Transcript Social Studies Review Game for CRCT

Social Studies Review Game
Who was the president of the
Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What battle, led by General Custer,
ended with Native Americans killing all
of the U.S. soldiers?
The Battle of the Little Big
Horn
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What was the purpose of the Treaty of
Versailles?
a. To end the wars on the Great Plains with the
Sioux and Apache tribes
b. To end World War II and set terms of surrender
with Japan
c. To end the Spanish American war, leading the
U.S. to acquire new lands
d. To end World War I and set harsh terms of
surrender for Germany
Who were the first to fly a motorized
plane?
The Wright Brothers
Who led to a bus boycott by refusing
to give up a seat to a white passenger?
Rosa Parks
What organization was set up after World
War II between the U.S. and the non
communist countries in Europe to try to
prevent the spread of communism?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The U.N. (United Nations)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The Allies, or Allied Powers
The Freedman’s Bureau
Who was the president when the
Great Depression began AND who was
elected because people felt hope that
he could help end the Depression?
Herbert Hoover, then
Franklin Roosevelt
What popular book, written by Harriet
Beecher Stowe, was a story revolving
around the evils of slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Which of the following is a famous poet
from the Harlem Renaissance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Babe Ruth
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
Margaret Mitchell
What term is used for the
imprisonment of millions, particularly
Jews, many of whom died, by Hitler
and the Nazis in World War II?
The Holocaust
Who became the commander of the
Union Troops in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the importance of building the
Panama Canal?
a. The canal provided water and hydroelectricity
to rural areas
b. The canal provided an easier route between
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
c. The canal provided a path for submarines in
World War I
d. The canal provided jobs of women in World
War II as well as transportation to Canada.
Who became a hero by being the first
person to fly alone across the Atlantic
Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh
What was the name of the AfricanAmerican pilots who flew many
successful missions in World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen
What term did Winston Churchill coin
to describe the separation between
the communist and noncommunist
countries in Europe?
The Iron Curtain
How did President George W. Bush
respond to the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001?
a.
b.
c.
d.
He met with Saddam Hussein
He had Osama bin Laden captured
He ordered an invasion of Afghanistan
He gave support to the government of Iraq.
What general led the Confederate
forces in the Civil War?
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Who is known for many inventions,
including the light bulb, and for early
developments with electricity?
Thomas Edison
What event is considered the starting
point of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of
1929
Which of the following was NOT part of the
Harlem Renaissance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Margaret Mitchell
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Who was the leader of Italy in World
War II?
Benito Mussolini
What was the purpose of the 13th
Amendment?
The
th
13
amendment ended
slavery
What organization helped former
slaves after the Civil War?
The Freedmen’s Bureau
What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws?
a. To protect the rights of former slaves
b. To give women the right to vote
c. To set up a system of segregation for former
slaves
d. To set up a system that gave all men the right
to vote
What site is considered the starting
point of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who was president during the Spanish
American War?
William McKinley
Who was the leader of Great Britain in
World War II?
Winston Churchill
Why did the U.S. enter World War I?
a. Germany attacked an American Naval Base in
Hawaii
b. Germany declared war on the U.S. after an
assassination
c. Germany sank the Lusitania and then three
American ships
d. Germany sank a battleship off the coast of
Cuba.
Where did Gen. Lee surrender to Gen.
Grant, ending the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
Who successfully used assembly lines
to mass produce automobiles at a
lower price?
Henry Ford
Who was the African American athlete
who won four gold medals at the 1936
Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Which amendment gave all men, including
African American men, the right to vote?
a.
b.
c.
d.
14th
15th
16th
19th
What led to the United States entering
World War II?
The bombing of Pearl
Harbor
What nickname was given to women
who worked in the factories producing
war materials in WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
What senator led Anti Communist hearings
in congress ?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Nikita Khrushchev
Robert Kennedy
Harry Truman
Joseph McCarthy
What abolitionist set up a raid on
Harper’s Ferry to try to provide guns
for slaves to use to fight back?
John Brown
What did Franklin Roosevelt call his
series of programs to get people back
to work and end the Depression?
The New Deal
Which of the following is NOT true of
immigrants to the United States?
a. Many immigrants came to the United States for
jobs and a better life
b. Most immigrants settled in rural areas when
they came to America
c. Most immigrants in the late 1800s came to
America from Europe
d. Immigrants often settled near others from
their same country or culture
Who was the leader in the U.S. at the
beginning of World War II and at the
end of World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt, then
Harry Truman
Who was the leader in the U.S. at the
beginning of World War II and at the
end of World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt, then
Harry Truman
What was the purpose of cattle trails like
the Chisholm Trail?
a. Settlers traveling west used the trails for their
covered wagons
b. Ranchers used the trails to get cattle to
railheads
c. Native Americans used the trails to follow
buffalo
d. Cowboys used the trail to travel from job to job
The
15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th , and 26th
amendments all protect what?
Voting Rights
What union general led the Atlanta
campaign and March to the Sea
through Georgia?
Gen. Sherman
Who was the lawyer than won the case
Brown vs. the Board of Education which
ended segregation in schools?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Thurgood Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
Louis Armstrong
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the leader of the Soviet
Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
What do V-E Day and V-J Day stand
for?
Victory in Europe Day
and
Victory in Japan Day
What do the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps),
WPA (Works Progress Administration) and the
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) have in
common?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They were all causes of the Great Depression
They were all New Deal programs
They were all programs to fight communism
They were all part of the Harlem Renaissance
How did World War II end?
Truman ordered atomic
bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the name of the system where poor
farmers, often former slaves, rented land and
materials from landowners and were expected
to pay the owner back using a portion of what
they grew?
Sharecropping