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Timeline Test 2

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was given credit for finding the Caribbean in 1492?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Lewis and Clark

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ponce De Leon

2.

The change from making goods by hand to making them by machine

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Labor Force

d)

Cold War

3.

A person who believed that enslaving people was wrong and who wanted to end slavery

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Segregate

d)

Confederate

4.

to set apart, typically because of race or religion

a)

Genocide

b)

Holocaust

c)

Segregate

d)

Abolish

5.

In 1775, war broke out between Great Britain and the American colonists because England put too many ________________

on goods Americans bought.

a)

stamps

b)

quarts of tea

c)

British soldiers

d)

taxes

6.

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

1776

b)

1778

c)

1783

d)

1779

7.

the supply of workers

a)

Labor Force

b)

Tariff

c)

Free Trade

d)

Dominion

8.

the murder of six million Jews during WWII

a)

segregate

b)

acid rain

c)

Cold War

d)

Holocaust

9.

What year was the Constitution written?

a)

1776

b)

1787

c)

1873

d)

1492

10.

What are the first 3 words of the Constitution?

a)

For the people

b)

By the people

c)

We the people

d)

Of the people

11.

a period of great tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

WWII

c)

The Great Depression

d)

Cold War

12.

the basic rights that are due to all citizens

a)

Free Trade

b)

Dominion

c)

Civil Rights

d)

Jim Crow Laws

13.

Indians were forced to leave their homeland in the __________________________.

a)

Indian Homeland Act

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Declaration of New Indian Land

d)

Native American War

14.

President Abraham Lincoln was elected in 

a)

1960

b)

1860

c)

1945

d)

1938

15.

What happened to Abraham Lincoln?

a)

He lived to be 100

b)

He won the best president award

c)

He was assassinated

d)

He left the Union to join the South

16.

The Civil War was fought between

a)

South and Confederate

b)

Union and the North

c)

Confederate and the Union

d)

Union and the South

17.

a person who uses violence and fear to achieve goals

a)

Karens

b)

Terrorist

c)

Mrs. Hodges

d)

Abolitionist

18.

When did World War I begin?

a)

1990

b)

1914

c)

1941

d)

1814

19.

Women got the right to vote in 

a)

1920

b)

1930

c)

1940

d)

1945

20.

What happened to the economy in 1929?

a)

The Great Flood

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Great New Deal

d)

The Industrial Revolution

21.

In 1938-39, ________________________________ began killing Jewish people.

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Adolf Hitler

22.

When did the US declare war on Japan?

a)

1914

b)

1945

c)

1941

d)

1965

23.

How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

a)

11 million

b)

6 million

c)

5 million

d)

16 million

24.

How many people (total) died during the Holocaust?

a)

20 million

b)

11 million

c)

17 million

d)

6 million

25.

Japan bombed ______________________________ in _________________________ in  ________________________.

a)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941

b)

Twin Towers, New York, 2001

c)

Pearl Harbor, Alaska, 1941

d)

Fort Sumpter, South Carolina, 1914

26.

After World War II, the US became a _____________________________________.

a)

Great Depression

b)

Super Power

c)

Developed Nation

d)

Independent Nation

27.

The Cold War was between the ______________________ and Russia.  There were no guns, just ___________________________ 

and _______________________________.

a)

United States, spying, distrust

b)

Japan, cannons, fire

c)

United States, cannons, bombs

d)

China, robots, satellites

28.

In the 1960's, the equal rights movement was led by _____________________________________________________.

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

29.

The internet became widely used during the 

a)

2000s

b)

1980s

c)

1990s

d)

1960s

30.

The Twin Towers were attacked on 

a)

September 1, 2001

b)

September 11, 2001

c)

September 11, 2011

d)

September 11, 2012

31.

Who were Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden?

a)

Best friends

b)

Enemies

c)

Dictators

d)

Terrorists

32.

a self-governing area that was subject to Great Britain

a)

Bilingual

b)

Tariff

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Dominion

33.

able to speak two languages

a)

bilingual

b)

duolingo

c)

duoligual

d)

multiligual

34.

rain containing acids that are harmful

a)

terrorists

b)

acid rain

c)

pepper spray

d)

hail

35.

a fee charged on imported goods

a)

tariff

b)

poll tax

c)

free trade

d)

free tax

36.

trade without taxes on imported goods

a)

tariff

b)

tax

c)

free trade

d)

free tax