The National Labor Relations Act is sometimes known as the __ Act, after the Senator who presented it to the Senate floor.
Roger
Henry
Samson
Wagner
Wagner
Workers have the right to collective bargaining and unionization under the Wagner Act.
What year did The Great War begin in Europe?
1915
1900
1916
1920
1916
The Easter Uprising was a 1916 armed insurgency in Dublin, Ireland, with the purpose of overthrowing British rule.
During the early twentieth century, African Americans began to migrate from southern to northern areas to escape Jim Crow segregation. What is the name of the movement that saw 6 million individuals from the deep south migrate to the north in quest of equal opportunity?
Black Concsciousness Movement
The Great Migration
Freedom of Culture Movement
Anti-Racism Movement
The Great Migration
The Great Migration demonstrates how African Americans desired equality so much that they were willing to uproot their families and go to other areas of the country. Unfortunately, bigotry and hostility persisted in the North for many of them.
In 1930, what prominent person organized a peaceful march against British control of India’s salt production?
Mohandas Gandhi
Martti Ahtisaari
Henry Davidson
Indira Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
The Indian people was unable to make or sell salt during British control, and was obliged to purchase expensive, typically imported salt. To challenge these policies, Gandhi employed civil disobedience.
In 1915, German U-boats sunk this passenger ship, prompting the United States to enter World War One:
RMS Lusitania
RMS Titanic
SS Serendipity
Amazonite
RMS Lusitania
Following a German torpedo hit, the Lusitania sunk fast off the coast of Ireland, killing over 1,000 passengers, including 128 Americans.
He was a renowned engineer who served as United States food administrator and director-general of the American Relief Administration before winning the 1928 presidential election. What is his name?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Klein
George Washington
Herbert Hoover
Before becoming president, Hoover accomplished amazing things by aiding those in need abroad during World War I. He took office just before the Great Crash in 1929, which was the very worst time for him to do so. His attempts to rehire millions of people while having no economic expertise were unsuccessful. Unfortunately, Hoover is not often seen as a good leader.
During the Roaring Twenties, a speculative bubble popped, causing the stock market to plummet and unleashing the country’s greatest economic crisis and depression. This economic downturn impacted all developed countries, reducing global output and commerce. When did the Great Crash take place?
1929
1925
1930
1924
1929
The Great Crash was caused by land and stock speculation, Britain’s return to the gold standard, record-high trading, a succession of booms and busts, burgeoning margin purchases, and an infusion of gold on Wall Street. The Great Depression was caused by income inequality, trust and company structures, an unstable financial system, international trade imbalances, and a lack of economic knowledge.
In 1913, this Ford vehicle was the first mass-produced car on a moving assembly line:
Ford Model K
Ford Model B
Ford Model T
Ford Model G
Ford Model T
The world’s first moving assembly line for the mass automotive assembly was for Ford Model T. It has cut vehicle assembly time to 30 minutes.
After the Supreme Court struck down a section of the National Recovery Administration, what president vowed to fill the Supreme Court?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR vowed to fill the Supreme Court with judges who would support New Deal policies. Congress never approved the measure, and FDR lost electoral support as a result. However, the Court upheld the federal government’s ability to regulate labor-management interactions.
In 1948, which of these countries proclaimed their independence?
Italy
Finland
Israel
Ukraine
Israel
After the Ottoman Empire fell apart after WWI, the British empire acquired possession of Palestine. In 1917, the British government published the Balfour Declaration, stating the empire’s intention to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Truman recognized Israel on the same day that it was founded (May 14, 1948). This is a volatile region since it is home to individuals of both Israeli and Palestinian origin.
What is the connection between Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), two Supreme Court cases?
One argued that restricting jury service to white men was constitutional while the other repudiated that notion.
One ignored the exclusionary principle, while the other incorporated the fourth amendment through the fourteenth.
One said the president was above the law, the other said they were not.
One invalidated the separate but equal doctrine, while the other enforced it.
One invalidated the separate but equal doctrine, while the other enforced it.
The court unanimously concluded that segregation in public schools was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The Civil Rights Movement gained strength as a result of this lawsuit.
What popular amusement park opened its doors in Anaheim, California in 1955?
Disneyworld
Toblerone Park
Six Flags
Disneyland
Disneyland
Many amusement parks were developed along public transit lines on the outskirts of cities. One of them was Disneyland. This pattern lasted until the second part of the twentieth century.
Between April 14 and 15, 1912, which renowned Belfast-built ship sank?
Mary Rose
Titanic
Vasa
Sultana
Titanic
The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the Atlantic after striking with an iceberg while sailing from Southampton to New York City.
In 1927, this legendary baseball player set a home run record. Hank Aaron, an MLB player, did not break this mark until 1974.
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Ryne Sandberg
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was the most famous athlete of his day. He spent 22 years in Major League Baseball.
In 1938, the first _ comic was released in the United States. In 2014, this particular issue sold for $3.2 million.
Hulk
Superman
X-Men
Batman
Superman
Superman is one of the most well-known superheroes of all time.
In what year did Congress enact the Jones–Shafroth Act, granting Puerto Ricans citizenship in the United States?
1910
1914
1917
1921
1917
After the Spanish-American War, the United States seized Puerto Rico, which became a US territory in 1898. Since the early twentieth century, the United States has recognized all Puerto Ricans as citizens.
What is the name of the practice of fabricating false accusations, promoting communist fear, and increasing public censorship, which is named after a Wisconsin senator?
Transcendentalism
Anarchism
Conservatism
McCarthyism
McCarthyism
During the Korean War, Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of government communists, though this was never confirmed. The Senator gained favor among the public and hawks in Washington due to the fear of communism at the time. McCarthy’s popularity faded almost completely after his challenge to the US Army in 1954.
During the Prohibition era, organized crime flourished. What was the name of the epic Chicago gang war between an Irish and an Italian gang that saw mobster Al Capone and the South Side Italian gang kill seven people?
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Rosewood Massacre
Saturday Night Massacre
Manson Murders
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Due to Prohibition and the illicit sale and distribution of alcohol, gang violence was at an all-time high in the 1920s. Al Capone, a well-known criminal in Chicago, was in control of both alcohol and drug delivery.
In 1941, the Japanese destroyed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, forcing the United States to enter World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in a speech to the country that this was a “day that will live in infamy.” What was the date?
November 7th
December 7th
July 7th
June 13th
December 7th
The bombings of Pearl Harbor drew the United States into the war, but it had been assisting the Allies since the war began in 1939. The United States sold weaponry to France and the United Kingdom and provided aid through the Lend-Lease Act.
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite into space. The US government worried about falling behind the Russians in the Space Race. As a result, in 1958, the US government established what agency?
Men in Black (MIB)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The US was pitted against the Soviet Union not only on land, but also in space. The two countries were vying for global power and influence. This includes space and technological race, as well as a tremendous rise in nuclear weapons.
What company was crucial to the American air force because it designed the B-17 and B-29 bombers? This corporation disguised its industrial plants as farmland to prevent potential assaults.
DuPont
General Electric
Mercedes-Benz
Boeing
Boeing
Boeing was founded in Seattle in the early twentieth century. In WWII, the firm was critical to the US air force’s efforts, and it has since produced commercial aircraft and aerospace products.
Following World War One, this device became a popular source of news and amusement for Americans:
Newspaper
Radio
Youtube
Television
Radio
During WWI, the radio was used. Following WWI, radio became more popular and accessible to Americans.
The attacks on Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan resulted in Japanese incarceration. What other reason do historians believe the US government opted to intern the Religionbesides the threat of national security?
Religion
Communism
Racism
Facism
Racism
Historians such as Peggy Pascoe, M. Ngai, and Nayan Shah have all shed light on American bigotry toward Asian people, especially Japanese Americans’ imprisonment during WWII.
What was the codename for the US nuclear weapons development program?
The Brooklyn Project
The Oppenheimer Project
The Manhattan Project
The Chicago Project
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a nuclear research and development project that resulted in nuclear weapons being developed. Robert Oppenheimer was in charge, and the British and Canadian governments backed him up.
What is the name of the World War II cultural icon most strongly linked with women factory and navy yard workers?
Captain Carter
Rosie the Riveter
Mother Freedom
Lady Liberty
Rosie the Riveter
Thousands of women worked in factories while their husbands fought in the war. Rosie posters emphasized women’s abilities in the workplace. Similar posters were made by the US government (as well as allied governments) to encourage women to enter the workforce at this time. Women were in charge of developing weaponry and aircraft, both of which were critical to the war effort.
The waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is crucial for maritime trade. The United States seized responsibility of the waterway’s development in 1904, under President Theodore Roosevelt. It was finally completed in 1914. What is the name of this body of water?
Erie Canal
Welland
Panama Canal
Suez
Panama Canal
From 1914 through 1979, the Panama Canal was under US control. In 1999, the Republic of Panama took over control of the area. The canal is mostly used for maritime trade between the US and East Asian countries.
Elvis Presley released what beautiful tune, first recorded by musician Big Mama Thornton, in 1956? It went on to become his best-selling single, earning him the title of “King of Rock and Roll.”
Hound Dog
It’s Now Or Never
Burning Love
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Hound Dog
Most Americans did not applaud Elvis’ live performance of “Hound Dog” in 1956. Many people thought Elvis was an over-the-top, talentless performer. In the 1994 film ‘Forrest Gump,’ this act was shown.
Following the open racial segregation of Rosa Parks on public transit, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. launched what nonviolent movement in Montgomery, Alabama in favor of fair treatment and equal rights for blacks?
salt march
diner sit-in
bus boycott
Boston march
bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which black people refused to ride public transit for a year, lasted from 1955 to 1956. Montgomery’s public transportation system was then ordered to be integrated by the US Supreme Court. MLK was only 26 years old when he became the nonviolent Civil Rights movement’s leader.
Little Boy and Fat Man were two atomic bombs detonated on Japan, quickly killing thousands of people and leaving more with radiation illness. What two cities were destroyed by the dropping of these two weapons? What two cities were devastated by the dropping of these two weapons?
Hiroshima and Kyoto
Kyoto and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed the first bomb on Hiroshima. The explosion instantly killed 80,000 people. Three days later, the US launched the second bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people. Shortly after, Japan surrendered.
What non-fiction gained author John Steinbeck the National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and eventually a Nobel Prize after it was released in 1939:
The Grapes of Wrath
The Catcher in the Rye
Nineteen Eighty-Four
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a book a family traveling through the Midwest of the United States during the Great Depression then trapped in the Dust Bowl. It depicts the sufferings that millions of people faced throughout the 1930s.
In the 1930s, this great racehorse became a symbol of optimism for many Americans.
Seabiscuit
Seattle Slew
American Pharoah
Kelso
Seabiscuit
In the aftermath of the Great Depression, Americans had little prospect of economic and job recovery. Seabiscuit was an unlikely winner. Horse racing, especially the triumph of Seabiscuit, gave Americans an avenue for enjoyment during this terrible period.
In 1919, the first airplane flew over what body of water:
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The long-distance capabilities of airplanes were significantly increased because to WWI technology. Charles Lindbergh is well known for flying alone across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris, France, in 1927. However, Lindbergh was the 19th person to undertake the journey.
On February 26, 1919, Congress designated which natural landform as a National Park?
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Yosemite National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
On February 26, 1919, the Grand Canyon was designated as a national park.
Following WWII, the decolonization movement allowed countries all over the world to attain independence in the 1950s. The Suez Canal, which had been co-owned and governed by the French and British since its completion in the mid-1800s, was nationalized in 1956 by which country?
Jordan
Ukraine
Egypt
Russia
Egypt
Although British and French soldiers were rushed to the region to safeguard the canal, Eisenhower denounced the move and pressed for a truce between the European countries. This was a pivotal period since most European colonies across the world were decolonizing, and the United States sought to distance itself from European colonialism. The United States’ decision to support Egypt’s Nasser against its allies was a risky political move.
After Joseph Stalin’s death, who became the Soviet Union’s Premier? He was famous for the “Thaw” of the 1950s and early 1960s, when the Soviet authorities momentarily relaxed censorship and persecution of the Russian people.
Yuri Gagarin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Hofstader
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Unlike Stalin, who was infamous for purges, the assassination of political opponents, the deportation of millions of people to Siberia, the control of the media, and widespread propaganda, Khrushchev promoted de-Stalinization. He liberated political prisoners from the Gulags, liberalized the media, and reduced censorship.
Vietnam was considered a colonial territory of what European nation from 1887 to 1954?
Ukraine
France
United States
Philippines
France
French Indochina, their colonial possession in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. However, France’s capacity to govern its colonial regions was hampered by the Nazi invasion of France in 1940.
What popular board game was initially created in 1948 under the name “Criss-Crosswords”?
Connect Words
Boggle
Checkers
Scrabble
Scrabble
Scrabble is now available in 29 languages and has sold about 150 million units worldwide. A Scrabble set is found in around one-third of all American homes.
During the Cold War, jazz performers such as Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Dave Brubeck toured abroad with integrated jazz bands to symbolize “American principles.” What president launched this joint CIA/State Department operation?
John F. Kennedy
Kenny Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas McArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The US government hoped that by employing jazz and jazz artists, it might appeal to other people of color in decolonized governments, allowing the US to achieve political and economic influence in such areas during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
What country hosted the Easter Uprising of 1916?
France
Ireland
Greenland
Finland
Ireland
1916’s Easter Uprising was an armed uprising in Dublin, Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British control in the country. Despite the fact that the revolt failed to overthrow the might of the British military, it did boost Irish nationalism and pave the way for the Irish War of Independence.
Between 1935 and 1939, which European country had a civil war?
Spain
Germany
Japan
England
Spain
This conflict pitted leftists against right-wing revolutionaries. Some claim that it was a battle between democratic and fascist forces.
You Failed! You need to read more history books.
Close enough. You still need a refresher on the history of this era.
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