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Question 1

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Two pioneers in skyscraper architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were:
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  • Louis Sullivan & William Randolph Hearst
  • Louis Sullivan & Daniel Burnham
  • Frederick Law Olmstead & W E B Du Bois
  • George Eastman & Daniel Burnham

Question 2

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Two bicycle manufacturers from Dayton, Ohio who had their first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina were
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  • Alfred Sullivan & Lewis Sullivan
  • John Wright & Theodore Wright
  • Frederick Law Olmstead & George Eastman
  • Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright

Question 3

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The prominent African American educator who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society was:
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  • Booker T Washington
  • Rosa Parks
  • W E B Du Bois
  • Frederick Law Olmstead

Question 4

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The African American teacher, journalist, and activist who fought against lynching was:
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  • Rosa Parks
  • Ida B Wells
  • Booker T Washington
  • Daniel Burnham

Question 5

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The novelist and humorist that inspired a host of other young authors when he declared his independence of “literature and all that bosh” even though “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” continue to be an American classic was:
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  • Mark Twain
  • Joseph Pulitzer
  • Booker T Washington
  • W E B Du Bois

Question 6

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Turn of the century technology included all of these EXCEPT:
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  • Skyscrapers
  • Smart Phones
  • Electric Streetcars
  • Steel Cable Suspension Bridges

Question 7

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One goal of public education for immigrants was to:
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  • Marginalize them
  • Send them home
  • Americanize them
  • Create an accurate census

Question 8

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The expansion of education had all these effects EXCEPT:
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  • Decreased technology
  • More libraries
  • Increased fiction sales
  • More galleries and museums

Question 9

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Southern legislation that separated the blacks and the whites was:
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  • Atlanta Compromise
  • Poll Tax
  • Debt Peonage
  • Jim Crow Laws

Question 10

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Turn of the century leisure activities included all these EXCEPT:
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  • Bicycling
  • Motion Pictures
  • Drag Racing
  • Vaudeville

Question 11

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_______ is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
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  • Capitalism
  • Imperialism
  • Socialism
  • Fascism

Question 12

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_______ is a sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers.
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  • Black Journalism
  • White Literalism
  • Yellow Journalism
  • Fascism

Question 13

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A _______ is a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
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  • Territory
  • Protectorate
  • Isthmus
  • Neutrality

Question 14

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_______ was the policy of having private loans backed by the United States government.
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  • Open Door Policy
  • Dollar Diplomacy
  • Interventionist
  • Boxer Rebellion

Question 15

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American support for the Cuban revolt peaked with the news of _______.
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  • Cubans in concentration camps
  • Poisoned wells and murdered children
  • the USS Maine explosion
  • The Treaty of Paris

Question 16

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His notes protected US access to China.
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  • John J Pershing
  • George Dewey
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • John Hay

Question 17

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Led revolts against the Mexican government.
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  • Francisco “Pancho” Villa
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Jose Marti
  • Theodore Roosevelt

Question 18

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Established “Big Stick” US diplomacy.
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  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • John J Pershing
  • George Dewey

Question 19

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Activist for Cuban independence.
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  • Francisco “Pancho” Villa
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Valeriano Weyler
  • Jose Marti

Question 20

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Filipino rebel leader.
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  • Francisco “Pancho” Villa
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Valeriano Weyler
  • Jose Marti

Question 21

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Throughout the 19th century, politics in the Western world were deeply influenced by the concept of _______ - a devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation.
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  • Militarism
  • Capitalism
  • Nationalism
  • Fascism

Question 22

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Passed in May 1917, this act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
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  • Militia Act of 1862
  • Selective Service Act
  • Land Ordinance of 1785
  • Homestead Act

Question 23

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Passed in 1917 and 1918, these acts allowed people to be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
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  • Espionage and Sedition Acts
  • Intolerable Acts
  • Civil Rights Acts
  • Open Range Acts

Question 24

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President Woodrow Wilson insisted that the United States join the _______ at the close of WWI.
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  • United Nations
  • European Union
  • League of Nations
  • World Banking Organization

Question 25

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A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
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  • Nativism
  • Communism
  • Isolationism
  • Despotism

Question 26

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Adopted in 1922, the _______ raised taxes on some US imports to 60% - the highest level ever.
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  • Mongrel Tariff
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff
  • Reciprocal Tariff Act
  • Whiskey Rebellion Tariff Act

Question 27

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The _______ enabled people to buy goods over an extended period with having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
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  • Installment Plan
  • Debt Up to your Eyeballs Plan
  • Foreclosure Plan
  • Account Debit Plan

Question 28

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The eighteenth amendment launched an era known as _______, during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal.
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  • Extortion
  • Fundamentalism
  • Prohibition
  • Tea Act

Question 29

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During the twenties, a new ideal emerged for some women: the _______, an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.
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  • Speakeasies
  • Bootlegger
  • Harlequin
  • Flapper

Question 30

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The decade of the 1920’s had this slogan for a nickname.
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  • The Tumultuous Twenties
  • The Stagnant Twenties
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • The Industrial Twenties

Question 31

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His assassination sparked the beginning of WWI.
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  • Warren G Harding
  • Charles A Lindbergh
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 32

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He led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) as it included men from widely separated parts of the country.
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  • General Louis Armstrong
  • General John J Pershing
  • General Clarence Darrow
  • General George Creel

Question 33

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He was the muckraking journalist who led the Committee of Public Information.
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  • George Creel
  • F Scott Fitzgerald
  • Al Capone
  • Clarence Darrow

Question 34

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This President of the United States suffered from scandal.
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  • Warren G Harding
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • F Scott Fitzgerald

Question 35

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This American president said, “The chief business of the American people is business.”
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  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • George Washington
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Warren G Harding

Question 36

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He was the most famous mobster of all time as he headed a criminal empire by the age of 26.
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  • Clarence Darrow
  • Al Capone
  • Louis Armstrong
  • F Scott Fitzgerald

Question 37

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Hired by the ACLU to defend John T Scopes in the Scopes Trial, he was the most famous trial lawyer of his day.
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  • Clarence Darrow
  • George Creel
  • Charles A Lindbergh
  • Al Capone

Question 38

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He made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic ocean.
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  • Louis Armstrong
  • General John J Pershing
  • F Scott Fitzgerald
  • Charles A Lindbergh

Question 39

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He coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the 1920’s and he wrote The Great Gatsby.
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  • George Creel
  • F Scott Fitzgerald
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Clarence Darrow

Question 40

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He was a trumpet player who went to become perhaps the most influential musician in the history of jazz.
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  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Al Capone
  • Louis Armstrong
  • George Creel

Question 41

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The first president of the United States of America.
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  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
  • George Washington

Question 42

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The decline in new housing impacted such industries as:
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  • Automobiles and Railroads
  • Coal and Oil
  • Furniture and Appliances
  • Agriculture and Farm Equipment

Question 43

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An effect of the Great Depression was an increase in:
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  • International Unemployment
  • The demand for WWI Reparations
  • Imported European Goods
  • The use of the Gold Standard

Question 44

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For children, the great depression meant:
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  • Longer School Days
  • Direct Relief Payments
  • Frequent Doctor’s Visits
  • Poor Nutrition

Question 45

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Hoover’s pledge of “A Chicken in Every Pot” promised a:
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  • Nutritious Hot Dinner
  • Spread of Prosperity
  • Hen for Every Household
  • Less-Involved Government

Question 46

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Hoover’s political life ended as a result of the:
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  • Infantry attacking the Bonus Army
  • Bonus Army attacking the Infantry
  • Veto of the Patman Bill
  • Passage of the Patman Bill

Question 47

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Roosevelt and Congress helped restore faith in banks by:
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  • Giving Every Family $5000
  • Cosing Unstable Banks
  • Vetoing a Banking Act
  • Creating the FDIC

Question 48

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All these measures helped to regulate the stock market EXCEPT:
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  • Requiring full financial disclosure
  • Setting stock prices
  • Establishing a governing bureau
  • Making companies accountable

Question 49

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All these were indicators that a second new deal was needed EXCEPT
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  • High Unemployment
  • Low Production Levels
  • The Collapse of Small Farms
  • The Recovery of Rural Towns

Question 50

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The organization started by whites and blacks but ignored by new deal programs was the:
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  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
  • Home Owners Loan Corporation
  • Rural Electrification Admintration

Question 51

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Movies were popular during the depression because they:
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  • Presented American Propaganda
  • Were Cheap and Plentiful
  • Provided Hope and Escape
  • Showed Real Life Conditions
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