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WorksheetsGSE US 11-19
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
One issue that many Americans had with the "captains of industry" such as Rockefeller and Carnegie was
a)
Their use of monopolies and trusts
b)
Their fair business practices
c)
Their support of the poor
d)
Unfair treatment of workers
2.
Factory workers faced low wages (pay), unsafe working conditions & long hours.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
Henry Ford was best known for...
a)
making cars easier to build
b)
making railroads easier to build
c)
making bridges easier to build
d)
making telegraphs easier to build
4.
Which best describes an assembly line?
a)
A. A way to create inventions.
b)
B.A way to achieve mass production.
c)
C.A way to speed communications.
d)
D.a way to improve technology.
5.
Unhappy workers forms groups called __________ to demand better pay and working conditions.
a)
A. board of trustees
b)
B. shareholders
c)
C. entrepreneurs
d)
D. labor unions
6.
Who was the steel industrialist who donated hundreds of millions of dollars as a philanthropist?
a)
A. Andrew Carnegie
b)
B. J. Edgar Thompson
c)
C. John D. Rockefeller
d)
D. J. Pierpont Morgan
7.
John D. Rockefeller made a fortune in the _____ business.
a)
A.steel
b)
B.machinery
c)
C.railroad
d)
D.oil
8.
Who was responsible for creating the assembly line?
a)
A. George Westinghouse
b)
B. Granville Woods
c)
C. Henry Ford
d)
D. Charles Sorenson
9.
When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?
a)
The Great Awakening
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Great Pumpkin
d)
The Trail of Tears
10.
When the Great Migration occurred, what happened as a result?
a)
heightened racism and Civil War
b)
rising literacy and the formation of civil rights groups
c)
falling literacy and a moral decline
11.
Who wrote the "Souls of Black Folk" and said "I too sing America" along with being the most major black intellect of the time period?
a)
Carter Goodson
b)
Carter G. Woodson
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
WeB DuBois
12.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
13.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.
a)
Stock Market
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin
d)
New Deal
14.
Programs that were put into place to put Americans back to work completing government funded projects
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
15.
Programs that were put into place to ensure the causes of the Great Depression were addressed and corrected to ensure the Depression would not happen again
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
16.
This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II.
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Truman
c)
Hoover
d)
Roosevelt
17.
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.
a)
Black Thursday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Black Friday
d)
Black Sunday
18.
The most popular home appliance in the 1930's
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Movies
d)
Telephone
19.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
20.
Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
This New Deal program provided inexpensive electricity to the southeast US helping to "electrify" the south
a)
TVA
b)
CCC
c)
PWA
d)
Wagner Act
22.
The Wagner Act provided this support for labor unions
a)
Fair wages
b)
Collective bargaining
c)
Federal authority to shut down factories
d)
None apply
23.
This was a British submarine that was bringing supplies to Great Britain. The Germans sank it and killed 128 Americans.
a)
Alliances
b)
Lusitania
c)
Trench Warfare
24.
A note discovered in which Germany tried to make an alliance with Mexico. This note was a deciding factor in the U.S. choosing to get involved in World War I.
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Zimmerman Note
c)
Lusitania
25.
Who was a famous jazz singer and trumpet player?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Babe Ruth
26.
Give two nicknames for the decade of the 1920's.
a)
The Roaring 20's and The Jazz Age
b)
The Great Society and C'mon Get Happy
c)
The New Frontier and The Silent Majority
27.
What is the significance of the 19th Amendment?
a)
Women became citizens.
b)
African Americans became citizens.
c)
Women were granted the right to vote.
d)
African Americans were granted the right to vote.
28.
A study of the "flappers" of the 1920's would indicate that
a)
many women were elected to national political office
b)
women were fired from traditionally male occupations
c)
the earning power of women was equal to that
of men in the same occupation
of men in the same occupation
d)
some women rejected traditional feminine roles
29.
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the
a)
Bad Times
b)
Red Scare
c)
Bolshevik Doom
d)
Communist Wave
30.
Who was the biggest crime boss of the 1920's, based out of Chicago?
a)
Bugs Moran
b)
Al Capone
c)
Johnny Torrio
d)
Big Jim Colisemo
31.
Making & selling alcohol in violation of Prohibition laws was called
a)
racing the drag
b)
rotgut
c)
dropsy time
d)
bootlegging
32.
The political cartoon above explains what WWII cause?
a)
Anger at the Treaty of Versailles
b)
Isolationism of the USA
c)
Extreme Nationalism
d)
Aggression of the USA
33.
What is the nickname for women who joined the workforce?
a)
Rosie the Riveter
b)
Barbara the Builder
c)
Finny the Fixer
d)
Penny the Producer
34.
What word describes America's initial reaction to the start of WWII?
a)
Neutrality
b)
Involvement
c)
Direct-Action
d)
Invasion
35.
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
36.
This civil rights leader fought for equal pay for black factory workers during WWII through threat of a March on Washington?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
A Philip Randolph
c)
Booker T Washington
d)
WEB Dubois
37.
What are civilian grown gardens to reverse national food sources for the war effort?
a)
farm
b)
victory gardens
c)
barn
d)
Victory in Europe
38.
Posters like this encouraged people to buy war bonds in order to–
a)
Gain public support for the war
b)
Help finance the war
c)
Create jobs
d)
Recruit volunteers for the military
39.
What did Executive Order #9066 do?
a)
Sent Japanese Americans to prison.
b)
Sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
c)
Sent German-Americans to relocation camps.
d)
Sent German-Americans to prison.
40.
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
41.
The Lend-Lease Act clearly marked
a)
the end of isolationist opposition
b)
an end to the pretense of American neutrality
c)
a secret Roosevelt plan to involve the US in war
d)
the beginning of opposition in Congress to Roosevelt's Foreign policy
42.
Which was one American effort to assist the Allies before its entry into the war?
a)
The First Neutrality Act 1935
b)
Lend Lease Program
c)
The 2nd Neutrality Act of 1936, banning the sale of arms
d)
Placing an embargo on Allied nations
43.
What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?
a)
The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes
b)
The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway
c)
Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps
d)
U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber
44.
This man was elected president 4 times, created the New Deal, and became part of the Allied powers during WWII?
a)
HItler
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Stalin
d)
Mussolini
45.
This allowed the US to sell military supplies to the Allies, but they had to come pick up the materials.
a)
Cash and Carry
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Neutrality Acts
d)
Pendleton Act
46.
Pearl Harbor is in
a)
Panama
b)
Hawaii
c)
Cuba
d)
Puerto Rico
47.
Operation Overlord was about the liberation of this country.
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Great Britain
48.
Hitler’s last victory against the Allies. Only stalled an Allied advance.
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
Battle of Guadacanal
49.
Turned the tide of the war for the allies in the Pacific. American codebreakers were able to determine the date and location of the planned attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to prepare its own ambush. All four of Japan's large aircraft carriers were lost.
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Iwo Jima
c)
Battle of Guadacanal
d)
Battle of the Coral Sea
50.
The Manhattan Project created the atomic bomb for the US to use in WWI dropping it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to save American lives in avoiding invasion of Japan
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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