Founding Documents
Which document in 1776 announced the colonies were free from Britain?
A. The Magna Carta
B. The Declaration of Independence
C. The Articles of Confederation
D. The Bill of Rights
B. The Declaration of Independence
Which term describes the growth of factories and machines that changed how goods were made in the late 1800s?
A. Urbanization
B. Industrialization
C. Mechanization
D. Modernization
B. Industrialization
$100: Which future president became famous for leading the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War?
A.Abraham Lincoln
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. George Washington
D. Barack Obama
B. Theodore Roosevelt
What was the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism?
A. Containment
B. Isolationism
C. Imperialism
D. Neutrality
A. Containment
Who gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
A. Malcolm X
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Thurgood Marshall
D. Rosa Parks
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which document is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
A. The Bill of Rights
B. The Preamble
C. The Federalist Papers
D. The Declaration of Independence
A. The Bill of Rights
Which groups formed to fight for better pay and working conditions? (Hint: These still exist, and the teachers have a very strong one)
A. Labor unions
B. Political action committees
C. Farmers’ alliances
D. Trusts
A. Labor unions
What place did Japan attack in 1941, bringing the U.S. into World War II?
A. Normandy
B. Pearl Harbor
C. Iwo Jima
D. Midway
B. Pearl Harbor
Which 1962 event nearly caused nuclear war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
A. The Berlin Crisis
B. The Korean War
C. The Cuban Missile Crisis
D. The Bay of Pigs
C. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Which 1954 court case ended segregation in public schools?
A. Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Roe v. Wade
C. Brown v. Board of Education
D. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Brown v. Board of Education
Which document written in 1787 created the U.S. government system we still have today?
A. The Mayflower Compact
B. The U.S. Constitution
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. The Virginia Company Charter
B. The U.S. Constitution
300: What was one major effect of the rapid growth of railroads in the late 1800s?
A. Fewer jobs for factory workers
B. Increased movement of goods and people
C. Decline of industrial cities
D. End of westward expansion
B. Increased movement of goods and people
Which group was created to keep world peace after WWI but the U.S. did not join?
A. NATO
B. The United Nations
C. The League of Nations
D. SEATO
C. The League of Nations
Which war in Asia the U.S. fought in ended without a win?
A. The Korean War
B. WWII
C. The Vietnam War
D. The Afghan War
C. The Vietnam War
Which 1964 law banned segregation in public places?
A. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. The Fair Housing Act
D. The Equal Pay Act
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which law plan created a way for new states to join and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory?
A. The Missouri Compromise
B. The Northwest Ordinance
C. The Homestead Act
D. The Land Ordinance of 1785
B. The Northwest Ordinance
Which movement tried to fix problems caused by factories, poor housing, and political corruption?
A. The Abolitionist Movement
B. The Progressive Movement
C. The Temperance Movement
D. The Populist Movement
B. The Progressive Movement
Which war in 1898 resulted in the U.S. gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
A. The Mexican-American War
B. The Spanish-American War
C. World War I
D. The War of 1812
B. The Spanish-American War
What was the 1950s time of fear about communism in America called?
A. The Harlem Renaissance
B. The Red Scare
C. The Gilded Age
D. The New Deal
B. The Red Scare
$500: Which 1965 law protected voting rights and banned literacy tests?
A. The 24th Amendment
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
D. The Equal Rights Amendment
C. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which essays supported ratifying the Constitution?
A. The Anti-Federalist Papers
B. Common Sense
C. The Federalist Papers
D. The Emancipation Proclamation
C. The Federalist Papers
What was the government policy that moved Native Americans to certain lands?
A. Assimilation
B. The reservation system
C. The Dawes Act
D. Relocation Acts
B. The reservation system
After World War I, what policy kept the U.S. out of other countries’ problems?
A. Expansionism
B. Neutrality
C. Isolationism
D. Interventionism
C. Isolationism
The Cold War ended when which country collapsed?
A. NATO
B. The Soviet Union
C. The Warsaw Pact
D. The Eastern Bloc
B. The Soviet Union
What was the movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North called?
A. The Great Migration
B. The Dust Bowl migration
C. Reconstruction
D. The Back-to-Africa Movement
A. The Great Migration