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U.S. History Champions of the County

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Woodrow Wilson's goal for US involvement in World War I was
a)
to create one big alliance of nations
b)
to make the world safe for democracy & end all wars
c)
to make the US the most powerful nation on earth
d)
to prove the US could influence all the nations of the world
2.

Who said, "The world must be made safe for democracy"?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Barack Obama

3.
This made it illegal for the U.S. to sell arms to countries at war:
a)
Neutrality Acts
b)
Isolationism Acts
c)
Lend-Lease Act
d)
Lusitania Act
4.
This was the turning point in the war in the Pacific:
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Battaan
c)
Battle of Iwo Jimo
d)
Battle of Okinawa
5.
Why is the D-Day battle significant?
a)
It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
b)
It was the turning point of the war in Europe.
c)
It liberated Western Europe.
d)
It was the turning point of the war in Africa.
6.
What major events in U.S. history lasted throughout the 1930s?
a)
World War I and World War II
b)
Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash
c)
Great Depression, Dust Bowl
d)
World War 1 and Great Depression
7.
Severe ________ played an important part in the creation of the Dust Bowl.
a)
droughts
b)
rainfall
c)
tornados
d)
thunderstorms
8.
The Dust Bowl took place in the
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Northeast
c)
Southern Great Plains
d)
Mid-Atlantic States
9.

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?

a)

It was part of the New Deal

b)

It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.

c)

It put American factors back to work.

d)

It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.

10.

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

11.

Unstable economy, overproduction, bank failures, reduction in purchasing ALL led to

a)

Great Depression

b)

WWI

c)

drought of 1925

d)

invasion of the boll weevil

12.
One of the New Deal programs; paid farmers to produce less cotton, corn, wheat, rice, and milk; goal was to raise farm prices and enable farmers to buy manufactured goods
a)
AAA
b)
REA
c)
CCC
d)
SSA
13.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

14.
This was signed to try to PREVENT any future wars after WWI
a)
 NATO 
b)
United Nations 
c)
League of Nations 
d)
Treaty of Versailles
15.
Which organization was created after WWI to deal with world problems, and prevent future wars?
a)
The League of Champions
b)
The United Nations
c)
The League of Nations
d)
The Justice League
16.
Each of the following countries accepted (& actually signed) the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
United States
17.
Who rejected President Wilson's League of Nations and would not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
US Senate
b)
US House of Representatives
c)
England
d)
Latin America
18.

The following question has more than one answer. Choose all that apply:

What was a result of the US not ratifying the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

The US did not become a member of the League of Nations

b)

The US did not have to pay war reparations.

c)

An ineffective League of Nations

d)

The could join whenever they wanted.

19.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
20.

What did the US do to try and make Japan stop attacks in asia?

a)

bombed them

b)

cut off supplies of food

c)

cut off supplies of iron, steel, and oil

d)

nothing

21.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
22.

Roosevelt's plan to give people jobs and to create help during the Depression.

a)

Hawley-Smoot

b)

Square Deal

c)

New Deal

d)

Dust Bowl

23.
This is the process of taking money borrowed from the bank or a broker, and putting it into the stock market
a)
Buying on Margin 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Buying on Credit 
d)
Overconsumption 
24.
President Wilson's plan for peace was known as the _____________ & was based on "the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities."
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Wilson Points
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
14 Points
25.

What roles did MOST African Americans have in the US Military during WW2

a)

On the Front lines to be the first to die.

b)

Non Combat Missions helping with supplies and food

c)

Tank Drivers and Gun Slingers

d)

Leaders on the battle field

26.

The United States began to act as an "international police force" as a result of...

a)

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

b)

The Monroe Corollary to the Roosevelt Doctrine

c)

The Baseball Bat Doctrine

d)

The International Police Force Doctrine

27.
Which of the following defines the Roosevelt Corollary?
a)
Europe was not allowed to imperialize the Americas
b)
America was the police force for the Western Hemisphere
28.

FDR signed an order to put more than 100,000 people with Japanese backgrounds in ____________________.

a)

schools

b)

reservations

c)

nature reserves

d)

internment camps

29.

What was the first order of business by FDR when he got into office?

a)

End the depression

b)

closed the stock market for a week

c)

bank holiday

d)

close Hoovervilles

30.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
31.

Which New Deal program was in charge of regulating the stock market?

a)

SEC

b)

Social Security

c)

EBRA

d)

FDIC

32.

Who wrote The Jungle?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Chester Arthur

33.

According to the Upton Sinclair, “I aimed at America’s heart, and accidentally hit them in the_____”

a)

Head

b)

Lungs

c)

Stomach

d)

Throat

34.
a)

Open Door Policy China

b)

Neutrality Policy Indonesia

c)

Big Stick Policy Latin America

d)

Diplomatic immunity in Africa

35.
a)

Open Door Policy in China

b)

Big Stick Policy in Latin America

c)

Anarchy in the Virgin Islands

d)

Neutrality in Latin America

36.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
holocaust
b)
nazism
c)
fascism
d)
rationing
37.

Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?

a)

wanted to see if the bomb worked

b)

did not think they could defeat the Japanese

c)

did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan

d)

island hopping showed that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers could die in an invasion

38.

Why was it so difficult to fight Japan?

a)

The Japanese were not ready to surrender.

b)

The Japanese pilots crashed their planes into US ships, fully expecting to die.

c)

The Japanese were fierce warriors.

d)

All of the Above

39.

This was the American forces effort to retake the Pacific Islands from Japanese Control

a)

Imperialism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Holocaust

d)

Island Hopping

40.

Who was A Philip Randolph a very close friend of

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Dorothy Vaughn

d)

Chairman of NACA

41.

Why did FDR integrate defense industries?

a)

Pressure from His wive and A Phillip Randolph, and a need for more workers.

b)

Reduced racism in Detroit.

c)

Increased racism in the South.

d)

The country was naturally becoming less racist.