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1
What was FDR's plan to restore our nation during the Great Depression known as?
Social Security
The New Deal
The Answer
The New Plan
2
What was the name of the ship that exploded in Cuba and started the Spanish American War?
U.S.S. Maine
Titanic
U.S.S. Yorktown
Lusitania
3
What treaty ended WWI?
Wilson's 14 Points
League of Nations
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
4
What country did we fight in the Spanish American War?
Mexico
Cuba
Spain
Puerto Rico
5
How many terms did FDR get elected President?
Two
One
Four
Three
6
Besides the initial blast, how did thousands more die in Japan as a result of the atomic bomb?
Spanish Flu
Radiation sickness
Starvation
Polio
7
What is the term for having total control over a type of industry by one person or one company?
Merger
Monopoly
Dividend
Trust
8
What war strategy was used to try and defeat the Japanese by the U.S.?
Island Hopping
Kamikazes
Trench Warfare
Containment
9
What was the name given to the mass murder of Jewish people in Europe during WWII?
The Holocaust
Genocide
Annihilation
The Final Solution
10
What territory did we NOT get as a result of the Spanish American War?
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Guam
11
Andrew Carnegie became a business icon in what industry?
steel
railroad
automobile
oil
12
Who were carefree young women with short "bobbed" hair in the 1920's?
Flappers
Rebels
Lollygaggers
Cannery Girls
13
What was the largest job site in the United States during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Transcontinental Railroad
Hoover Dam
Panama Canal
14
Who was chosen as the Allied Commander in Operation Overlord?
Eisenhower
Patton
MacArthur
FDR
15
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after Hitler's army invaded ________.
England
Belgium
Poland
Lithuania
16
Who is the governor of Nevada?
Steve Sisolak
Harry Reid
Bob Miller
Brian Sandoval
17
What President is responsible for building the Panama Canal?
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
18
What is the policy of giving in to the demands of others in an effort to keep peace?
Appeasement
Fascism
Imperialism
Isolationism
19
What was the name of makeshift villages where homeless people lived in the 1930's?
Hoovervilles
Suburbs
Apartments
Tenements
20
The Wizard of Menlo Park is responsible for inventing the _______________
Automobile
Light bulb
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
21
Which British leader said "We shall never surrender?"
FDR
Mussolini
Chamberlin
Churchill
22
What type of military strategy did Hitler use early in WWII?
Blitzkrieg
Atomic Bombs
Trench Warfare
Chemical Warfare
23
Where did most immigrants live, a type of residence that is often run-down and crowded?
Hoovervilles
Tenements
Condos
Suburbs
24
An attempt to kill an entire population is known as ____________.
The Holocaust
The Final Solution
Genocide
Annihilation
25
Which amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol?
21st
26th
18th
13th
26
Where did Japan attack the United States?
Los Angeles
Pearl Harbor
Washington DC
New York City
27
What was the last major battle of WWII, in which Germany made an effort to seize Europe?
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
28
Executive Order 9066 forced a group of Americans to leave their homes and report to _______.
Prison Camps
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Internment Camps
29
How many Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor?
23,000
10,000
2,300
500
30
In 1932, what percentage of Americans were out of work?
50%
10%
75%
25%
31
How did FDR communicate with American's during the Great Depression?
Television Appearances
Text messaging
Newspapers
Radio Addresses
32
Who was chosen as the commander of the Allied Troops in the Pacific?
MacArthur
FDR
Patton
Eisenhower
33
What innovation by Henry Ford made the automobile affordable for everyone?
Electricity
Assembly Line
Installment payments
Buying on Credit
34
What group of Americans were forced to leave their homes during WWII?
German Americans
Italian Americans
French Americans
Japanese Americans
35
Who does the President have to get approval from in order to declare war?
Vice President
Supreme Court
Congress
Cabinet
36
What disease afflicted FDR and caused him to be confined to a wheelchair?
Paralysis
Cancer
Polio
Blindness
37
What word describes how the immigrants tried to become part of the larger American culture?
Assimilate
Nativist
Attitude
Immigrate
38
What President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs?
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
Nixon
39
As a result of the Zimmerman Telegram, the U.S. declared war on what country?
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Austria-Hungary
40
Who was the U.S. President during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
41
Who became President of the United States as a result of FDR's death?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry S. Truman
42
What was the cause of WWI?
All of the Above
Militarism
Imperialism
Alliances
43
What was the book, by Upton Sinclair, about immigration and the meatpacking industry in Chicago
The Jungle
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Gone with the Wind
44
What type of war strategy did the Japanese use to deter the United States?
Trench Warfare
Island Hopping
Containment
Kamikazes
45
What was the biggest challenge for new immigrants?
Finding a Job
Prejudice
Passing the Medical Exam
Housing
46
What is the environmental disaster in the Great Plains in the 1930's known as?
Great Drought
Great Plains Disaster
Dust Bowl
Great Migration
47
What is the name of the largest air, land and sea invasion the world has ever witnessed?
The Manhattan Project
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
48
What killed more soldiers in WWI than dying in battle?
Polio
Flu
Tuberculosis
Malaria
49
What President during the Great Depression believed, "Prosperity was just around the corner?"
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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What county is Las Vegas and Henderson located in?
Clark
Reno
U.S.
Elko