WorksheetsAmerica Land I love Test 9 made by olatunde
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 52mins
Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1869?
(a)
What act further opened the Great Plains for settlement?
Civil Service Act
Homestead Act
Social Security Act
Who gave the Atlanta Compromise Speech?
(a)
Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War 1?
Archduke Ferdinand
Booker T. Washington
Drake
Herbert Hoover
What country left World War 1 after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Austria
Germany
Russia
Italy
What terrorist organization was dedicated to worldwide Communist revolution?
(a)
What president was referred to as the Great Humanitarian?
(a)
What act created a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance?
Civil Service Act
Homestead Act
Social Security Act
Who passed the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
(a)
Who served 2 nonconsecutive terms?
(a)
Who promoted a Square Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
Who promoted dollar diplomacy?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
Who proposed the League of Nations?
(a)
What president is remembered for the Teapot Dome Scandal?
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Grover Cleveland
Warren G. Harding
What president proposed the New Deal program?
Booker T. Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Monroe
Henry Adams
Who organized the first successful national labor union?
(a)
What was the first state to grant full political rights to women?
(a)
What is a company that has complete control over a market called?
(a)
Who was the greatest American war hero from World War 1?
Ethan Allen
Davy Crockett
Alvin York
Who founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
(a)
What amendment banned the sale of alcohol?
(a)
What is the practice of buying risky investments for the chance of making a quick profit known as?
(a)
What organization insured all member bank accounts up to $5,000?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Who invented the telephone?
(a)
Who invented the first successful incandescent light bulb?
(a)
Who built the largest steel company in the world?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Isaac Sebastian torres mirabal
David Jose leal Orozco
Who is the author of Wealth of Nations?
(a)
Which state earned the title Centennial State?
(a)
What is a rapid increase of prices due to an increase in the amount of money in circulation called?
Inflation
Monopoly
Stocks
Bad stuff
President McKinley favored what as the standard to back US currency?
Gold
Silver
Platinum
Copper
The first battle of the Spanish-American War was fought at Fort (a)
The (a) Amendment gave Congress thr power to tax personal incomes.
When did World War 1 begin?
1914
1929
1918
1927
What name was given to the countries that sided with Germany in World War 1?
Central Powers
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Hitler Powers
The nation that was promised American land in return for helping Germany in WW1 was (a)
The treaty that ended World War 1 was the Treaty of (a)
Who was the baseball's first great Home Run hitter?
Babe Ruth
Billy Sunday
Jackie Robinson
Aaron Judge
The profits that are earned on stocks are stock (a)
The Great Depression began on October 29, (a)
The government project that brought hydroelectric power to the mid-South is _______
Civil Service Act
Homestead Act
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Why was the Age of Industry Called the "Gilded Age"?
industry and social status was phenomenal
it was very materialistic and corrupt
people were very gilded
How did the automobile change American lives?
it gave people access to jobs, places to live, and services.
it made people look rich
horses went bye bye
Which major shortcoming of the Kellogg-Brand Pact led to its eventual failure to prevent future wars?
they tried to outlaw war, ignoring man's sin nature
it's terms weren't strong enough to work
people didn't want to cooperate with it
it was way too strict so it wasn't doable
What did president Hoover believe was the best way to help those in need during the Great Depression?
government help should be limited and temporary, most help should be from private charities
government should fully help those in need
those in need should work hard for themselves
jobs and companies should raise pay and lower prices
A company that has complete control over a market is called a ________
Direct primary
Monopoly
Corporations
Proprietor
____ _ . _______ led the American Expeditionary Force in WW1.
J. Edgar Hoover
Davy Crockett
Alvin York
_ . _____ ______ investigated Communist activities in America.
J. Edgar Hoover
Davy Crockett
Alvin York
Who Wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
(a)
The person who lectured against evolution in colleges and universities is _____ ______.
(a)
____ _. _____ organized the Committee for Industrial Organizations.
(a)
The first transcontinental railroad was completed at __________ ______, Utah.
(a)
Where did a fire in 1871 destroy?
(a)
Who developed an inexpensive method for turning iron ore into steel?
Sir Henry Bessemer
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
The Populist Party promoted the free coinage of (a) .
The law which required all men from 21 to 30 years old to register with a draft board was?
Selective Service Act
Civil Service Act
Homestead Act
The first person to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean was _______ _________.
(a)
The famous baseball player who became an evangelist was _____ ______.
Billy Sunday
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
The lawyer that one the Scopes Trial was _____ ______.
William Jennings Bryan
John Maynard Keynes
William Howard Taft
The socialist economist in Great Britain who influenced the "brain trust" was _____ ______.
William Jennings Bryan
John Maynard Keynes
William Howard Taft
When was the Spanish-American War?
1898
1893
1917
1914
1903
When was the World Fair?
1898
1893
1914
1903
1917
When was the Bolshevik Revolution?
1898
1893
1914
1903
1917
When was the opening of the Panama Canal?
1898
1893
1914
1903
1917
When did the Wright brothers' first successful powered flight take place?
1898
1893
1914
1903
1917
Where is Nicaragua?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Gulf of Honduras?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Costa Rica?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is El Salvador?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Panama?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Jamaica? ( Jurnee should know this )
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Cuba? ( Samuel and Juliet should know this )
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Haiti?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is the Caribbean Sea?
1
2
3
4
5
Where is Puerto Rico?
1
2
3
4
5
