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JDH Mod Am Final 2021

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Amendment prohibited the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
3.

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

4.

What is an amendment?

a)

A Grievance to the King of England

b)

Natural Right

c)

an Addition to the U.S. Constitution

d)

Limitations of Executive Powers

5.

Why did the colonists fight the British in the Revolutionary War?

a)

1st Amendment

b)

To End Slavery

c)

Taxes were too high

d)

Taxation without representation

6.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
7.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
8.

Which law freed all people from servitude

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

9.

Which law was created to give all citizens of the United Sates the right to vote.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Voters Right Act Of 1965

d)

Civil Right Act of 1957

10.

When segregation is a result of social conditions such as poverty, it is better know as?

a)

De facto Segregation

b)

De jure Segregation

c)

Racism

d)

Segregation

11.

Law that removed Poll taxes and Literacy test

a)

15th Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Voters Right Act of 1965

d)

Civil Right Act of 1957

12.

Which Law ended segregation in public places

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964

c)

Voters Right Act 1965

d)

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

13.
Codename for building of atomic bomb
a)
operation overlord
b)
manhattan project
c)
blair witch project 
d)
project 832
14.

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

15.

1962 the Soviet Union attempted to put Nuclear Weapons in Communist Latin American Country off the coast of Florida. It was a 13-day stand off between the U.S. and Soviets that almost led us to WWIII.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

NATO

d)

El Salvadorian Revolution

16.

1950 Northern communist troops crossed the 38th parallel line invading the republic southern troops until 1953.

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Chinese Revolution

d)

Afghanistan War

17.

Event 1961, U.S. supported exiles of a Latin American country, attempted to overthrow the Communist leader. The mission failed.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

El Salvador War

d)

Iran Contra Scandal

18.

What was the goal of the United States after WWII

a)

To use the Marshal Plan as an effort to rebuild the United States

b)

To stop the spread of Communism throughout Europe and Asia

c)

To preserve Democracy and insure American values

d)

To protect the oil fields of the middle East

19.

The idea that in order to get money to begin to circulate the economy the government must help by creating government jobs is known as?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Bank Holiday

20.

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

a)

immigrant

b)

refugee

c)

illegal alien

d)

none of the above

21.

the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted?

a)

Immigration

b)

Integrate

c)

Emigrate

d)

Assimilate

22.

Women’s right to vote

a)

Prohibition

b)

Suffrage

c)

Muckraker

d)

Injunction

23.
What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Communism would not spread
c)
The Iron Curtain Theory
d)
Soviet Scare
24.
What style of warfare did the Vietcong use?
a)
Guerilla
b)
Trench
c)
Aerial
d)
Traditional
25.

What event marked the beginning of Americas involvement in Vietnam?

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

My Lai Massacre

c)

Battle of Dien Bein Phu

d)

Gulf of Tokin

26.

After WWII what was the dividing line that was established between North and South Vietnam

a)

17th Parellel

b)

18th Parallel

c)

38th Parellel

d)

Equator

27.

During the Korean War where did MacArthur decide was the best location to attack the advancing North Korean forces that had invaded into the south?

a)

Inchon

b)

Chosin Reservoir

c)

Hanoi

d)

Seoul

28.

Operation Rolling Thunder was better know as the event when

a)

When 250 innocent women and children were Massacre

b)

We bombed North Vietnam

c)

Mean US Troops are in imminent danger of being over run

d)

When North Vietnam attacked south during a religious holiday

29.

c. Was the code word that they would call out to let military forces know that US Troops were in imminent danger of losing the battle and to come and bomb the area to get the enemy to retreat.

a)

Tet

b)

Broken Arrow

c)

Agent Orange

d)

Rolling Thunder

30.

America’s goal after 1945 when it came to foreign Policy was.

a)

Stop the Spread of Communism

b)

Preserve Dictatorships

c)

Enforce Democracies

d)

Prevent Fascism

31.

Which Parallel line divides North and South Korea

a)

17

b)

18

c)

38

d)

0

32.

This was one of two leaders of the Black Panthers?

a)

Huey Newton

b)

James Farmer

c)

Elijah Muhammed

d)

Malcolm X

33.

He was the first African American assigned to the Supreme Court?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Stokley Carmicheal

d)

James Farmer

34.

He led one of the groups that were responsible for conducting Sit-Ins in protest of segregation in public places?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Stokley Carmicheal

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

James Farmer

35.

He was the leader of the Southern Leadership Conference?

Thurgood Marshal Martin Luther King Jr. Stokley Carmicheal James Farmer

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Stokley Carmicheal

d)

James Farmer

36.

What was the economic plan that Ronald Reagan created during his term as President better known as?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Reaganomics

c)

Fair Deal

d)

New Deal

37.

What was Reagan’s plan to end communism in the Soviet Union?

a)

Tear down the Berlin Wall

b)

Put medical and food sanctions against them and starve them out

c)

Put ICBM’s in all parts of the world so we could attack the Soviets from anywhere

d)

Build up our military and put the Soviets in economic ruin trying to keep up

38.

Considered to be Carter’s greatest accomplishment of his term her brought Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel together to end fighting between the two countries.

a)

Helsinki Accords

b)

Russian’s Go into Afghanistan

c)

Iran Hostage Crisis

d)

Camp David Accords

39.

1972 a burglary of the DNC lead to the investigation and impeachment process of the president.

a)

Watergate

b)

Nixon is Pardoned

c)

Iran Revolution

d)

Iran Hostage Crisis

40.

During the 1970s competition from foreign products, inadequate machinery, and high employment wages caused a number of factories to shut down. What industry was most affected by this?

a)

Farming Industry

b)

Steel Industry

c)

Automobile Industry

d)

Education Industry

41.

Physical event that marked the end of the Cold War. No longer was East and West divided?

a)

Tearing the Berlin Wall

b)

Afghanistan War

c)

Persian Gulf War

d)

Iran Revolution

42.

1969 the United States did something no other country had ever done before?

a)

Walked on the Moon

b)

Defeated Afghanistan

c)

Ended Communism in the Soviet Union

d)

Defeated Vietnam

43.

Jan 31, 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops attack Major US bases and the US embassy. The battle would last until April, but the Communist troops would lose more than 50,000 soldiers. What is the name of this famous battle, considered the turning point of the war?

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Gulf of Tokin conflict

c)

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

d)

My Lia Massacre

44.

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

a)

Robert McNamara

b)

William Westmoreland

c)

Henry Kissinger

d)

Dick Cheney

45.

What was the Capital of North Vietnam and the current capital of the country of Vietnam?

a)

Saigon

b)

Seoul

c)

Hanoi

d)

Inchon

46.

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

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

47.

Who was considered the leader of North Vietnam from 1955 till his death in 1969? Though he never had the opportunity to see his country free from the imperial ruler, he asked his citizens to continue to fight and they will win their freedom?

a)

Chang Kai Shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Ngo Diem

48.

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)

Richard Nixon

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

49.

Who was the president of the United States when Vietnam became one nation in 1975?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

50.

Operation Rolling Thunder was better to know as the event when


a)

It was when the US would use airpower and bomb North Vietnamese installations located in cities of Northern Vietnam.

b)

Was the code word that they would call out to let military forces know that US Troops were in imminent danger of losing the battle and to come and bomb the area to get the enemy to retreat.

c)

It was the first offensive battle for US Troops in Vietnam

d)

Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops attacked US military bases throughout Southern Vietnam during their religious holiday

51.

Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?

a)

Syngman Rhee

b)

Dien Bien Phu

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Ngo Dinh Diem

52.

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

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

A. Mitchel Palmer

d)

Ronal Reagan

53.

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

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Syngman Rhee

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

54.

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

a)

Chang Kai shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Sigmond Rhee

d)

Kim II Sung

55.

In 1980 the U.S. and Soviet Union had invested large amounts of funding to research the possible chance of creating a defense system that would intercept nuclear missiles before reaching their targets. The plan was rejected by congress.

a)

SDI or Star Wars

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

STP Apollo Mission

d)

Mercury Mission

56.

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)

General Nimitz

b)

General Eisenhower

c)

General MacArthur

d)

General Patton

57.

Was the President of the United States that led the country into the WWII in 1941?

a)

Harry S Truman

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Lyndon Johnson

58.

Known as “ll Duce” was a Fascist leader of Italy. Started a political group called the Black shirts that intimidated voters and people that attempted to run against him.

a)

Charles DeGaulle

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Erwin Rommel

d)

Benito Mussolini

59.

Was the President of the United States who was responsible for giving permission to drop the atomic bomb?

a)

Lyndon B Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

60.

Japanese that were living in America’s west coast were forced to sell, or shutdown their businesses, and put on reservations known as?

a)

Concentration Camps

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Death Camps

d)

Reservation

61.

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

a)

Syngman Rhee

b)

Dien Bien Phu

c)

Ngo Dinh Diem

d)

Ho Chi Minh

62.

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

a)

August 8, 1944

b)

September 2, 1945

c)

August 16, 1945

d)

August 8, 1945

63.

The United States was attacked by the Japanese on?

a)

September 1, 1937

b)

December 7, 1940

c)

December 8,1941

d)

December 7,1941

64.

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

a)

1975

b)

1973

c)

1969

d)

1968

65.

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

1776

b)

1783

c)

1787

d)

1812

66.

What year did the Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression?

a)

1930

b)

1929

c)

1933

d)

1919

67.

What year was the U.S. Constitutional signed?

a)

1776

b)

1787

c)

1783

d)

1812

68.

What year was the Gettysburg address spoken by President Lincoln?

a)

1763

b)

1860

c)

1863

d)

1865

69.

What year did the D- Day invasion occur during WWII?

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1944

d)

1945

70.

What year were the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1944

d)

1945

71.

What year was Martin Luther King Assassinated?

a)

1963

b)

1964

c)

1968

d)

1969

72.

Which of the following were considered the Proggressive President?

a)

William Mckinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

73.

Which of the following were president during a war?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

William McKinley

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Calvin Coolidge

74.

Which President was thought to have a Laissez faire attitude when it came to Big Business?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

George H. W Bush

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Calvin Coolidge

75.

What court case gave states more rights to create black codes and Jim Crow laws?

a)

Brown vs the Board of Education Topeka Kansas

b)

Pleassy vs Ferguson

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Right Act of 1963

76.

Which law ended segregation in public facilities?

a)

Voters Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

c)

Civil Right Act of 1964

d)

Equal Pay Act of 1961

77.

Which of the following gave women the right to vote?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

78.

Which of the following made slavery illegal in this country?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Civil rights Act of 1964

d)

Patriot Act of 2000

79.

Which of the following changed the voting age from 21 to 18?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

26th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Voters Right Act of 1965

80.

Which of the following removed literacy test when registering to vote?

a)

15th Amendment

b)

Brown vs BOE

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Voters Right Act 1965

81.

Which of the following made the statement, “to separate leaves a person with a felling of inferiority”?

a)

Plessy vs Ferguson

b)

Brown vs BOE

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

13th Amendment

82.

What type of government would the Soviet Union be considered to have during the World War II?

a)

Democratic

b)

Communist

c)

Fascist

d)

Theocracy

83.

Which President was president during the Tea Pot Dome Scandal?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Ronald Reagan

84.

Which President was impeached for the Watergate Scandal?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

85.

Who was the president who was brought up on charges for the White Water Scandal but was not impeached?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Bill Clinton

86.

Who wrote the poem at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty?

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Emma Lazarus

c)

Emma Goldman

d)

Stella Goldsteig

87.

the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted?

a)

Immigration

b)

Emigrate

c)

Assimilation

d)

Migration

88.

How do 60% illegal aliens come into our county?

a)

They Walk

b)

Boat

c)

Plane

d)

Trucks

89.

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

a. Refugee

b. Immigrant

c. Migrant

d. Emmigrant

a)

Refugee

b)

Immigrant

c)

Migrant

d)

Emmigrant

90.

1919 The Baldwin-Felts detectives were first called into the region to put down the strike. The brother of the leader of the Baldwin detectives was killed during a gunfight. Coal miners continued to build up support in the region and strike. Federal Troops were ordered by President Harding to stop the strike. It was the only time in American history that American citizens were bombed by airplanes by the US Government.

a)

Homestead Strike

b)

Pulman Strike

c)

Battle of Blair Mountain

d)

Haymarket Riots

91.

1892 Pennsylvania, Steelworkers called for a strike when Carnegie Steel called to reduce wages. The Company hired 300 Pinkerton Detectives to protect the factory. Many workers and some Pinkertons were killed during the fight. The Pinkertons were aboard a river barge with loaded weapons and fired into the strikers. Strike failed because many workers could not hold out, quit the union and crossed the picket lines to go back to work.

a)

Battle of Blair Mountain

b)

Homestead Strike

c)

Haymarket Strike

d)

Pullman Strike

92.

What were the space missions called that took us to the Moon and back called

Mercury Missions NASA Missions Apollo Missions Columbia Missions

a)

Mercury Missions

b)

NASA Missions

c)

Apollo Missions

d)

Columbia Mission

93.

What were the space missions that the spaceship orbited the Earth?

a)

Mercury Missions

b)

Apollo Missions

c)

NASA Missions

d)

Columbia Missions

94.

At one time was the richest man in America. Founded Standard Oil Company Formed monopoly and controlled, industry, banks and politicians.

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Henry Clay Frick

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller

95.

was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century near Pittsburgh.

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Henry Clay Frick

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller