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100
The Executive Branch of the US Government

a. makes laws

b. carries out laws

c. casts votes for the President

d. is the court system

b. carries out the laws
100
What was the name given to Americans who supported Independence?

a.  Tories                        b.  Seperatists

c. Patriots                       d.  Loyalists

c. Patriots
100
Who was the commander of Allied Forces in Europe?

a. Douglas MacArthur             b.  George Patton

c. Dwight D. Eisenhower         d. Erwin Rommel

c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
100
Congress is made up of

a. Senate

b. House of Representatives

c. Legislative house

d. both A and B

d The senate and House of Representatives
200
The judicial branch of the US government

a. makes laws

b. carries out the laws

c. casts votes for the President

d. is the court system

is the court system
200

Who wrote Common Sense?

a.  Thomas Paine               b. John Adams

c. Benjamin Franklin          d. Thomas Jefferson

a. Thomas Paine
200
The Nazis persecuted which group of people during the Holocaust?

a Americans                           b. Fascists

c. Catholics                            d. Jews

d. Jews
200
The american revolution was a war between the US &

a Canada                                    b. Mexico

c. France                                    d. England

d. England
300

The legislative branch  the US government

a. makes laws 

b. carries out the laws

c. casts votes for the President

d. is the court system

makes laws
300
What American ally helped the Patriots win the war?

a Canada                           b. Mexico

c. France                           d. Great Britain

c. France
300
Who was the German Dictator during WWII?

a.  Adolf Hitler                           b.  Hideki Tojo

c. Ira Hayes                              d. Joseph Stalin

a. Adolf Hitler
300

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII

a. Adolf Hitler                         b. Hideki Tojo

c. Ira Hayes                           d. Joseph Stalin

d. Joseph Stalin
400
What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

a. voting on a bill          b.  vetoing a bill

c. the executive branch

d. checks and balances



d. checks and balances
400
The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Act were British taxes

a. imposed on  Colonists          b.  Paid to the French

c.  Placed on entertainment      

d.  what a government paid willingly to the British

a. imposed on Colonists
400
Which country was not part of the Allied Powers

a.  Soviet Union                       b.  Germany

c.  United States                      d. Great Britain

b. Germany
400
The king and Parliment viewed the American Colonies as

a. place for vacations               b.drain on economy

c. source of irritation                d.  source of funds

d. source of funds
500
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a

a monarchy                    b. republic

c. Theocracy                   d.  Sovereignty

b. republic
500
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

a.  Thomas Jefferson            b.  Patrick Henry

c. Benjamin Franklin            d.  John Adams

a. Thomas Jefferson
500
What country was not part of the Axis Powers

a. Germany                             b.  Italy

c.  Japan                                 d. United States

d. United States
500
a system of government where the country owns all means of production
what is communism