1. The politician most associated with the monetary system known
as “free silver” was
A. Grover Cleveland.
B. William McKinley.
C. Woodrow Wilson.
D. William Jennings Bryan.
2. The amendment that gave 18-year-olds the right to vote was the
_______ Amendment.
A. Twenty-First C. Twenty-Fourth
B. Twenty-Third D. Twenty-Sixth
3. The president know as the “trust buster” was
A. Grover Cleveland. C. Benjamin Harrison.
B. Woodrow Wilson. D. Theodore Roosevelt.
4. The founder of the American Red Cross was
A. Theodore Roosevelt. C. Helen Keller.
B. Jonas Salk. D. Clara Barton.
5. A national association of farmers which started shortly after the Civil was the
A. Rotary. C. Freedmen’s Bureau.
B. 4H. D. Grange.
6. At the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Sioux Indians defeated the U.S. Army under the leadership
of
A. George Custer. C. Philip Sheridan.
B. W. T. Sherman. D. U. S. Grant.
7. The first man to fly solo, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean was
A. Howard Hughes. C. Wilbur Wright.
B. Wiley Post. D. Charles Lindbergh.
8. America’s leading composer of symphonic jazz was
A. George Gershwin. C. Jerome Kern.
B. Irving Berlin. D. Aaron Copland.
9. The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of
A. Tokyo. C. Nagasaki.
B. Osaka. D. Hiroshima.
10. The ex-slave turned chemist who discovered new uses for peanuts and soybeans was
A. Frederick Douglass. C. Nat Turner.
B. George Carver. D. Dred Scott.
11. Of the following nineteenth-century industrialists, which is most closely associated with
railroading?
A. Andrew Carnegie C. John D. Rockefeller
B. Cornelius Vanderbilt D. James B. Duke
12. Which of the following American authors did not receive the Nobel Prize for literature?
A. Saul Bellow C. William Faulkner
B. Ernest Hemingway D. O. Henry
13. Another name for a secret ballot is
A. Australian ballot. C. Scottish ballot.
B. English ballot. D. Irish ballot.
14. The first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was
A. Frances Perkins. C. Sandra Day O’Connor.
B. Nelly Tayloe Ross. D. Julia Howe.
15. The forty-eighth state admitted to the Union was
A. New Mexico. C. Arizona.
B. Oregon. D. Idaho.
16. The first important national labor union was the
A. Knights of Labor. C. AFL.
B. United Mine Workers. D. CIO.
17. The doctor who developed a vaccine to combat polio was
A. Walter Reed. C. James Watson.
B. Jonas Salk. D. Charles Mayo.
18. In 1898, the United States received Puerto Rico and Guam from
A. France. C. Spain.
B. England. D. Russia.
19. The “New Deal” was the social policy of
A. Franklin Roosevelt. C. Woodrow Wilson.
B. Herbert Hoover. D. Calvin Coolidge.
20. A giant business combination made up of many corporations doing the same kind of business
is called a
A. trust. C. pool.
B. aggregate. D. conglomerate.
21. Women were granted the right to vote by the _______ Amendment.
A. Seventeenth C. Twenty-First
B. Nineteenth D. Twenty-Fourth
22. The first successful oil well was drilled in
A. Texas. C. Pennsylvania.
B. Oklahoma. D. New Jersey.
23. A plant where only union members may be hired is called a/an
A. union shop. C. closed shop.
B. open shop. D. company shop.
24. “Seward’s Folly” was the name given to the
A. building of the Panama Canal.
B. off-shore oil drilling in Louisiana.
C. purchase of Alaska.
D. placer mining in California.
25. The first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was
A. George Marshall. C. Edward Brooke.
B. Frederick Douglass. D. Thurgood Marshall.