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US History Review #2

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: The Great Migration was when many African Americans moved up North to escape Jim Crow and work in factories

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False: Most of the war was paid for by collecting income tax.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False: Congress was opposed to the League of Nations because they were afraid the League would drag the US into war.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

______ gas poisoned and blinded troops during WWI.

a)

Ketchup

b)

Mustard

c)

Relish

5.

The greatest cost of WWI was....

a)

Human loss of life

b)

Unresolved issues from the Treaty of Versailles

c)

The monetary cost of supplies

6.

What did the ratification of the 18th amendment of the US Constitution ban?

a)

Voting

b)

Alcohol

c)

Slavery

7.

What was a “speakeasy?”

a)

Store or nightclub that sold alcohol, but in secret

b)

A store that you had to be quiet in

c)

A home for flappers

8.

What year did Prohibition end?

a)

1933

b)

1929

c)

1930

9.

What was the fight or the cause that the women’s suffrage movement was fighting for?

a)

Women's right to own land

b)

Women's right to vote

c)

Women's right to work outside of the home

10.

During the 20's, for the first time, families could buy items on ________

a)

credit/a loan

b)

their own

c)

their debit cards

11.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

a period of time in the 1920s when the stock market was doing well

b)

a period of time in the 1920s when African American artists, authors, and musicians flourished

c)

a period of time in the 1920s when people moved to New York

12.

Which of these contributed to the stock market crash?

a)

People buying too many things on credit

b)

World War II

c)

Flappers

13.

True or False: The stock market crash signaled the beginning of the Great Depression

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or false: African Americans & Women were hit hardest with unemployment during the Great Depression

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The New Deal ended the Great Depression.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

17.

Hitler wanted to create a _____

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Third Reich

c)

Space Program

18.

The murder of millions of Jewish people in Germany became known as the ______

a)

USSR

b)

Third Reich

c)

Holocaust

19.

What made women move from jobs like waitressing and teaching to factory jobs?

a)

They didn't like working on their feet

b)

The pay was better

c)

They were told to

20.

Which alliance "won" WWII?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

21.

What was the Cold War?

a)

A war fought during the winter

b)

Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991.

c)

A rivalry between the US and Japan from 1950-1960

22.

How did the Korean War begin?

a)

When North Korea invaded South Korea

b)

When South Korea invaded North Korea

c)

When the Vietcong attacked the US

23.

Who were the Vietcong?

a)

North Koreans

b)

South Koreans who wanted communism

c)

American soldiers living in Vietnam

24.

What was Sputnik I?

a)

World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union

b)

World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the US

c)

The first spaceship to land on the moon

25.

Which of the following was a major Supreme Court civil-rights case of the 1950s?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

b)

Dylan v. United States

c)

Yates v. United States

26.

The Federal Interstate Highway Act

a)

was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history.

b)

heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks.

c)

accelerated suburban growth.

d)

all of these

27.

Most Americans in the 1950-1960's relied on _____ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

a)

radio

b)

telephones

c)

television

28.

Which mission landed on the moon in 1969?

a)

Freedom 7

b)

Apollo 11

c)

Friendship 9

29.

Who was the first Catholic president?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Harry Truman

30.

True or False: President Kennedy was assassinated.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Which of these gave the federal government the ability to protect the right of every citizen to vote

a)

Civil Rights Act - 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court Decision

32.

The Anti-War/Student Movement wanted...

a)

everyone to be drafted

b)

all Americans to participate in the war effort

c)

nuclear disarmament

33.

Prohibition was which amendment?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

25th

34.

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

a)

The end of Prohibition

b)

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

c)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

35.

Which amendment repealed Prohibition in the United States?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

18th Amendment