How well do you know 20th Century American History?

The term "Jim Crow" is in reference to a fictional character played by a white actor wearing "black face" in the 1820s.

What was the original name of the board game Monopoly?

Prior to and during the "Jim Crow South," these laws prevented many African Americans from racial and economic equality.

In 1957, nine African American students attended an all-white high school in:

The United States joined the League of Nations after WWI.

How long did Prohibition last?

What landmark 1954 court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized and executed primarily by African American men.

In large part due to the Selma-Montgomery March, what Act was passed in 1965?

The United States was truly neutral prior to entering WWI.

In many ways, the Progressive Era came about in direct response to THIS time period directly before.

"Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal." Who said this quote?

What fictional character is depicted in the images?

This 1943 event exposed rampant discrimination towards Mexican Americans in the U.S.

When is Mrs. Staysniak's birthday?

You do not need to raise your hand and ask to use the restroom.

What programs were created during FDRs presidency to address the Great Depression?

In what year did the stock market crash?

FDR's Executive Order 9066 created:

"Roll Jordan Roll" and "Wade in the Water" are two examples of:

President Woodrow Wilson screened "Birth of Nation" at the White House.

You should bring your textbook to class everyday.

What made the funeral of Emmett Till particularly significant?

You are allowed to submit late assignments only within the unit in which it is assigned.

What should you do if you are absent from class and wondering what you missed?

All of the following were famous muckrakers except:

The United States had the highest death toll of all nations involved in WWI.

If you submit a major assignment two days late, by how much does your grade decrease?

What is the title of this political cartoon?

What Amendment achieved female suffrage?

You can always see your grade (average) on google classroom.

The U.S. was truly neutral prior to entering WWII.

THIS film, produced in 1915, dramatically increased KKK membership.

What Amendment overturned/repealed the 18th Amendment?

This photograph was taken at

What workplace tragedy on March 25, 1911 prompted the passage of dozens of workplace safety laws?

One can still be prosecuted under the Espionage Act today.

"The Ballot or the Bullet" was a famous speech by what Civil Rights Leader?

Students are not allowed to use devices for note-taking.

All of the following groups were supportive of prohibition except:

What helped bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

The poem excerpt below is most appropriately connected to

What Amendment prohibited the sale, consumption, and distribution of alcohol?

In 1960, four young African American men sat at an all-white Woolworth's lunch counter in:

Leaders of the Progressive Era criticized THIS social and economic theory that was popularized during the Gilded Age.

What prompted the U.S. to join WWII?

The photograph below depicts an attack on what Civil Rights Movement group?

The U.S. is the only country in the history of the world to have dropped an atomic weapon on another nation.

All of the following were movements of the Progressive Era except:

You can keep headphones/AirPods in during class.

1960s race riots took place in all of the following cities except:

One of the primary ways the KKK terrorized African Americans in the South was through

Mrs. Staysniak uses Aspen for all grading, including small homework assignments.

The U.S. killed 100,000 people and destroyed 25% of THIS city in a firebombing sweep in 1945.

Frequently, monopolists were also referred to as:

The massive movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North in the early 1900s:

In what year was both the 18th and 19th Amendment (prohibition & suffrage) passed?

What prompted the United States to join WWI?

The photograph below is from:

Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?

What two programs did the U.S. use to help aid the Allies prior to entering WWII?

All of the following are famous songs of the modern Civil Rights Movement except:

The Black Panther Party created housing, education, food, and transportation programs for black communities.

What natural disaster took place in the U.S. during the Great Depression?

What 1896 court case legalized "separate but equal"?

All of the following are major leaders of the modern Civil Rights Movement except:

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

The U.S. declared war on THIS nation on December 8, 1941

What famous 1906 novel was meant to convert people to socialism but instead "hit [people] in the stomach"?

Who was one of the most famous poets of the Harlem Renaissance?

Academic dishonesty/plagiarism will result in what consequence?

What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific Theater during WWII?

What happened on June 6, 1944?

What was the significance of the DATE of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington?