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1
The Executive Branch in the State of Illinois is the....
President
Governor
Supreme Court
General Assembly
2
The Legislative Branch in the U.S. Government has how many members?
435
335
235
535
3
Where is the Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition found?
The First Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
4
The slogan of the Americans during the American Revolution was...
No Country for Old Men
No Taxation without Representation
No Trade without Representation
No Potatoes for you.
5
Illinois became a state in...
1818
1919
1776
2014
6
This used a blast of air into molten iron to produce large quantities of steel?
The Bessemer Process
The Assembly Line
The Depression
The Industrial Revolution
7
What do we call the Legislative Branch in the State of Illinois?
The Confederation
The General Assembly
The Constitution
Congress
8
Mercantilism is when...
a country builds factories.
a country invades another nation.
a country controls a colonies trade.
the United States invaded Cuba.
9
This term describes the mass murder of a group, ethnicity, or culture?
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Communism
Genocide
10
What sport became popular during the Ind. Rev. as a form of relaxation for factory workers?
Baseball
Golf
Volleyball
Basketball
11
This was the mass extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
The Holocaust
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War I
World War II
12
Why did the U.S. annex Hawaii?
To control sugar production
For control of fruit farms and plantations.
For a military base
All of the above
13
The Judicial Branch has the power to...
Appoint Judges
Declare laws Unconstitutional
Enforce Laws
Make Laws
14
What were the names of the cities that the Atomic Bombs were dropped on to end World War II?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Kokura and Hiroshima
Berlin and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nanjing
15
The expansion of your territory to control another nations raw materials and markets is called?
Militarism
Nationalism
Genocide
Imperialism
16
Which of the following abandoned the Samurai, modernized, and opened two ports?
The United States
Japan
Nazi Germany
Russia
17
What were the tiny and filthy apartments for the poor called during the Industrial Revolution?
Franklinvilles
Slums
Tenements
Flappers
18
This was a series of programs and laws to help ease the suffering from the Great Depression?
World War II
The Harlem Renaissance
The New Deal
Hoovervilles
19
What is responsible for the growth of industry and inventions which started the 2nd Ind. Rev.?
Stuff
Capital
World War I
Mercantilism
20
What nation did the U.S. go to war with over the sinking of the USS Maine?
France
Germany
Mexico
Spain
21
This was the "noble experiment"?
Emancipation
The Harlem Renaissance
The Bessemer Process
Prohibition
22
The Agricultural Revolution is a period of history when...
Humans abandoned traditional farming.
Humans discovered how to grow crops and domesticate animals.
A period when humans began to use machines to produce goods.
Humans produced more goods in their homes.
23
The Harlem Renaissance most affected who?
Hoovervilles
Flappers
African Americans
Japanese Americans
24
Who warned the U.S. to avoid alliances?
George Washington
Winston Churchill
The Treaty of Versailles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
25
Which of the following did not occur during the Roaring Twenties?
The popular purchase of the Radio
The Great Depression
Harlem Renaissance
The rise of the Flapper
26
Which deadly event led to better working conditions and higher wages?
The Annexation of Hawaii
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Great Depression
World War II
27
This is the power of the branches to control another branch.
Checks and Balance
Not this one
Separation of Powers
Or This one
28
This was needed in order to produce more goods, and started the Second Industrial Revolution?
Tenements
Fascism
Capital
Slums
29
Native American population declined rapidly due to disease after...
Christopher Columbus discovered America
The Industrial Revolution
The Harlem Renaissance
World War I
30
This is the reason the U.S. declared war on Germany during WWI.
The Zimmerman Telegram
The sinking of the Lusitania
The assassination of the Arch Duke
The sinking of the Titanic
31
Which of the following is not a reason WWI began?
Fascism
Imperialism
Alliances
Militarism
32
The Industrious Revolution is a period of history when...
Humans began to expand control and a sphere of influence..
Humans discovered how to grow crops and domesticate animals.
Humans produced textiles in their homes to earn more income.
A period when humans began to use machines to produce goods.
33
Henry Ford's Assembly Line affected cars by
create cars with more defects and problems.
decreasing the price, and increasing the amount produced.
Making it impossible for poor people to afford.
made it possible for cars to have multiple colors.
34
What were the poor neighborhoods called during the Industrial Revolution?
Franklinvilles
Flappers
Tenements
Slums
35
The Industrial Revolution caused...
Rural areas to decrease food production.
Cities to be abandoned.
Cities to increase in population.
No change occurred.
36
Which of the following did not lead to cities growing during the Industrial Revolution?
Immigration
The Holocaust
Higher life expectancy
Factory Jobs
37
This is the day the Great Depression is traditionally considered to have begun on?
Black Wednesday
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Black Thursday
