In the 1940s, the U.S. and other Allies organized this event to carry supplies and food to the people in West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
100
Government programs intended to help the United States recover from the Great Depression. It was implemented by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What is The New Deal?
100
Rosa Parks is associated with this historic event.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
This amendment guarantees male citizens the right to vote regardless of their race.
What is the 15th amendment?
100
1. Money to pay for the government
2. To pay for law officials and national defense
3. Special programs to help the poor and elderly
4. To help foreign nations in trouble
Why do American citizens pay taxes?
200
These countries were involved in what war in 1898?
1.Cuba,
2.The Phillipines,
3. Puerto Rico,
4. Guam
What is the Spanish- American War?
200
This conflict happened between U.S. troops and Iraq in a small nation called Kuwait.
What is the War on Terror?
200
A boy named Alex wants to play football and start a new job at Chick-Fila. There is a problem. If he takes the job, he cannot attend football practice. They are both at the same time. If he takes the job, what is the "opportunity cost"?
What is football practice?
200
This amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S.
What is the 13th amendment?
200
Geography helped the Japanese decide to bomb Pearl Harbor because:
The mountains in Hawaii provided little protection from the Japanese fighter planes.
300
This American hero in the 1920s was know to be one of the best hitters of all time.
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
After the Civil War, This region's economy suffered a great deal.
a. North
b. South
What is the South?
300
Which is an example of a protection of "individual rights"?
a. the minimum wage law
b. People can't carry guns
c. People can't be searched without a search warrant.
d. The press can't report news that offends people.
What is (C)? People can't be searched without a search warrant.
300
Kristen is working for a bank. Al is working for an advertising firm. Both of these people receive what for their labor?
a. bartering
b. inflation
c. income
d. free trade
What is (C)? income
300
What amendment has had the most effect on the role of women in the voting process?
What is the 19th Amendment?
400
Which city is known for its steel production?
a. Gettysburg
b. Charlotte
c. Kitty Hawk
d. Pittsburgh
What is Pittsburgh?
400
In 1935, This program was part of the Second New Deal. Its purpose was to provide jobs for unskilled workers to build government buildings, roads, and public projects.
What is the "Works Progress Administration"?
400
When a person borrows money from a bank. They will usually have to pay the bank:___________________.
What is interest?
400
Women who joined the workforce during World War II had a symbol made in their honor. It could be found pinned up around town. The symbol was:
What was Rosie the Riveter?
400
It provided food, education, clothes, and medical attention to African Americans coming out of slavery.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
500
The Cuban Missile Crisis showed us the potential for:
a. Strong missiles
b. Nuclear War
c. poverty in Cuba
d. Communism to spread
What is (b) Nuclear War
500
Which amendment protects citizen's rights to bear arms?
What is the 2nd Amendment?
500
Why did Franklin Roosevelt call December 7, 1941" a date that will live on in infamy"?
What is The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?
500
What was the bloodest battle fought in the Civil war, ending Lee's attempts to invade the North?
What is Gettysburg?
500
The Montgomery Bus Boycott helped start:
a. Civil Rights Movement
b. World War 1
c. Pearl Harbor attack
d. Civil War