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#1
The front line consisted of
A:
C:
50:50
hundreds of miles of
barbed wire and land
mines.
the recruitment of 4.8
million U.S. soldiers.
B:
the alliance of Britain,
France, and Russia.
D:
the suppression at
home of dissent
against the war.
TEAM 1
$100 Question
President
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by
50:50
A:
Andrew
Johnson.
B:
John Wilkes
Booth.
C:
Thaddeus
Stevens.
D:
Ulysses S.
Grant.
TEAM 2
$100 Question
The Thirteenth Amendment
50:50
A:
gave freed slaves
the right to vote.
B:
banned secession.
C:
abolished slavery.
D:
allowed southerners
back into the Union.
TEAM 1
$200 Question
#2
The Ku Klux Klan
50:50
A:
was rounded up in
the Palmer raids.
B:
C:
was founded by
Marcus Garvey.
D: used violence against
declined during
Reconstruction.
those they opposed.
TEAM 2
$200 Question
#3
The assembly line
led to a more
A: permanent workforce.
C:
50:50
made work more
meaningful.
B:
D:
increased
productivity.
made advancement
opportunities
available.
TEAM 1
$300 Question
#3
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
50:50
A:
failed in its first
year.
C:
supplied loans to
banks.
B: insured each bank
deposit.
D:
provided loans to
farmers.
TEAM 2
$300 Question
#4
Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” were
50:50
A:
television
broadcasts.
B:
private
meetings.
C:
public rallies.
D:
radio
broadcasts
TEAM 1
$400 Question
#4
Which of the following dates will “live in infamy”?
50:50
A:
December 7,
1941
B: August 23, 1939
C:
April 7, 1940
D:
September 1,
1939
TEAM 2
$400 Question
#5
Germany’s final counterattack was
50:50
A:
D-Day
B:
C:
Battle of the
Bulge
D:
Battle of
Midway
Battle of the
Atlantic
TEAM 1
$1,000 Question
#5
A former slave who became an abolitionist
and adviser to President Andrew Johnson
on race relations was
A:
C:
50:50
Booker T.
Washington
Thaddeus
Stevens.
B:
D:
Frederick
Douglass.
James
Madison Wells
TEAM 2
$1,000 Question
#6
The U.S. government attempted to assimilate
American Indians into the white culture by
50:50
A:
eliminating the Indian
reservations.
C:
establishing
American Indian
schools
B:
canceling all treaties
made with Indians.
D:
allowing some American
Indian groups to return to
their lands and nomadic
lifestyles.
TEAM 1
$2,000 Question
#6
Western mining camps
50:50
A:
often practiced
discrimination.
C:
became more
peaceful through the
establishment of
vigilante committees.
B:
quickly became
established family
communities.
encouraged Asians,
D: African Americans, and
other minorities to
settle.
TEAM 2
$2,000 Question
#7
The first Civil Rights Act in the history
of the United States was the
50:50
A:
Civil Rights
Act of 1866.
B:
Civil Rights
Act of 1875.
C:
Fourteenth
Amendment.
D:
Fifteenth
Amendment.
TEAM 1
$4,000 Question
#7
Roe v. Wade dealt with
A:
C:
50:50
abortion
rights.
the rights of
senior citizens
B:
women’s
equality.
D:
American Indian
land claims.
TEAM 2
$4,000 Question
#8
Which of the following does NOT describe
John F. Kennedy?
50:50
A:
Democrat
C:
Eisenhower’s
vice president
B:
D:
Roman
Catholic
impressive record of
service during World
War II
TEAM 1
$8,000 Question
#8
Many working women lost their jobs after
World War II because
50:50
A:
men could do a
better job.
C:
they had better
educational
opportunities.
priority was given
to returning
B:
veterans.
D:
inflation pushed
up prices but not
wages.
TEAM 2
$8,000 Question
#9
Satellite nations were countries under the control of
A:
C:
50:50
The U.S.
B:
France
Germany
D:
The Soviet
Union
TEAM 1
$16,000 Question
#9
Which Supreme Court case established the
legality of “separate but equal” educational facilities?
50:50
A:
Brown v. Board
of Education
C:
Méndez et al. v.
Westminster School
District et al.
B:
D:
Plessy v.
Ferguson
Delgado v. Bastrop
Independent School
District
TEAM 2
$16,000 Question
#10
Who was the commander
of the U.S. Pacific Fleet?
50:50
A:
Nimitz
B:
Eisenhower
C:
Patton
D:
Montgomery
TEAM 1
$32,000 Question
#10
Which of these is NOT a major
principle of the United States?
A:
C:
50:50
democratic
government
belief in
individual
freedom
B:
capitalist
economy
D:
suppression
of religion
TEAM 2
$32,000 Question
#11
President Truman banned discrimination in
A:
C:
50:50
Schools
B:
The Military
D:
Public
Transportation
lunch
counters
TEAM 1
$64,000 Question
#11
Some progressives
50:50
A:
organized the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People.
C:
considered
discrimination against
African Americans the
biggest problem facing
cities.
B:
believed American
Indians should organize
to help themselves.
D:
expressed open
prejudice against African
Americans and American
Indians.
TEAM 2
$64,000 Question
#12
W. E. B. Du Bois
A:
C:
50:50
was the founder of
the National Urban
League.
was dissatisfied with
racial progress, left the
country as a young man,
and never returned.
B:
edited The
Crisis.
grew up in a highly
racist environment in
D:
Barrington,
Massachusetts.
TEAM 1
$125,000 Question
#12
Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1912
on a platform that called for
50:50
A:
a square deal for
the American
worker.
C:
public ownership
of all major
industries.
B:
D:
higher tariffs and
lower taxes.
tariff reduction,
banking reform, and
antitrust legislation.
TEAM 2
$125,000 Question
#13
Until passage of the Seventeenth
Amendment, members of Congress were elected by
A:
C:
50:50
state
legislatures.
initiative
petition.
B:
the electoral
college.
D:
secret
ballot.
TEAM 1
$250,000 Question
#13
William Randolph Hearst
50:50
A:
was a senator
from
Massachusetts.
C:
was appointed
president of
Hawaii.
B:
was a
newspaper
publisher.
was awarded the
D:
Nobel Peace
Prize.
TEAM 2
$250,000 Question
#14
When T. Roosevelt told the world that he would
support the Monroe Doctrine, he meant
A:
C:
50:50
he would not allow
European trade
with Latin America.
he would use U.S. forces
to protect American
interests in the Western
Hemisphere.
B:
D:
he would substitute
economic assistance for
force in dealing with
Latin America.
he would allow all
nations to use the
Panama Canal.
TEAM 1
$500,000 Question
#14
The Teapot Dome scandal
led to the decline
A:
of the NAACP.
C:
50:50
fueled suspicions
of immigrants.
broke agreements
B: of the American
Plan.
D:
involved friends of
Warren Harding.
TEAM 2
$500,000 Question
#15
The Schlieffen Plan called for
50:50
A:
the invasion of
France through
Belgium.
C:
a policy of
neutrality.
B:
airplane dogfights
over disputed
territory.
D:
the sinking of the
Arabic and the
Sussex.
TEAM 1
$1 MIL Question
#15
Which of the following statements is NOT
true concerning Andrew Johnson?
A:
He was a
Democrat.
He was a master at
political
C:
compromise.
50:50
B:
D:
He was once a
slaveholder.
He held proUnion
sympathies.
TEAM 2
$1 MIL Question
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