WWI Imperialism Gilded Age Quiz 2023
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- Q1
Which of the following was NOT a cause of WWI?
Complicated European Alliances
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Attack of Pearl Harbor
30s - Q2
What is a good definition of yellow journalism?
Tabloid news, exaggerated to sell papers, similar to clickbait
A way to make steel
Factually accurate news
Journalism funded by the Government
30s - Q3
What happened during the Spanish American War?
The Monitor and the Merrimac Battle
Gettysburg Battle
The Sinking of the USS Maine
Trench Warfare
30s - Q4
Which of the following things were created during the era of Imperialism (1880-1916)?
The Space Shuttle
The Revolver
Fire
The Panama Canal
30s - Q5
What is the best description of the Gilded Age?
The best time in American History
The era after the Cold War
Something golden on the outside, but bad on the inside
When George Washington was alive
30s - Q6
What is Muckraking?
Digging trenches in WWI
journalists exposing corruption and other bad things
working in a steel factory
working on a pig farm
30s - Q7
Which of the following is the best description of a Robber Baron?
People who robbed rich people in the Gilded Age
Trench Raiders in WWI
journalists who tried to expose the wrongs of the past
Rich people who made their money in the Gilded Age from less than honest means
30s - Q8
Which of the following people is a Robber Baron?
Franz Ferdinand
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
30s - Q9
Which event brought the US into WWI?
The Sinking of the Titanic
None of these
The Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The attack on Fort Sumter
30s - Q10
Which country was the US fighting against during WWI?
England
France
Mexico
Germany
30s - Q11
Why is Andrew Carnegie famous?
He revolutionized the Steel Industry
He is the lead singer of Band Sabaton
He killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He invented the biplane
30s - Q12
Whose assassination sparked WWI?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Maurizio Gucci
Abraham Lincoln
Franz Ferdinand
30s - Q13
Which new technology helped Jacob Riis expose the horrors of poverty in New York Slums?
Photography
Cars
The Elevator
The Biplane
30s - Q14
This country switched sides during WWI, and also during WWII.
Italy
Japan
Germany
USA
30s - Q15
Which new technology changed life during the Gilded Age?
Skyscrapers
Lightbulbs
Cars
All of these
30s