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WorksheetsWash House Final!!!!
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Who wrote The Jungle, a book about the meatpacking factories in Chicago in the early 1900's?
Jane Addams
Charles Darwin
Upton Sinclair
Chester Arthur
What is a muckraker?
Someone who likes to rake
Investigative journalists who desired social change
Do you mean nutcracker?
Immigrants who went from rags to riches due to laissez faire economics
What is nationalism?
Love for one's country and believing your country is always "the good guy".
When one nation wants to control ALL nations.
The battle between countries over unclaimed territories
The process of becoming a new nation.
Expanding for more land, more money, more power is...
Nationalism
Isolationism
Imperialism
Militarism
Which country did Germany secretly ask to attack the U.S. in the Zimmerman telegram?
Canada
Mexico
Spain
Russia
Governmental advertising that is aimed at trying to control what you think is called...
Expansion
Propaganda
Neutrality
Isolationism
During World War 1, the creation of the Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter (speak), or publish any negative things about the Government."
True
False
Why was it called the Spanish flu ?
it spread faster in Spain
Spain created the virus
Spanish media (newspapers) first reported it
the flu just preferred Spanish people.
France, Russia, Britain (and the United States) were known as which side of WW1?
Central Powers
The Southern Suffragists
The Allies
The Abolitionists
What does it mean to "migrate"?
To move from one place to another
To sleep all winter
To hunt for food
To have a bad headache
What was Marcus Garvey known for?
He started the Black Nationalism movement calling for Blacks to relocate back to Africa.
He played nose tackle for the Chicago Bears.
He was hit by a rock and drown at a lake on Jully 27th, 1919 which led to the Chicago Race Riots.
He help Mexican labor workers get around labor laws to help them get more money.
What event set off the Chicago Race Riots?
Young African American boy drowning
Black businesses were burned down
White families were being robbed
Mexican immigrants came to Chicago
Why did White soldiers coming home from the war cause racial tensions in factories in Chicago?
They started picking fights with African American workers
They were promised their old jobs back even though African Americans currently had them
They boycotted factories
They burned down the factories
The Immigration Act of 1924 restricted immigration after it was passed. Which group of immigrants was still allowed to immigrate to the United States after 1924?
Mexican
Irish
Middle Eastern
Chinese
What is Tuesday October 29th 1929, referred to as?
Red Tuesday
Blue Tuesday
Black Tuesday
Bankrupt Tuesday
During the Great Depression, small, dirty, communities called "Hooversvilles" popped up across the country. Why were the called "Hooversvilles"?
The Great Depression wasn't real, it's based of a Dr. Seuss Book called "Hooverville" staring Cindy-Loo-Hoo.
They were named after the president serving at that time.
The were established just outside Hooverville Chicago, where thousands of people were laid off, and lost their homes.
What US President helped bring America out of the Great Depression with the creation of the "New Deal"?
FDR
Truman
Hoover
Kennedy
What were the 3 R's of FDR's plan to solve the economic crisis?
Relief, Relationships, Rehabilitation
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Rehabilitation, Reform, Relationships
Recovery, Rehabilitation, Relationships
Which New Deal Program helped make people more confident to put their money in banks again?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Securities Act
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The National Industrial Recovery Act
What does "repatriated" mean?
Move back to one's country of origin.
To blend a recipe from two cultures such as "Tex-Mex".
To re-enlist in the military
To remove all your money and assets from banks, and hold on to them personally.
The event which brought the United States into World War II was
the invasion of South Korea by communist North Korea
the attack on Pearl Harbor
the Battle of Britain
Japan attacked our colonial rule over the Philippines
In March of 1941, the American Congress passed the ___________Act that allowed the US to send much needed supplies to the Allied Powers.
'Good Neighbor Policy'
Atlantic Carter
Lend-Lease
World War II affected Japanese-Americans because
they were sent back to Japan.
they were congratulated by the government for their loyalty to the US.
they were sent to internment camps by the U.S. government which violated their civil rights.
Many Japanese-Americans enlisted in the war to help the conflict throughout the Pacific.
The June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of German-controlled France (on the beaches of Normandy) which marked the beginning of the end of Axis control was known as
VJ Day
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
President Truman decided to ______________ in order to end the war with Japan.
launch a land-invasion of Japan
use the first atomic bomb in the history of the world
launch a land-invasion of northern France
compromise and give Japan previously controlled territories
Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?
Phoenix, AZ
Oakland, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
These types of gardens were encouraged during WW2. People planted them in their backyards.
Backyard Gardens
Mystery Gardens
Victory Gardens
War Gardens
To finance the war, the federal government encouraged citizens to purchase these types of bonds.
War bonds
Vegetable bonds
Citizen bonds
Peace bonds
Who is this?
Allie the Ally
Rosie the Riveter
Beatrice the Bomb Builder
Which two main countries were involved in the Cold War?
The United States
The Soviet Union (Russia)
Italy
Japan
The Soviet Union believed in what political and economic system? (This system allows the government to control businesses and land)
Isolationalism
Communism
Capitalism
Militarism
The United States and the Soviet Union were in an "arms race". What does "arms race" mean?
Two countries race to get more/better weapons.
It was a race between Germany and Britain to get the atomic bomb.
This was a policy of containment.
Two companies trying to produce more prosthetic arms.
Republican Senator from Wisconsin who led a campaign against communists in US society and government in the 1950s.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph McCarthy
Sputnik
Marshall Plan
The U.S. government produced a video for school children about what they should do if there was an atomic attack. What were they supposed to do?
Face their own mortality
Run away
Duck and cover
Call their parents
What was the name of the imaginary line that split Western Europe from Eastern Europe after WWII? The term was coined by Winston Churchill.
Berlin Wall
Containment
Prime Meridian
Iron Curtain
The communist leader of North Vietnam, trying to re-unite North and South Vietnam, was...
General Tso
Ho Chi Minh
Chairman Mao Tse Tung
General Chow Mein
Congress passed ______________ Resolution which gave President Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism.
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Vietnam
What type of fighting tactics did the Viet Cong us to fight the U.S.?
Guerrilla warfare
Blitzkrieg
Hide and Seek
Where did the National Guard kill 4 students that were demonstrating against the war?
University of Texas
University of Kentucky
Kent State University
California-Berkley
What is "Napalm"?
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses.
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the scent on their clothing.
Another name for a flamethrower.
An intensely flammable liquid used in warfare, that burns everything.
In the Vietnam war, President Lyndon Johnson did which of the following?
Decreased American Involvement
Increased American Involvement
