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End of the Year People and Places in American History

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented, built, and flew that first successful airplane?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

The White Brothers

c)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

d)

Samuel Riis

2.

Who was the president during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

This person was born into slavery, but became a famous scientist and inventor

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Louis Armstrong

4.

US President during World War I who helped to negotiate the Treaty of Versaille and develop the League of Nations

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John F. Kennedy

5.

Famous abolitionist who supported Lincoln and encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

6.

Civil War nurse who was the founder of the American Red Cross

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Clara Barton

7.

Inventor who developed an electric telegraph and created a code of dots and dashes to send messages on it

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Thomas Edison

8.

Creator of the assembly line method of production

a)

Henry Ford

b)

John D. Reckefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Jacob Riis

9.

Who was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute who believed that education is a key to a better life?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Booker T. Washington

10.

Who was a civil rights activist who was the co-founder of the NAACP?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Jacob Riis

11.

What did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton do?

a)

They were the founders of the National Organization for Women.

b)

They were journalists who brought attention to the living conditions of immigrants living in the slums of New York.

c)

They were the founders of the national Woman Suffrage Movement.

d)

They were the first women who opened their own department store

12.

What did Amelia Earhart do to make history?

a)

She was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

b)

She was the invented of the washing machine

c)

She was the founder of the American Red Cross

d)

She was the first female astronaut.

13.

What was the name of the first group of African American pilots who fought in WWII?

a)

Tuscany Airmen

b)

The Alabama Brave

c)

Blue Tails

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

14.

What did Ulysses S. Grant do?

a)

He served as a Union general during the Civil War.

b)

He was the president of the United States during the Civil War.

c)

He served as a Confederate general during the Civil War.

d)

He led the "Rough Riders" in the Spanish American War.

15.

What did Alexander Graham Bell do to make history?

a)

He invented the telephone.

b)

He invented the phonograph.

c)

He invented the incandescent light bulb

d)

He invented the electric telegraph.

16.

Who invented the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, and an early movie camera?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel Morse

17.

Who expanded the steel industry by using the Bessemer process, making steel production cheaper and faster?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

George Washington Carver

18.

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Alan Shephard

d)

Michael Collins

19.

Which president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

Ronald Reagan

20.

Who was involved in the organization of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Lyndon Johnson

21.

Which president told Soviet Leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

John F. Kennedy

22.

Which president issued the challenge to get the first person to the moon and safely back to earth.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Ronald Reagan

23.

Who was the first female in space?

a)

Susan Anthony

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Elizabeth Stanton

d)

Sally Ride

24.

Who led the "Rough Riders" in the Spanish American War and later became the president of the United States. He was known as a "trustbuster."

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

25.

Which president created the New Deal to end the Great Depression and held fireside chats to keep the public informed of progress.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

Jimmy Carter

26.

Which President led American through the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Ronald Reagan

27.

What is Louis Armstrong well known for?

a)

The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

b)

He was a baseball player who broke the color barrier by playing in the major leagues.

c)

He was a photographer/author who wrote "How the Other Half Lives."

d)

He was a famous jazz musician who brought jazz to a wider audience

28.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

a)

She was a nurse who founded the American Red Cross.

b)

She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

c)

She was a founder of the National Women Suffragist Movement

d)

She was the first woman in space.

29.

Who is Charles Lindburg?

a)

Supreme Court Judge that ruled on the Brown v. Board of Education Case

b)

First person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

c)

The creator of the Model T car

d)

The person who brought the Bessmer process of making steel to the United States

30.

Who was the author of the book "How the Other Half Lives" to bring awareness of living conditions of immigrants in New York slums.

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Louis Armstrong

31.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A place where slaves were sold
b)
It was a railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.
c)
A network slaves used to get to freedom.
d)
A smooth form of transportation.
32.

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Gold Rush

33.

The ______ of 1862 gave land to any settlers willing to move west.

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Volstead Act

d)

Agricultural Freedom Act

34.

Which of these is NOT a reason the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

a)

To make travel and communication easier from east to west

b)

To wipe out the Indians of the plains

c)

To increase settlement of the West

d)

To boost the economic production of the West

35.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
36.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
37.

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

a)

Automobile

b)

Airplane

c)

Telephone

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

38.

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Temperance

c)

Muckraker

d)

Harlem Renaissance

39.
In victory gardens, people grew food to
a)
eat at home
b)
can in the factories
c)
feed the farm animals
d)
send to the soliders
40.

This president's plan to develop programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression was known as the

a)

DACA

b)

New Deal

c)

Len lease program

41.
What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
The First Day of School
d)
The Solar Eclipse
42.
 Define The Great Depression
a)
Loan given to help you buy items you normally cannot buy on your own.
b)
homeless person who travels looking for work.
c)
The time in American history when the U.S. was at it's lowest point.
43.

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

b)

Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

c)

Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

d)

All of the above

44.

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Johnson

45.
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 
a)
uphold national honor
b)
prevent foreign involvement
c)
free all slave 
d)
preserve the Union
46.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
47.
Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?
a)
The climate was better.
b)
There were more jobs.
c)
The housing was free.
d)
There were fewer taxes.
48.
In December of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the United States had declared war on Japan. The event that led to this decision was Japan's:
a)
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
Bombing of England
c)
Bombing of Normandy
d)
Bombing of London
49.
On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers
a)
invaded the stormy beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out of Normandy
b)
invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese
c)
attacked Pearl Harbor
50.
In October 1962, the USSR was building and arming secret nuclear missile bases in Cuba.  The missiles could reach the US from Cuba. This was called
a)
The Great Blockade
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Cold War
51.
Japanese Americans were placed in ______________ during WWII after the attack of Pearl Harbor.
a)
concentration camps
b)
internment camps
52.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
53.
In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?
a)
to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
b)
to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
c)
to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
d)
to prevent attacks against United States shipping
54.
The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--
a)
Berlin Bloackade
b)
Berlin Base
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Berlin Barrier
55.
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
World War II
c)
British Air Raid
d)
Soviet Food Drive
56.
Which country was the aggressor that started the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Neither - they were forced into war by Germany
d)
Japan
57.
What symbolizes the end of the Cold War?
a)
U.S. President Bush worked toward easing tensions
b)
The Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent republics
c)
People in Easter Europe were gaining more freedom
d)
The Berlin Wall was built
58.
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
Charles Lindbergh
59.
Which U.S. President challenged America to be the first to put a man on the moon?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Harry S. Truman
60.
What action caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba that could be used against the U.S.
b)
The U.S. placed missiles in Cuba to be used again the Soviet Union
61.
What US President asked Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall?  
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
George Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Ronald Reagan
62.
Which law ensures no American citizen outlaws the discrimination of based on race, color , religion, sex, or national origin 
a)
voting rights act 1964
b)
civil rights act  1957
c)
civil rights act  1964
d)
24th amendment
63.
which act prevents racial discrimination in voting? 
a)
24th  amendment 
b)
civil rights act 1964
c)
voting rights act 1965
64.
which lawyer  argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education ?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren

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