By 1860, life for slaves was most difficult in the

Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

During the Civil War, 300,000 people migrated West, lured mainly by

the offer of free land under the Homestead Act.

What was the Civil War?

War between North & South over slavery

The destruction of the US battleship “The Maine” was a direct cause of

The Spanish-American War of 1898

Abraham Lincoln’s number one goal during the Civil War was

preserve the Union, that is, to keep the US whole

Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because

he believed that he had landed in islands close to India

The money for Social Security payments to retirees comes from

Social Security taxes paid by current workers.

Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were

designed to force Blacks to accept second-class status as citizens

All of the following were reasons for English colonization except

need for a place to use slave labor.

The Civil War began when

Seven southern states seceded from the Union

The introduction of American food plants around the world resulted in

rapid population growth in Europe and China

The buffalo were nearly driven to extinction

by government-directed hunting by whites hoping to starve Native Americans

Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed all of the following tasks except

Tending food crops in the fields

What was Obama's major accomplishment as president?

A new nation-wide Healthcare Plan

Bill Clinton's Number one advantage as president was

the US economy was tremendously prosperous

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1
Jazz music was developed by
American blacks
Latinos
Caucasion impresarios
American teenagers in New York
2
By 1860, life for slaves was most difficult in the
upper South states of Virginia and Maryland.
territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico.
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Atlantic states of North and South Carolina.
3
His greatest achievement was National Parks and conservation:
Theodore Roosevelt
Gerald Ford
James Monroe
Ronald Reagan
4
Ireland's greatest export to the US in the 1840s was
People
Whiskey
Wool
potatoes
5
Who set the example that presidents should only serve 2 terms?
George Washington
John Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
6
During the Civil War, 300,000 people migrated West, lured mainly by
the hope of fleeing slavery.
the opportunity to avoid federal military draft laws.
the offer of free land under the Homestead Act.
the ability to push Indians off their land without government interference.
7
What was the Civil War?
War to stop Communism
War for Independence from Britain
War between North & South over slavery
World War over slavery
8
The destruction of the US battleship “The Maine” was a direct cause of
The Civil War
War with Cuba
World War I
The Spanish-American War of 1898
9
Who is called the 'Father of the Constitution?'
George Washington
James Madison
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
10
What was the major scandal for Richard Nixon?
The Amadeus Affair
The Iran-Contra Affair
Monica Lewinsky
Watergate
11
Abraham Lincoln’s number one goal during the Civil War was
preserve the Union, that is, to keep the US whole
free the slaves
protect the economy of the US
avoid involving England
12
Which President caused the end of the Cold War?
Bill Clinton
George HW Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
13
Who was the President at the end of the Cold War?
John F Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
George HW Bush
Ronald Reagan
14
Who purchased the Louisiana Territory?
James Monroe
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
15
What is the military title of the President?
Commander in Chief
Attorney General
Secretary of State
The Big Boss
16
The most populous group of Latinos in the United States comes from
Brazil
Cuba
Peru
Mexico
17
What happened to John F Kennedy?
Died of Polio
He was assassinated
Plane Crash
Died of old age
18
What amendment ended slavery?
12th
11th
13th
14th
19
You must have been born in the US to be the President
False
True
20
Which president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
21
Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because
he believed that he had landed in islands close to India
that was what they called themselves
the Vikings had first called them by that name earlier.
it was a form of the Spanish word for heathen.
22
What branch of government is the president in charge of?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
The House of Representatives
23
How old do you have to be to become president?
35
45
30
40
24
Who was the first black President?
Kid President
Barack Obama
Kamala Harris
25
The money for Social Security payments to retirees comes from
taxes paid by the elderly during their working lives
Social Security taxes paid by current workers.
private employers' pension funds
school taxes
26
Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were
prosecuted vigorously by Southern state and local legal authorities.
revenge for violent crimes against whites.
exceeding rare between 1890 and 1960.
designed to force Blacks to accept second-class status as citizens
27
A major issue for women during the Progressive Era was “suffrage,” which is
The right to vote
Equal pay for men and women
child labor
The right to own guns
28
All of the following were reasons for English colonization except
need for a place to use slave labor.
desire for markets to sell products
desire for religious freedom.
unemployment.
29
He was the US President during the Civil War:
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
James Polk
30
What event caused the United States to enter World War 2?
Battle of Gettysburg
Death of FDR
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
31
Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
32
How many years must you have lived in the United States to be president?
25
14
20
15
33
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
34
Who was the president during MOST of the Great Depression?
George HW Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
35
How many terms is a President allowed to serve?
1
4
2
3
36
European explorers introduced ____ into the New World.
Smallpox
Corn
Tobacco
Turkeys
37
Who was President during MOST of World War II?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
38
After which President did it become a law that a President could only serve 2 terms?
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
William Taft
39
Who was president on September 11, 2001
Donald Trump
George HW Bush
George W Bush
Barack Obama
40
Who oversaw the creation of the Panama Canal?
Grover Cleveland
James Madison
Harry Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
41
George Washington, prior to his retirement, advised his country to
avoid military alliances
buy BItcoin
form closer ties to England
develop an economic and defense partenership with France
42
The Civil War began when
Lincoln freed the slaves in the US
Seven southern states seceded from the Union
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Boothe, a Southerner
The South refused to sell cotton to factories in the North
43
The introduction of American food plants around the world resulted in
very little change.
rapid population growth in Europe and China
an African population decline
many illnesses, caused by the new germs contained in these foodstuffs.
44
Which President stated that American would put a man on the moon?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
45
What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln give after a civil war battle?
"I have a Dream"
Gettysburg Address
Antietam Speech
Emancipation Proclamation
46
The buffalo were nearly driven to extinction
when their grasslands were turned into wheat and corn fields.
as a result of being overhunted by the Indians.
by disease.
by government-directed hunting by whites hoping to starve Native Americans
47
Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed all of the following tasks except
Tending food crops in the fields
Clearing trees for farmland
Fishing
Hunting
48
All of the following became US possessions after the Spanish-American War except
Puerto Rico
Guam
The Philippine Islands
Hawaii
49
What was Obama's major accomplishment as president?
He took the AMerican Military out of Afghanistan
He reorganized the AMerican education system
A new nation-wide Healthcare Plan
He negotiated a peace plan between Egypt and Israel
50
He was the US president during World War I:
Herbert Hoover
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
51
Bill Clinton's Number one advantage as president was
his honest reputation
the US economy was tremendously prosperous
he had great foreign policy successes
he was popular with Republicans and Democrats
52
The work and family schedules of early American colonists were set by
the laws of each American colony.
Each individual household decided its own schedule
the demands of the local employers
the cycles of the season and the sun.
53
Jefferson sent two Americans to France to purchase ____ .
the entire Louisiana Territory
New Orleans and St. Louis
New Orleans and Florida
the Missouri River basin
54
Who is the only president to resign from office?
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
JImmy Carter
Richard Nixon
55
Who was the president at the start of the Cold War?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
56
What event ended WWII?
Surrender of Germany
Atomic bomb drop on Japan
Pearl Harbor
57
After reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners
rejected the author’s picture of the South and slavery.
opposed enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme.
vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy.
58
Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda and planner of the 9-11 attacks, was born in
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Iraq
59
The existence of a single original continent has been proved by the presence of
marsupials on the various continents.
the continued shifting of the earth's crust.
similar mountain ranges on the various continents.
nearly identical species of fish in freshwater lakes throughout the world.
60
The election of 2016 surprized everyone when _______ became president.
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
George W. Bush
61
What was Richard Nixon's major accomplishment as president?
The Panama Canal
Opening relations with China and the USSR
Nationwide Healthcare Plan
Watergate
62
The amendment that outlawed the production, distribution and sale of alcohol was called
Prohibition
The Stamp Act
The Wagner Act
Suffrage
63
"The New Deal" was a national plan of which president?
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
64
Why did the Japanese attack the US on Dec 7th, 1941?
The US had dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The US threatened to fire bomb Tokyo.
The US had openly criticized the Japanese invasion of China.
The US refused to sell oil to Japan.
65
US newspapers in the post-Civil War era sold more newspapers by
investigative reporting about corruption in local and state government
focusing on news coverage of the local community
printing sensationalist stories of sex and scandal (yellow journalism)
pushing for social reform.
66
Compared to canals, railroads
could be built almost anywhere
were more expensive than canals to construct.
faced fewer technological obstacles to construct and operate them safely.
faced much less political opposition by local economic interests.
67
What does the Executive Branch do?
To determine the constitutionality of laws
Create laws
Manage the US budget
Enforce the law
68
What happened on September 11, 2001?
Two Arab men tried to kill the president
War against Iraq began
Terrorist attacks in NYC and Washington DC
Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces
69
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
a horseback riding accident
a terrible fight with his wife
Assassination by gunshot
horrible Aruba accident
70
Who was President at the end of WWII?
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
71
Who won the space race to get a man on the moon?
United States
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
72
Franklin Roosevelt’s inability to walk was a result of
the disease “polio”
disability at birth
a childhood accident while riding a horse
a car accident in his early 30’s
73
Where was Lincoln when he was shot?
Giving a speech
Ford's Theater in DC
watching a military parade
A parade in Dallas, Texas
74
Richard Nixon's policy of détente
was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.
found support in the Democratic party but not the Republican party.
increased tensions with the USSR, but relaxed tensions with China.
began a period of relaxed tensions between the US, China and the USSR.
75
Two of Bill Clinton's early political mistakes concerned
US deficit reduction and foreign trade.
sexual relations with his staff and appointments to the Supreme Court.
gays in the military and health care.
gun control and the environment.
76
Who becomes President if the President dies or is impeached?
Senate Majority Leader
House Majority Leader
Vice President
Speaker of the House
77
Who is head of the Senate and breaks any tie in voting?
The Vice President
The President
First Lady
Speaker of the House
78
Why did the Eisenhower administration design the SAT?
to make college admission more fair
to add more homework to American students
through fear that US children were behind the USSR in math and science
to make Chinese students crazy
79
What was the Great Depression?
A period when the world experienced great economic growth
A economic downturn in Western Europe
The Industrial Revolution
A period of worldwide economic crisis caused by the US stock market crash
80
What is the length of 1 Presidential term?
4 years
8 years
6 years
2 years
81
Who was the only president to serve more than 2 terms?
George Washington
Grover Cleveland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
82
Who led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
Harry Truman
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
83
All of these factors made cities more attractive than farms for young adults except
electricity, indoor plumbing (WC’s) and telephones
the lower cost of living
urban nightlife
factory jobs
84
The US feared which political system?
Oligarchy
Communism
Monarchy
Dictatorship
85
Which President had the teddy bear named after him?
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Graham
86
What event ended the Great Depression?
World War II
The New Deal
World War 1
Atomic Bomb drop
87
Who created NASA?
Dwight Eisenhower
Bill Clinton
John F Kennedy
Richard Nixon
88
Which country put the first man into space?
United States
China
Russia
Japan
89
President Truman's Marshall Plan called for
great financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe.
economic and military aid for Eastern Europe to resist Communist expansion
military supplies for Britain and France.
economic aid for Japan.
90
British citizens were unwilling to help the South during the Civil War after
Ships from the South attacked British merchant ships near Charleston
reading “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
the South refused to sell England cotton.
the Queen spoke in favor of the North
91
What was the Cold War?
Battle in Europe and Asia about weapons and power
Battle over slavery
an ideological, political and economic struggle between the superpowers
the fighting in Korea and Vietnam
92
What is the name of the President's airplane?
President Airlines
Air Force One
Marine One
George
93
American colonists objected to the Stamp Act in 1765 because
they believed it would never be repealed
they opposed all taxes.
they wanted immediate independence from Great Britain.
they strongly objected to “ taxation without representation."
94
What is the wife of the president called?
Honeybaby
Mrs. President
Hermione-Julia
The First Lady
95
For free blacks living in the North before the Civil War
voting rights were widespread.
living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites.
discrimination over jobs, the right to vote, and education was common
education opened the door to economic opportunity.
96
The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
collect taxes, and therefore the government had no money
apportion state representation equally
deal with foreign affairs.
organize development of the western lands.
97
Where was Kennedy when he was shot?
Los Angeles
Giving a speech
Ford's Theater
In an open car in Dallas, Texas
98
In the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese
barred from immigrating to the US
had priority in American schools for quicker integration in to US society
barred from immigrating to the US for a period of ten years
given special priority for jobs in railroad construction
99
Buying stock "on Margin" meant purchasing
only a few shares of stock.
inexpensive stock from city brokers
stock on credit with only a small down payment, usually 10%.
little-known stock from newer companies
100
By 1860, most slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the
old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland.
deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

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