Final Exam Social Studies Week 22- Week 30

Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

The Treaty of _______ laid out the peace terms at the end of WWI.

• Versailles

• Austria- Hungary

• Bulgaria

• England

What was the major drawback from the introduction of credit and installment buying?

• Overbuying sometimes led people into debt.

• Factories could not meet the demand.

• Credit limited the power of banks.

• Installment buying cost retailers money.

October 29, 1929 became known as ________________ after the prices of stocks fell sharply.

•  Black Tuesday

•  Black Wednesday

• Black Thursday

• Black Friday

___________ was the result of continually breathing air filled with dust.

• The Dust Bowl

• Dust pneumonia

• A black blizzard

•  Prairie dust

What was the result of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The United States retaliated within a day by attacking the Marshall Islands

  that were occupied by Japan.

•  Thousands were killed and many were wounded, ships and planes were

  destroyed, and the naval base was badly damaged.

• Many young men were enlisted two days later to build an army to fight

  against Japan.

• Germany launched an attack off the East Coast of the United States as a

  declaration of war.

__________ helped the government raise funds for the war by borrowing money from citizens.

• Ration books

•  Traveler’s checks

• War bonds

•  Stocks

Which two Japanese cities did the United States destroy with atomic bombs?

•  Nagasaki and Hiroshima

• Okinawa and Nagasaki

• Tokyo and Hiroshima

• Nagasaki and Tokyo

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviets?

• Lunar Module

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

• Explorer 1

 Who accompanied Neil Armstrong on the moon’s surface?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn