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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a responsibility of a citizen of the United States of America?
Expressing opinions and protesting inequalities
Running for elected offices like Senator
Serving on Jury Duty when requested
Attending weekly religious services
- 2. Multiple Choice
View the map. Which location is noted with the star?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chicago, Illinois
Montgomery, Alabama
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who invented the light bulb?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a description of prices being lowered due to supply and demand?
The newest Iphone X will be available soon in very high demand. The company is expecting more people than ever to purchase this phone.
One of the newest, popular toys are L.O.L dolls. They are sold at most stores and very popular items for children between ages 4-11.
A drought hit the midwest last year and wiped out much of the wheat crops used to make Sunbean bread. Many stores are now having a difficult time keeping that bread in stock.
A new video game system will be available next month but Best Buy still has many systems from last years model.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How was life different for Black Cowboys than it was for other former slaves during the late 1800s.
Black Cowboys were treated with more fairness and equality. Employers cared more about their ability to work than the color of their skin.
Black Cowboys were asked to sleep and eat separately from the other workers on the cattle trails. The were segregated most of the time.
Black Cowboys were treated better than any other cattle trail workers. They were paid more and given greater benefits because their boss felt bad that they were former slaves.
Black Cowboys were rarely paid. They were treated more as slaves than workers. It was a painful and difficult job.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who was president during the building of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is one main reason the United States entered WWI?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles
Germany sank the Lusitania
The USA practiced isolationism
- 8. Multiple Choice
What were the effects of the Treaty of Versailles?
The treaty allowed Germany to remain powerful as long as they promised to stop fighting. The treaty also split countries up.
The treaty asked Germany to give up their weapons, pay for damages, and take the blame for the majority World War I.
The treaty asked Great Britain and Germany to give up their weapons and take equal blame for damages of World War I.
The treaty called for peace. It set Russia and the United States up as leaders of other countries.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Since Germany was forced to give up weapons and pay for damages after WWI, _____________________________.
their economy suffered and they began breaking promises of the treaty.
the world remained peaceful.
the United States went through the Roaring Twenties.
they learned their lesson and became world leaders of peace.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who is this leader?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the Iron Curtain?
A wall separating East Berlin and West Berlin
A structure separating communist countries and democratic countries
A term used to describe the separation between communist countries and democratic countries
A term used to describe the peace between communist countries and democratic countries
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who was president when the Stock Market crashed in 1929?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William McKinley
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who was a famous Jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance?
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Henry Ford
Harlem Jazz
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A time period when African Americans fled slavery and used the underground railroad to reach places in the north like Harlem.
A time period when African American artists, musicians, and writers expressed themselves through their art. It was a powerful cultural movement in the 1920s.
A time period when African Americans fought for equality through protests and boycotts. It was an important time for justice during the 1960s and 1970s.
A time period of great invention. The airplane, light bulb, telephone, and more were developed and used more and more by Americans.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
A pilot; He made the first transatlantic flight.
An inventor; He helped invent the airplane.
An inventor; He helped invent the telephone.
A poet; He wrote many poems for the Harlem Renaissance.
- 16. Multiple Choice
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt won the presidency. He ran his campaign by promising the American people _____________.
Freedom of Speech
a New Deal
The Bill of Rights
to defeat the Nazis.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the roll of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
To create jobs where people build dams and provide electricity for a large area of the USA.
To create jobs where people work temporarily in public parks, making the parks cleaner and more developed.
To create a system where if people were hungry they had a way to easily find food; for example, in a soup kitchen.
To provide for Tennessee, because they were affected the most by the Great Depression.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who wrote Gone with the Wind?
Jesse Owens
Thomas Edison
Eleanor Roosevelt
Margaret Mitchell
- 19. Multiple Choice
What time period saw the greatest economic downturn for the United States of America?
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Recession
The Great Depression
The Vietnam War
- 20. Multiple Choice
What key place is marked on the map?
Little Rock Trail
Mississippi River
Chisholm Trail
Montgomery Bus Boycott
- 21. Multiple Choice
Identify the following person:
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the two-front war of WWII?
There was fighting occurring mostly in Europe.
There was fighting occurring throughout the entire world in most countries.
There was fighting occurring mostly in the United States but also in Europe.
There was fighting occurring in both Europe and Pacific Islands.
- 23. Multiple Choice
What major event caused the United States to enter WWII?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The Nazi attack on Poland
- 24. Multiple Choice
What was VE day?
The end of fighting in Japan and victory for the allies.
The end of fighting in Japan and victory for Japan and the axis powers.
The end of fighting in Europe and victory of Germany and the axis powers.
The end of fighting in Europe and victory for the allied powers.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What was the Dust Bowl?
A time of great hunger where peoples bowls were empty and collecting dust
A time of great accomplishment during war
A time of great drought in the Midwest where crops withered and the land because nothing but dust
A time of great success in business and industries were booming
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was the significance of D-Day during WWII?
It was the time period that Nazis were overtaking many countries.
It is considered the time where Japan was most successful in their fight.
It is considered the turning point of the war. Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy and started becoming more successful.
It is the time period when fighting ceases and treaties were signed. Peace began after V-Day.
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a Jim Crow law?
People had to pay a poll tax in order to vote.
Schools were desegregated.
People had to obtain a driver's license to drive
Women obtained the right to vote.
- 28. Multiple Choice
What was the Holocaust?
The separation and murder of thousands of people, mostly of Jewish decent during WWII
The protection of Jewish people from Nazis during WWII
The separation of blacks and whites from using the same public facilities
The containment of Japanese people in the United States during WWII.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Identify the following person:
Joseph Stalin
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph McCarthy
- 30. Multiple Choice
Who is best known for being an Olympic athlete in the 1930s?
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
Babe Ruth
Duke Ellington
- 31. Multiple Choice
The U.S. Constitution guarantees that the federal government will extend “due process of the law” to all citizens. What is the purpose of this law?
It permits voting rights for women.
It grants voting rights for minorities.
It protects a person who is accused of a crime.
It guarantees that all citizens stay informed on community issues.
- 32. Multiple Choice
What would MOST LIKELY increase a store’s sales of a product?
reducing the store’s hours
reducing the store’s employees
lowering the price of the product
limiting advertising of the product
- 33. Multiple Choice
What was the MAIN reason Pittsburgh became an industrial center during the late 1800s?
It had a mild climate.
It had rich soil for farming.
It had good public education.
It had good access to waterways.
- 34. Multiple Choice
What did the opening of the Panama Canal accomplish?
It brought about an end to World War I.
It divided North America from South America.
It created a new route for trade between nations.
It marked the beginning of a new period of industrialization
- 35. Multiple Choice
What did the 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution change?
They expanded the Jim Crow laws and practices.
They ended the practice of slavery permanently.
They helped the due process rights of citizens accused of crime.
They expanded voting rights for minorities and women.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”
What was one way President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked to accomplish this promise?
by asking Congress to end poll taxes
by authorizing food rationing during World War II
by establishing the Works Progress Administration
by freezing wages after the U.S. stock market crash
- 37. Multiple Choice
President Franklin Roosevelt’s Goals for the New Deal:
1. relief for the needy
2. economic recovery
3. bank reform
Which actions by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression MOST helped meet the goals listed in the box? Choose TWO responses.
He reorganized the executive branch of government
He delivered regular speeches to the public on the radio.
He created a program to build public buildings and highways.
He created programs that insured banks so people's money would be protected.
He signed a bill that guaranteed workers the right to join unions.
- 38. Multiple Choice
The U.S. government had a food rationing program during World War II. This was an example of which economic concept?
specialization
opportunity cost
entrepreneurship
voluntary exchange
- 39. Multiple Choice
Which event led to changing roles for women as shown in the poster?
involvement in World War II
the beginning of the Cold War
the formation of the United Nations
establishment of the Works Progress Administration
- 40. Multiple Choice
Examine the list:
• June 6, 1944
• American and British soldiers invaded a coast in Europe
• attack was planned in an effort to make Germany withdraw
Which World War II event is MOST associated with the information in the list?
D-Day invasion
Battle of Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor attack
bombing of Hiroshima
- 41. Multiple Choice
Whose action initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
- 42. Multiple Choice
What event resulted from the Soviet Union moving missiles to Cuba?
The Berlin Wall was built
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban-American War
- 43. Multiple Choice
What are the two MAIN elements of a personal budget?
needs and wants
goods and services
competition and market
income and expenses
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a result of the 9/11 attacks?
The United States increased security protocols.
The United States established a "War on Terrorism."
The United States led the world in the expansion of the internet.
The United States sought out and killed Osama Bin Laden.
- 45. Multiple Choice
The first 10 amendments are known as _____________.
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Preamble
The Amendment Process
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