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Soc Sci questions 1

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the global influenza pandemic that began in 1918?

a)

Asian Flu

b)

Spanish Flu

c)

American Flu

d)

Russian Flu

2.

What was the estimated total number of casualties in World War I?

a)

Over 37 million

b)

Over 20 million

c)

Over 10 million

d)

Over 50 million

3.

What was the name of the major offensive that helped the Allies win World War I?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

D-Day Offensive

c)

Battle of Verdun

d)

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

4.

How many American soldiers lost their lives in World War I?

a)

75,000

b)

50,300

c)

26,277

d)

100,000

5.

What was the most important point in Wilson's Fourteen Points?

a)

Free trade

b)

Establishment of the League of Nations

c)

Self-determination for small nations

d)

Freedom of the seas

6.

What technology did Wilson use to broadcast his Fourteen Points speech globally?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Radio transmitters

c)

Telephone

d)

Television

7.

Which two leaders opposed Wilson's idealism during the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George

b)

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler

d)

Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

8.

What was included in the Treaty of Versailles due to Wilson's persistence?

a)

A ban on colonialism

b)

A reduction in German reparations

c)

Covenant for the League of Nations

d)

A new constitution for Germany

9.

What was the amount of war reparations Germany was ordered to pay?

a)

$21 billion

b)

$10 billion

c)

$50 billion

d)

$5 billion

10.

What was the main focus of the AFL during World War I?

a)

Supporting wartime production and the Allied cause

b)

Creating safer working conditions

c)

Organizing strikes

d)

Fighting radical groups

11.

What was the Red Scare primarily about?

a)

A protest against the Espionage Act

b)

A movement to support the Russian Revolution

c)

A campaign to promote civil liberties

d)

Fear of communism spreading in the United States

12.

Who led the General Intelligence Division during the Red Scare?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

J. Edgar Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

A. Mitchell Palmer

13.

What did Palmer use to promote the Red Scare?

a)

Television ads

b)

Radio broadcasts

c)

Public speeches

d)

Propaganda articles and cartoons

14.

What was the reaction to the Bolshevik Revolution in the U.S.?

a)

Fear of its ideas spreading

b)

Support for its success

c)

Indifference to its impact

d)

Celebration of its leaders

15.

What happened during left-wing parades on May Day in 1919?

a)

Civil liberties were restored

b)

Violence and riots broke out

c)

Peaceful protests occurred

d)

Government reforms were announced

16.

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt witness during the Red Scare?

a)

The aftermath of the explosion at Palmer’s home

b)

The deportation of radicals

c)

The general strike in Seattle

d)

The Russian Revolution

17.

What was the main goal of the Palmer Raids?

a)

To organize strikes

b)

To support the Russian Revolution

c)

To promote civil liberties

d)

To remove radical ideas from the U.S.

18.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Schenck v. United States?

a)

Schenck was innocent

b)

The leaflet was protected under free speech

c)

Statements opposing the draft posed a clear and present danger

d)

The draft was unconstitutional

19.

What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in Debs v. United States?

a)

Debs was innocent

b)

The draft was unconstitutional

c)

Debs’ speech hindered recruitment efforts and was criminal

d)

Debs’ speech was protected under free speech

20.

Who were Jacob Abrams and his co-defendants?

a)

Russian immigrants convicted under the Sedition Act

b)

Supreme Court Justices

c)

Italian immigrants accused of murder

d)

Socialist Party leaders

21.

What political beliefs did Sacco and Vanzetti hold?

a)

Capitalist

b)

Anarchist

c)

Socialist

d)

Communist

22.

What group faced the harshest backlash during the Red Scare?

a)

Italian immigrants

b)

Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe

c)

Russian immigrants

d)

Socialist Party leaders

23.

What was the Great Migration?

a)

A migration of European immigrants to the United States

b)

A movement of African Americans from the South to the North and West

c)

A relocation of Native Americans to reservations

d)

A movement of African Americans back to Africa

24.

What type of work did many African American migrants do before moving north?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Factory work

c)

Mining

d)

Teaching

25.

What was the name of Louis Armstrong's first band in Chicago?

a)

The Cotton Club Orchestra

b)

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

c)

The Chicago Swing Band

d)

The Harlem Jazz Ensemble

26.

What dance became wildly popular during the rise of jazz in the 1920s?

a)

The Charleston

b)

The Waltz

c)

The Tango

d)

The Foxtrot

27.

What did many traditional thinkers believe about jazz music?

a)

It was only suitable for adults

b)

It encouraged bad behavior

c)

It was a form of classical music

d)

It was a patriotic genre

28.

What genre of music did African American soldiers introduce to Europe during World War I?

a)

Ragtime

b)

Swing

c)

Blues

d)

Jazz

29.

Who coined the term 'Red Summer'?

a)

James Weldon Johnson

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

30.

Where did the Elaine Massacre take place?

a)

Chicago, Illinois

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Phillips County, Arkansas

d)

Knoxville, Tennessee

31.

How many people died during the Chicago race riot?

a)

76

b)

500

c)

38

d)

250

32.

What was the name of the UNIA's female auxiliary group?

a)

Freedom Fighters

b)

African Legion

c)

Black Cross Nurses

d)

Liberty Women

33.

Which organization was at the forefront of the temperance movement?

a)

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

b)

League of Women Voters

c)

National Women’s Party (NWP)

d)

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

34.

Which act enforced the constitutional ban on alcohol?

a)

The Equal Rights Amendment

b)

The Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act

c)

The Volstead Act

d)

The National Prohibition Act

35.

What was the nickname given to President Wilson by protesters?

a)

Dictator Wilson

b)

General Wilson

c)

Kaiser Wilson

d)

Emperor Wilson

36.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

The Equal Rights Amendment

b)

The Twenty-First Amendment

c)

The Nineteenth Amendment

d)

The Eighteenth Amendment

37.

When did the Nineteenth Amendment become law?

a)

January 17, 1920

b)

August 18, 1920

c)

July 4, 1921

d)

March 15, 1919

38.

What was the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act of 1921 designed to provide?

a)

Equal voting rights for women

b)

Support for the temperance movement

c)

Government funding for health care and services for mothers and children

d)

Prohibition enforcement funding

39.

Which political parties endorsed votes for women in 1916?

a)

Democratic and Republican

b)

Democratic and Socialist

c)

Republican and Green

d)

Libertarian and Democratic

40.

What was the main method used by racketeers to control businesses?

a)

Simple extortion based on simple threat

b)

Tax evasion

c)

Government bribery

d)

Legal contracts

41.

What was the main focus of eugenics in the 1920s?

a)

Supporting organized crime

b)

Ending Prohibition

c)

Involuntary sterilization laws

d)

Promoting immigration

42.

What was the name of the act that restricted immigration in 1924?

a)

The Volstead Act

b)

The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act

c)

The Immigration Restriction Act

d)

The Prohibition Act

43.

What was the main reason Al Capone was convicted?

a)

Murder

b)

Bootlegging

c)

Extortion

d)

Tax evasion

44.

What was the name of the secret saloons that flourished during Prohibition?

a)

Casinos

b)

Nightclubs

c)

Speakeasies

d)

Blind pigs

45.

What was the price increase for beer during Prohibition?

a)

600%

b)

310%

c)

520%

d)

300%

46.

What was the legal loophole Remus used to sell whiskey?

a)

Selling whiskey as a cleaning product

b)

Selling whiskey as medicinal whiskey

c)

Selling whiskey as a food ingredient

d)

Selling whiskey as a perfume

47.

What did McPherson equip the Angelus Temple with to broadcast her sermons?

a)

Satellite dishes

b)

Loudspeakers

c)

Twin antennae towers

d)

Television cameras

48.

What was the Four Square Gospel?

a)

A religious doctrine emphasizing salvation, faith healing, and the imminent return of Christ

b)

A scientific theory opposing evolution

c)

A political movement supporting fundamentalism

d)

A campaign to repeal the Butler Act

49.

What was the Angelus Temple?

a)

A university promoting evolutionary biology

b)

A revival tent used by fundamentalists

c)

The courthouse where the Scopes Trial was held

d)

A grand church built by Aimee Semple McPherson

50.

What was the significance of the Scopes Trial?

a)

It symbolized the fight between science and religion

b)

It ended the teaching of evolution in schools

c)

It resolved the debate over academic freedom

d)

It marked the decline of fundamentalism

51.

What did William Jennings Bryan accuse Edward Birge of?

a)

Opposing academic freedom

b)

Promoting fundamentalist Christianity

c)

Supporting the Butler Act

d)

Creating a campus atmosphere unfriendly to Christians

52.

What was the motive behind the Leopold and Loeb murder?

a)

Money

b)

Thrill and proving they could get away with it

c)

Political activism

d)

Revenge

53.

Which Austrian psychiatrist influenced American culture in the 1920s?

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Joseph Wood Krutch

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Sigmund Freud

54.

Which Spanish artist attended Gertrude Stein’s Paris salon in the 1920s?

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Salvador Dalí

c)

Joan Miró

d)

Diego Rivera

55.

Which city became the hub for American expatriates in the 1920s?

a)

Rome

b)

Berlin

c)

London

d)

Paris

56.

What architectural style is represented by the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building?

a)

Modernist

b)

Gothic Revival

c)

Baroque

d)

Art Deco

57.

Who coined the term 'Lost Generation'?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

d)

Gertrude Stein

58.

Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, described as the perfect example of a flapper?

a)

Clara Bow

b)

Zelda

c)

Mary Pickford

d)

Outlook

59.

What did the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 limit?

a)

The number of immigrants from Asia

b)

The number of immigrants from Northern Europe

c)

The number of immigrants from Africa

d)

The number of immigrants allowed each year

60.

What was the main goal of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924?

a)

To promote diversity in the U.S.

b)

To increase immigration from Asia

c)

To abolish literacy tests

d)

To limit European immigration

61.

Which company found that electric bottle-blowing machines reduced the number of workers needed?

a)

General Motors

b)

Ford Motor Company

c)

General Electric

d)

Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company

62.

In 1920, what percentage of farm homes had electricity?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

10%

d)

1.6%

63.

What was a common theme in advertisements during the 1920s?

a)

Promoting luxury travel

b)

Addressing personal hygiene issues

c)

Highlighting traditional values

d)

Encouraging savings

64.

What did welfare capitalism offer to employees?

a)

Health, dental, and life insurance

b)

Free housing

c)

Guaranteed promotions

d)

Unlimited vacation days

65.

What was the color of the Model T?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Black

66.

What system did Ford introduce to revolutionize automobile production?

a)

Batch production

b)

Lean manufacturing

c)

Craft production

d)

Assembly line

67.

In what year did Henry Ford found the Ford Motor Company?

a)

1896

b)

1910

c)

1903

d)

1920

68.

Which political party won the presidency by large margins in 1920 and 1924?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Libertarian Party

d)

Green Party

69.

What term was used to describe the Democratic supporters of Prohibition?

a)

Federalists

b)

Progressives

c)

Drys

d)

Wets

70.

Who was the Democratic candidate blocked from securing the nomination in 1924?

a)

Alfred E. Smith

b)

John Davis

c)

William Jennings Bryan

d)

Grover Cleveland

71.

What was Tammany Hall originally founded as?

a)

A religious organization

b)

A university

c)

A political club

d)

A labor union

72.

Which political party did Herbert Hoover represent in the 1928 election?

a)

Green Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Independent Party

73.

What major event did Hoover lead a relief operation for in 1927?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The Great Mississippi Flood

d)

World War I

74.

What was Herbert Hoover's personal governing philosophy called?

a)

Democratic Individualism

b)

Republican Collectivism

c)

Quaker Collectivism

d)

American Individualism

75.

What was the name given to October 24, 1929?

a)

Black Friday

b)

Black Monday

c)

Black Thursday

d)

Black Tuesday

76.

What was the main reason Congress passed reforms in the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act?

a)

Stock manipulation by investment groups

b)

Excessive government control

c)

High unemployment rates

d)

Lack of technological innovation

77.

What was the unemployment rate in 1932?

a)

16%

b)

20%

c)

24%

d)

30%

78.

What was the price of cotton per pound in 1931?

a)

9.5 cents

b)

5.7 cents

c)

16.8 cents

d)

12.8 cents

79.

How many Americans lost their homes in 1930 due to mortgage defaults?

a)

68,000

b)

200,000

c)

100,000

d)

150,000

80.

Which president declared a national 'bank holiday' in 1933?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Herbert Hoover

81.

What nickname was given to the migrants from the Dust Bowl region?

a)

Farmers

b)

Dusties

c)

Plainsmen

d)

Okies

82.

What triggered massive dust storms in the Southern Plains?

a)

Severe drought

b)

Floods

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Hurricanes

83.

What was one of Hoover’s public works projects?

a)

The Empire State Building

b)

The Golden Gate Bridge

c)

The Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

The Hoover Dam

84.

What nickname was given to the shanty-towns that sprang up during Hoover's presidency?

a)

Bonus Camps

b)

Depression Towns

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Rooseveltvilles

85.

Which author is associated with the Lost Generation and the 1920s?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Toni Morrison

86.

What was the primary cause of the Great Depression?

a)

The Bonus Army march

b)

The creation of the United Nations

c)

The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Overproduction and reduced consumer spending

87.

What was the significance of Levittown, New York, in the 1950s?

a)

It was the site of the Bonus Army march.

b)

It was a center for jazz music.

c)

It hosted the United Nations headquarters.

d)

It symbolized mass production and cultural conformity.

88.

What was the Red Scare of the early 1920s primarily concerned with?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Jazz music

c)

Communism

d)

Economic prosperity

89.

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt aim to end with his foreign policy vision?

a)

The Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Red Scare

c)

Consumerism

d)

Isolationism

90.

What was the cultural impact of Hollywood during the 1920s?

a)

It created the United Nations.

b)

It ended the Great Depression.

c)

It influenced societies worldwide.

d)

It promoted isolationism.

91.

What was the role of Eleanor Roosevelt in the United Nations?

a)

She was the first American delegate.

b)

She promoted jazz music.

c)

She led the Security Council.

d)

She was the Secretary-General.

92.

What was the significance of the Roaring Twenties?

a)

It marked the end of World War II.

b)

It was a decade of cultural and economic growth.

c)

It was the beginning of the Great Depression.

d)

It was a time of isolationism.

93.

What was the primary focus of McCarthyism in the 1950s?

a)

Jazz music

b)

Anti-Communism

c)

Consumerism

d)

Isolationism