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Ch. 18: Becoming a World Power
Ch. 18: Becoming a World Power
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1
Who was the President of the United States during World War 1?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
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Why did America enter WW2?
Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Germany sent a telegram to Mexico.
It was part of the Allied Powers.
Germany bombed American-owned trade ships.
3
D-Day was when ____.
the atomic bomb was dropped
the invasion of Normandy began
the allies squeezed Germany from two directions
Pearl Harbor was attacked
4
What country sent a telegram to Mexico, and then later attacked American-owned trade ships?
Britain
Italy
Germany
Japan
5
A famous muckraker, Upton Sinclair, wrote a novel called The Jungle. It was about _____.
oil refineries
Wall Street
Teddy Roosevelt
meatpacking plants
6
Between 1915 and the 1940s, African Americans moved North in what came to be called the ___.
Great Migration
Suffrage
Jazz Age
Harlem Renaissance
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True or False. The United States never joined the League of Nations.
False
True
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Which of the following was NOT a reason for World War I?
trade
military power
land
taxes
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The Treaty of _____ ended WW1.
Versailles
Appomattox
Paris
Berlin
10
When the Dust Bowl hit the Great Plains, people fled to ___ to find work.
California
Oregon
New York
Texas
11
Which of the following was NOT a problem faced while digging the Panama Canal.
Columbia
labor unions
mountains
mosquitos
12
Which amendment gave women the right to vote.
13th
19th
17th
14th
13
The Wright Brothers made the world's first successful powered airplane flight in ___.
Detroit, MI
Dallas, TX
Kitty Hawk, NC
Charleston, SC
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The Great Depression started in ___.
1929
1959
1919
1939
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In WW1, the Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and _____.
Britain
Turkey
Russia
United States
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WW1 was mostly fought in the _____.
mountains
trenches
air
sea
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In WW1, the United States joined the Allied Powers: _____, France, and Russia.
Germany
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Turkey