Possible Essay Topics
Quiz by Jessica Suits
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
36 questions
Show answers
- Q1DuBois and Washington agreed that...African Americans needed a practical education to get a job in farming or industryPushing too much for rights could backfire and should be avoidedRacial violence (lynching) needed to be stoppedThe right to vote should be the top priority for African Americans30s
- Q2Unlike DuBois, Washington wanted to...Send the most talented African Americans to elite colleges like HarvardPush for better living conditions (like jobs) first, and worry about rights laterFocus on the right to vote and ending segregation30s
- Q3Which early African American civil rights leader was born into slavery in the South and graduated from a technical school?WashingtonBothDuBois30s
- Q4Which early African American civil rights leader was born free in the North and educated at Fisk and Harvard?BothWashingtonDuBois30s
- Q5Muckrakers and progressives were people who wanted to...Increase profits for big businessesSolve social problems and improve life for all peopleControl the government and businesses simultaneouslyStop immigration to the United States and focus on citizens30s
- Q6Upton Sinclair was a muckraker who focused onThe problems of immigrationMonopolies and big businessUrban povertyThe abuses of the meatpacking industry30s
- Q7Theodore Roosevelt was a progressive President who focused on all of the following EXCEPT:Conserving the environmentEnding trusts and monopoliesImproving food safetyMaking businesses stronger and more powerful30s
- Q8Which style of diplomacy used the military to intimidate other countries and successfully led to the building of the Panama Canal?Roosevelt's Big StickWilson's MoralTaft's Dollar30s
- Q9Which style of diplomacy focused on investing US money in other countries through trade, expecting those countries to be more willing to work with the US - but it failed in China.Taft's DollarRoosevelt's Big StickWilson's Moral30s
- Q10Which style of diplomacy focused on limiting US aid and intervention to the countries that were similar to the US in their beliefs and ideals - like democracy, freedom, or capitalism?Roosevelt's Big StickTaft's DollarWilson's Moral30s
- Q11Which of the following best summarizes the US stance at the beginning of World War I?The US immediately joins the war on Great Britain's sideThe US immediately joins the war on Germany's sideThe US was committed to staying neutral - out of the war.30s
- Q12What events begin to make the US consider joining World War I?Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, because they were sinking passenger shipsGreat Britain's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, because they were sinking passenger shipsThe assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an important German Prince30s
- Q13The Zimmerman Note, a telegraph written by Germany, is intercepted and causes the US to declare war on Germany. What does it say?Germany is going to start sinking submarines again, and they are proposing an alliance with MexicoGermany is going to bomb the US naval base at Pearl HarborGermany is going to invade Mexico and then invade the USGermany is running out of money and can't keep fighting the war30s
- Q14What is mass production?When very high quality products are made by handWhen a lot of products can be produced quickly, usually on an assembly lineWhen very large products can be produced30s
- Q15What company was the first to use the assembly line?MercedesFordBMWHonda30s