Worksheets7:3 The U.S. on the Brink of Change
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The author Jacob Riis was angry about what?
No clean water
Slum life in the 1880's
That he didn't have a house in the country
The Industrial Revolution made life easier for who?
The poor
The children
The middle class
Who helped to end child labor?
Anne Frank
Mary Harris Jones
Mrs. Roosevelt
Which act gave free land to settlers in the Midwest
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Housing Authority Act of 1952
The Port Authority Act of New York and New Jersey
In 1867 the U.S. purchased Alaska from?
Europe
Asia
Russia
In 1898 the U.S. took control of what island?
Long Island
Hawaii
Rhode Island
The U.S. won what war in 1898?
Spanish-American War
Civil War
World War I
During WW I who were the Allied Powers?
France, Germany, and Turkey
Germany, Great Britain, and the United States
The United States, Great Britain, and France
Who was the President during WW I ?
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why did the U.S. enter WW I ?
Pearl Harbor was attacted
Germany was sinking American ships
The Turkish Prime Minister was shot
What peace treaty ended WW I ?
The Treaty of Berlin
The Treaty of Nuerumburg
The Treaty of Versailles
After WW I what group won the right to vote in American Presidential elections?
African Americans
Women
The Poor
What was the economic disaster of 1929 called?
The Great Depression
The Great Opportunity
The Roaring Twenties
What did President F.D.R. create?
A Big Deal
The Great Deal
The New Deal
What was the name of the lady on the poster that encouraged women to join the workforce?
Rosie the River-rat
Rosie O'Grady
Rosie the Riveter
Between the Spanish-American War and the Great Depression what war occurred?
The Civil War
World War I
World War II
The Cold War was between what years?
1929 - 1945
1967 -1970
1945 - 1991
Who was the chancellor in Germany during WW II?
Adolf Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Henrick
What country attacked Pearl Harbor?
The Empire of Jamacia
The Empire of Germany
The Empire of Japan
Hitler killed many Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and others. This mass murder is called?
The Death Camp
The Holocaust
The Great Depression
After WW II the U.S. was a world ________________.
Super - Power
Super - Country
Super - Nation
The "Cold War" was between what two countries?
Soviet Union and Germany
United States and Germany
Soviet Union and the United States
A period of great tension between countries is know as?
Cold Tensions
Cold Countries
Cold War
The rights belonging to all citizens are known as?
Civil Rights
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disorder
To set apart due to race or religion is to:
Separation
Civil Separation
Segregation
Who was the very well-known civil rights leader?
Rosie Riveter
Martin Luther King Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
What war did NOT involve open warfare?
WW I
The Cold War
The Spanish - American War
How long was The Cold War?
32 years
12 years
46 years
On what date did terrorists attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in D.C.
September 11, 2001
September 1, 2001
September 10, 2001
What Hurricane destoyed aeas of Louisiana amd Mississippi in 2005?
Kathleen
Katrina
Katherine
