Quick Rundown (The 7s)

Quick Rundown

• #7: Establishment of Jamestown

• ​#17: U.S. Constitution

• #27: Lydia Howard Sigourney​

• #37: Credit Mobilier Scandal

• ​#47: Era of Imm. & Urbanization

• ​#57: H. Ford & Consumer Rev.

• ​#67: New Deal

• ​#77: Truman's Fair Deal

• ​#87: War on Crime

• ​#97: Fall of the Berlin Wall

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the first permanent British settlement in North America?

• Plymouth

• Tipton

• Jamestown

Multiple Choice

The document, written in 1787, that lays out the basic structure of the American government is called the...

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Virginia Resolution

Multiple Choice

Lydia Howard Sigourney's books help illustrate the idea of...

• Republican Motherhood

• Critical Feminism

• Revolutionary Communism

Multiple Choice

The _____ _______ _______, exposed in 1872, illustrated the role that the nation's biggest corporations (the Railroads) could play in corrupting the American political system.

• Credit Mobilier Scandal

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Watergate Hotel Scandal

Multiple Choice

Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of new immigrants came from...

• Mexico

• England

• Southern & Eastern Europe. (ex. Italy)

Multiple Choice

True or False: Automobile companies (such as Ford Motor Company) became well-known for paying high wages.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The set of programs through which Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to bring an end to the Great Depression is referred to as the...

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

• Old Deal

Multiple Choice

What president proposed the "Fair Deal" in 1948?

• Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the "War on Crime," ______ _ _______ was President of the United States.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Multiple Choice

In 1989, the fall of the ______ Wall provided a powerful symbol of the failure of Communist nations & the triumph of Western Democracies like the United States.

• Great

• Berlin

• Hadrian's