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1
Who was the German ruler whose actions brought England into war?
Wilhelm (2nd)
Harry (5th)
James (3rd)
Ludwig (3rd)
2
What term means sensationalized news reporting?
Bias
Fake
Newspapers
Yellow Journalism
3
Who was the president shot at a Washington D.C train station?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
William McKinley
James A. Garfeild
4
Who was the president most closely associated with progressivism?
James Garfield
Franklin Roosvelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
5
What day did the Germans sign an armistice ending WW1?
April 28. 1918
December 7, 1941
December 11, 1918
November 11, 1918
6
When did the stock market crash, sparking the great depression?
1931
1925
1930
1929
7
Who was the famous "desert fox"
Erwin Rommel
Me
John J Pershing
Bernard Montgomery
8
Who was an American General who lead U.S troops into WW1?
Dwight Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Erwin Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
9
What did the 18th amendment enact?
The right to vote
Prohibition
The right to vote for women
Federal income tax
10
Who did the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
A pilot
The Wright Brothers
Charles. A Lindbergh
11
What was NOT a measure that the U.S took to support the war effort at home?
Establishing America first comitties
creation of the war production board
recycling
rationing
12
What was the battle that the Nazi's counterattacked against the Allied invasion of Europe
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Sicily
Battle of Rome
Battle of Okinawa
13
What did America purchase from Russia?
Alaska
Oil
Wood
Oregon
14
What was the 50th state?
California
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
15
What was the secret weapon that brought the Pacific war to an end
atomic bomb
bombs
fighter planes
new rifles
16
What was the German plot to give part of the U.S to Mexico?
Armistice
The Final Solution
The Zimmerman Telegram
Truce Treaty
17
What installed old age pensions and unemployment insurance?
Senior Act
New income act
Social Security Act
Retirement act
18
What became the most common means of news and entertainment during the 1920's
letters
telegram
radio
television
19
Who was a shipping entrepreneur?
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
John J. Pershing
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
20
What was the island that America forces captured as a final preparation for the invasion of Japan?
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Nagasaki
Tokyo
21
What were the informational talks that Roosevelt broadcasted over the radio to inspire public confidence
fireside chats
Radio to Radio
confidence is key
roosevelt talks
22
Problems in WHAT industry were the main cause for the passage of the Interstate commerce act?
railroad
oil
steel
banks
23
What was the German policy that claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone without warning?
Guerrilla Warfare
Blitzkerig
Kill Ship KIll
Unrestricted Submarine warfare
24
Who was the colonel who lost his life in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Bernard Montgomery
George Armstrong Custer
George Washington Carver
Erwin Rommel
25
Who was a steel entrepreneur?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
John J. Pershing
26
What was the name for the federal agency formed in the 1920's to track down criminals?
ISS
CSS
IBF
FBI
27
What were the Japanese suicide planes called
Suiciders
Kamikazes
28
Who was the "ace of aces"?
Eddie Rickenbacker
Manfred Von Richthofen
Albert Ball
Billy Bishop
29
What was the name for the nations who opposed Germany in WW1?
Enemies
Central Powers
Allies
Axis Powers
30
What day would live in infamy?
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
November 11, 1941
December 7, 1942
31
What was the period in which African American intellectuals and entertainers achieved prominence?
The African Empire
Harlem Renaissance
The Renaissance Period
Intellectual movement
32
Who was the prime minister and military leader of Japan?
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
33
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
34
What was also known as "lightning war"?
blitzkrieg
guerilla warfare
war with the gods
submarine warfare
35
Germany and its allies were called what in WW1?
Allies
Central Powers
Axis Powers
Enemies
36
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
sixteenth
nineteenth
eighteenth
seventeenth
37
What was the significance of Promontory Point, Utah?
A major battle occurred there
The Mormons first settled there
It was where lots of gold was found
It was the Junction of the transcontinental railroad
38
As a result of the Spanish - American war, what territory did the U.S. NOT gain ownership of?
the philippines
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Guam
39
What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?
radio
telephone
typewriter
telegram
40
Where did American troops launch a costly offensive in WW1?
Argonne
Nagasaki
Okinawa
Verdun
41
What was the section of France that the Allied Expeditionary force landed on, on d-day?
Paris
French Coast
The Normandy Coast
Sword Beach
42
What was the organization that focused on fighting legal battles on behalf of blacks?
The NAACP
The LBB
The NACPP
The NACCP
43
What were rough riders?
Cowboys who used the Chisholm trail
A volunteer unit during the Spanish American war
yellow journalist who encouraged war with spain
ranchers who fought in the range wars
44
Who was the U.S. president at the close of WW2?
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Me
45
Who was America's most prolific inventor?
Albert Einstien
Thomas A. Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell
46
What was NOT a goal of American policy during the last half of the 1800s?
extending Untied States territory
using U.S naval power to protect peace in Europe
creating new trading opportunties
defending the Western Hemisphere against European intervention
47
What was a truce ending WW1?
Final promise
Armistice
Reparations
Peace Treaty
48
Who made the first successful airplane flight?
Amelia Earhart
The Wright Brothers
Charles A. Lindbergh
Manfred Von Richthofen
49
Who was the prime minister of Britain?
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
50
What was the name for the massacre of millions of Jews and others that the Nazi's considered lesser peoples
Nazi's plans
Holocuast
Concentrating on Camps
The Mass murders
51
Who was the Supreme Allied commander in Europe?
John J. Pershing
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Bernard Montgomery
52
What did Theodore Roosevelt often say?
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
"Don't spread patriotism too thin"
"Believe you can and you are halfway there"
"The light has gone out of my life"
53
What city was the first atomic bomb dropped on?
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Okinawa
54
What did the 16th amendment initiate?
The right to vote
The right to vote for women
Prohibition
Federal Income Tax
55
What occurred at the END of the Indian wars?
Guerilla Warfare
The Boston Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre
Peace Treaty
56
Who was a oil - refining entrepreneur?
John J. Pershing
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Andrew Carnegie
57
Who was the crusader for Women's suffrage?
Clara Barton
Susan B. Anthony
Abagail Adams
Fredrick Douglass
58
What was the nation that was last to fall to Germany in 1940?
Belgium
Hungary
France
Poland
59
Who was a British commander who helped to defeat the Germans in North Africa?
George Armstrong Custer
John J Pershing
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
60
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
