America & the Modern Era

America & the Modern Era

Review Game!

Multiple Choice

This image shows a group celebrating. The sign reads, "Farewell 18th Amendment," after its repeal by the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution. What did the 18th Amendment prohibit?

• Women's right to vote.

• The production and sale of Alcohol.

• US involvement in WWI.

• The production and sale of firearms.

Multiple Choice

This political cartoon shows men dressed in worker's clothing bringing a trashcan labelled "Europe" filled with "undesirables" and "rubbish." The sign reads, "This is not a dumping ground. Signed, Uncle Sam." The person who wrote this cartoon wanted to:

• Prohibit the illegal sale and distribution of alcohol.

• Discourage pollution and other environmental hazards.

• Encourage immigrants to pursue the American dream.

• Limit immigration from Europe because he/she felt America was superior.

Multiple Choice

This political cartoon shows Uncle Sam's hands tied by Foreign Nations, European Nations, the Empire of Japan, and England. The rope that they are using to restrain Uncle Sam reads "The League of Nations." The person who wrote this political cartoon likely:

• Wanted the US to join the League of Nations.

• Did not want the US to join the League of Nations.

Multiple Choice

Why might the cartoonist not have wanted the US to join the League of Nations?

• US President Woodrow Wilson opposed US entry into the League.

• The League of Nations cost a lot of money to join.

• The League of Nations would limit US autonomy in foreign policy decisions.

• The League of Nations limited the German military and economy.

Multiple Select

Why might this German newspaper have called the Treaty of Versailles "discrageful," and vowed to take revenge? There is more than one true answer.

• The treaty demanded that Germany pay all war debts.

• The US did not join the League of Nations.

• The Treaty of Versailles limited the German military.

• Italy, a German ally, was not present for the peace talks.

Multiple Choice

According to this map which shows the national boundaries of Europe before and after WWI, one of the impacts of the war was:

• Germany held greater political power.

• Old Empires were dismantled and new national boundaries were drawn.

• Many new countries would hold influence in the League of Nations.

• Russia expanded into Eastern Europe.

Multiple Choice

This painting by Jacob Lawrence depicts:

• a dance club in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance.

• the Great Migration, when millions of African Americans moved from the Rural South to the Urban North.

• African American workers lining up for jobs at industrial factories during WWI.

• a protest against workplace segregation during the Civil Rights era.

Multiple Select

This headline reads, "Wall Street in Panic as Stocks Crash," referring to the 1929 Stock Crash that precipitated the Great Depression. What were some of the consequences of the crash? There is more than one correct answer.

• Stock values plummeted.

• As businesses had less investors, they laid off workers.

• Franklin Roosevelt, running on a progressive economic platform, won the presidential election in 1932.

• Low crop prices caused the Dust Bowl, as farmers refused to grow crops.

Multiple Choice

This mural by Charles Klauder was painted in the Social Security building in Washington D.C. It depicts Amerian workers doing scientific research and metalwork. This painting was commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt's WPA as part of:

• the Great Depression, to encourage people to search for jobs and boost the economy.

• the Great Migration, when African Americans living in the South moved to the North to find work.

• the Tennessee Valley Authority, to promote the conservation of the environment.

• the New Deal, which created public works programs to provide jobs to unemployed people.