1. Social Studies Review

2. What did Winston Churchill call the dividing line between the communist and noncommunist countries in Europe?
The Iron Curtain

3. Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini

4. Who was the first man to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh

5. Most came from Europe, a smaller number from Asia.
Where did most people immigrating to the United States come from at the turn of the century?
Most came from Europe, a smaller number from Asia.

6. Why did the United States enter World War I?
After the Germans bombed the British ship, The Lusitania, they sank 3 American ships.

7. Where did the first flight take place (city/state)?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

8. Who was responsible for the first flight?
The Wright Brothers

9. How did World War II start in Europe?
Germany began taking over countries; first, Austria and Czechoslovakia, then Poland

10. Who was the leader of Germany in World War II?
Adolph Hitler

11. What nickname were American women working during WWI given?
Rosie the Riviter

12. What amendment gave all men, including African American men, the right to vote?
The 15th amendment

13. Who was the leader of England during World War II?
Winston Churchill

14. Why is the Panama Canal important?
It connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

15. Who was the Emperor of Japan in World War II?
Emperor Hirohito

16. What was Brown vs. the Board of Education about?
It was about ending segregated schools that were supposedly “separate but equal”

17. What city/state was a major steel producer in the United States?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

18. What two presidents led the United States in World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman

19. George Washington Carver
Who was the famous African-American scientist who studied the many uses for peanuts?
George Washington Carver

20. How did World War II start in Asia/the Pacific?
Japan started conquering parts of China and islands in the Pacific

21. Who became famous for using assembly lines to build cars?
Henry Ford

22. Victory in Europe day, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe.
What is V-E day?
Victory in Europe day, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe.

23. Why is Langston Hughes famous?
He was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance

24. What is the Cold War?
A standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, in which each side was preparing for a possible war with the other.

25. Who was the lawyer during Brown vs
Who was the lawyer during Brown vs. the Board of Education, who later went on to become a Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall

26. Why did the U.S. enter World War II?
Because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

27. Where is Pearl Harbor?
Hawaii

28. Who was the senator that led the hearings to try to find Communists in America?
Joseph McCarthy

29. Victory in Japan day, when World War II ended
What is V-J Day?
Victory in Japan day, when World War II ended

30. How did World War II end in Japan?
President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

31. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Russia was putting missiles on the island nation of Cuba, which is less than 100 miles from the U.S. President Kennedy formed a blockade around Cuba. Russia took the missiles out of Cuba, and the U.S promised not to invade Cuba.

32. Who was the Soviet Premier (leader) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev

33. After slavery ended, many former slaves continued working on plantations by borrowing supplies and renting parcels of land from landowners. What is this called?
Sharecropping

34. Which amendment gave the right to vote to anyone 18 or older?
The 26th amendment

35. Where did most immigrants to the U.S. settle?
European immigrants settled mostly in the East, often in big cities and near other people of the same nationality.

36. Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell

37. The U.N. (The United Nations)
What was the organization started after World War II that was an organization of countries who wanted to work together to solve problems peacefully?
The U.N.
(The United Nations)

38. The Great Western Cattle Trail and the Chisholm Trail went from ______ to ________
From Texas to Kansas

39. What was the African American pilot group that flew many successful missions in World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen

40. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin

41. Who was president during the Spanish-American War, when the U. S
Who was president during the Spanish-American War, when the U.S. expanded by adding territories including Guam and Puerto Rico?
William McKinley

42. Why is Duke Ellington famous?
He was a jazz piano player and band leader in the Harlem Renaissance

43. Which amendment gave people in Washington D. C
Which amendment gave people in Washington D.C. the right to vote for electors in the Presidential election?
The 23rd amendment

44. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr
Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., help lead a boycott after Rosa Park refused to give up her seat on a bus?
Montgomery, Alabama

45. What was the term used for the mass murder of 12 million people, including 6 million Jews by Hitler and the Nazis?
The Holocaust

46. The Stock Market crashed
What happened in October of 1929 that is generally regarded as the beginning of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market crashed

47. Which amendment stated that poll taxes were not allowed (fees to vote)?
The 24rd amendment

48. Who was a famous trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance?
Louis Armstrong

49. What were the laws called that discriminated against African-Americans after slavery ended?
Jim Crow Laws

50. Who was the President of the U.S. when the Depression began?
Herbert Hoover

51. What was the name of Pres. Franklin D
What was the name of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan for programs to help try to end the Great Depression?
The New Deal

52. The CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps
Which of FDR’s programs gave workers jobs planting trees and helping the environment?
The CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps

53. The WPA – the Works Progress Administration
Which of FDR’s programs gave workers jobs building public buildings, like schools and libraries?
The WPA – the Works Progress Administration

54. What is the TVA and what was its purpose?
The Tennessee Valley Authority. The project gave workers jobs building a dam on the Tennessee River that provided electricity to rural areas, as well as flood control.

55. What was D-Day?
The date when the Allied Forces invaded France, pushing back the Germans of the Axis forces, a turning point in World War II.

56. Why was Iwo Jima important?
Iwo Jima is an island in the Pacific Ocean that the U.S. took back over from the Japanese Army during island hopping in World War II.

57. What was the area of the U. S
What was the area of the U.S. called that suffered from a severe drought during the Great Depression, causing wind storms that blew around dry soil?
The Dust Bowl

58. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights

59. What do you call a person who takes a risk starting a new business?
An entrepreneur

60. What did charities start during the Great Depression to help feed the poor?
Soup Kitchens