Q: Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
A: The 13th Amendment (1865).
Q: Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves?
A: The 14th Amendment (1868).
Q: Which amendment guaranteed voting rights to African American men?
A: The 15th Amendment (1870).
Q: Which amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators by the people?
A: The 17th Amendment (1913).
Q: Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
A: The 19th Amendment (1920).
Q: Which amendment limits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states?
A: The 11th Amendment (1795).
Q: Which amendment revised the procedure for electing the president and vice president through the Electoral College?
A: The 12th Amendment (1804).
Q: Which amendment gave Congress the power to collect income taxes?
A: The 16th Amendment (1913).
Q: Which amendment established Prohibition (the ban on alcohol)?
A: The 18th Amendment (1919).
Q: Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
A: The 21st Amendment (1933).
Q: Which amendment limits the president to two terms in office?
A: The 22nd Amendment (1951).
Q: Which amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections?
A: The 24th Amendment (1964).
Q: Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
A: The 26th Amendment (1971).
Q: Who became president after Lincoln's assassination and was the first to be impeached?
A: Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)
Q: Which president led during the Civil War's aftermath and supported Reconstruction?
A: Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877)
Q: Which president ended Reconstruction in 1877 as part of the Compromise?
A: Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881)
Q: Which president was assassinated in 1881 and led to civil service reform?
A: James A. Garfield
Q: Which president was known for trust-busting and the "Square Deal"?
A: Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Q: Who was president during WWI and proposed the League of Nations?
A: Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
Q: Who was president when the Great Depression began in 1929?
A: Herbert Hoover (1929–1933)
Q: Which president created the New Deal and led the U.S. in WWII?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945)
Q: Who ordered the atomic bomb dropped and supported the Truman Doctrine?
A: Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
Q: Which president enforced desegregation and expanded highways?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
Q: Who handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and was assassinated in 1963?
A: John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
Q: Who passed the Civil Rights Act and escalated the Vietnam War?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Q: Who resigned due to the Watergate scandal?
A: Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
Q: Which president was never elected as VP or President?
A: Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
Q: Who negotiated the Camp David Accords and faced the Iran Hostage Crisis?
A: Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
Q: Who implemented “Reaganomics” and is credited with ending the Cold War?
A: Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
Q: Who was president during the Gulf War and the fall of the USSR?
A: George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Q: Who was impeached over the Monica Lewinsky scandal but acquitted?
A: Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
Q: Who was president during 9/11 and launched the War on Terror?
A: George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Q: Who passed the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
A: Barack Obama (2009–2017)
Q: Who was impeached twice and served during the COVID-19 pandemic?
A: Donald Trump (2017–2021)
Q: Who is the current president focusing on pandemic recovery and global diplomacy?
A: Joe Biden (2021– )
Q: Who is the current U.S. president, serving his second non-consecutive term starting in 2025?
A: Donald J. Trump (2025–present; also served 2017–2021)
Q: Who was the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for nonviolent resistance?
A: Martin Luther King Jr.
Q: What famous speech did MLK deliver during the 1963 March on Washington?
A: “I Have a Dream”
Q: What was the goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–56)?
A: To protest segregated seating on buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
Q: Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
A: Rosa Parks
Q: What 1964 law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
A: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Q: What 1965 law outlawed discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests and poll taxes?
A: The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Q: What was the significance of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965?
A: They led to public support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Q: What organization did MLK help found in 1957 to coordinate civil rights efforts across the South?
A: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Q: Which student-led group organized sit-ins and freedom rides in the early 1960s?
A: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Q: What U.S. Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954?
A: Brown v. Board of Education
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A: Malcolm X
The main purpose of------------ was to monitor police behavior,
protect African American communities from police brutality, and
promote civil rights, self-defense, and social programs such as free
breakfast for children
A: The Black Panther Party
Which amendment banned the use of poll taxes in federal elections?
A: 24
Non violent protest in 1961 to challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals in the South?
A: the freedom rides
Q: Who was the NAACP lawyer that argued Brown v.
Board of Education and later became a Supreme Court Justice?
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A: Thurgood Marshal
Q: What was the significance of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?
A: Federal troops were sent to enforce school desegregation for the Little Rock Nine.
Q: What executive order did President Truman issue in 1948 to advance civil rights?
A: Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces.
Q: What 1968 event marked a turning point and loss of momentum in the Civil Rights Movement?
A: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Q: What commission was created to investigate the causes of urban riots in the 1960s?
A: The Kerner Commission
Q: What book by Betty Friedan launched the modern women's rights movement in 1963?
A: The Feminine Mystique
Q: What organization, founded in 1966, advocated for women’s rights including workplace equality and the ERA?
A: National Organization for Women (NOW)
Q: What proposed amendment to guarantee legal gender equality was passed by Congress but not ratified?
A: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Q: What 1973 Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide?
A: Roe v. Wade
Q: What Latino labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers and organized grape boycotts?
A: César Chávez
Q: What term refers to the Mexican-American civil rights movement of the 1960s–70s?
A: Chicano Movement
Q: What Native American activist group staged the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969?
A: American Indian Movement (AIM)
Q: What protest did Native American activists organize in 1973 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
A: The Wounded Knee Occupation
Q: What 1969 event is considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement?
A: The Stonewall Riots (New York City)
Q: What law, passed in 1972, required gender equality in all federally funded education programs?
A: Title IX
Q: What event sparked U.S. entry into World War I in 1917?
A: German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram.
Q: What was Woodrow Wilson’s plan for post-WWI peace called?
A: The Fourteen Points
Q: What international organization was created after WWI but the U.S. never joined?
A: The League of Nations
Q: What act required men to register for the draft during WWI?
A: Selective Service Act (1917)
Q: What 1941 program allowed the U.S. to send war supplies to Allied nations before entering WWII?
A: Lend-Lease Act
Q: What event brought the U.S. into World War II?
A: The attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
Q: What was the strategy of island hopping used by the U.S. in the Pacific?
A: Capturing key islands to move closer to Japan during WWII.
Q: What conference in 1945 shaped the post-WWII world and divided Germany into zones?
A: The Yalta Conference
Q: What doctrine promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism?
A: The Truman Doctrine (1947)
Q: What post-WWII aid plan helped rebuild Western Europe’s economy?
A: The Marshall Plan
Q: What was the military alliance formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union?
A: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Q: What conflict from 1950 to 1953 ended in a stalemate and an armistice, not a peace treaty?
A: The Korean War
Q: What 1964 incident led to the U.S. escalating its involvement in Vietnam?
A: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Q: What U.S. military strategy in Vietnam was criticized for failing to win hearts and minds?
A: Search and destroy missions
Q: What turning point battle during the Vietnam War in 1968 weakened public support?
A: The Tet Offensive
Q: What policy did Nixon promote to gradually withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam?
A: Vietnamization
Q: What papers leaked in 1971 revealed government deception about the Vietnam War?
A: The Pentagon Papers
What term describes the political and military rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII?
A: The Cold War
Q: What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War?
A: Containment
Q: What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)?
A: To supply West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded it.
Q: What alliance was created in 1949 as a military defense pact against Soviet aggression?
A: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Q: What was the Soviet response to NATO, formed in 1955?
A: The Warsaw Pact
Q: What event in 1962 brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war?
A: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Q: What wall, built in 1961, symbolized the division between communist and capitalist Europe?
A: The Berlin Wall
Q: What senator led anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s, often without proper evidence?
A: Joseph McCarthy
Q: What event was the failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961?
A: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Q: What agreement in the 1970s aimed to limit nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR?
A: SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
Q: What Cold War policy under Nixon sought to ease tensions with the USSR and China?
A: Détente
Q: What 1980s defense initiative proposed a space-based missile shield?
A: Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or “Star Wars”)
Q: What Soviet leader introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s?
A: Mikhail Gorbachev
Q: What year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolizing the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe?
A: 1989
Q: What year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve, ending the Cold War?
A: 1991
Q: What does the term "Gilded Age" refer to?
A: A period of rapid industrial growth and wealth on the surface, but with underlying social problems like poverty, corruption, and inequality.
Q: Who coined the term “Gilded Age”?
A: Mark Twain (in his 1873 novel The Gilded Age).
Q: What major industries grew during the Gilded Age?
A: Railroads, steel, oil, banking, and manufacturing.
Q: Who led the steel industry and was known for philanthropy?
A: Andrew Carnegie
Q: Who dominated the oil industry through Standard Oil Company?
A: John D. Rockefeller
Q: What is vertical integration?
A: Controlling every step of the production process (e.g., Carnegie Steel).
Q: What is horizontal integration?
A: Buying out or merging with competitors in the same industry (e.g., Rockefeller's Standard Oil).
Q: What 1890 law aimed to prevent monopolies and promote competition?
A: The Sherman Antitrust Act
Q: What is Social Darwinism?
A: The belief that only the strongest businesses or individuals survive — used to justify inequality.
Q: What term describes powerful business leaders of the Gilded Age?
A: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry (depending on perspective).
Q: What was the purpose of labor unions during the Gilded Age?
A: To fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions.
Q: What major labor strike ended violently at Carnegie’s steel plant in 1892?
A: The Homestead Strike
Q: What was the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
A: A major labor union led by Samuel Gompers that focused on skilled workers.
Q: What 1886 event in Chicago turned violent and hurt the labor movement?
A: The Haymarket Riot
Q: What type of housing did many urban factory workers live in?
A: Tenements — crowded, poorly ventilated apartment buildings.
Q: Where did most immigrants to the U.S. come from during this period?
A: Southern and Eastern Europe (Italians, Poles, Jews, etc.)
Q: What was the name of the immigrant processing station in New York Harbor?
A: Ellis Island
Q: What 1882 law banned Chinese immigration to the U.S.?
A: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Q: What movement aimed to help the urban poor through community centers?
A: The Settlement House Movement (e.g., Jane Addams' Hull House)
Q: What political machines dominated city politics by trading services for votes?
A: Organizations like Tammany Hall (led by Boss Tweed in NYC)
Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Company?
A) Andrew
Carnegie
B) J.P. Morgan
C) John D. Rockefeller
D)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C) John D. Rockefeller
What was the main goal of labor unions during the Gilded Age?
A) Increase business profits
B) Expand westward settlement
C) Limit immigration
D) Improve working conditions
D) Improve working conditions
Which law was passed in 1890 to restrict monopolies?
A)
Pendleton Act
B) Homestead Act
C) Sherman Antitrust
Act
D) Interstate Commerce Act
C) Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the result of the Haymarket Riot?
A) Increased
sympathy for labor unions
B) A peaceful end to the strike
C) Public backlash against unions due to violence
D) A new labor
law passed
C) Public backlash against unions due to violence
What was vertical integration, as practiced by Andrew Carnegie?
A) Taking control of all rival steel companies
B) Buying stocks
in railroads
C) Controlling all steps in the production and
distribution process
D) Hiring immigrant labor
C) Controlling all steps in the production and distribution process
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?
A) Allowed more
Chinese immigrants into the U.S.
B) Banned immigration from
Asia
C) Banned Chinese laborers from immigrating
D)
Granted U.S. citizenship to Chinese Americans
Banned Chinese laborers from immigrating
Which group supported political machines like Tammany Hall the
most?
A) Wealthy industrialists
B) Southern farmers
C) Recent immigrants in cities
D) The Supreme Court
➡️ Answer: C) Recent immigrants in cities
What is the best definition of “Social Darwinism”?
A) The
belief in social welfare for all
B) A theory used to justify
racism and inequality
C) A Christian movement for reform
D) A labor strategy for union success
➡️ Answer: B) A theory used to justify racism and inequality
Q: What was the Progressive Era?
A: A period of widespread social, political, and economic reform aimed at correcting injustices of the Gilded Age.
Q: Who were “muckrakers”?
A: Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices.
Q: What book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry?
A: The Jungle (1906)
Q: What law did The Jungle help inspire?
A: The Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Q: What 1906 law required accurate labeling of ingredients in food and medicine?
A: The Pure Food and Drug Act
Q: What constitutional amendment allowed for a federal income tax?
A: The 16th Amendment (1913)
Q: What amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators?
A: The 17th Amendment (1913)
Q: Who was president known for the “Square Deal” and trust-busting?
A: Theodore Roosevelt
Q: What was Roosevelt’s approach to monopolies?
A: He supported regulating “good” trusts and breaking up “bad” ones.
Q: What did the Hepburn Act (1906) do?
A: It gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to regulate railroad rates.
Q: Who was the reform-minded president elected in 1912?
A: Woodrow Wilson
Q: What was Wilson’s domestic reform agenda called?
A: The New Freedom
Q: What did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) establish?
A: A national banking system to control the money supply and interest rates.
Q: What movement aimed to ban alcohol?
A: The Temperance Movement
Q: What amendment began Prohibition in 1920?
A: The 18th Amendment
Q: What organization helped African Americans fight legal segregation?
A: NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Q: Who was the African American leader who believed in vocational education and gradual equality?
A: Booker T. Washington
Q: Who was the African American leader who demanded immediate civil rights and co-founded the NAACP?
A: W.E.B. Du Bois
To ensure sanitary conditions in meatpacking plants after the public reaction to The Jungle. what was the Act (1906)?
the Meat Inspection Act (1906)?
Q: What did the Square Deal focus on?
Consumer protection, control of corporations, and conservation of natural resources.
Q: What agency did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) create?
A: The Federal Reserve System (central banking system of the U.S.)
Q: What did the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) accomplish?
A: It strengthened earlier antitrust laws and protected labor unions from being treated as illegal trusts.
Q: What was the goal of the Temperance Movement?
A: To ban the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Q: What amendment began Prohibition in the U.S.?
A: The 18th Amendment (ratified 1919, effective 1920)
Q: Who supported vocational training and economic self-help for African Americans?
A: Booker T. Washington
A: The policy of extending a nation’s power by gaining territories and controlling other countries politically or economically.
Imperialism
Q: What war in 1898 marked America’s emergence as a world power?
A: The Spanish-American War
Q: What were the main causes of the Spanish-American War?
A: Yellow journalism, the explosion of the USS Maine, and U.S. support for Cuban independence.
Q: What U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898?
A: The USS Maine
Q: What territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish-American War?
A: Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Q: What 1898 amendment said the U.S. would not annex Cuba after the war?
A: The Teller Amendment
Q: What 1901 amendment allowed U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs and led to a naval base at Guantanamo Bay?
A: The Platt Amendment
Q: What conflict followed U.S. annexation of the Philippines?
A: The Philippine-American War (1899–1902)
Q: What was the Open Door Policy (1899)?
A: U.S. policy to ensure equal trade access to China for all nations.
Q: What was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy slogan?
A: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Q: How did the U.S. gain control to build the Panama Canal?
A: By supporting Panama’s independence from Colombia and signing a treaty.
Q: What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
A: It claimed the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin America to keep stability.
Q: What was Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”?
A: U.S. policy of using economic investment to influence Latin America and Asia.
Q: What was Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy”?
A: A foreign policy promoting democracy and human rights abroad.
Q: What event began World War I in 1914?
A: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
Q: What kept the U.S. out of WWI until 1917?
A: A policy of neutrality and isolationism.
Q: What 1915 event turned U.S. opinion against Germany?
A: The sinking of the Lusitania, a British ship with Americans on board.
Q: What was the Zimmermann Telegram (1917)?
A: A secret German message offering Mexico land if it joined the war against the U.S.
Q: What year did the United States enter World War I?
A: 1917
Q: What were the main reasons the U.S. entered WWI?
A: German unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmermann Telegram.
Q: What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
A: A secret German message urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for land.
Q: What were “Liberty Bonds”?
A: Government bonds sold to finance the U.S. war effort during WWI.
Q: What act required men to register for the military draft in WWI?
A: The Selective Service Act (1917)
Q: What was the name of the U.S. military force sent to Europe in WWI?
A: The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Q: Who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI?
A: General John J. Pershing
Q: What was Wilson’s peace plan called?
A: The Fourteen Points
Q: What organization did Wilson propose to prevent future wars?
A: The League of Nations
Q: What treaty officially ended WWI?
A: The Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Q: Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
A: They opposed the League of Nations, fearing it would entangle the U.S. in future wars.
Q: What was the purpose of the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918)?
A: To restrict antiwar speech and punish those who criticized the government.
Q: What Supreme Court case upheld restrictions on free speech during wartime?
A: Schenck v. United States (1919)
Q: What was the “Great Migration”?
.
A: The movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities during WWI for factory jobs
Q: What deadly pandemic spread worldwide in 1918–1919?
A: The Spanish Flu
Q: What slogan did Wilson use for his 1916 re-election campaign?
A: “He kept us out of war.”
Q: What was the “Red Scare” (1919–1920)?
A: A wave of fear about communism and radicalism in the U.S. after the Russian Revolution.
Q: What were the Palmer Raids?
A: Government raids to arrest suspected radicals and anarchists during the Red Scare.
Q: What country was blamed and punished most severely in the Treaty of Versailles?
A: Germany
Q: What happened to President Wilson after the war?
A: He suffered a stroke while campaigning for the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations.
Q: What was the nickname for the 1920s due to cultural and economic growth?
A: The Roaring Twenties
Q: What U.S. constitutional amendment started Prohibition?
A: The 18th Amendment
Q: What federal law enforced Prohibition?
A: The Volstead Act (1919)
Q: What were illegal bars that operated during Prohibition called?
A: Speakeasies
Q: What criminal activity grew as a result of Prohibition?
A: Organized crime (e.g., Al Capone in Chicago)
Q: What was the name for the modern, independent women of the 1920s?
A: Flappers
Q: What cultural movement celebrated African American art, music, and literature?
A: The Harlem Renaissance
Q: Who were some famous figures of the Harlem Renaissance?
A: Langston Hughes (poet), Duke Ellington (jazz musician), Zora Neale Hurston (writer)
Q: What new form of entertainment exploded in popularity in the 1920s?
A: Radio and motion pictures (Hollywood)
Q: What was the first major “talkie” film (with synchronized sound)?
A: The Jazz Singer (1927)
Q: Who was a famous American aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight?
A: Charles Lindbergh
Q: What was the fear of communism, anarchism, and foreign radicals?
Red Scare
Q: What controversial trial involved two Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder?
A: The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Q: What was the Scopes Trial about?
A: A teacher was tried for teaching evolution, challenging a Tennessee law banning it.
Q: What was the outcome of the Scopes Trial (1925)?
A: John Scopes was found guilty and fined, but the case highlighted the clash between science and religion.
Q: What act set quotas on immigration in the 1920s?
A: The Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act)
Q: What group re-emerged during the 1920s and opposed immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans?
A: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Q: What president's administration was marked by scandals like the Teapot Dome?
A: Warren G. Harding
Q: What economic trend of the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression?
A: Over-speculation in the stock market and excessive use of credit.
Q: What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
A: The Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)
Q: What were the main causes of the Great Depression? 5
A: Overproduction, bank failures, stock speculation, unequal wealth distribution, and weak international trade.
Q: What was the unemployment rate during the worst part of the Great Depression?
A: Around 25%
Q: What were "Hoovervilles"?
A: Shantytowns built by the homeless, named after President Hoover, who was blamed for inaction.
Q: What was the Dust Bowl?
A: A severe drought and dust storms in the Great Plains during the 1930s that forced many farmers to migrate west.
Q: Who was elected president in 1932 by promising a “New Deal”?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Q: What were the "Three R’s" of the New Deal?
A: Relief, Recovery, Reform
Q: What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
A: To provide jobs for young men in conservation and public works.
Q: What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
A: It created millions of jobs in construction, arts, and public projects.
Q: What did the Social Security Act (1935) establish?
A: Pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled.
Q: What was the FDIC and what did it do?
A: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; it protected bank deposits and restored trust in the banking system
Q: What did the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) do?
A: It regulated the stock market to prevent abuses and fraud.
Q: What did FDR’s "First Hundred Days" refer to?
A: The rapid passage of major New Deal legislation in early 1933.
Q: What were fireside chats?
A: FDR’s radio addresses used to reassure and inform the American peop
Q: What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
A: A New Deal program that built dams and provided electricity to rural areas.
Q: Who were two critics of the New Deal?
A: Huey Long (“Share Our Wealth”) and Father Charles Coughlin (radio priest)
Q: What did the Wagner Act (1935) guarantee?
A: Workers’ right to form unions and engage in collective bar
Q: Why did FDR propose the “court-packing” plan in 1937?
A: To add justices to the Supreme Court who would support New Deal laws.
Q: Why did FDR propose the “court-packing” plan in 1937?
A: To add justices to the Supreme Court who would support New Deal laws.
Q: What finally ended the Great Depression?
A: U.S. industrial mobilization for World War II
Q: When did World War II begin in Europe?
A: 1939, when Germany invaded Poland.
Q: When did the United States enter World War II?
A: December 7, 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Q: What were the Axis Powers?
A: Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Q: What were the Allied Powers?
A: U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, and China.
Q: What was the Lend-Lease Act (1941)?
A: A law allowing the U.S. to send war materials to Allied nations before entering the war.
Q: What was the purpose of the Office of War Mobilization?
A: To coordinate production and resources for the war effort.
Q: What was the role of women in the U.S. during WWII?
A: Women took industrial jobs (e.g., “Rosie the Riveter”) and served in non-combat military roles.
Q: What was Executive Order 9066?
A: An order by FDR that led to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Q: What major battle in 1944 marked the turning point in Western Europe?
A: D-Day (the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944)
Q: What battle was the turning point in the Pacific theater?
A: The Battle of Midway (June 1942)
Q: What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific against Japan?
A: Island hopping — capturing key islands to move closer to Japan.
Q: What was the Manhattan Project?
A: The secret U.S. project to develop atomic bombs.
Q: What cities were targeted by the atomic bombs?
A: Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)
Q: What was the result of the atomic bombings of Japan?
A: Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 (V-J Day), officially ending WWII.
Q: What conference in 1945 planned the postwar world and the United Nations?
A: The Yalta Conference
Q: What was the G.I. Bill (1944)?
A: A law providing veterans with education, housing, and loan benefits after the war.
Q: What were war bonds used for?
A: To help finance the war effort.
Q: What was rationing during WWII?
A: Government-controlled limits on the consumption of goods to support the war.
Q: What was the Holocaust?
A: The genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi German
Q: What international organization was created after WWII to promote peace?
A: The United Nations (UN), founded in 1945