WorksheetsUS History Review #2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
True or False: The Great Migration was when many African Americans moved up North to escape Jim Crow and work in factories
True
False
True or False: Most of the war was paid for by collecting income tax.
True
False
True or False: Congress was opposed to the League of Nations because they were afraid the League would drag the US into war.
True
False
______ gas poisoned and blinded troops during WWI.
Ketchup
Mustard
Relish
The greatest cost of WWI was....
Human loss of life
Unresolved issues from the Treaty of Versailles
The monetary cost of supplies
What did the ratification of the 18th amendment of the US Constitution ban?
Voting
Alcohol
Slavery
What was a “speakeasy?”
Store or nightclub that sold alcohol, but in secret
A store that you had to be quiet in
A home for flappers
What year did Prohibition end?
1933
1929
1930
What was the fight or the cause that the women’s suffrage movement was fighting for?
Women's right to own land
Women's right to vote
Women's right to work outside of the home
During the 20's, for the first time, families could buy items on ________
credit/a loan
their own
their debit cards
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a period of time in the 1920s when the stock market was doing well
a period of time in the 1920s when African American artists, authors, and musicians flourished
a period of time in the 1920s when people moved to New York
Which of these contributed to the stock market crash?
People buying too many things on credit
World War II
Flappers
True or False: The stock market crash signaled the beginning of the Great Depression
True
False
True or false: African Americans & Women were hit hardest with unemployment during the Great Depression
True
False
The New Deal ended the Great Depression.
True
False
Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Hitler wanted to create a _____
Soviet Union
Third Reich
Space Program
The murder of millions of Jewish people in Germany became known as the ______
USSR
Third Reich
Holocaust
What made women move from jobs like waitressing and teaching to factory jobs?
They didn't like working on their feet
The pay was better
They were told to
Which alliance "won" WWII?
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
What was the Cold War?
A war fought during the winter
Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991.
A rivalry between the US and Japan from 1950-1960
How did the Korean War begin?
When North Korea invaded South Korea
When South Korea invaded North Korea
When the Vietcong attacked the US
Who were the Vietcong?
North Koreans
South Koreans who wanted communism
American soldiers living in Vietnam
What was Sputnik I?
World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union
World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the US
The first spaceship to land on the moon
Which of the following was a major Supreme Court civil-rights case of the 1950s?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Dylan v. United States
Yates v. United States
The Federal Interstate Highway Act
was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history.
heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks.
accelerated suburban growth.
all of these
Most Americans in the 1950-1960's relied on _____ as their primary source of entertainment and information.
radio
telephones
television
Which mission landed on the moon in 1969?
Freedom 7
Apollo 11
Friendship 9
Who was the first Catholic president?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
True or False: President Kennedy was assassinated.
True
False
Which of these gave the federal government the ability to protect the right of every citizen to vote
Civil Rights Act - 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court Decision
The Anti-War/Student Movement wanted...
everyone to be drafted
all Americans to participate in the war effort
nuclear disarmament
Prohibition was which amendment?
18th
19th
21st
25th
Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
The end of Prohibition
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Which amendment repealed Prohibition in the United States?
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
