front 1 Q: Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States? | back 1 A: The 13th Amendment (1865). |
front 2 Q: Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves? | back 2 A: The 14th Amendment (1868). |
front 3 Q: Which amendment guaranteed voting rights to African American men? | back 3 A: The 15th Amendment (1870). |
front 4 Q: Which amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators by the people? | back 4 A: The 17th Amendment (1913). |
front 5 Q: Which amendment granted women the right to vote? | back 5 A: The 19th Amendment (1920). |
front 6 Q: Which amendment limits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states? | back 6 A: The 11th Amendment (1795). |
front 7 Q: Which amendment revised the procedure for electing the president and vice president through the Electoral College? | back 7 A: The 12th Amendment (1804). |
front 8 Q: Which amendment gave Congress the power to collect income taxes? | back 8 A: The 16th Amendment (1913). |
front 9 Q: Which amendment established Prohibition (the ban on alcohol)? | back 9 A: The 18th Amendment (1919). |
front 10 Q: Which amendment repealed Prohibition? | back 10 A: The 21st Amendment (1933). |
front 11 Q: Which amendment limits the president to two terms in office? | back 11 A: The 22nd Amendment (1951). |
front 12 Q: Which amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections? | back 12 A: The 24th Amendment (1964). |
front 13 Q: Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18? | back 13 A: The 26th Amendment (1971). |
front 14 Q: Who became president after Lincoln's assassination and was the first to be impeached? | back 14 A: Andrew Johnson (1865–1869) |
front 15 Q: Which president led during the Civil War's aftermath and supported Reconstruction? | back 15 A: Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877) |
front 16 Q: Which president ended Reconstruction in 1877 as part of the Compromise? | back 16 A: Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) |
front 17 Q: Which president was assassinated in 1881 and led to civil service reform? | back 17 A: James A. Garfield |
front 18 Q: Which president was known for trust-busting and the "Square Deal"? | back 18 A: Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) |
front 19 Q: Who was president during WWI and proposed the League of Nations? | back 19 A: Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) |
front 20 Q: Who was president when the Great Depression began in 1929? | back 20 A: Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) |
front 21 Q: Which president created the New Deal and led the U.S. in WWII? | back 21 A: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) |
front 22 Q: Who ordered the atomic bomb dropped and supported the Truman Doctrine? | back 22 A: Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) |
front 23 Q: Which president enforced desegregation and expanded highways? | back 23 A: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) |
front 24 Q: Who handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and was assassinated in 1963? | back 24 A: John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) |
front 25 Q: Who passed the Civil Rights Act and escalated the Vietnam War? | back 25 A: Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) |
front 26 Q: Who resigned due to the Watergate scandal? | back 26 A: Richard Nixon (1969–1974) |
front 27 Q: Which president was never elected as VP or President? | back 27 A: Gerald Ford (1974–1977) |
front 28 Q: Who negotiated the Camp David Accords and faced the Iran Hostage Crisis? | back 28 A: Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) |
front 29 Q: Who implemented “Reaganomics” and is credited with ending the Cold War? | back 29 A: Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) |
front 30 Q: Who was president during the Gulf War and the fall of the USSR? | back 30 A: George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) |
front 31 Q: Who was impeached over the Monica Lewinsky scandal but acquitted? | back 31 A: Bill Clinton (1993–2001) |
front 32 Q: Who was president during 9/11 and launched the War on Terror? | back 32 A: George W. Bush (2001–2009) |
front 33 Q: Who passed the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | back 33 A: Barack Obama (2009–2017) |
front 34 Q: Who was impeached twice and served during the COVID-19 pandemic? | back 34 A: Donald Trump (2017–2021) |
front 35 Q: Who is the current president focusing on pandemic recovery and global diplomacy? | back 35 A: Joe Biden (2021– ) |
front 36 Q: Who is the current U.S. president, serving his second non-consecutive term starting in 2025? | back 36 A: Donald J. Trump (2025–present; also served 2017–2021) |
front 37 Q: Who was the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for nonviolent resistance? | back 37 A: Martin Luther King Jr. |
front 38 Q: What famous speech did MLK deliver during the 1963 March on Washington? | back 38 A: “I Have a Dream” |
front 39 Q: What was the goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–56)? | back 39 A: To protest segregated seating on buses in Montgomery, Alabama. |
front 40 Q: Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat? | back 40 A: Rosa Parks |
front 41 Q: What 1964 law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin? | back 41 A: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
front 42 Q: What 1965 law outlawed discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests and poll taxes? | back 42 A: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
front 43 Q: What was the significance of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965? | back 43 A: They led to public support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
front 44 Q: What organization did MLK help found in 1957 to coordinate civil rights efforts across the South? | back 44 A: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
front 45 Q: Which student-led group organized sit-ins and freedom rides in the early 1960s? | back 45 A: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
front 46 Q: What U.S. Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954? | back 46 A: Brown v. Board of Education |
front 47 no data | back 47 A: Malcolm X |
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| back 48 A: The Black Panther Party |
front 49 Which amendment banned the use of poll taxes in federal elections? | back 49 A: 24 |
front 50 Non violent protest in 1961 to challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals in the South? | back 50 A: the freedom rides |
front 51
Q: Who was the NAACP lawyer that argued Brown v.
Board of Education and later became a Supreme Court Justice? | back 51 A: Thurgood Marshal |
front 52 Q: What was the significance of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957? | back 52 A: Federal troops were sent to enforce school desegregation for the Little Rock Nine. |
front 53 Q: What executive order did President Truman issue in 1948 to advance civil rights? | back 53 A: Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces. |
front 54 Q: What 1968 event marked a turning point and loss of momentum in the Civil Rights Movement? | back 54 A: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. |
front 55 Q: What commission was created to investigate the causes of urban riots in the 1960s? | back 55 A: The Kerner Commission |
front 56 Q: What book by Betty Friedan launched the modern women's rights movement in 1963? | back 56 A: The Feminine Mystique |
front 57 Q: What organization, founded in 1966, advocated for women’s rights including workplace equality and the ERA? | back 57 A: National Organization for Women (NOW) |
front 58 Q: What proposed amendment to guarantee legal gender equality was passed by Congress but not ratified? | back 58 A: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) |
front 59 Q: What 1973 Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide? | back 59 A: Roe v. Wade |
front 60 Q: What Latino labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers and organized grape boycotts? | back 60 A: César Chávez |
front 61 Q: What term refers to the Mexican-American civil rights movement of the 1960s–70s? | back 61 A: Chicano Movement |
front 62 Q: What Native American activist group staged the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969? | back 62 A: American Indian Movement (AIM) |
front 63 Q: What protest did Native American activists organize in 1973 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota? | back 63 A: The Wounded Knee Occupation |
front 64 Q: What 1969 event is considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement? | back 64 A: The Stonewall Riots (New York City) |
front 65 Q: What law, passed in 1972, required gender equality in all federally funded education programs? | back 65 A: Title IX |
front 66 Q: What event sparked U.S. entry into World War I in 1917? | back 66 A: German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram. |
front 67 Q: What was Woodrow Wilson’s plan for post-WWI peace called? | back 67 A: The Fourteen Points |
front 68 Q: What international organization was created after WWI but the U.S. never joined? | back 68 A: The League of Nations |
front 69 Q: What act required men to register for the draft during WWI? | back 69 A: Selective Service Act (1917) |
front 70 Q: What 1941 program allowed the U.S. to send war supplies to Allied nations before entering WWII? | back 70 A: Lend-Lease Act |
front 71 Q: What event brought the U.S. into World War II? | back 71 A: The attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) |
front 72 Q: What was the strategy of island hopping used by the U.S. in the Pacific? | back 72 A: Capturing key islands to move closer to Japan during WWII. |
front 73 Q: What conference in 1945 shaped the post-WWII world and divided Germany into zones? | back 73 A: The Yalta Conference |
front 74 Q: What doctrine promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism? | back 74 A: The Truman Doctrine (1947) |
front 75 Q: What post-WWII aid plan helped rebuild Western Europe’s economy? | back 75 A: The Marshall Plan |
front 76 Q: What was the military alliance formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union? | back 76 A: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
front 77 Q: What conflict from 1950 to 1953 ended in a stalemate and an armistice, not a peace treaty? | back 77 A: The Korean War |
front 78 Q: What 1964 incident led to the U.S. escalating its involvement in Vietnam? | back 78 A: Gulf of Tonkin Incident |
front 79 Q: What U.S. military strategy in Vietnam was criticized for failing to win hearts and minds? | back 79 A: Search and destroy missions |
front 80 Q: What turning point battle during the Vietnam War in 1968 weakened public support? | back 80 A: The Tet Offensive |
front 81 Q: What policy did Nixon promote to gradually withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam? | back 81 A: Vietnamization |
front 82 Q: What papers leaked in 1971 revealed government deception about the Vietnam War? | back 82 A: The Pentagon Papers |
front 83 What term describes the political and military rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII? | back 83 A: The Cold War |
front 84 Q: What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War? | back 84 A: Containment |
front 85 Q: What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)? | back 85 A: To supply West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded it. |
front 86 Q: What alliance was created in 1949 as a military defense pact against Soviet aggression? | back 86 A: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
front 87 Q: What was the Soviet response to NATO, formed in 1955? | back 87 A: The Warsaw Pact |
front 88 Q: What event in 1962 brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war? | back 88 A: The Cuban Missile Crisis |
front 89 Q: What wall, built in 1961, symbolized the division between communist and capitalist Europe? | back 89 A: The Berlin Wall |
front 90 Q: What senator led anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s, often without proper evidence? | back 90 A: Joseph McCarthy |
front 91 Q: What event was the failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961? | back 91 A: The Bay of Pigs Invasion |
front 92 Q: What agreement in the 1970s aimed to limit nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR? | back 92 A: SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) |
front 93 Q: What Cold War policy under Nixon sought to ease tensions with the USSR and China? | back 93 A: Détente |
front 94 Q: What 1980s defense initiative proposed a space-based missile shield? | back 94 A: Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or “Star Wars”) |
front 95 Q: What Soviet leader introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s? | back 95 A: Mikhail Gorbachev |
front 96 Q: What year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolizing the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe? | back 96 A: 1989 |
front 97 Q: What year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve, ending the Cold War? | back 97 A: 1991 |
front 98 Q: What does the term "Gilded Age" refer to? | back 98 A: A period of rapid industrial growth and wealth on the surface, but with underlying social problems like poverty, corruption, and inequality. |
front 99 Q: Who coined the term “Gilded Age”? | back 99 A: Mark Twain (in his 1873 novel The Gilded Age). |
front 100 Q: What major industries grew during the Gilded Age? | back 100 A: Railroads, steel, oil, banking, and manufacturing. |
front 101 Q: Who led the steel industry and was known for philanthropy? | back 101 A: Andrew Carnegie |
front 102 Q: Who dominated the oil industry through Standard Oil Company? | back 102 A: John D. Rockefeller |
front 103 Q: What is vertical integration? | back 103 A: Controlling every step of the production process (e.g., Carnegie Steel). |
front 104 Q: What is horizontal integration? | back 104 A: Buying out or merging with competitors in the same industry (e.g., Rockefeller's Standard Oil). |
front 105 Q: What 1890 law aimed to prevent monopolies and promote competition? | back 105 A: The Sherman Antitrust Act |
front 106 Q: What is Social Darwinism? | back 106 A: The belief that only the strongest businesses or individuals survive — used to justify inequality. |
front 107 Q: What term describes powerful business leaders of the Gilded Age? | back 107 A: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry (depending on perspective). |
front 108 Q: What was the purpose of labor unions during the Gilded Age? | back 108 A: To fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions. |
front 109 Q: What major labor strike ended violently at Carnegie’s steel plant in 1892? | back 109 A: The Homestead Strike |
front 110 Q: What was the American Federation of Labor (AFL)? | back 110 A: A major labor union led by Samuel Gompers that focused on skilled workers. |
front 111 Q: What 1886 event in Chicago turned violent and hurt the labor movement? | back 111 A: The Haymarket Riot |
front 112 Q: What type of housing did many urban factory workers live in? | back 112 A: Tenements — crowded, poorly ventilated apartment buildings. |
front 113 Q: Where did most immigrants to the U.S. come from during this period? | back 113 A: Southern and Eastern Europe (Italians, Poles, Jews, etc.) |
front 114 Q: What was the name of the immigrant processing station in New York Harbor? | back 114 A: Ellis Island |
front 115 Q: What 1882 law banned Chinese immigration to the U.S.? | back 115 A: The Chinese Exclusion Act |
front 116 Q: What movement aimed to help the urban poor through community centers? | back 116 A: The Settlement House Movement (e.g., Jane Addams' Hull House) |
front 117 Q: What political machines dominated city politics by trading services for votes? | back 117 A: Organizations like Tammany Hall (led by Boss Tweed in NYC) |
front 118 Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Company? | back 118 C) John D. Rockefeller |
front 119 What was the main goal of labor unions during the Gilded Age? | back 119 D) Improve working conditions |
front 120 Which law was passed in 1890 to restrict monopolies? | back 120 C) Sherman Antitrust Act |
front 121 What was the result of the Haymarket Riot? | back 121 C) Public backlash against unions due to violence |
front 122 What was vertical integration, as practiced by Andrew Carnegie? | back 122 C) Controlling all steps in the production and distribution process |
front 123 What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do? | back 123 Banned Chinese laborers from immigrating |
front 124 Which group supported political machines like Tammany Hall the
most? | back 124 ➡️ Answer: C) Recent immigrants in cities |
front 125 What is the best definition of “Social Darwinism”? | back 125 ➡️ Answer: B) A theory used to justify racism and inequality |
front 126 Q: What was the Progressive Era? | back 126 A: A period of widespread social, political, and economic reform aimed at correcting injustices of the Gilded Age. |
front 127 Q: Who were “muckrakers”? | back 127 A: Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices. |
front 128 Q: What book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry? | back 128 A: The Jungle (1906) |
front 129 Q: What law did The Jungle help inspire? | back 129 A: The Meat Inspection Act (1906) |
front 130 Q: What 1906 law required accurate labeling of ingredients in food and medicine? | back 130 A: The Pure Food and Drug Act |
front 131 Q: What constitutional amendment allowed for a federal income tax? | back 131 A: The 16th Amendment (1913) |
front 132 Q: What amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators? | back 132 A: The 17th Amendment (1913) |
front 133 Q: Who was president known for the “Square Deal” and trust-busting? | back 133 A: Theodore Roosevelt |
front 134 Q: What was Roosevelt’s approach to monopolies? | back 134 A: He supported regulating “good” trusts and breaking up “bad” ones. |
front 135 Q: What did the Hepburn Act (1906) do? | back 135 A: It gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to regulate railroad rates. |
front 136 Q: Who was the reform-minded president elected in 1912? | back 136 A: Woodrow Wilson |
front 137 Q: What was Wilson’s domestic reform agenda called? | back 137 A: The New Freedom |
front 138 Q: What did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) establish? | back 138 A: A national banking system to control the money supply and interest rates. |
front 139 Q: What movement aimed to ban alcohol? | back 139 A: The Temperance Movement |
front 140 Q: What amendment began Prohibition in 1920? | back 140 A: The 18th Amendment |
front 141 Q: What organization helped African Americans fight legal segregation? | back 141 A: NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
front 142 Q: Who was the African American leader who believed in vocational education and gradual equality? | back 142 A: Booker T. Washington |
front 143 Q: Who was the African American leader who demanded immediate civil rights and co-founded the NAACP? | back 143 A: W.E.B. Du Bois |
front 144 To ensure sanitary conditions in meatpacking plants after the public reaction to The Jungle. what was the Act (1906)? | back 144 the Meat Inspection Act (1906)? |
front 145 Q: What did the Square Deal focus on? | back 145 Consumer protection, control of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. |
front 146 Q: What agency did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) create? | back 146 A: The Federal Reserve System (central banking system of the U.S.) |
front 147 Q: What did the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) accomplish? | back 147 A: It strengthened earlier antitrust laws and protected labor unions from being treated as illegal trusts. |
front 148 Q: What was the goal of the Temperance Movement? | back 148 A: To ban the sale and consumption of alcohol. |
front 149 Q: What amendment began Prohibition in the U.S.? | back 149 A: The 18th Amendment (ratified 1919, effective 1920) |
front 150 Q: Who supported vocational training and economic self-help for African Americans? | back 150 A: Booker T. Washington |
front 151 A: The policy of extending a nation’s power by gaining territories and controlling other countries politically or economically. | back 151 Imperialism |
front 152 Q: What war in 1898 marked America’s emergence as a world power? | back 152 A: The Spanish-American War |
front 153 Q: What were the main causes of the Spanish-American War? | back 153 A: Yellow journalism, the explosion of the USS Maine, and U.S. support for Cuban independence. |
front 154 Q: What U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898? | back 154 A: The USS Maine |
front 155 Q: What territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish-American War? | back 155 A: Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines |
front 156 Q: What 1898 amendment said the U.S. would not annex Cuba after the war? | back 156 A: The Teller Amendment |
front 157 Q: What 1901 amendment allowed U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs and led to a naval base at Guantanamo Bay? | back 157 A: The Platt Amendment |
front 158 Q: What conflict followed U.S. annexation of the Philippines? | back 158 A: The Philippine-American War (1899–1902) |
front 159 Q: What was the Open Door Policy (1899)? | back 159 A: U.S. policy to ensure equal trade access to China for all nations. |
front 160 Q: What was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy slogan? | back 160 A: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” |
front 161 Q: How did the U.S. gain control to build the Panama Canal? | back 161 A: By supporting Panama’s independence from Colombia and signing a treaty. |
front 162 Q: What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? | back 162 A: It claimed the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin America to keep stability. |
front 163 Q: What was Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”? | back 163 A: U.S. policy of using economic investment to influence Latin America and Asia. |
front 164 Q: What was Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy”? | back 164 A: A foreign policy promoting democracy and human rights abroad. |
front 165 Q: What event began World War I in 1914? | back 165 A: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. |
front 166 Q: What kept the U.S. out of WWI until 1917? | back 166 A: A policy of neutrality and isolationism. |
front 167 Q: What 1915 event turned U.S. opinion against Germany? | back 167 A: The sinking of the Lusitania, a British ship with Americans on board. |
front 168 Q: What was the Zimmermann Telegram (1917)? | back 168 A: A secret German message offering Mexico land if it joined the war against the U.S. |
front 169 Q: What year did the United States enter World War I? | back 169 A: 1917 |
front 170 Q: What were the main reasons the U.S. entered WWI? | back 170 A: German unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmermann Telegram. |
front 171 Q: What was the Zimmermann Telegram? | back 171 A: A secret German message urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for land. |
front 172 Q: What were “Liberty Bonds”? | back 172 A: Government bonds sold to finance the U.S. war effort during WWI. |
front 173 Q: What act required men to register for the military draft in WWI? | back 173 A: The Selective Service Act (1917) |
front 174 Q: What was the name of the U.S. military force sent to Europe in WWI? | back 174 A: The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
front 175 Q: Who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI? | back 175 A: General John J. Pershing |
front 176 Q: What was Wilson’s peace plan called? | back 176 A: The Fourteen Points |
front 177 Q: What organization did Wilson propose to prevent future wars? | back 177 A: The League of Nations |
front 178 Q: What treaty officially ended WWI? | back 178 A: The Treaty of Versailles (1919) |
front 179 Q: Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles? | back 179 A: They opposed the League of Nations, fearing it would entangle the U.S. in future wars. |
front 180 Q: What was the purpose of the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918)? | back 180 A: To restrict antiwar speech and punish those who criticized the government. |
front 181 Q: What Supreme Court case upheld restrictions on free speech during wartime? | back 181 A: Schenck v. United States (1919) |
front 182
Q: What was the “Great Migration”? | back 182 A: The movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities during WWI for factory jobs |
front 183 Q: What deadly pandemic spread worldwide in 1918–1919? | back 183 A: The Spanish Flu |
front 184 Q: What slogan did Wilson use for his 1916 re-election campaign? | back 184 A: “He kept us out of war.” |
front 185 Q: What was the “Red Scare” (1919–1920)? | back 185 A: A wave of fear about communism and radicalism in the U.S. after the Russian Revolution. |
front 186 Q: What were the Palmer Raids? | back 186 A: Government raids to arrest suspected radicals and anarchists during the Red Scare. |
front 187 Q: What country was blamed and punished most severely in the Treaty of Versailles? | back 187 A: Germany |
front 188 Q: What happened to President Wilson after the war? | back 188 A: He suffered a stroke while campaigning for the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations. |
front 189 Q: What was the nickname for the 1920s due to cultural and economic growth? | back 189 A: The Roaring Twenties |
front 190 Q: What U.S. constitutional amendment started Prohibition? | back 190 A: The 18th Amendment |
front 191 Q: What federal law enforced Prohibition? | back 191 A: The Volstead Act (1919) |
front 192 Q: What were illegal bars that operated during Prohibition called? | back 192 A: Speakeasies |
front 193 Q: What criminal activity grew as a result of Prohibition? | back 193 A: Organized crime (e.g., Al Capone in Chicago) |
front 194 Q: What was the name for the modern, independent women of the 1920s? | back 194 A: Flappers |
front 195 Q: What cultural movement celebrated African American art, music, and literature? | back 195 A: The Harlem Renaissance |
front 196 Q: Who were some famous figures of the Harlem Renaissance? | back 196 A: Langston Hughes (poet), Duke Ellington (jazz musician), Zora Neale Hurston (writer) |
front 197 Q: What new form of entertainment exploded in popularity in the 1920s? | back 197 A: Radio and motion pictures (Hollywood) |
front 198 Q: What was the first major “talkie” film (with synchronized sound)? | back 198 A: The Jazz Singer (1927) |
front 199 Q: Who was a famous American aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight? | back 199 A: Charles Lindbergh |
front 200 Q: What was the fear of communism, anarchism, and foreign radicals? | back 200 Red Scare |
front 201 Q: What controversial trial involved two Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder? | back 201 A: The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial |
front 202 Q: What was the Scopes Trial about? | back 202 A: A teacher was tried for teaching evolution, challenging a Tennessee law banning it. |
front 203 Q: What was the outcome of the Scopes Trial (1925)? | back 203 A: John Scopes was found guilty and fined, but the case highlighted the clash between science and religion. |
front 204 Q: What act set quotas on immigration in the 1920s? | back 204 A: The Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act) |
front 205 Q: What group re-emerged during the 1920s and opposed immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans? | back 205 A: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
front 206 Q: What president's administration was marked by scandals like the Teapot Dome? | back 206 A: Warren G. Harding |
front 207 Q: What economic trend of the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression? | back 207 A: Over-speculation in the stock market and excessive use of credit. |
front 208 Q: What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression? | back 208 A: The Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) |
front 209 Q: What were the main causes of the Great Depression? 5 | back 209 A: Overproduction, bank failures, stock speculation, unequal wealth distribution, and weak international trade. |
front 210 Q: What was the unemployment rate during the worst part of the Great Depression? | back 210 A: Around 25% |
front 211 Q: What were "Hoovervilles"? | back 211 A: Shantytowns built by the homeless, named after President Hoover, who was blamed for inaction. |
front 212 Q: What was the Dust Bowl? | back 212 A: A severe drought and dust storms in the Great Plains during the 1930s that forced many farmers to migrate west. |
front 213 Q: Who was elected president in 1932 by promising a “New Deal”? | back 213 A: Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) |
front 214 Q: What were the "Three R’s" of the New Deal? | back 214 A: Relief, Recovery, Reform |
front 215 Q: What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)? | back 215 A: To provide jobs for young men in conservation and public works. |
front 216 Q: What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do? | back 216 A: It created millions of jobs in construction, arts, and public projects. |
front 217 Q: What did the Social Security Act (1935) establish? | back 217 A: Pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled. |
front 218 Q: What was the FDIC and what did it do? | back 218 A: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; it protected bank deposits and restored trust in the banking system |
front 219 Q: What did the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) do? | back 219 A: It regulated the stock market to prevent abuses and fraud. |
front 220 Q: What did FDR’s "First Hundred Days" refer to? | back 220 A: The rapid passage of major New Deal legislation in early 1933. |
front 221 Q: What were fireside chats? | back 221 A: FDR’s radio addresses used to reassure and inform the American peop |
front 222 Q: What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)? | back 222 A: A New Deal program that built dams and provided electricity to rural areas. |
front 223 Q: Who were two critics of the New Deal? | back 223 A: Huey Long (“Share Our Wealth”) and Father Charles Coughlin (radio priest) |
front 224 Q: What did the Wagner Act (1935) guarantee? | back 224 A: Workers’ right to form unions and engage in collective bar |
front 225 Q: Why did FDR propose the “court-packing” plan in 1937? | back 225 A: To add justices to the Supreme Court who would support New Deal laws. |
front 226 Q: Why did FDR propose the “court-packing” plan in 1937? | back 226 A: To add justices to the Supreme Court who would support New Deal laws. |
front 227 Q: What finally ended the Great Depression? | back 227 A: U.S. industrial mobilization for World War II |
front 228 Q: When did World War II begin in Europe? | back 228 A: 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. |
front 229 Q: When did the United States enter World War II? | back 229 A: December 7, 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
front 230 Q: What were the Axis Powers? | back 230 A: Germany, Italy, and Japan. |
front 231 Q: What were the Allied Powers? | back 231 A: U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, and China. |
front 232 Q: What was the Lend-Lease Act (1941)? | back 232 A: A law allowing the U.S. to send war materials to Allied nations before entering the war. |
front 233 Q: What was the purpose of the Office of War Mobilization? | back 233 A: To coordinate production and resources for the war effort. |
front 234 Q: What was the role of women in the U.S. during WWII? | back 234 A: Women took industrial jobs (e.g., “Rosie the Riveter”) and served in non-combat military roles. |
front 235 Q: What was Executive Order 9066? | back 235 A: An order by FDR that led to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. |
front 236 Q: What major battle in 1944 marked the turning point in Western Europe? | back 236 A: D-Day (the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944) |
front 237 Q: What battle was the turning point in the Pacific theater? | back 237 A: The Battle of Midway (June 1942) |
front 238 Q: What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific against Japan? | back 238 A: Island hopping — capturing key islands to move closer to Japan. |
front 239 Q: What was the Manhattan Project? | back 239 A: The secret U.S. project to develop atomic bombs. |
front 240 Q: What cities were targeted by the atomic bombs? | back 240 A: Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) |
front 241 Q: What was the result of the atomic bombings of Japan? | back 241 A: Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 (V-J Day), officially ending WWII. |
front 242 Q: What conference in 1945 planned the postwar world and the United Nations? | back 242 A: The Yalta Conference |
front 243 Q: What was the G.I. Bill (1944)? | back 243 A: A law providing veterans with education, housing, and loan benefits after the war. |
front 244 Q: What were war bonds used for? | back 244 A: To help finance the war effort. |
front 245 Q: What was rationing during WWII? | back 245 A: Government-controlled limits on the consumption of goods to support the war. |
front 246 Q: What was the Holocaust? | back 246 A: The genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi German |
front 247 Q: What international organization was created after WWII to promote peace? | back 247 A: The United Nations (UN), founded in 1945 |