History Quiz
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Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, the 1936 joint signing of a military alliance by Germany and Italy, and Japan's invasions of China, including Shanghai, and withdrawal from the League of Nations were antecedents of which major conflict?
A: The Russo-Japanese War
B: The Sino-Japanese War
C: World War I
D: World War II
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Jewish people, communists, journalists, and the disabled were all targets of this World War II era dictator in Western Europe.
A: The Khmer Rouge
B: Benito Mussolini
C: Joseph Stalin
D: Adolf Hitler
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Where did the loyalties of the Tories lie during the American Revolution?
A: With France
B: With the Austrian Empire
C: With Great Britain and King George III
D: With the colony of Virginia alone
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Which major document states that governments are created by people to protect their inalienable rights?
A: The Mayflower Compact
B: The Introduction to the Bill of Rights
C: The Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
D: The Preamble to the First Continental Congress
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Which post-war, counter-culture group in America is best defined as a vast group of bohemian creatives that deviated markedly in their ideas from mainstream society in the 1950s?
A: Beatniks
B: Hippies
C: Scalawags
D: Yuppies
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The end of World War II marked President Truman's foreign policy strategy designed to contain the spread of which item?
A: American imperialism
B: Communism
C: European immigration to the United States
D: European economic recovery
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The annexation of Oregon during the Presidency of James K. Polk was promoted with the popular slogan:
A: '54°40 or Fight!'
B: '54°40 or War!'
C: '40°54 or War!'
D: '40°54 or Fight!'
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The Gadsden Purchase in 1853 is the completion of the so called 'lower 48' with the purchase of a strip of land at the southern border of the New Mexico territory for $10 million during the presidency of _____ .
A: Franklin Pierce
B: Millard Fillmore
C: Jefferson Davis
D: James Gadsden
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During the 1920s, a U.S.Attorney General received a letter bomb at his home widely believed to be sent by Communists. This led to the founding of the _____.
A: Intelligence Division of the Justice Dept. (F.B.I.)
B: Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.)
C: Homeland Security Agency
D: Washington Counter Terrorism Unit (C.T.U.)
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What was the impact of the Dred Scott decision upon the issue of slavery?
A: It declared slavery to be unconstitutional and illegal nationwide, precipitating the War Between the States.
B: It allowed the Supreme Court to decide who could be married and who could not.
C: The high court used the Bill of Rights to protect the rights of slaveowners
D: It declared the Mason-Dixon Line the official line of separation between slave states and Free states.
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