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Academic 1

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Making products where each individual is responsible for a particular job.

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Bootlegger

c)

Communism

d)

Flapper

2.

18th Amendment made consumption of or making alcohol illegal.... better known as _______.

a)

Chicanery

b)

Acolyte

c)

Prohibition

d)

Embezzlement

3.

After the 18th Amendment passed these secret bars became popular.

a)

Scopes Trial

b)

Speakeasy

c)

Prohibition

d)

Communism

4.

A Tennessee Biology teacher taught "Evolution," a scientific theory against the traditional religious beliefs during the 1920s. After the trial it became illegal to teach evolution in public schools.

a)

Scopes Trial

b)

Speakeasy

c)

Prohibition

d)

Communism

5.

President at the beginning of the Great Depression

a)

Overproduction

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

6.

President at the end of the Great Depression who created the New Deal

a)

Overproduction

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

7.

Location that suffered sever drought and abandoned farms due to heavy debt

a)

Overproduction

b)

Fire Side Chat

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

8.

President Harding’s friends committed which scandal involving stealing illegal oil?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Monopoly Scandal

c)

Harlem Scandal

d)

Red Scare Scandal

9.

Which political party took over Russia following WWI causing the US to panic?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

10.

Who led a raid or search for people in the United States who were accused of being Communists?

a)

Langston Hughs

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Billy Sunday

d)

Mitchell Palmer

11.

Why was the 21st Amendment passed?

a)

Women were not voting, so it limited voting to only educated women

b)

After the Scopes Trial about evolution, it became illegal to teach about the theory

c)

Prohibition was a failure and it cancelled out the 18th Amendment that outlawed alcohol

d)

Too many immigrants were coming to America and this limited which groups to stop the spread of Communism

12.

Why as Al Capone so famous during the 1920s?

a)

He fought for women to gain the right to vote

b)

He was the first pilot to fly non-stop from NY to Paris, France.

c)

He defended John Scopes in court when he taught about Evolution

d)

He was most famous for smuggling alcohol and was a ruthless gangster that led organized crime rings

13.

What was the final ruling made by the Supreme Court in the Scopes Trial?

a)

It was illegal to put suspected Communists in jail

b)

Members of the Ku Klux Klan would face charges for their violent behavior

c)

Teaching Evolution in schools was illegal

d)

Teaching Evolution in schools was legal

14.

What happened on October 29th, 1929

a)

The Stock Market crashed causing widespread bankruptcy

b)

Women were given the right to vote

c)

Prohibition was enforced or alcohol became illegal

d)

Prohibition was appealed or the ban on alcohol was over

15.

Which president responded to the Great Depression by saying "Helping Americans will just make them lazy. They should help themselves or volunteer to help each other."

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

16.

It is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

a)

SOCIAL SCIENCE

b)

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

c)

GEOGRAPHY

d)

SOCIOLOGY

17.

The oldest religion in the world.

a)

ROMAN CATHOLIC

b)

BUDDHISM

c)

HINDUISM

d)

DAOISM

18.

Largest continent

a)

ASIA

b)

EUROPE

c)

AFRICA

d)

NORTH AMERICA

19.

Most populous country in Asia

a)

INDIA

b)

CHINA

c)

PHILIPPINES

d)

THAILAND

20.

It is the way of life.

a)

CULTURE

b)

RELIGION

21.

(noun) something handed down from ancestors or history

a)

maim

b)

illuminate

c)

perceptive

d)

haphazard

e)

legacy

22.

The 1st amendment protects which of the following?

a)

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

b)

Freedom of religion, speech, press assembly and petition.

c)

Right to trial by jury.

d)

No quartering of soldiers.

23.

The 2nd amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Right to keep and bear arms.

b)

Rights of accused persons (speedy and public trial).

c)

Powers reserved to the states.

d)

Other rights of the people.

24.

The 3rd amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Right of a trial by jury.

b)

Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.

c)

No quartering of soldiers.

d)

Right to keep and bear arms.

25.

The 4th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Powers reserved to the states.

b)

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

c)

Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.

d)

Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy.

26.

The 5th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy.

b)

Rights of accused persons (speedy and public trial).

c)

Other rights of the people.

d)

Right to keep and bear arms.

27.

The 6th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

No quartering of soldiers.

b)

Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy.

c)

Powers reserved to the states.

d)

Rights of accused persons (speedy and public trial).

28.

The 7th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Right of trial by jury.

b)

No quartering of soldiers.

c)

Rights of accused person (speedy and public trial).

d)

No quartering of soldiers.

29.

The 8th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

No quartering of soldiers.

b)

Powers reserved to the states.

c)

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

d)

Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.

30.

The 9th amendment protects which of the following rights?

a)

Right of trial by jury.

b)

No quartering of soldiers.

c)

Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.

d)

Other rights of the people.

31.

The 10th amendment protracts which of the following rights?

a)

Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.

b)

Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy.

c)

Powers reserved to the states.

d)

Right of trial by jury.

32.

Legal steps that must be followed and that all citizens must be treated the same under the law

a)

eminent domain

b)

indictment

c)

Probable cause

d)

due process

33.

Formal charge by a grand jury

a)

Probable Cause

b)

Guilt

c)

Indictment

d)

Innocence

34.

Strong reason to think a person or property was involved in a crime

a)

Probable Cause

b)

Indictment

c)

Due Process

d)

Censorship

35.

Double Jeopardy refers to

a)

Following established legal procedures

b)

The government’s right to take private property for public use

c)

Paying an amount for bail that is unfairly high

d)

Being tried twice for the same crime

36.

Which amendment protects an accused person’s right to remain silent? Guilty people usually plead the _____.

a)

1st Amendment

b)

9th Amendment

c)

5th Amendment

d)

4th Amendment

37.

Lets the government limit, but not prevent, gun ownership

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

3rd Amendment

c)

8th Amendment

d)

7th Amendment

38.

States that citizens have rights beyond those listed in the Constitution that cannot be taken away

a)

8th Amendment

b)

5th Amendment

c)

9th Amendment

d)

10th Amendment

39.

Provides for juries in civil cases

a)

6th Amendment

b)

7th Amendment

c)

4th Amendment

d)

5th Amendment

40.

Limits the power of the national government

a)

9th Amendment

b)

3rd Amendment

c)

4th Amendment

d)

10th Amendment

41.

The Fifteenth Amendment states that no person can be denied the right to vote based on race, color or previous servitude.

a)

21st Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

14th Amendment

42.

The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 was the

a)

26th Amendment

b)

27th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

22nd Amendment

43.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a

punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly

convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to

their jurisdiction (authority). These words can be found in..

a)

12 Amendments

b)

13 Amendments

c)

14 Amendments

d)

15 Amendments

44.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and

subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States

and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce

any law which shall abridge (limit) the privileges or immunities (rights)

of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any

person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor

deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the

laws.

a)

12 Amendments

b)

13 Amendments

c)

14 Amendments

d)

15 Amendments

45.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not

be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on

account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

a)

12 Amendments

b)

13 Amendments

c)

14 Amendments

d)

15 Amendments

46.

Who tried to scare and intimidate

blacks to keep them from voting during Reconstruction period of US.

a)

KKK

b)

Freedmen’s Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

47.

Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force

a)

14th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Sherman's Executive Order

d)

15 Amendment

48.

Kayla decides she wants to believe in a new religion

a)

1st

b)

10th

c)

19th

d)

24th

49.

Selma just turned 18 and is going to vote in next month's presidential election.

a)

4th

b)

17th

c)

26th

d)

27th

50.

Carl's family had been making wine for many years but thanks to this amendment that was now illegal.

a)

10th

b)

18th

c)

20th

d)

25th

51.

Which amendment would protect Jessica from having her car search randomly by the police?

a)

3rd

b)

4th

c)

23rd

d)

27th

52.

Thanks to the ___ amendment Emily does not have to house soldiers.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

14th

53.

Which Amendment ended slavery?

a)

4th

b)

9th

c)

11th

d)

13th

54.

Which amendment would allow a newspaper the right to print a negative story about the president?

a)

1st

b)

8th

c)

22nd

d)

24th

55.

Which amendment prevented Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama from running for president again after their second term?

a)

2nd

b)

7th

c)

19th

d)

22nd

56.

The __ amendment made it legal to buy alcohol for adults 21 years or older.

a)

7th

b)

9th

c)

16th

d)

21st

57.

Dan uses a rifle to go hunting. Which amendment allows Dan to own a gun?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

5th

d)

15th

58.

Which amendment allows people to gather peacefully?

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

20th

d)

27th

59.

This is the amendment that police are required to remind people of when they arrest someone. "I plea the __"

a)

5th

b)

6th

c)

11th

d)

25th

60.

Which amendment defines who is a U.S. citizen?

a)

6th

b)

11th

c)

14th

d)

22nd

61.

Introductory part of a statute or deed stating its aims

a)

Preamble

b)

Concurrent Power

c)

Amendments

d)

Preface

62.

What does ratify mean?

a)

To approve

b)

To decline

63.

What was the name given to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution that protect individual freedoms?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

The Great Compromise

64.

This was an agreement between the states that created 2 houses of Congress based on both state population and equal representation for each state -

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

Limited Government

65.

This was a revolt that took place in 1786 in Massachusetts that revealed a need for a national army -

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Shay's Rebellion

d)

The Great Rebellion

66.

Congress is made up of two Houses called what?

a)

House of Representatives and Senate

b)

Judicial and Legislative

c)

Executive and Senate

d)

Majority and Minority

67.

Which of the following are rights granted by the 6th amendment:

a)
b)
c)
d)
68.

the right to vote

a)

suffrage

b)

segregation

69.

The 1st plan of government

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Mount Vernon

70.

The US government is divided into:

a)

one branch

b)

two branches

c)

three branches

d)

four branches

71.

Makes the law called Acts

a)

executive

b)

legislature

c)

judicial

d)

supreme court

72.

The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

73.

Direct election of Senators

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

74.

Gave women the right to vote

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

75.

Voting age 18 yrs old

a)

22nd

b)

23rd

c)

26th

d)

27th

76.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of Alcohol

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

24th

77.

__________ v. __________

a)

executive

b)

legislature

c)

congress

d)

judicial

78.

When one court case replaces another

a)

overturn

b)

repeal

c)

opinion

d)

legislature

79.

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.

a)

Prohibition

b)

Montreal Protocol

c)

The New Deal

d)

Monroe Doctrine

80.

410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion.

a)

Salem Trials

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Lindbergh Trials

81.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Federalist Papers

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Preamble of the Constitution

82.

First 10 Amendments of the Constitution

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Preamble

d)

Declaration of Independence

83.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

a)

New Deal

b)

Preamble of the Declaration of Independence

c)

Preamble to the Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

84.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-

a)

New Deal

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Preamble of the Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

85.

If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

Nathan Hale

d)

Abe Lincoln

86.

"I have not yet begun to fight!" This was the immortal retort of Captain ____ to a request to surrender as he and his crew engaged in a desperate battle with a British frigate off the northern coast of England during the American Revolution.

a)

Patrick Sinclair

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Arthur St. Clair

87.

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country !

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Nathan Hale

d)

George Washington

88.

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." American patriot _____ said it on September 22, 1776, his last words before he was hanged for spying on British troops.

a)

Austin Roe

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Nathan Hale

89.

American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British side of the conflict in 1780.

a)

John Anthony Walker

b)

Aldrich Ames

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Aaron Burr

90.

What was the name of the first of (permanent English) American colony in 1607 ?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Jonestown

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Newport

91.

What state did the Salem Witch Trials take place ?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Virginia

d)

Oregon

92.

Pocahontas notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. What tribe did she belong ?

a)

Sioux

b)

Powhatan

c)

She-shone

d)

Mattaponi

93.

_____ arrived in N. America from Norway in the 10th century.... 985 AD to be the first known European to land in North America?

a)

Leif Erikson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Pilgrims

94.

What was the name of the Pilgrims’ ship?

a)

Nina

b)

Pinta

c)

Mayflower

d)

Santa Maria

95.

December 21, 1620, after 66 days at sea and several weeks docked in Provincetown Harbor while the passengers explored Cape Cod. The Mayflower finally docked in _______ on December 18th. On December 21st, the first expedition took the shallop ashore.

a)

Plymouth, Virginia

b)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

c)

Plymouth, NY

d)

Plymouth,

N. Carolina

96.

What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States? Founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain.

a)

Jamestown,

Virginia

b)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

c)

St. Peters,

Florida

d)

St. Augustine, Florida

97.

Who did Pocahontas marry?

a)

Thomas Rolfe

farmer

b)

John Rolfe, a tobacco planter

c)

Aaron Barr

preacher

d)

William Butten

doctor

98.

Name the Treaty that was signed to end the Revolutionary War with England.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Washington

d)

Treaty of Fort-Stanwix

99.

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

a)

James Monroe

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

100.

Name of George Washington's plantation home that lies on the Potomac River and 13 miles south of Washington DC ?

a)

Blair House

b)

Kennebunkport

c)

Monticello

d)

Mount Vernon