WorksheetsPeople Review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Incident involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves.
a)
Lost Generation
b)
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
c)
Great Migration
2.
Trial of a Tennessee public school biology teacher for teaching the theory of evolution.
a)
Scope's Trial
b)
Red Scare
c)
Fundamentalism
3.
Lawyer known for his defense of John Scope in 1925.
a)
Clarence Darrow
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Marcus Garvey
4.
Aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927.
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Clarence Darrow
5.
Black nationalist leader who believed that blacks would never achieve equality in countries where the white population was the majority.
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Clarence Darrow
6.
Author who's depiction of the black experience was essential to the Harlem Renaissance.
a)
Clarence Darrow
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Langston Hughes
7.
What Progressive Era Muckraker wrote about the terrible living conditions in cities in the book The Shame of the Cities that had been created during the Gilded Age?
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ray Stannard Baker
8.
What New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.
a)
Daley
b)
Grant
c)
Tilden
d)
Tweed
9.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
10.
In 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the Book, How the Other Half Lives?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida Wells
d)
Jacob Riis
11.
Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
12.
Which tycoon made steel into one of the nation´s biggest industries?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
13.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
14.
General Custer lead what military battle with the Native Americans?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Battle of Little Bighorn
c)
Black Hills War
d)
The Sioux Battle
15.
Who was the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne that was assassinated?
a)
Gavrilo Princip
b)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
Ferdinand Foch
d)
Vladimir Lenin
16.
He was the U.S. president that "kept us out of war", but in his second term the U.S. joined the war.
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Woodrow Wilson
17.
What was Germany, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire called during WWI?
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Triple Alliance
d)
Triple Entente
18.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
19.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
20.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
21.
Who said this: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Joseph Stalin
22.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
d)
Kruschev
23.
Truman asked this man to leave the Philippines and he said, "I shall return." Who was this man?
a)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Gen. D. MacArthur
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Hirohito
24.
The 1st man to walk on the moon was ? in ?
a)
John Glenn, 1969
b)
John Glenn, 1962
c)
Neil Armstrong, 1969
d)
Dean Rusk, 1962
25.
Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in
a)
the war effort of the 1940s
b)
the Red Scare of the 1950s
c)
the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s
d)
the political scandals of the 1970s
26.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
27.
The blacklisted entertainers were victims of _______, a hunt for communists led by a Senator from Wisconsin.
a)
Containment
b)
Reaganomics
c)
McCarthyism
d)
Jim Crow Laws
28.
Whom of the following was murdered and displayed in an open casket?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Homer Plessy
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Emmit Til
29.
In what city was Rosa Parks involved in a bus boycott?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Selma
c)
Montgomery
d)
Atlanta
30.
Who led the bus boycott in which Rosa Parks was involved?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Emmit Til
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
31.
Who delivered the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Dr. Martin Luther King
32.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
33.
What is the name of the group of African American students who were enrolled into an all white high school but faced heavy backlash?
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
The Squad
d)
Montomery Men
34.
Who was president during the Selma march?
a)
Johnson
b)
Kennedy
c)
Eisenhower
d)
Carter
35.
Who led the migrant farm workers?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Bobby Kennedy
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
ZJoan Baez
36.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
37.
The Great Society was...
a)
A series of programs were the society would gather for meetings
b)
domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Donald Trump
d)
A series of programs were other countries would gather for meetings
38.
Who wrote the book "Silent Spring"
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Roe V. Wade
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
39.
Who called for airstrikes to be made at the Bay of Pigs?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
George Washington
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Barack Obama
40.
Who Killed JFK
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Joseph A Milteer
c)
Mickey Mouse
d)
Barrack Obama
41.
The President that took over for JFK when he was assassinated was:
a)
Johnson
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Nixon
d)
Carter
42.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
43.
During the early 1900s, Booker T. Washington supported a moderate strategy for attaining civilrights for African Americans, while W. E. B. Du Bois called for a more aggressive approach. During the 1960s, a similar difference emerged between —
a)
Rosa Parks and Marcus Garvey
b)
Barbara Jordan and Alice Walker
c)
Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X
44.
Who was the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks?
a)
Saddam Hussein
b)
Ariel Sharon
c)
Osama bin Laden
d)
Hideki Tojo
45.
He was reelected president in a landslide in 1972, but as the public found out about Watergate he resigned facing almost certain impeachment. His successor, Gerald Ford (our only unelected President), pardoned him of his crimes.
a)
Henry Kissenger
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
George W. Bush
d)
Richard Nixon
46.
He is the first African American to be elected, and he was born in Honolulu, HI. He signed into law a controversial economic stimulus package to help us out of the recession that many feel has placed an enormous debt burden on future generations. 44th President.
a)
Barack Obama
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Richard Nixon
47.
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair (Progressive Era) and "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson were both intended to..
a)
suggest that a poor person could get rich with hard work
b)
demand the return of lands seized by the US government to individual Indian tribes
c)
expose the harmful effects or the environmental impact of certain products
d)
publicize the growing racial violence in American society as a result of civil rights
48.
In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...
a)
returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
b)
suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
c)
freeing hostages being held in Iran
d)
providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
49.
The main purpose of President Nixon's policy of detente was to...
a)
ease tensions between the US and the Soviet Union
b)
expand US military involvement in SE Asia
c)
assure an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East
d)
maintain a favorable balance of trade with Cina
50.
The cartoonist is commenting on the foreign policy actions of which US president?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Harry Truman
51.
President Carter's foreign policy was marked by a commitment to which of the following?
a)
containment
b)
human rights
c)
detente
d)
brinkmanship
52.
What was Roosevelt's policy called?
a)
dollar diplomacy
b)
Speak softly, carry a big stick policy
c)
sphere of influence
d)
Pan-Americanism
53.
Alfred T. Mahan argued:
a)
to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
b)
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
c)
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
d)
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
54.
Who was the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks?
a)
Saddam Hussein
b)
Ariel Sharon
c)
Osama bin Laden
d)
Hideki Tojo
55.
He is the first African American to be elected, and he was born in Honolulu, HI. He signed into law a controversial economic stimulus package to help us out of the recession that many feel has placed an enormous debt burden on future generations. 44th President.
a)
Barack Obama
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Richard Nixon
56.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010. The law requires those not covered by employer or government sponsored health insurance to buy a minimum amount.
a)
Obamacare
b)
Detente
c)
Watergate
d)
Roe V Wade
57.
Served as President from 1981 to 1989. After a very successful career in movies and television, he became a President that Republicans, especially, still point to today as one of our finest presidents ever.
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
George W Bush
d)
Richard Nixon
58.
His economic policies, known as “Reaganomics” pushed for lower taxes to spur economic growth. He survived an assassination attempt and is remembered as the President who ended the Cold War.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
George W Bush
d)
Ronald Reagan
59.
He was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice in a scandal that involved a sexual relationship with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but he was acquitted and completed his second term with the highest end of office polls of any president since WWII.
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
George W Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Richard Nixon
60.
The election he won was extremely controversial, as Al Gore actually won the popular vote and recounts took place for about a month after election day to figure out who won. In the end the Supreme Court stepped in a declared him the winner.
a)
George W Bush
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Barack Obama
61.
Roy Benavidez was awarded the _______ for refusing to leave behind wounded soldiers even though he was wounded himself. He saved 8 men
a)
Purple Heart
b)
Silver Star
c)
Iron Cross
d)
Medal of Honor
62.
Book by Betty Friedan that attempted to establish a separate and distinct role for women.
a)
Men are From Mars
b)
Love and Marriage
c)
The Feminine Mystique
d)
The Jungle
63.
Who leads a Communist revolution in Cuba?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Nikita Gorbachev
64.
Which president resigned after the Watergate scandal?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
JFK
c)
Nixon
d)
Johnson
65.
Which president was successful in negotiating a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Ronald Reagan
66.
FIRST FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
a)
BETTY FRIEDAN
b)
ROSA PARKS
c)
SANDRA DAY O'CONOR
d)
SONIA SOTOMAYOR
67.
Elected President in 1980, beginning a resurgence of conservitism
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Gerald Ford
68.
What countries make up NAFTA?
a)
US, Canada, & Mexico
b)
US & Latin American
c)
Canada & Europe
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