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Mod. Am. Final JDH Names and Dates

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What war had happened that inspired the writing of the Star Spangle Banner?

a)

Revolutionary War of 1776

b)

War of 1812

c)

Civil War

d)

Spanish American War

2.

What European country was attacking the US during War of 1812?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

3.

What year was the Star Spangle Banner adopted as our official nation anthem?

a)

1776

b)

1812

c)

1814

d)

1931

4.

Who was the President of the United States during the incident that inspired the writing of our Star Spangle Banner?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

James Monroe

d)

James Madison

5.

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

1759

b)

1776

c)

1783

d)

1787

6.

What year was the American Constitution completed?

a)

1759

b)

1776

c)

1783

d)

1787

7.

What year did the American Revolution end

a)

1759

b)

1776

c)

1783

d)

1787

8.

Who is considered the Father of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

9.

Who is the Father of our Country

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

10.

Who was the Declaration of Independence sent too?

a)

King John

b)

King Henry the VII

c)

King George III

d)

Queen Elizabeth

11.

How many years prior to the Gettysburg Address was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

100

b)

200

c)

87

d)

20

12.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
13.
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
14.

Who was the leading lawyer for the NAACP during the 1950's and 60's, 1st African American to sit on Supreme Court

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

James Farmer

d)

Huey Newton

15.

Head of the Southern Leadership Conference for the whole country

a)

Elija Mahommad

b)

James Farmer

c)

Huey Newton

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

16.

Who was shot and killed in1968 after giving a speech to Union sanitation workers in Tennessee

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Malcom X

d)

Robert Kennedy

17.

was one of the main leaders of which Civil Rights Organization Congress for Racial Equality that organized Freedom Rides.

a)

James Farmer

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Bobby Seals

d)

Hughy Newton

18.

Students of Non-violent Coordinating Committee's primary leader that organized sit ins?

a)

Martin Luthur King Jr.

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

James Farmer

d)

Bobby Seals

19.

Who was the President of the United States that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

20.

Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party and wanted to build a powerful military and make his country a strong nation?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

21.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
22.
Who was the dictator of Japan during WWII? 
a)
Emperor Hirohito 
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Hideki Tojo 
d)
Adolf Hitler 
23.

Military Leader of Japan during WWII

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Chang kai Shek

c)

Jimmy Chong

d)

Hedeki Tojo

24.

Was head of American troops in Europe.

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

George Patton

c)

George Marshall

d)

Omar Bradley

25.

Said ‘I Shall Return” Head of American troops in the Pacific

a)

Douglas McArthur

b)

Chester Nimitz

c)

George Marshall

d)

George Patton

26.

Was the famous American Tank General who marched his troops 150 miles during the winter to relieve the troops at the Battle of the Bulge.

a)

Douglas McArthur

b)

George Patton

c)

George Marshall

d)

Chester Nimitz

27.

Japan officially surrendered ending WWII on the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on

a)

September 2, 1945

b)

August 9, 1944

c)

August 6, 1945

d)

September 1, 1939

28.

Poland is invaded by Germany to start WWII?

a)

September 1,1939

b)

August 9, 1936

c)

December 7, 1941

d)

September 1, 1945

29.

June 6th 1944, American, British and French troops cross the English Channel with 5,000 landing craft and warships. It would be known as one of America’s greatest accomplishments of the war. Early estimation thought that 7 out of 10 men would be killed, yet the commanders still went ahead. What is this famous battle known as?

a)

D- Day invasion

b)

Battle of Bulge

c)

Battle of Stalin

d)

Battle of Britain

30.

April 1945 to June 1945 just 350 miles away from Japan, this was the bloodiest battle of the pacific. 49,000 allied troops were killed 100,000 Japanese were killed. Kamikaze –suicide bombers were sent in bombed several Allied targets including destroyers off the coast as well as land troops. The Americans ended up taking the tiny Island.

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Midway

c)

Guadalcanal

d)

Okinawa

31.

When did Germany Officially surrender to the Allied Powers, better known as V-E Day ( Victory in Europe)

a)

April 30, 1945

b)

May 8, 1945

c)

May 30, 1945

d)

September 2, 1945

32.

U.S drops the Atomic bomb on Nagasaki on?

a)

April 30, 1945

b)

May 8, 1945

c)

August 6, 1945

d)

August 8, 1945

33.

He was the Communist leader of Communist Vietnam, till his death in 1969.

a)

Chaing Kai Shek

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Ngo Gihm Jen

d)

Kim ll Sung

34.

He was the Communist leader of Cuba taking power from President Batista in 1959.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Sigmond Rhee

c)

Oscar Romero

d)

Mao Zedong

35.

He was the Arch Bishop of San Salvador that was assassinated while saying mass in 1980.

a)

Oscar Romero

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Sigmond Rhee

36.

He was the Communist leader of China that had created the idea of the Cultural Revolution in efforts to better feed his people.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai Shek

c)

Sigmond Rhee

d)

Ho Chi Minh

37.

He was the U.S. Senator who accused people of being communist during the 1950’s.

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Douglas McArthur

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Richard Nixon

38.

He was the Military leader that led American Troops into Northern Korea in 1950, He was eventually removed from his position by President Truman

a)

George Marshal

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Douglas McArthur

d)

George Patton

39.

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1932

d)

1939

40.

Who was the president of the United States when towers were attacked?

a)

George Bush

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Bill Clinton

41.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
42.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
43.

Who was the general put in charge of American troops in Vietnam in 1964?

a)

Colon Powell

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

William Westmorland

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

44.

Who was the Secretary of State that negotiated with the North Vietnamese to end American involvement in Vietnam?

a)

Robert McNamara

b)

Henry Kissinger

c)

William Westmoreland

d)

Dick Cheney

45.

Who was the president of the United States that escalated America’s involvement by increasing troop levels to 350,000 soldiers in 1965?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

46.

What year did North Vietnam troops move into South Vietnam and finally conquer all of Vietnam?

a)

1955

b)

1970

c)

1975

d)

1984

47.

Who was the President of the United States that gave the orders to enter Cambodia to stop the flow of supplies to the Vietcong, though the United States was removing troops from the war by this point?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

48.

Who was the leader of China who supported the expansion of communism in South East Asia?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Kai Shek

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Ngo Dinh Diem

49.

Who was the leader of South Korea that killed 100,000 of its own people thought to be Communist

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Sigmond Rhee

d)

Mao Zedong

50.

Who was the Secretary of Defense that miscalculated the fact that many South Vietnamese apposed the government in 1964?

a)

Robert McNamara

b)

Henry Kissinger

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

William Westmorland

51.

Who was the Nationalist, Catholic, leader, whose family members filled the position of the countries cabinet of South Vietnam?

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho chi Minh

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Sigmond Rhee

52.

Was the 1st African American Assigned to the Supreme Court

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Eugene Connor

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Booker T Washington

53.

Spokes person for the Nation of Islam who became too popular that he was assassinated by his own people.

a)

Malcom X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Elijah Muhammed

d)

Booker T Washington

54.

Governor of Alabama during Civil Rights Movement

a)

Ross Barnett

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

George Wallace

d)

Jim Clark

55.

Governor who refused James Meredith to enter Ole' Miss.

a)

George Wallace

b)

Ross Barnett

c)

Orval Faubus

d)

Eugene Connor

56.

Was President during the Tea Pot Dome Scandal

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Woodrow Wilson