What forced the hand of President Wilson to demand that Congress declare war on the Central Powers?

interception of the Zimmermann note

What did the South have to do to rejoin the Union in 1867?

approve new state constitutions, ratify the 14th amendment

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1
Who became America's most celebrated bootlegger and crime boss?
Al Capone
Joe Stump
Bugsy Perkins
Parker Finch
2
What forced the hand of President Wilson to demand that Congress declare war on the Central Powers?
sinking of the Lusitania
propaganda stirred by Germany
interception of the Zimmermann note
bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin
3
Rights of some citizens were violated after World War II when the government authorized _____.
religious communes
internment camps
sedition acts
nuclear test sites
4
Approximately how many Jews died during the Holocaust?
4 million
7 million
6 million
5 million
5
Which hatchet carrying progressive fought for temperance?
Julie Atcheson
Sonja Rios
Viola Strumm
Carry Nation
6
The era that followed the death of President Lincoln was known as what?
Rebuilding
Southern Inclusion
Reconstruction
Keeping the Nation Together
7
The U.S.'s involvement in the Spanish American War would result in hundreds of deaths due to _____.
yellow fever
chicken pox
influenza
small pox
8
What did the South have to do to rejoin the Union in 1867?
approve new state constitutions
elect Republican governors
support civil rights
ratify the 14th amendment
9
Which female pilot was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Veronica Sherman
Amelia Earhart
Fran Langley
Joan Broadmoor
10
Which amendment granted women suffrage following their contributions to the war effort?
21st
19th
16th
18th
11
Which of these could be added to the list for describing the South during the Reconstruction?
Peace Corps
Freedman's Bureau
Civil Rights Act
U.N.E.S.C.O.
12
President Roosevelt was extremely proud of his efforts in building the _____.
National Mall
Brooklyn Bridge
Panama Canal
Smithsonian Museum
13
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith were all celebrated during the _____.
New York Film Festival
Boston Pops
Harlem Renaissance
Kentucky Derby
14
Joe Rosenthal's now famous image captures which battle of World War II?
Battle of Amwitz
Battle of Yejii
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
15
Which of the following was not an ally of the U.S. during World War II?
France
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Japan
16
What name was given to the vast migration of African Americans to major cities after the war?
Great Migration
Up and Out of Here
African American Arrival
Crossing the Great Divide
17
President Wilson's progressive agenda provided for the creation of which federal agency in 1913?
National Parks Service
Pacific Industrialists
Federal Reserve
American Association of Laborers
18
Former President Teddy Roosevelt sought the Presidency again in 1912 under which political party?
Bull Moose Party
Keystone Party
Green Party
Free Alliance Party
19
In what way did civilians assist in the war effort?
all of these
purchasing war bonds
rationing
planting victory gardens
20
Response to revelations of the meat packing industry led to regulations enforced by the _____.
Centers for Disease Control
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Commerce
Institution for Education and Sciences
21
Which U.S. President was the first to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Zachary Taylor
22
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created what?
minimum wage
labor unions
fair and just compensation
healthcare coverage
23
America's imperialism would result in our 1898 acquisition of _____.
Cuba
all of these
Guam
Hawaii
24
Which agency provided farmers of the Midwest with education and a social outlet?
Association of American Farmers
The Grange
United Farm Workers
Farm Bureau
25
The Central Powers attempted to derail these transports via U-boats.
True
False
26
What plan did President Roosevelt provide Congress to ease, if not end, the Great Depression?
New Deal
Make America Great Again
Work for All
Back to Work
27
By what means did women join the war effort?
nurses
radio operators
all of these
machinists
28
In 1867, the U.S. purchased Alaska from Spain.
False
True
29
All of these are examples of technology of World War I except _____.
air balloons
helicopters
tanks
submarines
30
During World War II, fighting took place between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
false
true
31
Which legislation of 1890 made it illegal to form a trust?
Vann Antitrust Act
Pensky Freeman Act
Douglas-Doolittle Corporate Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
32
Which pilot made the first successful solo, transatlantic flight from New York to Paris?
Beck Wall
Charles Lindbergh
John Besh
Henry Mason
33
What was the result of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933?
A.I.M.
N.A.A.C.P.
M.I.L.K.
F.D.I.C.
34
Which artist's rendering was used in recruiting soldiers to fight in World War I?
Bryan T. Seed
James Montgomery
Buster Keening
Matthew O'Malley
35
Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans would advance if they were _____.
offered secondary education
taught employment skills
afforded civil rights
treated with dignity and respect
36
Germany's plan for victory in World War I--the Schlieffen Plan--was initiated in what nation?
Belgium
Poland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
37
What natural disaster(s) of the 1930s only added to the problems of the Great Depression?
Dust Bowl
San Francisco Earthquake
Texas tornadoes
California fires
38
What name was given to this image that would capture the horror of the Great Depression?
"Desperation"
"A Family in Need"
"Hunger in America"
"Migrant Mother"
39
Which of these men provided military service during World War II?
George Patton
all of these
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
40
Which famous trial ended in the ban of teaching evolution in public schools?
Edwards
Vincent
Gilbert
Scopes
41
Which invention by Joseph Glidden would radically change life on the Great Plains?
barbed wire
steel plow
iron mullet
reaper
42
Which member of Congress was the only person to vote "no" for war?
Maryanne Quentin
Janet Fellows
Jeannette Rankin
Francis Perkins
43
Which American export was most needed by the Japanese during World War II?
oil
textiles
machinery
automobiles
44
Auschwitz was the worst concentration camp of the Holocaust. Where did this camp exist?
Austria
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
45
What system of farming developed in the South after the Civil War?
sharecropping
wren agriculture
corporate planting
dynamic farming
46
As President, Teddy Roosevelt practiced an international policing policy that targeted which area of the globe?
North America
Latin America
South America
Asia
47
Upon which battleship was the surrender of Japan documented?
U.S.S. Maine
U.S.S. Alabama
U.S.S. Tennessee
U.S.S. Missouri
48
Most settlers of the Great Plains were forced to live in soddies.
True
False
49
Which legislation of 1914 sought to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Federal Trust Contingency Act
Byran Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Plankord Trust Contingency Act
50
How did President Hoover attempt to put Americans back to work during the Great Depression?
Manhattan project
Boulder Dam project
Tennessee Valley Authority project
Transcontinental Railroad project
51
The Nuremberg Laws stripped which group of their civil rights?
Jews
African Americans
homosexuals
Poles
52
Votes of conservatives were split in the Presidential election of 1912, causing which Democrat to claim victory?
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Benedict Abrams
John D. Rockefeller
53
Whose heroics in the Spanish American War would gain him a Presidential victory in 1900?
Benjamin Harrison
William H. Taft
Chester A. Arthur
Teddy Roosevelt
54
Which organization was created in America after World War I to address the Red Scare?
C.I.A.
N.B.A.
F.B.I.
K.K.K.
55
Who operated the biggest political machine of New York City during the late 1800s?
Boss Tweed
B. "Sugar" Morrision
Marvin Matthews
Joseph Perkins, III
56
Which of the following nations was not present for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles?
United States
Russia
France
Great Britain
57
What term refers to African Americans who took advantage of the Homestead Act in the 1860s?
parishioners
bulldogs
exodusters
migrants
58
Which major scandal rocked the Harding Presidency and led many to believe he was corrupt?
Teapot Dome scandal
Bull Moose scandal
South Beach scandal
Watergate scandal
59
The 18th amendment provided prohibition. Which dates highlight this period of "no drinking?"
1895-1910
1920-1933
1900-1910
1915-1925
60
What secret project of the military would end in the development of the atomic bomb?
Dublin Project
Yoyo Project
Lennon Project
Manhattan Project
61
While World War I involved the use of trenches, World War II is characterized by the use of __.
airplanes
tanks
none of these
both of these
62
Which of these was supported by President Truman to help stabilize Europe after World War II?
Thompson Plan
Davis Plan
Kellogg Plan
Marshall Plan
63
Who was the first African American to be elected to Congress?
Hiram Revels
Abraham Becham
Walter Wainwright
Tyler Langston
64
What type of fighting developed on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War I?
trench warfare
guerrilla warfare
search and destroy
total war
65
The U.S. entered World War II after an attack at Pearl Harbor. What date was war declared?
December 7, 1941
June 5, 1941
May 10, 1941
April 6, 1941
66
The area that divided sides on the battlefields of France was known as "No Man's Land."
True
False
67
Who was appointed head of the F.B.I. and became one of the most powerful men in America?
Kenneth Striver
Thomas Durant
Leonard Mulstein
J. Edgar Hoover
68
Which international event is said to be the spark that ignited World War I?
assassination
typhoon
hurricane
earthquake
69
While Mary Elizabeth Lease attempted to help the farmer, "Mother Jones" attempted to help ____.
mothers
children
African Americans
immigrants
70
Which list defines those nations who belonged to the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the U.S.
France, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Turkey
Great Britain, Japan, and Russia
71
Mary Elizabeth Lease and "Mother Jones" lived during which era of history?
Fascist Era
Environmental Era
Progressive Era
Democratic Era
72
Who won a landslide victory over Herbert Hoover and would become America's 32nd President?
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester A. Arthur
73
What was the biggest work project of President Roosevelt's Second New Deal?
C.D.C.
W.P.A.
D.I.S.C.
O.R.P.
74
Who else were targeted by the Nazis and murdered?
disabled
gypsies
homosexuals
all of these
75
Warning of expansion to foreign nations was expressed in President Roosevelt's _____.
Pacific telegram
Foraker Act
Open Door notes
Corollary
76
For what purpose did President Warren G. Harding sign into law the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
promote migration
limit immigration
increase trade
decrease poverty
77
The novel which created awareness of the horrors of the meat packing industry was _____.
Never Shall We Meat
The Jungle
A Bloody Mess
Tales Inside a Lawless Industry
78
Via what means were supplies transported to the Allies across the Atlantic Ocean?
convoys
FedEx
airplanes
submarines
79
Which of the following is NOT a goal of progressivism?
social welfare
efficiency
democracy
economic reform
80
During World War I, fighting took place between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers.
true
false
81
The U.S.'s involvement in the Spanish American War is a perfect example of _____.
federalism
imperialism
capitalism
nationalism
82
The Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46 sought justice for those murdered by the Nazis.
False
True
83
Which of the following was not a nation conquered by Germany at the start of World War II?
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
84
Which famous American novelist warned of the dangers of imperialism?
Pearl Buck
Mark Twain
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Eugene McCarthy
85
Which new political party developed at the end of the 19th century to help the American farmer?
Socialist Party
Farm Workers Party
Cooperative Party
Populist Party
86
What is the primary reason for the stock market crash of 1929--"Black Tuesday?"
theft
overspeculation
fraud
bankruptcy
87
Soldiers who returned home from World War II were assisted by the _____.
G.I. Bill of 1944
Veterans Bill of 1945
Education Assistance Program of 1944
Housing and Development Plan of 1945
88
Mein Kampf (1924) expresses the beliefs of _____.
fascism
Nazism
surrealism
imperialism
89
Which of these is correctly matched?
Germany: Benito Mussolini
Spain: Francisco Franco
Italy: Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union: Adolf Hitler
90
What was President Wilson's response to the conflicts in Europe?
expressing his anger via public radio addresses
drafting the Fourteen Points
sending both ammunition and troops
threatening war
91
Upon which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped during World War II?
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
92
What natural disaster of 1871 forced America to rethink its future buildings of cities?
Great Chicago Fire
San Francisco Earthquake
Hurricane Mary
Tornado of Toledo
93
V-E Day was most closely linked to which of these military heroes?
all of these
Omar Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Patton
94
Which Oscar winning film would become the most popular film of the Depression Era?
"Gone with the Wind"
"Grapes of Wrath"
"War of the Worlds"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
95
W.E.B. Du Bois believed that African Americans would advance if they were _____.
awarded reparations
offered an equal opportunity
trained to be soldiers
given a free education
96
All of the following were inventions of the early 20th century except _____.
vacuum
electric iron
washing machine
coffee pot

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