security program
• Head Start program
• Homestead Act
• Pure Food and Drug Act

111
Great Depression

• Which President is associated with the
• New Deal?

• Herbert Hoover
• Harry Truman
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt

112
Great Depression

• All of the following were impacts of the
• Great Depression EXCEPT?

• Consumers had to wait in line for food
• The price of farm goods fell
• Investments in business became worthless
• Farmers income rose to higher levels

113
Great Depression

• In what decade did the stock market crash?

• 1910s
• 1920s
• 1940s
• 1950s

114
Great Depression

• The Social Security Act -

• Gave benefits to elderly Americans
• Is no longer in use today
• Provided free meals to the homeless
• Employed thousands of Americans

115
Great Depression

• All of the following were causes of the
• Great Depression EXCEPT?

• Over speculation on stocks
• Failure of the Federal Reserve to prevent the
  banks from collapsing
• High tariffs strangled international trade
• Business created job assistance programs

116
Economics

• The Stock Market Crash is considered
• to be the beginning of -

• The Roaring Twenties
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• World War II

117
Great Depression

• During the height of the Great
• Depression, one in _____ workers was
• unemployed?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

118
Great Depression

• All of the following were major features
• of the New Deal EXCEPT?

• Environmental improvement plans
• Retirement plans for the elderly
• Farm assistance programs
• More taxes on the poor

119
World War II

• Anti-Semitism is associated with -

• Discrimination of Jews
• Discrimination of African Americans
• Discrimination of Italians
• Discrimination of Germans

120
World War II

• What example of propaganda got
• women to go to work in factories?

• Susan the Warrior
• Rosie the Riveter
• Truman the Conqueror
• Hitler the Anti-Semitic

121
World War II

• The phrase Baby Boom refers to
• what event?

• An increase in births during World War II
• A large number of very young soldiers in the Army
• An increase in births from the end of WWII
  through the 1950s
• An increase in the number of school children in
  the early 1930s

122
Reform Movements

• In which time period did women
• outnumber men working in factories?

• Before World War II
• During World War II
• After World War II
• After World War I

123
World War II

• Of the following events, which
• occurred LAST?

• V-E Day (Victory over Europe)
• Germany invades Belgium
• D-Day Invasion
• V-J Day (Victory over Japan)

124
World War II

• The first place occupied by Hitler
• during World War II was -

• France
• Great Britain
• Spain
• Poland

125
World War II

• What ended United States isolationism
• and brought the nation into World
• War II?

• German U-boat attacks
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• Beginning of Lend-Lease
• The Non-Aggression Pact

126
World War II

• Which of the following nations was
• partially occupied by German troops?

• Great Britain
• United States
• France
• Poland

127
World War II

• President Truman dropped the atomic
• bombs to -

• Avoid huge United States casualties
• Prolong the war
• Punish the Japanese
• Reduce civilian deaths

128
World War II

• What was Hitlers final solution?

• A policy requiring Jews to live in ghettos
• The expulsion of Jews to Palestine
• The policy of killing all Jews
• The trial of Nazi leaders

129
World War II

• Which event comes immediately before
• the United States entered World War II?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Midway
• D-Day
• Germany invades Poland

130
Reform Movements

• Whose rights did Eleanor Roosevelt
• help expand?

• Women of all colors
• European-American men
• Congress
• Doctors

131
World War II

• Which leader is correctly matched to
• the correct form of government?

• Fascism - Hitler
• Communist - Roosevelt
• Democratic - Tojo Hideki
• Anarchism - Mussolini

132
World War II

• On D-Day the Allies -

• Dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
• Landed on the beaches of France
• Invaded Italy
• Defeated Hitler

133
World War II

• Which battle was the turning point for
• the United States in the Pacific War?

• Pearl Harbor
• Coral Sea
• Midway
• Guam

134
World War II

• Which of the following events is
• associated with the beginning of World
• War II?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Germany invading Poland
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Invasion of Normandy

135
World War II

• Which group of Americans were forced
• to move into internment camps?

• Japanese-Americans
• Chinese-Americans
• German-Americans
• Italian-Americans

136
World War II

• The famous Non-Aggression Pact was
• signed between -

• Stalin and Hitler
• Roosevelt and Stalin
• Tojo and Stalin
• Stalin and Churchill

137
World War II

• When did World War II begin?

• August 1, 1915
• June 6, 1944
• September 1, 1939
• October 29, 1929

138
World War II

• Which is NOT a member of the Allies in
• World War II?

• France
• Soviet Union
• Italy
• Great Britain

139
World War II

• Which of the following is not
• something Hitler gained during
• appeasement?

• Austria
• Poland
• Sudetenland
• Czechoslovakia

140
World War II

• Which country was led by Adolph Hitler?

• Soviet Union
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Germany

141
World War II

• Following World War II, women -

• Remained in the workforce
• Gained equal pay with men
• Returned to family responsibilities
• Gained corporate leadership

142
World War II

• Which country was led by Benito
• Mussolini?

• Soviet Union
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Germany

143
World War II

• Which leader is NOT correctly matched
• to the correct country?

• Truman United States
• Roosevelt United States
• Churchill France
• Stalin Soviet Union

144
World War II

• Which of the following was leader of
• ONE of the three axis Powers during
• World War II?

• Benito Mussolini
• Winston Churchill
• William King
• Josef Stalin

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World War II

• What was the Holocaust?

• A plan to build enough nuclear weapons to wipe
  out the human race
• A policy of using Jewish slave labor in Germanys
  wartime work camps
• An attempt to break an opponents will to fight
  by heavily bombing his cities
• An attempt to kill all European Jews

146
World War II

• In the United States, which of the following
• were the victims of the most serious
• discrimination during World War II?

• African Americans
• German Americans
• Japanese Americans
• Italian Americans

147
World War II

• Identify the country the United States
• supplied arms under the Lend-Lease
• Act?

• Germany
• Great Britain
• Japan
• Spain

148
World War II

• Which was the most likely destination
• for a German-Jewish woman during
• World War II?

• Internment Camp
• Concentration Camp
• United States
• Soviet Union

149
World War II

• What type of government did Japan
• adopt following World War II?

• Communist
• Fascist
• Socialist
• Democratic

150
World War II

• All of the following are a result of the
• bombing of Pearl Harbor EXCEPT?

• United States declares war on Japan
• The United States Navy was destroyed
• The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan
• Japan bombs the Lusitania

151
World War II

• Which of the following governments
• give total power to a dictator?

• Democracy
• Fascism
• Communism
• Socialism

152
Cold War

• After World War II, Germany was -

• Partitioned into East and West Germany
• Forced to pay reparations for World War II
  damages
• An American Territory
• Under total Communist domination

153
World War II

• How did Americans at home help the
• war effort in World War II?

• By rationing resources
• By fighting in Europe
• By hoarding food
• Going on as if nothing had happened

154
World War II

• In 1945, which of the following was
• established to prevent future global
• wars?

• Berlin Wall
• Manhattan Project
• United Nations
• European Union

155
Cold War

• The main reason the United States
• chose to rebuild Europe after World
• War II was to -

• Prevent immigration to America
• Help the Soviet Union
• Prevent more political instability
• Punish the Allied Powers

156
Cold War

• After World War II, the United States
• helped rebuild Europe using the -

• Truman doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• United Nations
• Nuremberg Trials

157
Cold War

• After World War II, the United States -

• Returned to a policy of isolationism
• Helped to rebuild Europe
• Insisted on punishing Japan
• Turned Germany over to the Soviet Union

158
Cold War

• The United Nations differs from the
• League of Nations because it -

• Is an international organization
• Has the United States as a member
• Tries to prevent future global wars
• Is a peacekeeping organization

159
Cold War

• What event is associated with the
• collapse of Communism?

• Division of Korea
• Vietnam War cease-fire
• Destruction of the Berlin Wall
• Creation of the Warsaw Pact

160
Cold War

• The Berlin Airlift allowed -

• Berlins inhabitants to escape
• The Allies to supply Berlin
• The Soviets to build a wall around Berlin
• The West to attack the Soviet Union

161
Cold War

• Which country was separated by the
• Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• France
• Germany
• Italy

162
Cold War

• During the Cold War, the United States
• policy of containment was to limit the
• spread of -

• Democracy
• Fascism
• Communism
• Socialism

163
Cold War

• Which event spurred on the development
• of the United States space program?

• Achievement of Charles Lindbergh
• The computerization of banking
• Development of nuclear power
• Soviet launching of Sputnik

164
Cold War

• Which of the following occurred during
• the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba
• North Vietnam placed missiles in Cuba
• United States placed missiles in Cuba
• Great Britain placed missiles in Cuba

165
Cold War

• The term Cold War means -

• Tension between the United States and the USSR
• Combat between the United States and the USSR
• Combat in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
• Tension between England and the
• United States

166
Cold War

• What is the United Nations?

• A group of nations that try to prevent future
  global wars
• Nations of North and South America who use the
  same currency
• Nations who unite to trade with each other
• A group of European nations that promote tourism

167
Cold War

• What is the name given to a failed
• attempt, which the United States
• supported, to take over Cuba?

• Iran-Contra Affair
• The Bay of Pigs
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Grenada War

168
Cold War

• The Cold War ended with the-

• Destruction on the North Atlantic Treaty
  Organization
• Break up of the Soviet Union into independent
  countries
• Return of the United States to an isolationist
  country
• Spread of communism into Europe and Asia

169
Cold War

• During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United
• States responded to Soviet missiles in Cuba
• by -

• Invading Cuba
• Attacking the Soviet Union
• Imposing a blockade around Cuba
• Negotiating a treaty with the Soviet Union

170
Cold War

• East and West Germany were reunited by -

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Bay of Pigs
• Communism spread to West Germany
• Destruction of the Berlin Wall

171
Cold War

• The Domino Theory predicted -

• The Berlin Wall would fall
• Communism would spread
• Soviets would build missiles
• Democracy would spread

172
Cold War

• All of the following are major conflicts
• during the Cold War EXCEPT?

• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Destruction of the Berlin Wall

173
Vietnam

• The United States went to war in
• Vietnam in order to stop the spread of -

• Fascism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Federalism

174
Vietnam

• United States involvement in the
• Vietnam War ended in a -

• South Vietnamese victory
• Cease-fire agreement
• North Vietnamese victory
• United States victory

175
Korean War

• Which statement best describes the
• outcome of the Korean Conflict?

• North Korea won
• South Korea won
• The conflict ended in a stalemate
• The conflict reunited Korea

176
Civil Rights Movement

• Which leader most influenced African
• Americans to stand up against
• discrimination and demand equality?

• Booker T. Washington
• John W. Brown
• Plessy V. Ferguson
• W.E.B. DuBois

177
Civil Rights Movement

• How did Booker T. Washingtons ideas differ
• from W.E.B. DuBois?

• Washington wanted African Americans to demand
  equal rights.
• Washington only wanted equal voting rights for
  African Americans.
• Washington was strongly against job education for
  African Americans.
• Washington believed equality could be achieved
  through education.

178
Civil Rights Movement

• I have a dream that one day, out in the red
  hills
• of Georgia, sons of former slaveswill be able to
• sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

• Dr. Kings message is that slavery should end.
• Dr. Kings message is that Americans should
  dream.
• Dr. Kings message is that Racial discrimination
  must end.
• Dr. Kings message is that Racial discrimination
  will never end.

179
Civil Rights Movement

• If a golf course refused to allow African
  Americans
• to play, which action would Martin Luther King
  Jr.
• most likely have approved?

• Burn the golf course down
• Quit playing golf and take up another sport
• A sit-in protest at the golf course
• Physically attack the golf courses owner

180
Civil Rights Movement

• The Montgomery bus boycott was a
• direct result of -

• Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Increase in bus fared in Montgomery
• Rosa Parks refusal to move to the back of the
  bus
• Unsafe bus transportation

181
Civil Rights Movement

• Which of the following Supreme Court
• cases ruled that segregated schools
• were unequal and unconstitutional?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Marbury vs. Madison
• Miranda vs. Arizona

182
Civil Rights Movement

• Which of the following examples BEST describes
• racial segregation following the Civil War?

• A woman was arrested for trying to vote at a
  local election
• A fifty-year old man was not hired for a job
  based on his age.
• An African American was forced to ride in
  a separate railroad car.
• A woman working in a factory made less money
  than a man doing the same job.

183
Civil Rights Movement

• African-Americans were forced to ride
• in separate railroad cars. This was an
• example of -

• Jim Crow Laws
• Anti-lynching Laws
• Southern Railroad Act
• Homestead Act

184
Civil Rights Movement

• Why did the Civil Rights movement
• oppose the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme
• Court ruling?

• The ruling desegregated schools
• Public facilities were never equal
• The ruling supported womens suffrage
• The ruling integrated public facilities

185
Civil Rights Movement

• The main purpose of the Jim Crow laws
• was to -

• Encourage black and white citizens to help each
  other
• Encourage boycotts
• Encourage the growth of black-owned businesses
• Encourage the separation of blacks and whites

186
Civil Rights Movement

• What was the main difference in how Booker T.
• Washington and W.E.B. DuBois responded to
• racism?

• DuBois supported a Back-to-Africa movement, and
  Washington opposed it.
• DuBois wanted African Americans to attend
  blacks-only schools, and Washington wanted to
  desegregate education.
• DuBois wanted to attack racial discrimination
  head-on, and Washington preferred to ignore it.
• Washington thought better education was the path
  to equality, and DuBois disagreed.

187
Reform Movements

• Which piece of legislation enabled
• many Americans, who could not have
• otherwise afforded to do so, to attend
• college?

• Education Act of 1964
• G.I. Bill of Rights
• Tax Reform Act of 1981
• Twenty-First Amendment

188
Reform Movements

• When was it no longer surprising to see
• women working as coal miners, police
• officers, doctors, television newscasters,
• and astronauts?

• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1970s
• 1870s

189
Economics

• After World War II, how did Americans
• purchase cars and other costly items
• they could never before afford?

• Credit
• Layaway
• Barter
• Trade

190
Economics

• What types of goods were more
• factories producing after 1945?

• War materials
• Consumer products
• Military uniforms
• Tanks

191
Economics

• According to the law of supply and demand,
• farmers would be able to obtain the highest
• price for their product when -

• Both supply and demand are high
• Both supply and demand are low
• Supply is high and demand is low
• Supply is low and demand is high

192
Technology

• What impact do the newest
• technologies have on American life?

• Increased travel for business and pleasure
• Greater access to news and information
• Greater access to heating and air- conditioning
• All of the above

193
Technology

• Which of the following is associated as
• a newer technology?

• Internet
• Space exploration
• Jets
• All of the above

194
Technology

• Which industry has benefited most
• from new communications technologies?

• Automobiles
• Entertainment and news
• Food processing
• Steel industry

195
Technology

• What has been one result of technological
• change since 1990?

• Cheaper and faster forms of communication
• More cultural differences among the nations of
  the world
• More traffic accidents as driving becomes
  increasingly unsafe
• Increased likelihood of a nuclear war