Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to

raise more food for home consumption

Allowed you to buy hard to to find products during the war.

Preferring native-born Americans over “New” immigrants

What were two main causes of Japanese Internment?

Pearl Harbor and Invasion of Hong Kong

How did the Navaho contribute to the war effort?

used language no one else could decipher integrated

the over exaggeration of the news

Plessy v. Ferguson established

Seperate but equal is constitutional

1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were indentified most closely with

conflict between modernism and traditionalism

What was the signifigance of the Battle of Midway?

U.S. goes on the offensive and Japan retreats

the head of a NYC political machine

Rosie the Riveter most directly reflects the

wartime mobilization of US society

Brown v Board of Education established...

segregation in schools is illegal

Koramatsu v. U.S. ruled

war sometimes leads to limited rights

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1
Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois started
The Knights of Labor Union
The North Star Newspaper
Political Machines
NAACP
2
How was the Spanish American War described?
"Unimaginable carnage"
"Quick and easy war"
"A splendid little war"
"A horrible war"
3
Direct Election of Senators was granted to the people through the ___ Amendment
16th
19th
18th
17th
4
What was the immediate cause of World War I
Great Britain attacks France
Assassination of Churchill
Assassination of the Arch Duke
Russia attacks Poland
5
A wealthy person that gives his money to charities is considered a/an
Charitor
Altruist
Philanthropist
6
Which amendment created the graduated income tax
17th
18th
16th
19th
7
What were the U.S. troops called who fought in Europe in World War I?
American Expeditionary Force
American Military Group
American Military Abroad
American Forces Abroad
8
Who most benefited from nineteenth-century political machines?
People who lived in cities
Rural farmers
School-aged children
Housewives
9
This court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Schneck v. US
Brown v. Plessy
Miranda v. Arizona
10
The vice President that became President after FDR's death.
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
11
Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to
raise more food for home consumption
provide markets for American made products
increase the number of exports
ensure adequate supplies of scarce national resources
12
160 acres, improve in 5 years and then it is yours to keep, what act is this?
Dawes Act
American Indian Citizenship ACt
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Homestead Act
13
Ration coupons...
Were only used in Nazi territory.
Allowed you to buy hard to to find products during the war.
Were illegal.
Made important things cheaper during the war.
14
What president ended the Korean War?
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
15
Who was elected president 4 times?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
16
Forced march of US and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by Japanese military
March of the Peguins
Nexxus Death March
Battan Death March
Balkin Death march
17
Who started the Settlement House named Hull House?
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
Besty Ross
Ida Tarbell
18
Who was an African-American journalist and spoke out against lynching?
Clara D. Barton
Jane Addams
Jennie Lindner
Ida B. Wells
19
Upton Sinclair wrote
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
The Octopus
Lynching is Wrong
20
What is nativism?
Being discriminative towards Native Americans
Teaching new immigrants English tendencies
Preferring native-born Americans over “New” immigrants
Preferring whites over blacks
21
What was built from the East to West coast in the 1800s?
Erie Canal
National Market
Transcontinental Railroad
Route 66
22
Which amendment gave women the right to vote
16th
18th
19th
17th
23
What group of people exposed the problems in American Society?
Yellow Journalists
Muckrakers
24
Laissez-faire means
Hands off
Hands on
25
In World War I, airplanes were first used to
transport troops to the front.
observe enemy activities.
bomb enemy trenches.
bring supplies to the troops.
26
What were two main causes of Japanese Internment?
Racism and Invasion of Hong Kong
Pearl Harbor and Invasion of Hong Kong
Invasion of Hong Kong and the Holocaust
Pearl Harbor and Racism
27
TR's domestic plan was called the
New Deal
Fair Deal
Square Deal
New Freedom
28
How did the Navaho contribute to the war effort?
used as guides to find bombs
used language no one else could decipher integrated
fought on front line
no role in WW2
29
John D. Rockefeller ran a/an
Bread Company
Steel company
Oil company
Train Company
30
Yellow journalism is
Newspaper reporters that only lied
Newspaper reporters that only told the truth
newspaper reporter that got yellow fever
the over exaggeration of the news
31
Plessy v. Ferguson established
Seperate but equal is constitutional
Freed slaves
Overturned sperate but equal
Slaves are not citizens
32
The Scopes trial and the Sacco and Vanzetti case both involved
disputes over the death penalty
clashes over cultural values
protests by temperance leaders
challenges to search & seizure protections
33
What Year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
1914
1915
1916
34
1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were indentified most closely with
decline in public support of Progressives
development of new forms of entertainment
conflict between modernism and traditionalism
increased use of credit by sonsumers
35
After the Spanish American War, Cuba became...
a U.S. territory
independent
a Spanish territory
a super power
36
The Scopes Trial was about the legality of teaching
sex eduation
socialism
conservativism
evolution
37
Prohibition was passed by amendment
18th
17th
19th
16th
38
What was the signifigance of the Battle of Midway?
The U.S. won back the Philippines
The Japanese captured Midway Naval Station
The U.S. Navy captured Midway Naval Station
U.S. goes on the offensive and Japan retreats
39
What made steel stronger?
Steel smelting
Iron smelting
Iron Compounding
Bessemer Process
40
Who was Boss Tweed?
Ms. Hof's uncle
a cartoonist who fought corruption
the head of a NYC political machine
the 18th president
41
The Populist Party spoke out for economic and political change, and were known as,
The Teacher's Party
The Women's Party
The People's Party
The Communist Party
42
Where did 70,000 US troops surrender and were forcedthrough the Battan death march?
Africa
Phillipines
D-Day
Iwo Jima
43
At the end of the Spanish American War, the U.S. was now seen as
needing to build a stronger navy
a new world power
having the strongest navy in the world
needing to build a stronger army
44
Which of these is not a pull factor?
War
Jobs
Freedom of Religion
Land
45
Which of these is NOT part of the 1st amendment
Speech
Right to Bear Arms
Religion
Press
46
Who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for the following achievements?
Alvin York
Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
47
Rosie the Riveter most directly reflects the
wartime mobilization of US society
wartime repression of civil liberties
expanded access to consumer goods during wartime
emergence of the US as a major world power
48
Schneck V US was based off of which law created during World War One?
Espionage Sedition Acts
Trail of Tears
Japanese Internment
Alien/Sedition Acts
49
What political activist spoke out strongly for women's rights, the cause of peace and the poor?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
50
Brown v Board of Education established...
giving white schools more funding is illegal
segregation in schools is legal
segregation in schools is illegal
giving white schools money is legal
51
Koramatsu v. U.S. ruled
war sometimes leads to limited rights
racism is always wrong
Muslims were treated improperly
Germans must be interned
52
Alexander Graham Bell invented
light bulb
Telegraph
Telephone
Train engine
53
Who led the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
General MacArthur
General Dewey
54
Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to
provide markets for American made products
increase the number of exports
raise more food for home consumption
ensure adequate supplies of scarce national resources
55
What year was the Spanish American War?
1898
1888
1868
1878
56
What was the main intent of the Mexican Repatration Act?
to ecourage Mexican-American immigrants to work in the US
to send Mexican-American Immigrants back to Mexico
to end discrimination against Mexican-Americans in the US
to grant citizenship to Mexican-Americans living in the U.S.
57
Who was the president during the Spanish American war?
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Donald Trump
58
What territory did the US gain after the Spanish American war?
Cuba and China
Guam and Cuba
Hawaii and Cuba
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipiens
59
Used language as code to help defeat Japan
442nd Combat Team>
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
60
Who was NOT president during the 1920s?
Warren G. Harding
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
61
Who was General John J Pershing?
A member of One Direction
Earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics in WWI.
Commanded the American Expeditionary Force during WWI
Chief of Staff of the US Army from 1917 until 1918
62
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _________
Guatemala
Hungary
Middle East
Korea
63
Which of these was limited by the Supreme Courts ruling in Schneck v U.S. (1919)?
Eighteenth Amendment
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
64
Which of these were never used in World War I?
Machine Guns
Poison Gases
Nuclear Weapons
Tanks
65
The steel industry was controlled by
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Fisk
Alexander Graham Bell
66
Is the 38th Parallel still used today to divide North and South Korea?
No
Yes
67
Which one is NOT a progressive president
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
68
What happened December 7, 1941
The U.S. started Island hopping
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
The Battan Death March
The U.S. attacked Midway
69
What ended World War 1?
Treaty of World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Peace agreement of World War 1
70
Veron Baker received
purple heart
medal of honor
gold star
bronze star

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