WorksheetsHistory 4th quarter
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
The United States entered World War 1 in what year?
1865
1917
1492
1943
1929
The sinking of the ship called the _________ caused the United States to enter World War 1.
Luxembourg
L'Arachel
Lusitania
Loth Lorien
Archduke _______ ________ was assassinated in 1914, setting off World War 1.
Francisco Diego
Francesca Battistelli
Franz Ferdinand
Adolf Hitler
People NOT actively fighting in war are called:
Puritans
Soldiers
Pedestrians
Civilians
in World War 1, the Central Powers were: Austria-Hungary; Ottoman Empire; Bulgaria; and ___________
China
the United States
Germany
Denmark
These amendments are known as the "Reconstruction amendments."
13th, 14th, and 15th
The first 10 amendments
2nd and 3rd
23rd, 24th, and 25th
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation was OK.
Wright Bros. v. the State of California
Plessy v. Ferguson
Crow v. Pritzker
Obergefell v. Hodges
The 15th amendment gave former slaves and people of all ethnicities the right to what?
The right to attend "white only" schools
The right to peaceably assemble
The right to vote
The right to bear arms
The 13th amendment officially ended/abolished what?
State Income Tax
Trade with Europe
Segregation
Slavery
The 14th amendment essentially declared that all former slaves who were born in the United States were now what?
Slaves again
Citizens
Foreigners
3/5 of a person
What is it called when the law forces people of different colors/ethnicities to not associate with each other? (For example: a "white" train car and a "colored" train car)
Segregation
Slavery
Civil Union
Reparations
When 2 or more countries agree to help one another, it is called what?
An armistice
A coup de grace
An alliance
An axis of good
Soldiers fighting and living in trench warfare experienced what type of conditions? (Select all that apply)
Standing and sleeping in contaminated water
Rats that ate their food and bit them
Lice, flies, and other pests which spread diseases
Comfortable, warm beds
World War 1 ended on 11/11 at 11:00 a.m. in what year?
1918
2004
1865
1939
November 11, Armistice Day, is today known as what holiday?
It is still known as Armistice Day
Veterans Day
Labor Day
Independence Day
After the end of WWI, a peace treaty was signed on June 28, 1919. Where did this occur?
Castle of Versace, Italy
Plaza de Veronica, Spain
Palace of Versailles, France
Tower of London, England
The United States entered World War 2 after Japan bombed what location in Hawai'i?
Red Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Jewel Harbor
O'ahu Harbor
What are 2 causes that allowed Adolf Hitler to gain power in Germany?
The Germans felt unfairly treated after WWI
Hitler was a well known war hero
The Great Depression severely affected Germany
Germany was experiencing a great drought
The economic crash of the late 1920's, caused by extensive borrowing and other factors, is known today as what?
The Great Gatsby
The Great Depression
The Great Sorrow
The Great Crash
France and Britain declared war on Germany in 1939 after Germany invaded what country? (WWII)
U.S.S.R.
United Kingdom
France
Poland
Japan finally surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on these 2 Japanese cities:
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Tokyo and Osaka
Hiroshima and Sakura
Nagasaki and Kanto
The murder of millions of Jewish people by Hitler's government during WWII is today known as:
World War II
The Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Blitzkrieg
These three countries made of the Axis powers during WWII: Italy; Germany; and __________.
Australia
Great Britain
Japan
Poland
After the destruction of Europe during the World Wars, which 2 countries emerged as the world's 2 superpowers?
Argentina and the United Kingdom
Austria and France
Germany and Japan
The United States and Soviet Union
This organization was created as a result of WWII:
The United Nations
League of Nations
The Justice League
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2/3 of the European Jewish population were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. This is equal to more than ______________ Jews
1 million
6 million
3 million
600,000
Due to the Holocaust of WWII and continued Anti-Semitism afterward, the Jews returned to their homeland. The nation of _________ was (re)born.
Tel Aviv
Judea
British Palestine
Israel
The ________ Wall was built by the Soviets to keep people from leaving East Germany. The wall endured from 1961-1989
Parisian
Berlin
Warsaw
Moscow
After WWII until 1989, tensions increased between the Communist Soviet Union and the Democratic countries of the West. This time was known as what?
Warm War
Anti-War
Cold War
Russian-American War
