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Know It All Test 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution?

a)

Gave citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens

b)

Gave ALL men the right to vote

c)

Made slavery illegal

d)

Gave women the right to vote

2.

When did D-Day occur?

a)

August 6, 1945

b)

July 21, 1969

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

June 6, 1944

3.
What is the time period in the U.S. when people lost their jobs and homes?
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
New Deal 
c)
Great Depression
d)
World War II
4.

The longest serving US President who battled polio while leading the US through the Great Depression and World War II.

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

5.

The place where the citizens take action to support the soldiers on the fighting fronts.

a)

home front

b)

trenches

c)

Pacific Theater

d)

Atlantic Theater

6.

What group was interned due to Executive Order 9066 as a reaction to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

German immigrants

d)

Italian Americans

7.

The refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s beliefs

a)

Sit in

b)

Civil disobedience

c)

Welfare

d)

reform

8.

Supreme Court case that determined individuals must be told of their rights upon arrest. Confessions can be thrown out if not.

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

9.

Which constitutional amendment began Prohibition and outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol, leading to a rise in crime?

a)

13

b)

18

c)

1

d)

21

10.

Muckrakers like Thomas Nast, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and Jacob Riis were all

a)

progressive reformers who sought legal changes to problems

b)

politicians who passed laws cleaning up the "muck" in society

c)

governors who wanted to get rid of monopolies

d)

journalists who wrote about the problems in society

11.

The First Atomic Bomb was dropped on the city of __________, Japan in August of 1945

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Berlin

c)

Tokyo

d)

Moscow

12.

The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution are called the _______.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Preamble

c)

Articles

d)

Naturalization

13.

The Great Migration refers to the shift of the African American population from the

a)

rural South to the rural North

b)

rural North to the rural South

c)

urban South to the urban North

d)

rural South to the urban North

14.

Beginning in the Great Depression, the government system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65

a)

Social Security

b)

FDIC

c)

New Deal

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

15.

What was the goal of posters such as Rosie the Riveter?

a)

To make sure Victory Gardens were grown

b)

To motivate proper use of the Ration Books

c)

To motivate women to find work in factories as men were drafted

d)

To encourage women to take on combat roles overseas