Indiana Studies Chapters 7-9

Question 1

What is another name for the Sterilization Law of 1907?

Accepted Answer

Eugenics Law

Question 2

Indiana's Grand Dragon of the KKK who went to jail for assaulting a young secretary

Accepted Answer

David Curtis Stevenson

Question 3

What famous Indy building can be found on Indiana Avenue

Accepted Answer

Walker Theater

Question 4

Evansville woman that worked tirelessly to improve the living conditions of the poor in Indiana

Accepted Answer

Albion Fellows Bacon

Question 5

What movie is based on the 1954 Indiana High School State Basketball Championship?

Accepted Answer

Hoosiers

Question 6

State Parks across the nation, including Turkey Run & McCormick's Creek in IN were improved by

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 7

Group organized in the 1870's, came back in the 1920's to discriminate against all minorities

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 8

What book led to the creation of the Federal Meat Inspection Act?

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

Question 9

The WPA, which put over 75,000 Hoosiers to work, was one of the New Deal programs of President

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt

Question 10

Where in Indiana would you find the inland shipyard that helped produce ships & tanks in WW II?

Accepted Answer

Evansville

Question 11

Governor of Indiana who was friends with KKK Grand Dragon DC Stevenson & had other Klan ties

Accepted Answer

Ed Jackson

Question 12

Hoosier author & poet that wrote of rural & small town stories such as "The Old Swimmin' Hole"

Accepted Answer

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 13

Took over his grandfather's company and turned it into one of the world largest drug producers

Accepted Answer

Eli Lily

Question 14

Canadian that invented basketball while working at a YMCA in Springfield, Mass

Accepted Answer

James Naismith

Question 15

Indiana Senator who was one of the leading Progressives of his day, working w/Pres. Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Albert Beveridge

Question 16

Small school that won the 1954 State Title in basketball over the much larger Muncie Central

Accepted Answer

Milan

Question 17

Created in 1881 to collect stats and info about disease and sanitation to provide better care

Accepted Answer

Indiana State Board of Health

Question 18

This author set most of his stories in Indianapolis and won 2 Pulitzer prizes

Accepted Answer

Booth Tarkington

Question 19

Benjamin Harrison is only grandson of former Pres. to become President and also only Pres. to

Accepted Answer

Come from Indiana

Question 20

What was the life saving drug produced by Eli Lily that helped to cure diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Insulin

Question 21

What Hoosier doctor became the director of the Indiana Board of Health in 1896?

Accepted Answer

John Hurty

Question 22

Illegal bars called Speakeasies opened during what era?

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 23

The Grand Dragon is the title of the leader of which organization?

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 24

After being elected President in 1932, what programs did Roosevelt institute?

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 25

What is Hoosier Hysteria all about?

Accepted Answer

Basketball

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