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1
How have computers changed America?
They have made it more difficult for people to communicate.
They have forced the telephone companies out of business.
They have made it easier for people to get information.
Forced the government to limit the sale of computers.
2
What is attempting to gain control of smaller countries to make your own stronger & wealthier?
Militarism
Isolationism
Imperialism
Nationalism
3
How did the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution discriminate against African Americans?
They kept many African Americans from voting.
They prevented African Americans from attending schools.
They kept many African Americans from finding employment.
They segregated African Americans on buses.
4
President Truman did what in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Dropped bombs on Germany
bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Did Nothing
Fought the battle of Iwo Jima
5
What did the New Deal do for Americans?
Gave Americans more tax money
Created jobs and work for people during the Great Depression
Helped restaurants give food to homeless.
Gave Americans a better price on clothing.
6
This event happened when the U.S. discovered the USSR was hiding missiles in another country.
Cuban Missile Crisis
War on Terrorism
9/11
Persian Gulf War
7
Japanese jungle battle that U.S. struggled to take from Japan.
Iwo Lima
Iwo Jima
Michu Pichu
Michu Pear
8
This is the war that the U.S. lost and caused a lot of controversy.
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
World War 1
Civil War
9
What impact does a savings account have on an individual's money?
Loans are given out only to people with a savings account.
The government takes interest away from savings accounts
Interest is paid on money in a savings account.
Savings accounts stopped being offered after WWII.
10
These laws used the phrase "Separate but Equal" to show racism against African Americans.
Jim Crow Laws
Black Laws
White Laws
Colored Restrooms
11
Did the U.S. want to get involved at first with World War 1?
No
Yes
12
People came to this place in the US to escape persecution from their countries. (Melting Pot)
St. George Island, FLA
San Francisco, California
Ellis Island,NY
Tybee Island, GA
13
These were the first African American pilots.
SEALS
Army
Navy
Tuskogee Airmen
14
What happened in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
Wright Brothers flew the first plane.
Another war.
Nothing happened.
The Civil Rights Movement happened there.
15
The _________ _________brought music to life.(Think of New Orleans and the music they played)
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
Jazz Age
Pearl Harbor
16
Which of the following is a basic responsibility of citizens living in the United States?
running for political office
paying income taxes
earning as much money as possible
getting a driver's license
17
What happened to the Soviet Union when the Cold War ended?
It divided into independent republics
It returned to a monarchy.
It became a communist country.
It stopped trading with other nations.
18
Treaty between U.S., Canada, and other countries to stay protected from USSR.
Democracy
NATO
Treaty of Versailles
Warsaw Pact
19
What were Cattle Trails used for?
To take them on a vacation.
To sell cattle to Northern buyers.
To eat them for dinner.
To sell to Southern buyers.
20
These are the rights that U.S. gives its citizens.
Civil Rights
Capital Rights
Citizens Rights
Crazy Rights
21
Beginning of World War 1 in 1914
Sinking of the Lusitania
Hitler came to power
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
22
The name of the ship that Germans sunk during World War 1 that had Americans on board.
Lusitania
Titanic
Blendicano
Americano
23
This war started with the Invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939.
Cold War
World War 2
World War 1
Vietnam War
24
Citizens have __________. Rights are not free.
Responsibilities
Money
Government
Cars
25
What is the belief that one country should stay out of the other's business?
Nationalism
Isolationism
Militarism
Imperialism
26
This woman in the 1930's wrote Gone With the Wind.
Rosa Parks
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Michelle Obama
Margaret Mitchell
27
What is pride in your country and believing your nation is better than all others?
Militarism
Imperialism
Isolationism
Nationalism
28
The __________ ___________ was a showcase of African Americans art, music.
Harlem Renaissance
Pearl Harbor
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
29
Why was the television becoming important during the Vietnam War?
You needed to be able to watch your favorite sports team.
Brought the world into the living room.
You could watch the Voice.
30
This President created the New Deal program during the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
George W. Bush
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
31
Land owners paid workers with shares of land and equipment, but not money in ____.
sharecropping
cattle drives
Cropping shares
Jim crow laws
32
This treaty ended World War 1. It said Germany was at fault for the war.
War on Terrorism
Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Germany
Treaty of Versailles
33
What is the belief that using military force is a good way to solve problems?
Isolationism
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
34
This court case in 1954 ended segregation in schools
Education Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
35
During what war did the Space Race/Arms Race happen?
Cold War
World War 1
World War 2
Vietnam War
36
Began in Texas and extended to Kansas
Cattle Drives
Chisholm Trail
Great Western Cattle Drive
Black Cowboys of Texas
37
Who was Bill Picket (Bull Dogger) and Bose Ikard?
Black Cowboys of Texas
Immigrants
Soldiers in the Spanish American War
Presidents of the United States
38
Where did Rosa Parks challenge segregation by refusing to give up her seat on the bus?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Montgomery, Alabama
39
Which of the following is an example of due process of law?
A citizen is arrested & taken to prison without fair trial.
A citizen who can't afford an attorney is not provided one
A police officer searches a home without permission
Police gets permission from a judge to search a home.
40
This amendment made slavery illegal.
13th
16th
14th
15th
41
Which of these rights is included in the Bill of Rights?
People will be tried without an attorney
People will not be allowed to bear arms
People have the right to a speedy trial.
Women have the right to vote
42
During this war, the USA helped Cuba declare their freedom from Spain.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Spanish American War
World War 2
43
This event killed millions of Jews.
Holocaust
Persian Gulf War
Pearl Harbor bombing
Collapse of the Soviet Union
44
Surprise attack on this naval base in Hawaii by Japan. This caused the US to get involved.
Pearl Base
Pear Harbor
Pancake Harbor
Pearl Harbor
45
This man invented the light bulb, phonograph, etc.
All of the above.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
46
Who led in the building of the Panama Canal on the isthmus between North and South America?
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander Graham Bell
47
This time period happened after WW1. It was when a sudden "boom" happened in the economy.
Roaring Forties
Roaring Thirties
Roaring Eighties
Roaring Twenties
48
Asian immigrants came to....
Angel Island in California
Oklahoma City
Ellis Island in New York harbor
Savannah in Georgia
49
Which of the following correctly describes supply and demand?
Consumers will buy whatever is produced.
Investors will put money into any business.
Suppliers will make whatever they decide to.
Producers will make what consumers demand.
50
At what point does an amendment become part of the Constitution?
once it is ratified by 3/4 of the states
once the amendment is presented to Congress and the Senate
once the president presents the amendment
once the voters cast their votes
51
Many women joined war efforts in WW1. This led to what amendment?
18th- right to freedom of speech
6th- right to eat wherever.
21st- right to bear arms
19th-right to vote
52
The type of government where the leader controls all.
Democracy
Communism
53
What did the Wright Brothers do?
Invented the telephone.
Built the first known airplane.
Invented the car.
Invented the hair dryer.
54
Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler were leaders of the _______ Powers.
Axis
Allies
55
Who led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Nikita Khrushchev
Adolf Hitler
56
First pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles McMann
Charles Edward
Charles Linn
Charles Lindbergh
57
Voting Rights Act
Stopped allowing African Americans to vote
Allowed people living in Mexico to vote.
Allowed people living in Italy to vote.
Allowed everyone to vote.
58
What is a budget?
A loan
Taxes
Plan to save the most money.
How to pay for a huge boat.
59
Which statement
best
describes how banks make a profit?
Banks charge fees on personal savings accounts.
Banks borrow money from the government.
Banks charge interest on money from loans.
Banks borrow money from people in the community.
60
What was the Dust Bowl?
A place in Georgia.
Rural areas of the United States.
Bowl that Indians ate out of.
Severe dust storms that destroyed crops.
61
The United Nations began after World War 2 to:
Prevent war and maintain peace
To control the entire world
Solve the world's economic problems.
To take over Germany
62
This Prime Minister came up with the term "Iron Curtain"
Winston Churchill
George W. Bush
Joseph Stalin
Hirohito
