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A simple/easy STAAR review quiz. 1877-Cold War #11thgrade #11thgradeushistory #11thgradeushistory
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1
President Nixon believed that many people in the US supported the Vietnam War. They were?
The Silent Ones
The Silent Majors
The Major Majority
The Silent Majority
2
He was known as the king of rock and roll from the 1960's.
Blake Shelton
Prince
Michael Jackson
Elvis Pressley
3
Nixon's plan for allowing the South Vietnamese to fight their own war was called?
War? What is it good for?
UnAmericanization
Get Out America
Vietnamization
4
What was NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Always Trust Opie
Norway Atlanta Tennessee Ohio
North American Treaty Organization
5
Strategic defense initiative using lasers to shoot down missiles to prevent nuclear attack/war.
NASA
Robotics
Sun Belt
Star Wars
6
Who was Dwight Eisenhower?
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
American general, tank commander, fought in Europe
American commander in the Pacific
American general, supreme Allied commander in Europe
7
Who was General John J. Pershing?
governor of Hawaii, helped make US control Hawaii
Leader of the American Expeditionary Force in WW I
assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders
Wrote the book about the influence of sea power on history
8
Who was Sanford B. Dole?
Republican senator who was for US expansion
Wrote the book about the influence of sea power on history
assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders
governor of Hawaii, helped make US control Hawaii
9
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
He believed African Americans needed to live seperately
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was the first to fly across the Atlantic, NYC to Paris
10
In 1963 to convince Congress to pass Civil Rights legislation. It was highlighted by MLK's.
Kent State Riot
March on Washington
LA Riots
Space Race
11
This case ended segregation in public schools and overturned Separate but equal.
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
Mendez v. Westerminster
Brown v. Board of Education
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
12
What was the U.S. strategy for advancement through the Pacific during WWI?
all out assault on Japanese home islands
Island hopping
Attack every island
keep Japan busy while Russia moves in
13
Who was Omar Bradley?
American commander in the Pacific
American general, supreme Allied commander in Europe
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
American general, tank commander, fought in Europe
14
She refused to give her seat up to a white man on a Mongomery bus.
Sally Friedan
Susan B Anthony
Rosa Parks
Bettsy Ross
15
US History era that was gold and beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside.
Guilded Age
Stone Age
Ice Age
Progressive Era
16
What is considered to be the turning point of WWII in the Pacific theater?
Pearl Harbor
The invasion of Okinawa
The Battle of Midway
The dropping of the atomic bombs
17
<p>Thomas Edison's invention of this allowed factories to extend working hours to nightime.</p>
latern
electric light bulb
phonograph
movie projector
18
He pardoned Nixon from going to jail after the Watergate scandal.
Bush
Kennedy
Clinton
Ford
19
Believed that African Americans should get the education in the form of a trade.
WEB Dubois
Malcom X
Booker T Washington
Martin L King Jr
20
<p>Which poster was used to show women could do the work of men during WWII?</p>
Rosie the Riviter
Copper Tan Girl
Pillsbury Dough Boy
Susan B Anthony
21
What is the significance of the year 1898?
World War I
The Great Depression
World War II
Start of Spanish American War and US became a world power
22
What was the importance of 1898 and the Spanish American war?
US became a world power
Luisitania sank
Spain defeated the US
Cuba lost its independence
23
What was the Domino Theory?
if one nation became Christian than others would too
nuclear weapons would destroy the world
If one Asian country fell to communism others would too
if one country fell to capitalism others would too
24
Who was the famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance Period in New York, City?
Langston Hughes
Brenard Hemshaw
Edgar Allen Poe
John T Scopes
25
What event led to U.S. involvement in WW 2?
The Battle of Britain
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Midway
The Fall of Paris
26
Process used by steel industry to convert iron to steel.
conversion
melt down
bessemer
monopoly
27
Ida Tarbell wrote about the injust practices of Standard Oil Co. and it created this.
<p>Sherman Anti trust Law</p>
Free enterprize
inflation
deflation
28
A social theory that applied belief of 'survival of the fittest' to humans.
Red Scare
Social Darwinism
eugenics
nativism
29
What happened on October 26, 1929 that shook the world?
Stock Market Creash
911
San Francisco earthquake
Pearl Harbor
30
A monopoly is when someone control one product and cuts out all?
profit
competition
gains
losses
31
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Republican senator who was for US expansion
Wrote the book about the influence of sea power on history
assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders
governor of Hawaii, helped make US control Hawaii
32
When an issue is brought to the ballot by the people, this is called...
a revolution
a recall
a referendum
an initiative
33
This occurred in the Philippines and it displayed Japanese cruelty.
use of atomic weapons
the first use of kamikaze attacks
Rape of Nanking
Bataan Death March
34
Former Illinois Senator that won the 2008 presidential election.
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Barack Obama
35
What did Rockefeller, Carnegie, and other industrialist consider their debt to society?
Philanthropy
set up monopolies
steal from the poor
Laissez - faire
36
Dismantling of trade barriers and opening new markets between the US, Mexico, and Canada was?
NATO
NERO
NASA
NAFTA
37
What was executive order 9066?
The declaration of war on Japan
the internment of Americans especially Japanese
The order to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
The secret of the Manhattan Project
38
She was the first Hispanic US Supreme Court Justice and 3rd female justice to serve the court.
Rene Lopez
Sonia Sotomayor
Jennifer Martinez
Francis Torrez
39
What is happening in this picture?
The Fall of North Vietnam
The Fall of Tet
The Fall of Hanoi
The Fall of Saigon by the Vietcong
40
What is the 14th Amendment?
End of slavery
African Americans gain the right to vote
African Americans get citizenship
solidified presidential succession rules
41
When an issue is brought to a vote by the people, this is called...
an initiative
a revolution
a recall
a referendum
42
Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?
series of land grants
availability of buffalo
decrease in agricultural production
discovery of gold and silver
43
Who was Glenn Curtiss?
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
He was one of the first to use the assembly line
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was very important to the aviation industry
44
What is the 26th Amendment?
women get to vote
can vote at age 18
start of the income tax
direct election of senators
45
What was Angel Island?
inspection center for Canadian imigrants
inspection center for European immigrants
inspection center for Asian immigrants
inspection center South American immigrants
46
He invented the telephone.
John Westinghouse
Alexander G Bell
Thomas A Edison
Upton Sinclair
47
What is the 15th Amendment?
African Americans gained the right to vote
End of slavery
African Americans are considered citizens
solidified presidential succession rules
48
What was the Tet Offensive?
A US offensive that was a political defeat for the Vietcong
Vietcong offensive attack on South Vietnamese cities in WWII
A Vietcong offensive that was a military defeat for the US
A US offensive that was a military defeat for the Vietcong
49
An elected official voted on again because he is bad is...
a revolution
a referendum
an initiative
a recall
50
What was found in the Venona Papers?
Papers that produced a large problem in the 1940s
Papers that proved the government had lied about Vietnam
information about secret plans to invade the USSR
papers that proved communists had infiltrated the US
51
Who where the Flying Tigers?
a propaganda tool to get more Americans to grow their food
A group of Native Americans whose code was never broken
A group of African Americans who flew in Europe
A group of American volunteers who flew in China
52
She did not give up her seat on a bus, was arrested and it started the Montgomery Bus boycott.
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Betty Friedan
53
Court ruled that a woman could end her pregnancy in the first tri mester based on Constitution.
Roe v Wade
Johnson v Smith
Kennedy v Nixon
Benavidez v US
54
What was Ellis Island?
inspection center for Canadian immigrants
inspection center for European Immigrants
inspection center for South American immigrants
inspection center for Asian immigrants
55
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders
Republican senator who was for US expansion
governor of Hawaii, helped make US control Hawaii
Wrote the book about the influence of sea power on history
56
Who where the Navajo Code Talkers?
A group of Native Americans whose code was never broken
a propaganda tool to get more Americans to grow their food
A group of American volunteers who flew in China
A group of African Americans who flew in Europe
57
What is the significance of the year 1991?
MLK assassination/US lands on the moon
Sputnik starts US/Soviet Space Race
Cold War ends
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
58
What did Muckraker Jacob Riis write about?
The rich in New York City
The rich in America
The rich Industrialist in the 1800's
Muckraker wrote about Lower class society in New York
59
What problems did African American soldiers face in WWII?
the purchase of war bonds
high levels of military enlistment
growing victory gardens
segregation of the armed forces
60
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
He was one of the first to use the assembly line
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was very important to the aviation industry
61
What was the most important out come of the 2008 presidential election?
a woman ran for president
an african american won the election
an incumbent won the election
it ended in a stalemate
62
In reference to the Cold War in Europe, what does this picture show?
the devastation of an area after a fierce US/Soviet battle
the destruction of a city after a nuclear strike
food/supplies being delivered Berlin in the Berlin Airlift
an airstrike against rebellious peoples
63
Who was George Marshall?
American general, Admiral of the Navy in the Pacific
American general, and Army Chief/created Marshall Plan
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
American commander in the Pacific
64
Which groups help build the Transcontinetal Railroad trough immigration?
Japanese
Chinese and Irish
Canadians
Mexicans
65
Who was George Wallace?
A group of individuals who were for segregation
Governor of Georgia who was for segregation
Governor of Alabama who supported segregation/racist
Governor of Arkansas who was for segregation
66
First African American to graduate from Harvard, he also started the NAACP/ freedmens bureau
Malcom X
Booker T Washington
WEB Dubois
Medgar Evers
67
Who was George Patton?
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
American general, supreme Allied commander in Europe
American general, tank commander, fought in Europe
American commander in the Pacific
68
What is the 19th Amendment?
prohibition
direct election of senators
start of the income tax
women get to vote
69
He was a Science teacher in Tennessee that was arrested for teaching evolution to his students.
John T Travers
John F Kennedy
John T Scopes
John T Macnamara
70
What was the main causes of the dust bowl?
high winds
Stock Market Crash
Bad agriculture practices and long drought
High winds and drought
71
Who was Clarence Darrow?
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was one of the first to use the assembly line
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
He was very important to the aviation industry
72
This new law allowed officals to conduct searches in homes of suspected terroristin the US.
Palmer Act
Eagle Act
Miranda Act
Patriot Act
73
This case stated that segregation of Hispanic students was wrong.
Brown v. Board of Education
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
Mendez v. Westerminster
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
74
Who was Upton Sinclair?
muckracking writer of The Jungle
Worked hard for women's rights, especially the right to vote
believed that black people needed to be vocal about change
worked hard for African American women
75
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
<p>9 afr american students integrated to Central High </p>
Governor of Georgia who was for segregation
Governor of Alabama who was for segregation
Governor of Arkansas who was for segregation
76
Which of these did NOT play a significant role in World War I?
planes
atomic bombs
tanks
machine guns
77
Who was Marcus Garvey?
He believed African Americans needed to live seperately
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was the first to fly across the Atlantic, NYC to Paris
78
What was it called when Franklin Roosevelt tried to dominate/control the Supreme Court.
Isolationism
Nationalism
monopoly
court packing plan
79
President that was impeached and later resigned his administration in 1974.
Nixon
Clinton
Kennedy
Ford
80
Who was Ida B. Wells?
believed that black people needed to be vocal about change
Worked hard for women's rights, especially the right to vote
African-American journalist that wrote about lynchings
muckracking writer of The Jungle
81
What is the significance of the years 1968 and 1969?
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Sputnik starts US/Soviet Space Race
Cold War ends
MLK assassination/US lands on the moon
82
What was the border between Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea?
36th Parallel
38th Parallel
37th Parallel
35th Parallel
83
This special group made an important contribution in WWI encoding military communications.
Cherokee Indians
Japanese
Chinese
Navajo Indians
84
What did Ida Tarbell help create to stop oil monopolies during the Industrialization period?
Sherman Anti Trust
Collier Anti Trust
Ellis Anti trust
AFL
85
Who was Lester Maddox?
A group of individuals who were for segregation
Gov of Georgia/was for segregation/refused to serve blacks
Governor of Arkansas who was for segregation
Governor of Alabama who was for segregation
86
In what battle did the United States play a significant role in stopping the Germans during WWI
The Somme
The Marne
Verdun
Battle of Argonne Forest
87
Who was Henry Cabot Lodge?
Wrote the book about the influence of sea power on history
assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders
Republican senator who was for US expansion
governor of Hawaii, helped make US control Hawaii
88
What President Kenndy think we needed to win to close the gap on the cold war?
NATO Race
Space Race
Arto Race
USSR Race
89
What is it called when muckrakers sensationalize stories to increase circulation?
Red Scare
Yellow Journalism
Fraud
Free enterprize
90
When nine black students attempted to enroll in Central High School Littlerock, Arkansas.
Little Rock 9
Little Rock 5
Little Rock 6
Little Rock 8
91
He boycotted grapes and helped migrant workers with more pay, less hours and 40 hours a week.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
92
Who where the Tuskegee Airmen?
a propaganda tool to get more Americans to grow their food
A group of American volunteers who flew in China
A group of Native Americans whose code was never broken
A group of African Americans who flew in Europe
93
What was the Soviet Reaction to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
Isolation Pact
94
A direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1 was the US founding of which agency in Houston?
NATO
NEROS
NASA
NAFTA
95
Who was Orval Faubus?
A group of individuals who were for segregation
Governor of Alabama who was for segregation
Governor of Georgia who was for segregation
Gov of Arkansas supported segregation/blocked little rock 9
96
This term explains how American Indians were Americanized into society in the 1800's.
Exclusion
assimilation
Darwinism
Laissez - Faire
97
The sinking of this ship caused the Spanish American war in 1898?
ImperialCresent
Lusitania
USS Arizona
<p>USS Maine</p>
98
The first of these occurred between 1919-1920. It involved a fear of communism.
Social Darwinism
eugenics
nativism
Red Scare
99
He organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott with the help of the SCLC and SNCC.
Martin Luther King Jr
Medgar Evers
WEB Dubois
Malcom X
100
What is the 13th Amendment?
solidified presidential succession rules
abolish slavery/freedom of slaves
African Americans gain the right to vote
African Americans are considered citizens
101
This case stated that Texas had a bad school finance system. Money would be shared by distritcs
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
Mendez v. Westerminster
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
Brown v. Board of Education
102
Why did the U.S. come to the aid of South Korea?
the U.S. felt bad about all the suffering in South Korea
it was in an effort to contain communism
it was in a effort to destroy the USSR
The U.S. didn't do that, they aided North Korea
103
What is the significance of the years 1939-1945?
Start of Spanish American War
The Great Depression
World War I
World War II
104
The new science that believed humans could be improved through selective breeding.
Red Scare
Social Darwinism
eugenics
nativism
105
What was the 18th Amendment?
start of the income tax
women get to vote
prohibition
direct election of senators
106
What was the Marshall Plan?
The idea that aid must be given to India to avoid starvation
The plan to invade Russia
The plan to give aid to Europe to avoid communism
The plan to produce more nuclear weapons that Russia
107
The invasion of Nazi occupied France was called...
VE Day
the Sicilian invasion
the invasion of Normandy
the invasion of Morocco
108
began in Greensboro, North Carolina when four students sat at a "whites only' lunch counter.
Rally
Sit - ins
March on Washington
Pep Rally
109
Jonas Salk discovered the vaccine for which deadly virus in the 1950's?
scarlet fever
Aids
<p>chicken pox</p>
polio
110
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
muckracking writer of The Jungle
Worked hard for women's rights, especially the right to vote
worked hard for African American women
believed that black people needed to be vocal about change
111
Who was Chester Nimitz?
American general, and Army Chief of Staff
American Army commander in the Pacific
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
US Navy, Admiral at the Battle of Midway/defeat the Japanese
112
Imaginary wall separating communist Soviet satellite countries from the West.
iron wall
iron curtain
berlin wall
wall of China
113
What is the significance of the year 2001?
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Cold War ends
MLK assassination/US lands on the moon
Sputnik starts US/Soviet Space Race
114
What type of housing was used at the height of immigration in the late 1800'?
condominiums
apartments
tenement
Hoovervilles
115
The belief that immigrants were the cause of many issues of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
nativism
eugenics
Red Scare
Social Darwinism
116
What is the 17th Amendment?
women get to vote
prohibition
direct election of senators
start of the income tax
117
Who was W. E. B. DuBois?
African-American journalist and suffragist
Worked hard for women's rights, especially the right to vote
muckracking writer of The Jungle
believed that black people needed to be vocal about change
118
What is the significance of the years 1914-1918?
The Great Depression
World War I
Start of Spanish American War
World War II
119
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
It ended the Spanish American War
It ended World War II
It ended World War I
It ended the Cold War
120
What was the name of the makeshift houses built by people during the Great Depression?
bomb shelter
Hoovervilles
Hillbilly Shack
dust bowl
121
Federal law suspended literacy test where being used to prevent African Americans from voting
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1968
Voting Rights Act of 1966
Voting Rights Act of 1965
122
What does this picture represent?
the Vietnam anti-war movement
Marches protesting the testing of nuclear weapons
the Korean anti-war movement
Marches protesting segregation
123
She created the first Settlement house in Chicago to help immigrants. Who was she?
Jane Addams
Susan B Anthony
Ida B Wells
Ida Tarbell
124
The court ruling that "separate but equal" was constitutional.
Brown v Board
Johnson v Mendez
Delgado v Westminister
Plessy v Ferguson
125
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
American general, tank commander, fought in Europe
American Army commander in the Pacific
American general, fought in Europe, important to D-Day
American general, supreme Allied commander in Europe
126
Who started the Gospel of Wealth?
J.P. Morgan
Rockefeller
Hill
Carnegie
127
What was a victory garden?
A group of Native Americans whose code was never broken
a propaganda tool to get more Americans to grow their food
A group of African Americans who flew in Europe
A group of American volunteers who flew in China
128
What is the significance of the year 1929?
The Great Depression
Start of Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
129
What is the 16th Amendment?
women get to vote
direct election of senators
prohibition
start of the income tax
130
What was Mein Kampf?
Book written by Franco while he was in prison
Book written by Hitler while he was in prison
Book written by Musolini while he was in prison
Book written by Stalin while he was in prison
131
Who was Henry Ford?
He defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial
He was very important to the aviation industry
He was one of the first to use the assembly line
He defended the Bible and traditional belief
132
What is Laissez - faire?
government should raise taxes
spend money to repair
leave alone if its not broken
<p>lower taxes</p>
133
The US bypassed a Soviet blockade in West Germany, and waht was it called?
Berlin Aide
Berlin Airlift
Berlin food exchange
Berlin drop
134
What determines the state of the economy, wages and unemployment in the US?
stagflation
inflation
depression
supply and demand
135
What is the 20th Amendment?
End of slavery
African Americans gain the right to vote
African Americans are considered citizens
solidified presidential succession rules
136
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Truman's ideas on how to get the economy going better
Truman's plan to retreat from wold affairs
Truman's plan to contain communism/ help Greece and Turkey
Truman's plan to strike communist areas with nuclear weapons
137
This was written by Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I. It had the League of Nations.
16th Amendment
Fifteen Points
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
138
Al Queda and the Taliban were responsible for the attack which buildings on September 11, 2001.
dallas Reunion Tower
Chicago Tower
New York Tower
Twin Towers
139
Which is not a reason for the U.S. entry into WWI?
unrestricted submarine warfare
the Zimmerman note
close economic ties with Britain and France
the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
140
Gave young African Americans a greater voice in civil rights, they organized the 1960's sit ins
SNCC
SCLC
ACLU
CORE
141
This case stated that segregation was bad, but if segregated for educational purposes it was ok
Brown v. Board of Education
Mendez v. Westerminster
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
142
He wrote a letter in a Birmingham jail and had a dream.
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Betty Friedan
Martin Luther King Jr.
143
Legislation passed that prohibited discrimination based on color, race, religion, anywhere.
Civil Rights Act of 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1962
144
What is the wars powers resolution?
president loses his control
power goes to vice president
president has complete control
power goes to Congress
145
Who was Mao Zedong?
led communist revolution in China in 1950
led communist revolution in China in 1948
led communist revolution in China in 1947
led communist revolution in China in 1949
146
President John F. Kennedy managed to avoid nuclear war during the...
Berlin Crisis
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs invasion
147
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
excluded Chinese from going to New England
Excluded Chinese from going to Japan
Excluded more workers to the workforce
limited Chinese immigrants into the US
148
Japanese cities targeted for dropping of the A bomb in WWII
Tokyo
Bein Dun
Narosuki
Nagasaki and Hirshoshima
149
Which agency was created after Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle in 1906?
meatpackers of America
AFT
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Swat
150
What is the significance of the year 1957?
Sputnik starts US/Soviet Space Race
Cold War ends
MLK assassination/US lands on the moon
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
151
She wrote
The Feminine Mystic
which empowered women.
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Betty Friedan
Martin Luther King Jr.
