1. Pass the ball: social studies review 2019

2. Round 1: Reconstruction

3. Which BEST describes the way the 14th Amendment affected the States?
Question 1:
Which BEST describes the way the 14th Amendment affected the States?
States had to give all citizens, regardless of their race or religion, equal protection under the law.
States could no longer make any laws that were not approved by the federal government.
States could no longer institute poll taxes or tests for citizens before they voted.

4. Which BEST describes the way the 14th Amendment affected the States?
Question 1:
Which BEST describes the way the 14th Amendment affected the States?
States had to give all citizens, regardless of their race or religion, equal protection under the law.
States could no longer make any laws that were not approved by the federal government.
States could no longer institute poll taxes or tests for citizens before they voted.

5. Question 2:
Which BEST describes the overall goals of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
The goals of Reconstruction were mostly related to expanding US territory westward.
Reconstruction was designed to rebuild southern states after the Civil War through physical, social, economic, and political change.
Reconstruction was aimed at creating new ways to organize the US government through Constitutional amendments.

6. Question 2:
Which BEST describes the overall goals of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
The goals of Reconstruction were mostly related to expanding US territory westward.
Reconstruction was designed to rebuild southern states after the Civil War through physical, social, economic, and political change.
Reconstruction was aimed at creating new ways to organize the US government through Constitutional amendments.

7. Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US?
Question 3:
Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

8. Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US?
Question 3:
Which Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

9. Question 4:
What main goal did subversive groups like the KKK, the Red Shirts, and the White League share during Reconstruction?
Restoring white supremacy and restricting the rights of ex-slaves
Following the policies of the Radical Republicans
Helping freedmen move north to find work in factories

10. Question 4:
What main goal did subversive groups like the KKK, the Red Shirts, and the White League share during Reconstruction?
Restoring white supremacy and restricting the rights of ex-slaves
Following the policies of the Radical Republicans
Helping freedmen move north to find work in factories

11. Question 5:
What was the name of the agency that was created in 1865 to set up schools, supply food, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Congress of Racial Equality
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

12. Question 5:
What was the name of the agency that was created in 1865 to set up schools, supply food, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Congress of Racial Equality
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

13. Question 6:
What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the Civil War?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Unionist

14. Question 6:
What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the Civil War?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Unionist

15. Question 7:
Which is the correct definition of the post-Civil War term ‘carpetbagger’?
A person from the South who opposed expansion west of the Mississippi River.
A person from the North who would move to the South in order to make money following the Civil War.
A person from the North who would oppose the Federal policies of Reconstruction in the South following the Civil War.

16. Question 7:
Which is the correct definition of the post-Civil War term ‘carpetbagger’?
A person from the South who opposed expansion west of the Mississippi River.
A person from the North who would move to the South in order to make money following the Civil War.
A person from the North who would oppose the Federal policies of Reconstruction in the South following the Civil War.

17. Question 8:
Which Reconstruction plan called for harsh punishments for the former rebellious states and emphasized civil and voting rights for freedmen following the Civil War?
The Radical Republican Plan
Lincoln’s Plan
Johnson’s Plan

18. Question 8:
Which Reconstruction plan called for harsh punishments for the former rebellious states and emphasized civil and voting rights for freedmen following the Civil War?
The Radical Republican Plan
Lincoln’s Plan
Johnson’s Plan

19. Question 9:
After the Civil War, what lifestyle did many poor whites and freed slaved adopt?
They became cowboys out west
They enrolled in colleges and universities
They started sharecropping and tenant farming

20. Question 9:
After the Civil War, what lifestyle did many poor whites and freed slaved adopt?
They became cowboys out west
They enrolled in colleges and universities
They started sharecropping and tenant farming

21. Question 10:
Which system developed on many Southern farms after the Civil War ended that many historians believed simply replaced slavery?
Carpet bagging
Sharecropping
Immigrant farming

22. Question 10:
Which system developed on many Southern farms after the Civil War ended that many historians believed simply replaced slavery?
Carpet bagging
Sharecropping
Immigrant farming

23. Round 2: Westward Expansion

24. Question 1:
What is the name for a people with a common culture and background, such as country of origin, a shared religion, or the same language?
Outlook
Ethic group
Racial group

25. Question 1:
What is the name for a people with a common culture and background, such as country of origin, a shared religion, or the same language?
Outlook
Ethic group
Racial group

26. Question 2:
Which of these played the Biggest role in the Industrial movement in the United States after the Civil War?
Airplanes
Automobiles
Railroad

27. Question 2:
Which of these played the Biggest role in the Industrial movement in the United States after the Civil War?
Airplanes
Automobiles
Railroad

28. Question 3:
Known as the “sod buster”, which innovation greatly improved farming capabilities in the 19th century?
Steel plow
Steam shovel
Barbed wire fences

29. Question 3:
Known as the “sod buster”, which innovation greatly improved farming capabilities in the 19th century?
Steel plow
Steam shovel
Barbed wire fences

30. Question 4:
In this painting by artist John Gast, the woman in white is meant to represent the United States. Which of these ideas was Gast trying to express?
The US should end slavery.
The US should move westward.
The US should free itself from Britain.

31. Question 4:
In this painting by artist John Gast, the woman in white is meant to represent the United States. Which of these ideas was Gast trying to express?
The US should end slavery.
The US should move westward.
The US should free itself from Britain.

32. Question 5:
Which transportation breakthrough had the GREATEST impact on the economic development of the American frontier in the late-1860s?
The Erie Canal
The interstate highway system
The Transcontinental Railroad

33. Question 5:
Which transportation breakthrough had the GREATEST impact on the economic development of the American frontier in the late-1860s?
The Erie Canal
The interstate highway system
The Transcontinental Railroad

34. Question 6:
Which event had the BIGGEST impact on the lives of Native Americans in the mid-1800s?
The California Gold Rush
The Spanish American War
The invention of the steamboat

35. Question 6:
Which event had the BIGGEST impact on the lives of Native Americans in the mid-1800s?
The California Gold Rush
The Spanish American War
The invention of the steamboat

36. Question 7:
Due to construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, immigration to the western US during the 19th century MAINLY involved workers from:
Austria
China
India

37. Question 7:
Due to construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, immigration to the western US during the 19th century MAINLY involved workers from:
Austria
China
India

38. Question 8:
Round-ups
Bronco-busting
Cattle Drives
Lassoing
Branding
Spurring
This list of research topics would be MOST useful to a student writing a report titled?
“Work Skills and Daily Life of the American Cowboy”
“Clothing and Style of the American Cowboy”
“Ethnic Background of the American Cowboy”

39. Question 8:
Round-ups
Bronco-busting
Cattle Drives
Lassoing
Branding
Spurring
This list of research topics would be MOST useful to a student writing a report titled?
“Work Skills and Daily Life of the American Cowboy”
“Clothing and Style of the American Cowboy”
“Ethnic Background of the American Cowboy”

40. What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Question 9:
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
To provide people with economic reasons to move to Florida
To encourage people to settle in the US territories west of the Mississippi River
To find former Confederate officers a place to live in return for the loyalty to the South.

41. What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Question 9:
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
To provide people with economic reasons to move to Florida
To encourage people to settle in the US territories west of the Mississippi River
To find former Confederate officers a place to live in return for the loyalty to the South.

42. Question 10:
Asian immigrants were often paid less than white workers and suffered from discrimination at the work sites because of their unique culture.
Mexicans who were living in land surrendered by treaty to the US faced discrimination after the Mexican-American War.
Ranchers and cowboys competed with rustlers and often came in conflict with the townspeople they met during cattle drives.
What conclusion can be drawn from these statements about America’s westward expansion?
America’s westward expansion was a peaceful and smooth process.
As the American nation expanded westward, many groups faced challenges and had to deal with conflict.
America’s westward expansion would not have been possible without the supervision of the federal government.

43. Question 10:
Asian immigrants were often paid less than white workers and suffered from discrimination at the work sites because of their unique culture.
Mexicans who were living in land surrendered by treaty to the US faced discrimination after the Mexican-American War.
Ranchers and cowboys competed with rustlers and often came in conflict with the townspeople they met during cattle drives.
What conclusion can be drawn from these statements about America’s westward expansion?
America’s westward expansion was a peaceful and smooth process.
As the American nation expanded westward, many groups faced challenges and had to deal with conflict.
America’s westward expansion would not have been possible without the supervision of the federal government.

44. Round 3: Industrial revolution

45. Question 1:
A system where people are able to start their own business and own their own company, is called:
Revolution
Free Enterprise
Big Businesses

46. Question 1:
A system where people are able to start their own business and own their own company, is called:
Revolution
Free Enterprise
Big Businesses

47. Question 2:
A factory or workshop where people worked at very low wages for very long hours in poor conditions, is called:
Sweatshop
Corporations
Labor Unions

48. Question 2:
A factory or workshop where people worked at very low wages for very long hours in poor conditions, is called:
Sweatshop
Corporations
Labor Unions

49. A major change that goes against the norm (what is normal), is called:
Question 3:
A major change that goes against the norm (what is normal), is called:
Revolution
Industrialization
Investments

50. A major change that goes against the norm (what is normal), is called:
Question 3:
A major change that goes against the norm (what is normal), is called:
Revolution
Industrialization
Investments

51. What was on reason immigrants faced resistance in America?
Question 4:
What was on reason immigrants faced resistance in America?
Immigrants voted for political bosses who were manipulating votes and causing the city government to be dishonest.
Immigrants were contributing to a rise in violence.
Immigrants were crowding the cities.

52. What was on reason immigrants faced resistance in America?
Question 4:
What was on reason immigrants faced resistance in America?
Immigrants voted for political bosses who were manipulating votes and causing the city government to be dishonest.
Immigrants were contributing to a rise in violence.
Immigrants were crowding the cities.

53. Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?
Question 5:
Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller

54. Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?
Question 5:
Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller

55. What raw materials were shipped from the West?
Question 6:
What raw materials were shipped from the West?
Cattle and hogs, meat, and cereal
Iron ore, grains, and cattle and hogs
Steel, cattle and hogs, and cereal

56. What raw materials were shipped from the West?
Question 6:
What raw materials were shipped from the West?
Cattle and hogs, meat, and cereal
Iron ore, grains, and cattle and hogs
Steel, cattle and hogs, and cereal

57. Question 7:
Which of the following is NOT a reason immigrants were pushed to the US?
Famine
Job opportunities
Religious persecution

58. Question 7:
Which of the following is NOT a reason immigrants were pushed to the US?
Famine
Job opportunities
Religious persecution

59. Question 8:
Meat packers developed lines where hogs and cattle were killed and cut into steaks, chops, etc. This sentence describes the _______________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

60. Question 8:
Meat packers developed lines where hogs and cattle were killed and cut into steaks, chops, etc. This sentence describes the _______________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

61. Question 9:
Materials moved down a belt to each worker. Each worker had a different job. It was used to change grains to cereal and mechanical parts into a car. These sentences describe the __________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

62. Question 9:
Materials moved down a belt to each worker. Each worker had a different job. It was used to change grains to cereal and mechanical parts into a car. These sentences describe the __________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

63. Question 10:
The first inexpensive way to produce steel from iron ore. This sentence describe the __________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

64. Question 10:
The first inexpensive way to produce steel from iron ore. This sentence describe the __________.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Dis-Assembly Line

65. Round 4: Becoming a world power and WWI

66. What was a muckraker? Question 1:
A progressive writer, who uncovered shameful conditions in businesses and other areas of American life.
A reformer who wanted to help lead America into a better life.
An illegal saloon that profited by selling illegal alcohol.

67. What was a muckraker? Question 1:
A progressive writer, who uncovered shameful conditions in businesses and other areas of American life.
A reformer who wanted to help lead America into a better life.
An illegal saloon that profited by selling illegal alcohol.

68. The 18th Amendment… Question 2: Placed a higher tax on alcohol.
Banned the making, buying, and selling of alcohol.
Repealed the Prohibition policy from a previous amendment.

69. The 18th Amendment… Question 2: Placed a higher tax on alcohol.
Banned the making, buying, and selling of alcohol.
Repealed the Prohibition policy from a previous amendment.

70. The 21st Amendment… Question 3:
Made it illegal to hire under-aged children to work in factories.
Banned the making, buying, and selling of alcohol.
Repealed the Prohibition policy from a previous amendment.

71. The 21st Amendment… Question 3:
Made it illegal to hire under-aged children to work in factories.
Banned the making, buying, and selling of alcohol.
Repealed the Prohibition policy from a previous amendment.

72. What was yellow journalism?
Question 4:
What was yellow journalism?
A peace agreement that brought WWI to an end.
The spreading of articles and information that relied 100% on accuracy to ensure all readers have truthful content.
The spreading of articles and information that relied on embellishments, melodrama, and dramatization to sell more newspapers.

73. What was yellow journalism?
Question 4:
What was yellow journalism?
A peace agreement that brought WWI to an end.
The spreading of articles and information that relied 100% on accuracy to ensure all readers have truthful content.
The spreading of articles and information that relied on embellishments, melodrama, and dramatization to sell more newspapers.

74. Question 5:
How did yellow journalism make Americans feel about the Spanish-American War?
It made many Americans indifferent (not caring) to the effort.
It made many Americans angry at Cuba and ready to fight against them.
It made many Americans angry at Spain and ready to fight against them.

75. Question 5:
How did yellow journalism make Americans feel about the Spanish-American War?
It made many Americans indifferent (not caring) to the effort.
It made many Americans angry at Cuba and ready to fight against them.
It made many Americans angry at Spain and ready to fight against them.

76. Question 6:
An outcome of the Spanish-American War, was that the United States gained control of what territories?
Puerto Rico and Guam
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii

77. Question 6:
An outcome of the Spanish-American War, was that the United States gained control of what territories?
Puerto Rico and Guam
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii

78. What was one problem faced when building the Panama Canal?
Question 7:
What was one problem faced when building the Panama Canal?
Landslides and yellow fever
A Civil War broke out in Panama
Congress did not give approval for the Canal

79. What was one problem faced when building the Panama Canal?
Question 7:
What was one problem faced when building the Panama Canal?
Landslides and yellow fever
A Civil War broke out in Panama
Congress did not give approval for the Canal

80. What does Isolationism mean?
Question 8:
What does Isolationism mean?
Protecting something from being destroyed.
A peace agreement that brought WWI to an end.
Preferring to remain neutral and let others handle their own affairs.

81. What does Isolationism mean?
Question 8:
What does Isolationism mean?
Protecting something from being destroyed.
A peace agreement that brought WWI to an end.
Preferring to remain neutral and let others handle their own affairs.

82. Unrestricted submarine warfare was used by which country:
Question 9:
Unrestricted submarine warfare was used by which country:
Russia
Germany
United States

83. Unrestricted submarine warfare was used by which country:
Question 9:
Unrestricted submarine warfare was used by which country:
Russia
Germany
United States

84. Question 10:
What is the name of the peace organization that was created at the end of WWI?
United Nations
League of Nations
Coalition of Nations

85. Question 10:
What is the name of the peace organization that was created at the end of WWI?
United Nations
League of Nations
Coalition of Nations

86. Round 5: Prosperity and Depression

87. What were the 1920s often called?
Question 1:
What were the 1920s often called?
Depressing 20s
Roaring 20s
Happy 20s

88. What were the 1920s often called?
Question 1:
What were the 1920s often called?
Depressing 20s
Roaring 20s
Happy 20s

89. Who did the 1920s, not ‘ROAR’ for?
Question 2:
Who did the 1920s, not ‘ROAR’ for?
Immigrants
Sharecroppers and farmers
Sharecroppers, farmers, and factory workers

90. Who did the 1920s, not ‘ROAR’ for?
Question 2:
Who did the 1920s, not ‘ROAR’ for?
Immigrants
Sharecroppers and farmers
Sharecroppers, farmers, and factory workers

91. What was the Great Migration?
Question 3:
What was the Great Migration?
A time in history where African-Americans moved to different countries.
A time in history where African-Americans moved out of the Southern United States and into the Midwest and Northeast.
A time in history where African-Americans moved out of the Midwest into the South.

92. What was the Great Migration?
Question 3:
What was the Great Migration?
A time in history where African-Americans moved to different countries.
A time in history where African-Americans moved out of the Southern United States and into the Midwest and Northeast.
A time in history where African-Americans moved out of the Midwest into the South.

93. What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Question 4:
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A city in New York
A period of time in the 1700s
A period of time when African Americans writers, artists, and musicians shared their talents

94. What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Question 4:
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A city in New York
A period of time in the 1700s
A period of time when African Americans writers, artists, and musicians shared their talents

95. Why were factory and farm prices so low in the 1920s?
Question 5:
Why were factory and farm prices so low in the 1920s?
Farms and factories were making too many products
Farms and factories were not making enough products
Farms and factories were making lower quality products

96. Why were factory and farm prices so low in the 1920s?
Question 5:
Why were factory and farm prices so low in the 1920s?
Farms and factories were making too many products
Farms and factories were not making enough products
Farms and factories were making lower quality products

97. What were the 1930s often called?
Question 6:
What were the 1930s often called?
Roaring 30s
Happy 30s
Depressing 30s

98. What were the 1930s often called?
Question 6:
What were the 1930s often called?
Roaring 30s
Happy 30s
Depressing 30s

99. Question 7:
All of the following are attributes that contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, EXCEPT:
Industries laid of workers.
People couldn’t buy products from factories because wages were low.
There was a government shut-down that prevented people from getting their pay checks.

100. Question 7:
All of the following are attributes that contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, EXCEPT:
Industries laid of workers.
People couldn’t buy products from factories because wages were low.
There was a government shut-down that prevented people from getting their pay checks.

101. What is a Hooverville? Question 8:
The place where the Stock Market crashed.
The new name of the White House while Hoover was president.
Shantytowns where unemployed people made make-shift houses because they lost their homes.

102. What is a Hooverville? Question 8:
The place where the Stock Market crashed.
The new name of the White House while Hoover was president.
Shantytowns where unemployed people made make-shift houses because they lost their homes.

103. What were the three goals of the New Deal?
Question 9:
What were the three goals of the New Deal?
Refinance, restrictions, rebuild
Redo, remake, remodel
Relief, recovery, reform

104. What were the three goals of the New Deal?
Question 9:
What were the three goals of the New Deal?
Refinance, restrictions, rebuild
Redo, remake, remodel
Relief, recovery, reform

105. Question 10:
Out of the FDIC, CCC, and Social Security, which are still in use today?
FDIC only
CCC only
FDIC and CCC

106. Question 10:
Out of the FDIC, CCC, and Social Security, which are still in use today?
FDIC only
CCC only
FDIC and CCC

107. Round 6: World War II

108. Before WWII, the US was in the middle of the:
Question 1:
Before WWII, the US was in the middle of the:
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement

109. Before WWII, the US was in the middle of the:
Question 1:
Before WWII, the US was in the middle of the:
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement

110. Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement, this meant they:
Question 2:
Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement, this meant they:
Declared war on Germany.
Gave into Hitler’s demands.
Pressured the US to enter the war.

111. Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement, this meant they:
Question 2:
Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement, this meant they:
Declared war on Germany.
Gave into Hitler’s demands.
Pressured the US to enter the war.

112. Question 3:
Germany invaded which country in 1939, causing Great Britain and France to quickly declare war on Germany?
Poland
Great Britain
France

113. Question 3:
Germany invaded which country in 1939, causing Great Britain and France to quickly declare war on Germany?
Poland
Great Britain
France

114. Question 4:
Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?
Germany, Japan and Italy
Germany, Italy, and Austria
Germany, Italy, and the USSR

115. Question 4:
Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?
Germany, Japan and Italy
Germany, Italy, and Austria
Germany, Italy, and the USSR

116. Which nations came to be known as the Allied Powers?
Question 5:
Which nations came to be known as the Allied Powers?
France, Italy, USSR, USA
Germany, Italy, USA, France
Great Britain, France, USSR, USA

117. Which nations came to be known as the Allied Powers?
Question 5:
Which nations came to be known as the Allied Powers?
France, Italy, USSR, USA
Germany, Italy, USA, France
Great Britain, France, USSR, USA

118. The US entered WWII as a direct result of:
Question 6:
The US entered WWII as a direct result of:
The invasion and division of France.
The attack on a US naval base in Hawaii.
Attacks on US ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

119. The US entered WWII as a direct result of:
Question 6:
The US entered WWII as a direct result of:
The invasion and division of France.
The attack on a US naval base in Hawaii.
Attacks on US ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

120. This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called:
Question 7:
This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called:
Manhattan Project
War Production Board
Office of Scientific Research and Development

121. This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called:
Question 7:
This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called:
Manhattan Project
War Production Board
Office of Scientific Research and Development

122. Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Question 8:
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Aachen and Majdenek
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

123. Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Question 8:
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Aachen and Majdenek
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

124. The US, France, and Great Britain gained control of what after WWII?
Question 9:
The US, France, and Great Britain gained control of what after WWII?
West Germany
East Germany
Japan’s ports

125. The US, France, and Great Britain gained control of what after WWII?
Question 9:
The US, France, and Great Britain gained control of what after WWII?
West Germany
East Germany
Japan’s ports

126. The USSR gained control of what after WWII?
Question 10:
The USSR gained control of what after WWII?
West Germany
East Germany
Japan’s ports

127. The USSR gained control of what after WWII?
Question 10:
The USSR gained control of what after WWII?
West Germany
East Germany
Japan’s ports

128. Round 7: Cold War

129. Question 1:
Which of the following is an accurate statement about Berlin, Germany AFTER WWII?
Berlin was divided into two zones-communist and democratic by Allied Powers
The control of Berlin was split into four zones among four Allied nations
Berlin was solely communist since it was in the Soviet zone.

130. Question 1:
Which of the following is an accurate statement about Berlin, Germany AFTER WWII?
Berlin was divided into two zones-communist and democratic by Allied Powers
The control of Berlin was split into four zones among four Allied nations
Berlin was solely communist since it was in the Soviet zone.

131. Question 2:
Which of the following BEST completes the following analogy: U.S.: Capitalism :: Soviet Union : ______
Fascism
Republic
Communism

132. Question 2:
Which of the following BEST completes the following analogy: U.S.: Capitalism :: Soviet Union : ______
Fascism
Republic
Communism

133. Question 3:
Which of the following describes why the war between the United States and the Soviet Union was called a “Cold War”?
The entire war was fought during the winter months of 1950.
The war too place in the Siberia tundra where is below zero degrees year-round.
There was no direct attack of one country by another, only intimidation and competition

134. Question 3:
Which of the following describes why the war between the United States and the Soviet Union was called a “Cold War”?
The entire war was fought during the winter months of 1950.
The war too place in the Siberia tundra where is below zero degrees year-round.
There was no direct attack of one country by another, only intimidation and competition

135. A ‘Containment Policy’ is…
Question 4:
A ‘Containment Policy’ is…
When the US was trying to contain or prevent the spread of Ebola.
When the US was trying to contain or prevent the spread of communism.
When the US passed new laws allowing for the containment of terrorists in Cuba.

136. A ‘Containment Policy’ is…
Question 4:
A ‘Containment Policy’ is…
When the US was trying to contain or prevent the spread of Ebola.
When the US was trying to contain or prevent the spread of communism.
When the US passed new laws allowing for the containment of terrorists in Cuba.

137. Question 5:
Which of the following is NOT true about the Red Scare during the Cold War?
Americans were scared that communism would spread to their nation.
Senator McCarthy accused many prominent Americans of being Communists.
Americans were supportive of communism and welcomed communists to the United States.

138. Question 5:
Which of the following is NOT true about the Red Scare during the Cold War?
Americans were scared that communism would spread to their nation.
Senator McCarthy accused many prominent Americans of being Communists.
Americans were supportive of communism and welcomed communists to the United States.

139. What was the cause of the Korean Conflict?
Question 6:
What was the cause of the Korean Conflict?
North Korea invaded South Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under communist rule.
South Korea invaded North Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under communist rule.
North Korea invaded South Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under democratic rule.

140. What was the cause of the Korean Conflict?
Question 6:
What was the cause of the Korean Conflict?
North Korea invaded South Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under communist rule.
South Korea invaded North Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under communist rule.
North Korea invaded South Korea with the goal of uniting the two countries under democratic rule.

141. What did the tearing down of the Berlin Wall signify?
Question 7:
What did the tearing down of the Berlin Wall signify?
The end of communist control in the world.
The end of democratic control in the world.
The end of communist control in Eastern Europe.

142. What did the tearing down of the Berlin Wall signify?
Question 7:
What did the tearing down of the Berlin Wall signify?
The end of communist control in the world.
The end of democratic control in the world.
The end of communist control in Eastern Europe.

143. Which of the following is the best reason NATO was formed?
Question 8:
Which of the following is the best reason NATO was formed?
The Soviet Union had attacked the United States.
The Soviet Union had begun attacking Western European nations.
Western European countries and the United States were worried about potential communist attacks.

144. Which of the following is the best reason NATO was formed?
Question 8:
Which of the following is the best reason NATO was formed?
The Soviet Union had attacked the United States.
The Soviet Union had begun attacking Western European nations.
Western European countries and the United States were worried about potential communist attacks.

145. What was the purpose of the United Nations (UN)?
Question 9:
What was the purpose of the United Nations (UN)?
Military alliance agreeing to defend other members if attacked.
Avoid future wars by using a discussion meeting to find peaceful solutions
Organization that regulates and determines rate of petroleum production and price of products

146. What was the purpose of the United Nations (UN)?
Question 9:
What was the purpose of the United Nations (UN)?
Military alliance agreeing to defend other members if attacked.
Avoid future wars by using a discussion meeting to find peaceful solutions
Organization that regulates and determines rate of petroleum production and price of products

147. Question 10:
What was the purpose of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
Military alliance agreeing to defend other members if attacked.
Avoid future wars by using a discussion meeting to find peaceful solutions
Organization that regulates and determines rate of petroleum production and price of products

148. Question 10:
What was the purpose of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
Military alliance agreeing to defend other members if attacked.
Avoid future wars by using a discussion meeting to find peaceful solutions
Organization that regulates and determines rate of petroleum production and price of products

149. Round 8: Civil Rights Movement

150. What are civil rights? Question 1:
Rights only guaranteed for men born in a country.
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.
Rights guaranteed to African Americans because they fought for them.

151. What are civil rights? Question 1:
Rights only guaranteed for men born in a country.
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.
Rights guaranteed to African Americans because they fought for them.

152. What was the ruling from the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?
Question 2:
What was the ruling from the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?
“separate is never equal”
“separate but equal” was constitutional
“separate but equal” was not constitutional

153. What was the ruling from the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?
Question 2:
What was the ruling from the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?
“separate is never equal”
“separate but equal” was constitutional
“separate but equal” was not constitutional

154. What does segregation mean?
Question 3:
What does segregation mean?
Preferring one group or thing over another
The act of separating someone(s) or something
Giving unfair preference to one person or group at the expense of another

155. What does segregation mean?
Question 3:
What does segregation mean?
Preferring one group or thing over another
The act of separating someone(s) or something
Giving unfair preference to one person or group at the expense of another

156. What does discrimination mean?
Question 4:
What does discrimination mean?
Preferring one group or thing over another
The act of separating someone(s) or something
Giving unfair preference to one person or group at the expense of another

157. What does discrimination mean?
Question 4:
What does discrimination mean?
Preferring one group or thing over another
The act of separating someone(s) or something
Giving unfair preference to one person or group at the expense of another

158. What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Question 5:
What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Supreme Court declared public bus segregation was legal.
Supreme Court declared public bus segregation was illegal.
Supreme Court declared boycotts illegal under the Constitution.

159. What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Question 5:
What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Supreme Court declared public bus segregation was legal.
Supreme Court declared public bus segregation was illegal.
Supreme Court declared boycotts illegal under the Constitution.

160. Question 6:
All of the following are true about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, EXCEPT:
It made employment discrimination illegal.
It provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities.
It placed a nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on literacy tests.

161. Question 6:
All of the following are true about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, EXCEPT:
It made employment discrimination illegal.
It provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities.
It placed a nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on literacy tests.

162. Question 7:
All of the following are true about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, EXCEPT:
It made employment discrimination illegal.
It placed a nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on literacy tests.
It required special enforcement policies that focused on areas of the greatest discrimination.

163. Question 7:
All of the following are true about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, EXCEPT:
It made employment discrimination illegal.
It placed a nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on literacy tests.
It required special enforcement policies that focused on areas of the greatest discrimination.

164. Question 8:
A leader of the Civil Rights Movement; also a great speaker, organized many nonviolent protests, such as marches.
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X

165. Question 8:
A leader of the Civil Rights Movement; also a great speaker, organized many nonviolent protests, such as marches.
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X

166. A court that declared school segregation illegal.
Question 9:
A court that declared school segregation illegal.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Jim Crow vs. State

167. A court that declared school segregation illegal.
Question 9:
A court that declared school segregation illegal.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Jim Crow vs. State

168. The murder of an important person.
Question 10:
The murder of an important person.
Terrorism
Conservation
Assassination

169. The murder of an important person.
Question 10:
The murder of an important person.
Terrorism
Conservation
Assassination

170. Round 9: Heading into the 21st century

171. Question 1:
_______________________ is the use of knowledge to invent useful things or solve problems.
Television
Technology
Globalization

172. Question 1:
_______________________ is the use of knowledge to invent useful things or solve problems.
Television
Technology
Globalization

173. Question 2:
A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, is called: _______________.
Technology
Global trade
Globalization

174. Question 2:
A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, is called: _______________.
Technology
Global trade
Globalization

175. Question 3:
The Scots-Irish musical traditions of folk tales, and stories through song, heavily influenced, what kind of musical genre?
Jazz
Blues
Country

176. Question 3:
The Scots-Irish musical traditions of folk tales, and stories through song, heavily influenced, what kind of musical genre?
Jazz
Blues
Country

177. Which of the following has America contributed to the world of food?
Question 4:
Which of the following has America contributed to the world of food?
Fast food restaurants
French fries
Apple pie

178. Which of the following has America contributed to the world of food?
Question 4:
Which of the following has America contributed to the world of food?
Fast food restaurants
French fries
Apple pie

179. Question 5:
The most important example of influence of American culture on the rest of the world is:
Sneakers
Blue jeans
Apple Pie

180. Question 5:
The most important example of influence of American culture on the rest of the world is:
Sneakers
Blue jeans
Apple Pie

181. The Middle East is known to have an abundance (lots) of:
Question 6:
The Middle East is known to have an abundance (lots) of:
Oil
Coal
Peace

182. The Middle East is known to have an abundance (lots) of:
Question 6:
The Middle East is known to have an abundance (lots) of:
Oil
Coal
Peace

183. Question 7:
To obtain this Jewish ancestral land, the UN had to take away land from what country?
Israel
Egypt
Palestine

184. Question 7:
To obtain this Jewish ancestral land, the UN had to take away land from what country?
Israel
Egypt
Palestine

185. Question 8:
Following WWII, the UN decided to give Jewish people back some of their ancestral lands, this land became known as:
Israel
Egypt
Palestine

186. Question 8:
Following WWII, the UN decided to give Jewish people back some of their ancestral lands, this land became known as:
Israel
Egypt
Palestine

187. Question 9:
What terrorist organization took credit for the September 11th, terrorist attacks?
ISIS
Taliban
Al Qaeda

188. Question 9:
What terrorist organization took credit for the September 11th, terrorist attacks?
ISIS
Taliban
Al Qaeda

189. Question 10:
After 9/11, the United States created a new cabinet department to protect America from future acts of terrorism. What was this department named?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Homeland Security
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

190. Question 10:
After 9/11, the United States created a new cabinet department to protect America from future acts of terrorism. What was this department named?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Homeland Security
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)