Modern US History
What was the fear of communism, both outside and within the U.S. know as?
The Red Scare
The Indianapolis Colts came to Indiana in 1984. What city did they leave behind?
Baltimore
What is the capital of Peru?
Lima
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes?
psychology
In what year did the first World War begin?
1914
What two items are represented on a typical Production Possibilities Frontier?
guns and butter
What do you call a group of people that are related by marriage?
Family
What creation of Eli Whitney led to an economic boom in the South in the early to mid 1800s?
Cotton Gin
Which Constitutional Amendment officially ended slavery in America?
13th Amendment
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
What former NBA superstar died along with his daughter in a helicopter crash on Jan 26, 2020?
Kobe Bryant
Who killed President John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
What year did Indiana become a state?
1816
The Apennine Mountains make up the terrain of what peninsula country?
Italy
If you divide mental age by chronological age and multiply the result by 100, what is the result?
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
Who did Rome fight and defeat in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
What is the terms for an amount of money given by the government to encourage economic activity?
subsidy
What is the term for learning to participate in group life?
Socialization
Who was instrumental as a guide and interpreter during Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific?
Sacagawea
Thanks to the Bessemer Process and Vertical Integration, Andrew Carnegie became one of the wealthiest men in America in which industry?
Steel
How many members are in the Indiana General Assembly?
150
Who is the current Vice President of the United States, breaking barriers for women and people of African-American/Asian heritage?
Kamala Harris
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the name of the Fort in Vincennes captured by George Rogers Clark that helped to open up western lands for settlers?
Fort Sackville
Because of their close proximity to a certain body of water, what are the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania known as?
The Baltic States
What was bipolar disorder once called?
Manic depression
Who was the German monk who protested the Catholic Church with his Ninety-Five Thesis?
Martin Luther
What is the term for something that negatively or positively affects a third party?
externality
What class do most Americans consider themselves a part of?
Middle Class
What was the first established college in North America?
Harvard
Who was the president that used New Deal programs in an attempt to end the Great Depression?
Franklin Roosevelt
Who was the first President to ever face impeachment?
Andrew Johnson
What actor who played in the movies "Black Panther" and "42" died at the age of 43 from colon cancer?
Chadwick Boseman
Who was President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
The Ku Klux Klan had a large membership in Indiana in the early 1900s thanks in large part to what man?
David Curtis Stephenson
What is the name of the latitudinal line that marks the farthest point north at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon?
Tropic of Cancer
What is the opening in the colored part of the eye?
The pupil
The Allied powers intervened against Hitler's advancements after he invaded which country?
Poland
What is the formula for profit maximization?
MC=MR or Marginal Cost = Marginal Revenue
What perspective emphasizes the contributions of each part of society?
Functionalist
Colonists who were loyal to Britain during the American Revolution were known by two terms. One is Loyalists. What was the other?
Tories
During WWII, what group of Americans along the west coast were forced to give up their homes and businesses and live in internment camps?
Japanese-Americans
Who are the two United States Senators from Indiana currently?
Todd Young and Mike Braun
What city was struck by a massive explosion of ammonium nitrate that killed hundreds and injured tens of thousands of residents?
Beirut
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Astronaut Neil Armstrong
Who was the only U.S. president elected from the state of Indiana?
Benjamin Harrison
What were the people of the highest social class in New Spain called because they were born in Spain?
Peninsulares
What are repetitive ritual behaviors often involving checking or cleaning called?
Compulsions
Under what plan did the United States offer a massive aid package after World War II to strengthen democratic governments in Europe by lending them economic assistance
Marshal Plan
What are the two tools of Fiscal Policy?
taxing and spending
Who is known as the Father of Sociology?
Auguste Comte
Which native tribe was instrumental in the eventual success of the Pilgrims?
Wampanoag
Immigrants coming to America generally had to cross the Atlantic under the worst accommodations on the ship, which was known as what?
steerage
On what day are the Electoral College ballots counted in a joint session of Congress to officially elect the President of the United States?
January 6
What famous female Supreme Court justice passed away on September 18th of 2020?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg