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The Cold War and The Civil Rights Movement
1920s-1930s
World Wars
1950s-1970s
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Which of these examples is a secondary source of information about industrialization? (1) diary of a factory worker (2) photograph of a child working in a factory (3) letter written by an immigrant textile worker (4) textbook chapter about Andrew Carnegie
What is a textbook
100
The Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift, and the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were all steps taken by the United States during the (1) Cold War (3) Vietnam War (2) Korean War (4) Persian Gulf War
What is 1. Cold War
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During the late 1800s and early 1900s, one way in which the temperance movement and the woman’s suffrage movement were similar is that both tried to (1) protect the rights of factory workers (2) reduce the power of big business (3) end protective tariffs to aid consumers (4) achieve reform by supporting a constitutional amendment
What is 4. achieve reform by supporting a constitutional amendment.
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The United States responded to the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor by (1) declaring war on Japan (2) appealing to the United Nations (3) renewing its commitment to isolationism (4) passing the Lend-Lease Act
What is 1. Declaring War on Japan
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In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Which Supreme Court decision was he enforcing? (1) Marbury v. Madison (2) Dred Scott v. Sanford (3) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (4) Miranda v. Arizona
What is 3.
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24 Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair are considered muckrakers because they (1) established a new political party (2) exposed corruption and abuses in society (3) organized labor unions (4) drew cartoons to criticize politicians
What is 2. Exposed corruption and abuses in society
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The main reason for United States military involvement in Vietnam in the early 1960s was to (1) stop the expansion of communism (2) support French colonialism (3) acquire more natural resources (4) prevent Japan from controlling Southeast Asia
What is 1. stop the expansion of communism
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During the Great Depression, one main objective of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats was to (1) reassure people about the future of the economy (2) convince listeners to buy war bonds (3) encourage bankers to donate their money (4) help farmers pay their loans
What is 1. reassure people about the future of the economy.
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Which event brought the United States into World War II? (1) election of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany (2) invasion of Poland by Germany (3) attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan (4) conquest of Ethiopia by Italy
What is 3. Attack on Pearl Harbor
200
What has been the primary result of the construction of the interstate highway system of the 1950s and 1960s? (1) Airplane travel has decreased. (2) Gasoline usage has decreased. (3) Train travel has increased. (4) Suburban areas have increased.
What is 4 suburban areas have increased
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Which document contains President Woodrow Wilson’s call to create the League of Nations? (1) Zimmerman telegram (2) Atlantic Charter (3) Fourteen Points (4) Kellogg-Briand Pact
What is The Fourteen Points
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A similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that each was (1) a reaction to attacks on American territory (2) an effort during the Cold War to contain the spread of communism (3) continually supported by the American public (4) fought by individual nations under United Nations command
What is 2. an effort during the Cold War to contain Communism.
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What was one main reason for the rise of organized crime during the 1920s? (1) More people were living in rural areas. (2) The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was illegal. (3) Federal laws limited the power of the police. (4) The automobile improved access to suburban areas.
What is 2.
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Which event of World War II is referred to as the Holocaust? (1) invasion of Normandy (2) Bataan Death March (3) dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (4) mass killing of European Jews, gypsies, and other minorities
What is 4. mass killing of European Jews, Gypsies and other minorities.
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Which method did Martin Luther King Jr. use to try to end racial segregation? (1) violent civil unrest (2) government-funded protest (3) national revolution (4) civil disobedience
What is 4. civil disobedience
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“Nuremberg Laws Take Away Jewish Citizenship in Germany” “Synagogues and Jewish-Owned Businesses Destroyed Across Germany” “Mass Extermination of Jewish People, Other Victims at Auschwitz” These headlines are most directly associated with the (1) German blitzkrieg (2) Holocaust (3) Manhattan Project (4) building of the Berlin Wall
What is 2. The Holocause
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The Cold War developed shortly after the end of World War II primarily because of the (1) results of the Nuremberg trials (2) Holocaust during World War II (3) disputes over Japanese control of China (4) conflicting goals of the United States and the Soviet Union
What is 4. conflicting goals of the U.S. and USSR.
400
As a way of criticizing the federal government during the early 1930s, areas such as those shown in this photograph were often referred to as (These were run down shacks where people were forced to move and live during the Great Depression) (1) tenements (3) Levittowns (2) ghettos (4) Hoovervilles
What is 4 Hoovervilles.
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Which set of events related to World War I is in the correct chronological order? (1) Lusitania sunk→ World War I begins → United States declares war on Germany → Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated (2) Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated → World War I begins → Lusitania sunk→ United States declares war on Germany (3) Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated → United States declares war on Germany → Lusitania sunk→ World War I begins (4) United States declares war on Germany → Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated → World War I begins → Lusitania sunk
What is 2.
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The Watergate scandal led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation because he had (1) knowingly approved illegal acts (2) seriously weakened the nation’s military strength (3) favored improving relations with Communist China (4) caused the oil crisis of 1973–1974
What is 1. knowingly approved illegal acts.
500
“A few years ago I could go to the store with $100 and come back with six or seven bags of groceries. Now, I’m lucky if $100 will buy three bags. Boy, have prices gone up!” Which economic problem is best described by this quotation? (1) deficit (2) inflation (3) speculation (4) unemployment
What is 2. Inflation.
500
The Marshall Plan provided economic aid after World War II in order to (1) strengthen Western European nations against communism (2) assist soldiers returning to civilian life (3) help Japan rebuild damage caused by the atomic bombs (4) raise the standard of living in Asia and Africa
What is 1. Strengthen Western European Nations against Communism.
500
During the Great Depression, unemployment reached its highest level between (1) 1928 and 1930 (3) 1932 and 1934 (2) 1930 and 1932 (4) 1934 and 1936
What is 3. 1932-1934.
500
What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of World War I (1914)? (1) formation of secret alliances (2) competition over Asian and African colonies (3) accumulation of arms and weapons (4) assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
What is 4 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
Since 1960, a major goal of the Native American Indian rights movement has been to (1) secure return of, or just compensation for, lands taken from them by the government (2) end the practice of segregation of Native American Indians in public places (3) gain United States citizenship and representation in Congress (4) relocate most Native American Indians to urban areas in the Midwest
What is 1.