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1
Who coined the term "The Gilded Age"?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
John Rockefeller
Mark Twain
F. Scott Fitzgerald
2
Which of the following was NOT an underlying cause of WWI?
Imperialism
Isolationism
Nationalism
Alliances
3
This animal means the stock market is doing poorly. Its a___________ market.
Duck
Platypus
Bear
Armadillo
4
Laissez Faire literally is translated as which of the following?
Lazy Friends
Level and Fair
It's French... I don't speak French
Hands Off
5
Which of the following could have been a sub-title for Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle"?
MEAT: Don't eat it for Dinner
Blood, Steel, and Andrew Carnegie
Al Capone and the Mean Streets of Chicago
Rockefeller... Keeping the Tinman Going Strong
6
On the Great Plains, which of the following was not something settlers faced / feared?
Desolate Openness and Droughts
Angry Sioux Warriors
Attack From Spanish Soldiers
Herds of Vicious Buffalo
7
Which of the following was NOT a Robber Baron?
Upton "Downtown" Sinclair
Andrew "Man of Steel" Carnegie
Corneilus "The Commodore" Vanderbilt
John "Like a Rock" Rockefeller
8
Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Triple Alliance?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Serbia
9
US President Wilson suggested his own plan for peace known as this?
The14 Points Plan
Listen to me Fools
Proposed Treaty of Union
Wilson's Ultimatum
10
This President was all about the bass... I mean bullet points... 14 of them to be exact.
William Taft
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
11
This was the day the stock market crashed.
October 29th
September 22nd
January 17th
November 1st
12
Which of the following countries did the US not gain as a result of the Spanish American war?
Philippines
Cuba
Guam
Hawaii
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote what famous novel?
Animal Farm
The Jungle
Charlotte's Web
The Great Gatsby
14
Muckraking is a type of this:
Fishing in a scummy pond
Dancing
Journalism
Painting
15
The massacre here ended the war between the Indians of the plains and the US government
Fort Macon
Omaha, Nebraska
Wounded Knee
Arrow to the Knee
16
While he wasn't a ten on the hotness scale, but he did get arrested in Tennessee for teaching
Al Capone
Bugs Moran
John Scopes
Mr. Rodgers
17
He was the President during the Spanish American War.
Woodrow "Primetime" Wilson
"Wild Bill" William McKinley
Theodore "The Teddster" Roosevelt
William "Hungry Howie" Taft
18
Which event set off the First World War?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Storming of the Bastille
The Zimmerman Telegram
Archduke F. Ferdinand's run in with a bullet
19
When the treaty was made after WWI, what was the only point of Wilson's they listened to?
Banned Secret Alliances
Cut Down on Military Size
Created a League of Nations
Redrew European Boundaries Fairly
20
Name the US attorney general who led the crusade against the "Reds".
Lee
Grant
Palmer
Hoover
21
The war was fought in all of the following places EXCEPT?
In US Held Territories and Islands
On The Eastern Front
At Sea
On The Western Front
22
Name this President, who wasn't elected the first time he sat in the oval office chair.
Franklin "The Deal" Roosevelt
William "Hungry Howie" Taft
William "Bill" Clinton
Theodore "The Teddster" Roosevelt
23
This intercepted telegram pushed America even closer to war!
The Treaty of Versailles
Zimmerman Telegram
Frowny Face Drawn by Lenin
Declaration of Unlimited Submarine Warfare
24
The US reaction to the war initially was what?
Join and Crush those dandy, all too cheerie-o Brits!
Crush the Kaiser like a delicious hamburger bun!
Crush them all!
Remain as neutral as a neutron!
25
The Russians quit WWI because?
They overthrew their own government
It was too cold and their guns wouldn't fire
Germany captured their capital and had killed the Czar
They had better things to do
26
Immigrants who came to America during the late 1800s mostly came through where?
Transcontinental Railroad
Tammany Hall
St. Louis Arch
Ellis Island
27
In the treaty after WWI, this country was forced to pay reparations for the war.
Austria Hungary
Italy
Kazakhstan, know?
Germany
28
This made all alcohol illegal in the US
Amendment 1
Pure Food and Drug Act
Suffrage
Prohibition
29
This animal means the stock market is doing well... Its a _________ market.
Rhino
Bull
Penguin
Otter
30
The "Open Door" policy proposed by John Hay regarded trade with what country?
China
South Africa
Lichtenstein
Japan
31
Much of the fighting during he war took place in these...
Bunkers
Trenches
Space Ships
Humvees
32
This country joined the war right after this country quit the war.
Spain, Portugal
USA, Germany
UK, USA
USA, Russia
33
The winner of the Spanish American war?
It's a Trap!
Neither
Spain
Murica!
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a member of what writing group?
Association of Science Fiction Writers
The Lost Generation
The Ku Klux Klan
The Wu Tang Clan
35
African Americans who moved to the north for jobs in the 1920s were part of this?
Great Gatsby
Riding the Rails
Great Migration
Subway Surfing
36
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
I don't know that!
14.653 m/s2
An African or European Swallow?
Not sure... Around 10 mph?
37
Why did Americans care about the sinking of the Lusitania?
It was our ship... how dare they?
We sank it... Go us!
Its terrible when things hit Icebergs... we remember Titanic
There were Americans on it... so yeah, we care.
38
After the war, the US was terrified of "Reds". Who were the "Reds"?
The Cincinnati Reds, the best baseball team at the time
People who were sympathizers to Communism
Members of the KKK
The Reds were people afflicted with an incurable plague
39
Which of the following was not an invention used in WWI?
Gas Chamber
Airplane
Zeppelin
Poison Gas
40
Sacco and Vanzetti were killed due to?
Yellow Journalism
Imperialism
Nativism
Jingoism
41
Name of the shanty towns people lived in during the great depression.
Tennessee
Slums
Favellas
Hoovervilles
42
This man was president during the Great Depression?
"Wild Bill" William McKinley
Herbie "The Love Bug" Hoover
Woodrow "The Volleyball" Wilson
Frankie "Wheels" Roosevelt
43
Which of the following was not a DOWNSIDE to the trenches?
Poison Gas Raids
Incoming Missiles
Trenchfoot
Rats and Lice
44
The US's expansion after the Spanish American War most closely fits which term?
Imperialism
Nativism
Nationalism
Isolationism
45
The Zimmerman Telegram was meant to be between these two countries... Germany and ______.
Canada
Italy
Cuba
Mexico
46
The Spanish American War began due to which of the following?
Spain Invaded Southern Florida
America Invaded Spanish Held Cuba
Yellow Journalism in American Newspapers
Texas Tried To Rebel and Join Spain
47
The peace treaty that was signed after the war was called?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Peace
Treaty of Paris
Treaty to End All Wars
48
Yellow Journalism is journalism that does what?
Uses yellow ink to conserve black ink for gov't war papers
Journalism that greatly exaggerates the truth
Spain's flag was part yellow, so it was stories about them
Journalism that is "yella"... Scared of the subject its of
49
Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Triple Entente?
England
Germany
France
Russia
50
What sank the Lusitania?
A German U-Boat
A Led Zeppelin
A Giant Hunk of Ice
A Spanish Saboteur
51
This dapper gentleman led a raid on a Native American encampment, only to be killed...womp womp
General George Custer
General George Meade
General George Pickett
General George Washington
52
Which treaty officially ended the Spanish American War?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Brussels
Treaty of Ghent
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
53
What was Scopes arrested for teaching?
Scientology
Astrology
Geometry
Evolution
54
Famous actor in the 1920s known for his "Little Tramp" character.
Betsy Ross
Charlie Chaplin
Willie Wonka
Howard Hughes
55
What civil war general became President, and is often considered the most corrupt President?
Grant
Taft
Roosevelt
Lincoln