History

Question 1

state laws that restricted the rights of african americans were called?

Answer 1

black codes

Question 2

what discoveries encouraged people to move west?

Answer 2

gold and silver

Question 3

at what point did the two lines of the transcontinental railroad meet?

Answer 3

promontory, utah

Question 4

what was the average life expectancy in 1900?

Answer 4

47 years

Question 5

who shot president lincoln?

Answer 5

john wilkes booth

Question 6

what was the third party formed in the early 1890’s primarily by farmers who felt that they were overlooked by the republicans and the democrats?

Answer 6

populist party (or people’s party)

Question 7

electric power contributed to what revolution?

Answer 7

the second industrial revolution

Question 8

the black educator who accepted social segregation and discrimination?

Answer 8

booker t washington

Question 9

the black activist who favored taking action to obtain civil rights for african americans?

Answer 9

w.e.b. dubois

Question 10

what was the practice that justified racial segregation and was upheld by the plessy vs ferguson decision?

Answer 10

separate but equal

Question 11

which country took most of the blame for ww1?

Answer 11

germany

Question 12

what are the 4 causes of ww1 (hint: MAIN)

Answer 12

militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

Question 13

which president of the US came up with a plan called “the 14 points” in order to settle the issues of ww1?

Answer 13

woodrow wilson

Question 14

what is social darwinism?

Answer 14

a theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals

Question 15

what is the eugenics movements?

Answer 15

the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding” to the perfect human beings and eliminate so-called social ills through genetics and heredity

Question 16

in what year did women win the right to vote?

Answer 16

1920

Question 17

who was the president most associated with the panama canal project?

Answer 17

theodore roosevelt

Question 18

in 1934, what caused the great plains to be called the “dust bowl”?

Answer 18

drought and over-plowed farmland

Question 19

many people from the dust bowl moved to what state?

Answer 19

california

Question 20

what is the title of president franklin roosevelt’s program to end the great depression?

Answer 20

the new deal

Question 21

the stock market crashed in 1929 leading the US into what?

Answer 21

the great depression

Question 22

the wright brothers first flew in what year?

Answer 22

1903

Question 23

who installed the first assembly line cut production time from more than 12 hours to 1 1/2 hours?

Answer 23

henry ford

Question 24

by 1933, there are 28 states without a single what open?

Answer 24

bank

Question 25

who was the first african american to play major league baseball?

Answer 25

jackie robinson

Question 26

what was one way hitler and his regime brainwash the youth of germany?

Answer 26

they targeted the youth as the "special audience" in their messages

Question 27

ww2 started with the invasion of what country?

Answer 27

poland

Question 28

when did the attack on pearl harbor, hawaii happen?

Answer 28

december 7, 1941

Question 29

what was the name for the allied invasion which took place in northern france at normandy?

Answer 29

d-day

Question 30

what was the manhattan project?

Answer 30

the name of the american project to develop the atomic bomb

Question 31

what 2 japanese cities were targets of the atomic bomb to end ww2 with japan?

Answer 31

hiroshima and nagasaki

Question 32

what did the allies find after invading germany?

Answer 32

concentration camps

Question 33

approximately, how many jews were murdered during the holocaust?

Answer 33

6 million (1 million were children)

Question 34

what happened to the japanese americans during ww2?

Answer 34

most of them were transferred to relocation camps and some served in war

Question 35

the best code talkers during world wars came from what american group?

Answer 35

various native american tribes

Question 36

the cold war took place between what 2 nations?

Answer 36

the US and the soviet union

Question 37

which country and its capital were divided between west and east after ww2?

Answer 37

germany

Question 38

the mutual defence organization of the US and european countries is called NATO and it stands for what?

Answer 38

north atlantic treaty organization

Question 39

the communist attempt to cut off supplies to west berlin but was defeated by what?

Answer 39

berlin airlift

Question 40

what event in november 1989 symbolized the fall of communism?

Answer 40

the berlin wall was torn down

Question 41

the generation born in the years following ww2 is called what?

Answer 41

baby boomers

Question 42

who took action at the montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 42

rosa parks

Question 43

what was the tactic by african americans to integrate lunch counters?

Answer 43

sit-ins

Question 44

what was president kennedy's legislative program called?

Answer 44

the new frontier

Question 45

who shot president john f kennedy?

Answer 45

lee harvey oswald

Question 46

who was the civil rights leader that was assassinated in 1968?

Answer 46

mlkj (martin luther king jr)

Question 47

man landed on the moon in what year?

Answer 47

1969

Question 48

who is the first person to walk the moon?

Answer 48

neil armstrong

Question 49

what 2 programs that provided medical care came into being during president johnson's term?

Answer 49

medicare and medicaid

Question 50

a deadly clash between college students and national guardsmen took place at what university?

Answer 50

kent state university

Question 51

what was the first war to be televised?

Answer 51

the vietnam war

Question 52

AIDS became a pandemic in the early 1980s, what does AIDS stand for?

Answer 52

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 53

in 1986, what space shuttle failed and was destroyed on live television killing all onboard?

Answer 53

challenger

Question 54

how many flights were involved in the terrorist attack on 9/11 (september 11, 2001)

Answer 54

4