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1
President at the start of the Great Depression, often blamed for it.
Hoover Harold
Herbert Hoover
Harris Hoomar
Harry Hoover
2
These children were the first to desegregate an all white school in 1957
Big Rock Nine
Big Rock Ten
Little Rock Ten
Little Rock Nine
3
Title of a poem by Walt Whitman about a captain who dies at the end of a stormy voyage
"Whereabouts"
"Walden"
"O Captain, my Captain!"
"O really? U don't say"
4
An imaginary boundary dividing Europe from WWII through the Cold War
Iron Curtain
Iron Maiden
Lead Curtain
Berlin Wall
5
Patrick Henry exclaimed "______" before the Revolutionary War
"Let them eat cake!"
"U! S! A! U! S! A!"
"Give me Liberty or give me death!"
"I only regret I have but one life to give for my country."
6
Scottish Poet, wrote "the best laid plans of mice and men/often goes awry"
Robert Frost
Roberto Bernardo
Robert Burns
Barney Rhodes
7
The Declaration of Independence was signed in
1706
1776
1676
1976
8
What was the great transportation boycott staged to demand desegregation?
Montgomery Train Boycott
Alabama Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Parks Bus Boycott
9
1963, KKK planted 19 sticks of dynamite and blew up a church. This is called?
14th street baptist church bombing
16th street baptist church bombing
14th street lutheran church bombing
16th street lutheran church bombing
10
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, defeating the British
The Battle of Watergate
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Storktown
The Battle of Yorktown
11
"Books ain't no good" is said by ____ in Of Mice and Men
Cranks
Crooks
Crookshanks
Crawley
12
First Secretary of Treasury, founder of the US financial system
Aaron Burr
Abigail Adams
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
13
What years were the Civil War?
1961-65
1861-65
1661-65
1761-65
14
A period of severe storms in the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
Great Dusting
Great Depression
Great Bowl
Dust Bowl
15
A physical barrier that separated a German city from 1961-1989
Iron Curtain
Iron Maiden
Berlin Curtain
Berlin Wall
16
Is mac&cheese a side dish or an entree?
I don't like cheese
entree
Alexander Hamilton
side dish
17
1st black president of South Africa
Madeline Norris
Alexander Hamilton
Nelson Mandela
Admiral Lord Nelson
18
1969, first mission to put people on the moon
Apollo 13
Apollo 11
Apollo 1
Apollo 15
19
Former slave, human rights activist
Frederick Douglass
Langston Hughes
Frank Douglas
Doug Fredrickson
20
Second First Lady of the United States
Robert Burnes
Addison Adams
Abigail Adams
Alexander Hamilton
21
Wrote 'Walden,' American philosopher and essayist
Henry David Thoreau
Harry David Thoreau
Henry
Ralph Waldo Emerson
22
War against communism, America participated between 1964-1973
Vailamos War
North Korean War
Vietcong War
Vietnam War
23
"You sit on a throne of lies!" is from?
Game of Elves
Nightmare Before Christmas
Elf
Game of Thrones
24
American short story horror writer
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
Alexander Hamilton
Nelson Mandela
25
This woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white customer on the bus
Parker Rose
Abigail Adams
Rosa Parks
Rosa Fields
26
"The only thing to fear is fear itself" - who said this?
TOD (Tim O'Donnell)
FDJ (Franklin Delano Johnson)
JFK (John F Kennedy)
FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
27
American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance
Harrison Ford
Langston Hughes
Laurel Hardy
Hugh Laurie
28
October 29, 1929, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
Black Tuesday
Black Wednesday
Black Thursday
Black Friday
29
In academic writing it's okay to use
they, their, the reader
us, we, our
I, me, my
you, you're, your
30
Historical theater where Lincoln was assassinated
Honda's Theater
Ford's Theater
Lincoln's Theater
Chevy's Theater
31
"Gather ye _____ while ye may"
heather
thyme
rosebuds
puppies
32
The perception that every American citizen has the potential to be successful
Pie in the Sky
Alexander Hamilton
The American Dream
The Dust Bowl
33
A line surveyed between 1763-67 to decide a border dispute in colonial America
Mason-Dixon Line
Dixon-Mason Line
Dixie-Mason Line
Maddison-Dixon Line
34
Choose the right sentence for academic writing
Alice in Chains tells us the Vietnam War was hard on vets.
In the text, the author conveys to the reader his opinion.
In my opinion the dog has good instincts.
I think the author might have been trying to say he's wrong.
35
To Build a Fire is about
nature vs dog
man vs man
man vs dog
man vs nature
36
1929-39, the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the US
Dust Bowl
Hooverville
Great Depression
Great Bowl
37
The author of Of Mice and Men is
John Steinbeck
John Johnbeck
John Johnson
Becky Johnson
38
Shanty towns during the Great Depression
Herbertville
Hoovervista
Hooverville
Harrisville
39
Greek philosopher, one of the founders of Western philosophy.
Socrates
Sophie
Sogr8es
Saristotle
40
Which of these is NOT a Christmas movie?
Frozen
White Christmas
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
