Test 12, Chapters 1 - 24, Final Exam Flashcards
which amendment prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol?
18th
which amendment repealed prohibition?
21st
which president was known as the Great Humanitarian?
Herbert Hoover
what is the oldest permanent settlement in the US?
St. Augustine
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What two American cities suffered terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001?
New York City & Washington, DC
what political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency?
Whig
What was a hornbook?
a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet
what was the code name for America’s atomic bomb project?
Manhattan Project
where did the Japanese make their final stand and lose nearly all their remaining ships in WWII?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What was the Holocaust?
the murder of over six million Jews
What religious group wrote the first classical music composed in America?
Moravians
What was the first city to be bombed with an atomic weapon?
Hiroshima
who was the first European known to travel the length of Asia?
Marco Polo
who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”?
Nathan Hale
what was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
what is the name given to the President’s advisers?
Cabinet
which patriot declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
what is the purpose of the checks and balances system?
to balance the powers of the 3 branches of government
who served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
why was the Ole’ Deluder Satan Act passed in Massachusetts?
to make sure children learned how to read and write
what former shoe salesman became a great evangelist across America?
DL Moody
which entrepreneur made his fortune in the oil industry?
JD Rockefeller
What hymnist wrote “Blessed Assurance” and many other hymns in the late 1800s?
Fanny Crosby
what colony did John Winthrop describe as “a city upon a hill”?
Massachusetts Bay
where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
what agreement eliminated tariffs and other trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico?
NAFTA
“Father of the Constitution”
James Madison
invented the reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
best-known missionary to the Indians
David Brainerd
discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
wrote History of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
searched for the fabled fountain of youth
Ponce de Leon
invented the steel plow
John Deere
led the Rough Riders in the battle of San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War
Colin Powell
general who led troops into combat in Operation Desert Storm
Norman Schwarzkopf
Communist leader of Soviet Union who signed the INF treaty with Pres. Reagan in 1987.
Mikhail Gorbachev
dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait, sparking the Persian Gulf War
Saddam Hussein
first woman justice appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor
conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Reagan Administration
Margaret Thatcher
leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network during the 9-11 attacks
Osama bin Laden
Pres. known as the Great communicator
Ronald Reagan
chief Justice appointed to the supreme Court in 2005 by George W. Bush
John G. Roberts
Pres. who initiated the “war on terror” after 9-11
George W. Bush
name the Indian guide who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition
Sacagawea
who posted the Ninety-five Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph?
Pony Express
what was the name for evangelists who rode on horseback and conducted church services on the frontier?
circuit-riders
name the Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
name the famous poem by Francis Scott Key that became our national anthem
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
The Louisiana Purchase _____ the size of the US.
doubled
the natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settlers to travel west was called the
Cumberland Gap
________ is the un-Biblical theory that charles Darwin promoted.
evolution
Armistice Day is now celebrated as
Veterans Day
The first nation targeted in the “war on terror” was _____, which was known to have sheltered al Qaeda terrorists.
Afghanistan
John Dewey is known as the
Father of Progressive Education
the ___ Amendment gave Congress power to tax incomes.
16th
who delevoped 100s of uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
the ______ struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
Titanic
who became the first black American to achieve the rank of four-star general in the US Armed Forces?
Chappie James
who led a movement to have prayer and Bible-reading banned form the public schools?
Madalyn Murray O’Hair
what are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
the Bill of Rights
what cavalry commander was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General George A. Custer
what state is known as the “Lone Star Republic”?
Texas
what did president Roosevelt call his massive government welfare program?
New Deal
in what war did the US lead UN forces to liberate Kuwait in 1991?
Persian Gulf War
what was Charles Lindbergh’s plane named?
The Spirit of St. Louis
who founded the settlement of Providence, RI?
Roger Williams
the Soviet Union collapsed during the administration of Pres.
George HW Bush
The German soldiers that King George hired to fight the colonists were called
Hessians
Pres. _____ was the first Roman Catholic President
Kennedy
The _______ scandal forced Pres. Nixon to resign from office.
Watergate
William Penn founded both Pennsylvania and
Delaware
Pres. George W. Bush created the US Dept. of ______ to promote the safety of the Am. people
Homeland Security
Pres. Reagan’s conservative economic views became known as
Reaganomics
Know the following places on the map:
Brazil, Mexico, Canada, US, Greenland, West Indies, Hudson Bay, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Gulf of Mexico
