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1
What was invented in the 40s?
The atomic bomb
Microwave
Jukebox
All of the above
2
Who is this Country music star that had 55 hit singles?
Bing Crosby
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Les Paul
3
What was the Enola Gay?
Was the code name for the Navajo Code-talkers
Was the train that sent Japanese to internment camps
Made a flyover at the Woodstock festival
Was the plane which dropped the first Atomic bomb on Japan
4
What were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers known for?
Dancing
Singing
Composing
Acting
5
What is this type of music and dance referred to as?
The charleston
Swing
Cha cha
Big Band
6
Harry Truman was the President that signed an executive order to end segregation in the military.
True
False
7
Who broke the sports color barrier in baseball in 1947?
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Joe DiMaggio
8
Which artist created elongated statues and busts of his brother?
Alberto Giacometti
Fred Astaire
Jackson Pollock
Hank Williams
9
What did "sugar ray" Robinson (boxing champ) have to do with Jimmy Doyle's mom?
Helped buy her a house
Robbed her after loss
Married her
Call her a racist slur
10
"Little Boy" and "Fat Man" were the names of Bing Crosby songs
True
False
11
Who were Rogers and Hammerstein?
Theater writers and musical composers
Surrealist artists
Jazz playerrs
Classical musicians
12
Which college football team had the most wins from 1920-1949?
The Spartans
Ohio State
Notre Dame
University of Michigan
13
America was one of the first countries to help fight against the Holocaust
False
True
14
What type of music was introduced in the 1940s?
Classical
Hippie Rock
Jazz
Country
15
Who really first pushed the genre of the psychological thriller?
Ella Fitzgerald
Rogers and Hammerstein
Alfred Hitchcock
Jackson Pollock
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What games were popular in the 1940s?
Hopscotch
all of these
Jax and marbles
Chutes and Ladders
17
These laws created segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, & restaurants
Jim Crow laws
The first ammendment
Civil right laws
The Walker Laws
18
Who's real name is Ted Geisel & what did he do?
Dr. Seuss- Writer/illustrator
Elvis Presley- Singer
Carry Grant- Actor
Jesse Owens- Olympian
19
Ed Sullivan did what?
Danced in Singing in the Rain
Sang Country music
Created the splatter art movement
Hosted a talk show with performers
20
Frank Sinatra's female followers were refered to as...
Bobby soxers
Flappers
Foxes
Groupies
21
Les Paul created the first acoustic guitar
False
True
22
Jacob Lawrence painted images of...
All of the above
Social and historical experiences of African Americans
His upbringing during the Harlem Renaissance
The Migration Series about moving from the south to the north
23
The boy scouts and girl scouts are created in the 1940s
True
False
24
What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize?
Womens right to vote
Women in sports
women joining the workforce
Female body building
25
What is the name of the artist known for their "splatter" technique?
Ed Sullivan
Gene Kelly
Alberto Giacometti
Jackson Pollock
26
What was something teens could help with during WW2?
ration food and clothes
create victory gardens
collect scrap metal
all of these
27
What is a code talker?
Japanese immigrants trying to escape internment camps
Amer Indians who used tribal language to send secret communications in WW2
name for the underground society during prohibition
Term for the first female code breaking team
28
Joe Biden & Donald Trump were born in the 1940s
False
True
29
What 1940s invention helped music sales?
Music videos
Jukebox
Swing music
Record Player
