Question 1

Which Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

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5th Amendment

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21st Amendment

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18th Amendment

Question 2

What is a monopoly?

Accepted Answer

A company that controls their industry, like Standard Oil Company

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A company that is struggling, like  Samsung

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A company that is one of the best, like McDonalds

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A fun board game,

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a rural area?

Accepted Answer

Large population

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Small population

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Farming

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Spread out population

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an urban area?

Accepted Answer

Spread out population

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Factories and industry

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Pollution

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Large population

Question 5

What is Boss Tweed known for?

Accepted Answer

Corrupt politician in New York City during the Gilded Age

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Owner of Standard Oil monopooly

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Organized crime leader during Prohibition

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President who brought an end to World War II

Question 6

What was the goal of muckrakers like Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair?

Accepted Answer

Bring attention to big social problems

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Teach people to read and appreciate art

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Gain control of the government

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Make a lot of money

Question 7

What was the effect of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle"?

Accepted Answer

The government investigated meatpacking plants a passed new laws

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Workers formed more labor unions

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Monopolies were busted by new laws

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An increase of nativism

Question 8

Disenfranchisement is best described as

Accepted Answer

The loss of the right to vote

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A form of racial violence

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Receiving better treatment than others.

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Segregated facilities like bathrooms

Question 9

Jim Crow Laws...

Accepted Answer

Segregated facilities like bathrooms, schools, and buses

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Improved schools for African Americans

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Prevented people from moving out of the south

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Outlawed segregation in schools and the military

Question 10

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois both cared about...

Accepted Answer

Ending racial violence against African Americans

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Increasing the number of African American lawyers and doctors

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Ending the practice of segregation

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Making peace between African Americans and whites

Question 11

Unlike Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois believed

Accepted Answer

African Americans should demand the right to vote.

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African Americans should accept segregation in some parts of life and focus on the biggest problems.

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African Americans should focus on employment, not fancy educations

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African Americans must work their way up

Question 12

Why would people join a labor union?

Accepted Answer

To negotiate  for better treatment and higher pay

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To make the streets safer

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To stop immigration into the US

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To increase farm profits

Question 13

Which President is know for his "Square Deal" including conservation and trust busting?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

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William H. Taft

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Woodrow Wilson

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Franklin D. Roosevlet

Question 14

What is imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Trying to get more territory (colonies) and expand your country.

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Trading with other countries

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Building a strong military to prevent more wars

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Staying to yourself and not getting involved with other countries

Question 15

Did the United States join World War I at the beginning?

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No, we wanted to stay neutral

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Yes, we started it

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No, we did not know about it

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Yes, we were attacked

Question 16

Why did the US eventually join World War I?

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We learned Germany was trying to make an alliance with Mexico

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Germany attacked our submarines

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Britain attacked our submarines

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Germany bombed the United States

Question 17

Trench Warfare was popular during

Accepted Answer

World War I

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Great Depression

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World War II

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Spanish American War

Question 18

Did the United States join the League of Nations after World War I?

Accepted Answer

No, we were afraid we would have to fight in more wars

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Yes, we wanted to prevent more wars

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No, we were not invited

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Yes, it was our idea

Question 19

Which of the following is not a form of mass media popular int he 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Television

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Radio

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Silent Films and Talkies

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Magazines

Question 20

What was the effect of the assembly line?

Accepted Answer

Products became cheaper and there were more available

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It didn't really change anything

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People lost their jobs and were replaced by machines

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Products became more expensive to pay for technology

Question 21

The first moving assembly lines were adopted to make the...

Accepted Answer

Ford Model T

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Mercedes Benz

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Hoover Vacuum

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Whirlpool Refrigerator

Question 22

The Great Migration was when...

Accepted Answer

African Americans moved from south to northern cities

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African Americans moved from cities to rural areas

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African Americans moved from northern cities to the south

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African Americans moved from west to east

Question 23

The Harlem Renaissance was the...

Accepted Answer

African American cultural movement in Harlem, NY

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A radio show popular around the country

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A terrible natural disaster in Harlem

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African Americans moving from the south to the north

Question 24

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Flapper?

Accepted Answer

Long modest dresses

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"Unladylike" behavior

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Short haircuts

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Short and loose clothing

Question 25

The Scopes Trial was about

Accepted Answer

Teaching evolution in schools

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Serving alcohol in restaurants

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Providing contraception to women

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Allowing children to watch tv

Question 26

The Temperance Movement wanted to ban

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Alcohol

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Marijuana

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Chocolate

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Music

Question 27

The 18th Amendment started a time period called

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

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Harlem Renaissance

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Great Depression

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Great Migration

Question 28

Which Amendment ended prohibition and made alcohol legal again?

Accepted Answer

21st Amendment

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15th Amendment

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It never ended

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18th Amendment

Question 29

Al Capone made money from...

Accepted Answer

Bootlegging and Speakeasies

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Buying stocks on margain

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Flappers and Mass Media

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Monopolies

Question 30

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

World War II

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Large amounts of debt

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Stock Market Crash

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Overproduction of goods

Question 31

When too many people tried to take their money out of the bank, it was called a...

Accepted Answer

Bank run

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Great Depression

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Bank crash

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Dust Bowl

Question 32

Where did the Dust Bowl happen?

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

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Northeast

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California

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South

Question 33

What was a Hooverville?

Accepted Answer

A homeless camp for people who lost their homes during the Great Depression

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A special bank that loaned money to stop the Depression

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A new invention during the 1920's

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A nice neighborhood for the rich

Question 34

Hoover believed in "rugged individualism," which meant that

Accepted Answer

The government should not take care of people, they should take care of themselves.

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The government should help children and the poor, but not businesses

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The government should save the environment

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The government should help people as much as possible.

Question 35

Which of the following is a New Deal program to help elderly people?

Accepted Answer

Social Security

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FDIC

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Works Progress Administration

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Security and Exchange Commission

Question 36

Which President planned to help end the Great Depression with the "New Deal"?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Calvin Coolidge

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Herbert Hoover

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Theodore Roosevelt

Question 37

Which of the following was a New Deal program to help make money safer in banks?

Accepted Answer

FDIC

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AAA

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WPA

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SEC

Question 38

The Tennessee Valley Authority built _________________.

Accepted Answer

Dams

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Roads

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Factories

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Bridges

Question 39

Which of the following is not an important result of the TVA in Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

Established banks and provided loans

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Provided jobs

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Helped control floods

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Provided electricity

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