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Pearson Indiana History Chapter 5: Challenging Times
Pearson Indiana History Chapter 5: Challenging Times
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A review quiz of Chapter 5
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1
What is discrimination?
The bringing together of people of all races.
A program that created jobs.
Unfair treatment based on gender, religious beliefs, or race
The enforced separation of different races.
2
What terms means "the right to vote"?
suffrage
election
ballot
ratify
3
What are stocks?
Shares or portions of ownership in companies.
A place where people buy and sell goods.
The borrowing of money with the promise to pay it back later
Money that is lent to someone, often from a bank.
4
What are TWO reasons many people moved from Asia to Indiana in the 1940s?
to escape wars, to attend college
to find work in steel mills, to join family members
to learn how to paint, to write music
to get work in automobiles factories, to work on farms
5
Vietnam War protests showed the power of the American people to bring about change.
False
True
6
True or False: Ratify means the right to vote.
True
False
7
What was the main purpose of the New Deal?
to help the country recover from winter
to help the country recover from the Great Depression
to help the country recover from an outbreak of war
to help the country recover from the Great Recession
8
The Korean War and the Vietnam War both started with __________.
The Soviet Union was the most powerful nation in the world.
The United States was the most powerful nation in the world.
Non-Communist countries invading Communist countries.
Communist countries invading non-Communist countries.
9
What is segregation?
unfair treatment based on gender, race or religious belief
keeping people of different races apart
keeping people of different races together
the right to vote
10
How did World War II effect Indiana's economy?
Steel mills and oil refineries went back to full production.
Factory workers became soldiers so factories had to close.
Women and African Americans took high-paying jobs.
Farms went out of business because most people had gardens.
11
_______ is a time of unemployment when business activity is slow.
ratification
discrimination
segregation
depression
12
What role did Hoosier women play in World War I?
Women voted against the war.
Women weren't allowed to do anything during World War I.
Women took jobs in factories and sewed blankets and clothing
Women were drafted into the armed services.
13
What was the major cause of the Great Depression?
Factories couldn't find enough workers.
The Stock Market crashed.
Banks spent too much money.
People spent too much money.
14
When World War I started, what did many Americans believe the US should do?
declare war on Germany
join the Central Powers
remain neutral
join the Allied Powers
15
True or False: Indiana's good factory jobs brought African Americans to Indiana from the South.
True
False
16
Why did the United States enter World War I in 1917?
German ships attacked US ships carrying supplies.
The country was going through many changes during this time.
Women wanted the right to vote in elections.
US ships attacked German ships carrying supplies.
17
Women in the US finally got the right to vote after Congress passed a ___________.
suffrage amendment to the US Constitution.
ratifying amendment to the US Constitution.
segregation amendment to the US Constitution.
rationing amendment to the US Constitution.
18
What is a draft?
The first version of a piece of writing.
A system to select people to serve in the armed forces
To allow a person only a fixed amount of food or supplies
The process of not choosing a side in war.
19
What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement?
Segregation
Integration
Discrimination
Prosperity
20
What term means "to allow each person to have only a fixed amount of food or supplies?"
ratify
ration
draft
loan
