Unit 10: Quiz 3

Question 1

Which of the following were members of the committee formed to write the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1

Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Livingston, and Sherman

Question 2

first steamboat

Answer 2

Fulton

Question 3

movable type

Answer 3

Gutenberg

Question 4

reaping machine

Answer 4

McCormick

Question 5

cotton gin

Answer 5

Whitney

Question 6

mass production

Answer 6

Ford

Question 7

built first United States locomotive

Answer 7

Cooper

Question 8

The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution was

Answer 8

England

Question 9

A law passed in 1914 making it illegal to try to drive competitors out of business was called the

Answer 9

Clayton Anti-trust Act

Question 10

Money invested in factories and industry is called

Answer 10

capital

Question 11

The unfair treatment of factory workers in the early Industrial Revolution was eased by the growth of

Answer 11

labor unions

Question 12

The Triple Alliance was made up of

Answer 12

Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary

Question 13

Germany’s first major defeat in World War II was in which country?

Answer 13

Russia

Question 14

The United States was forced to fight a two-front war in World War II against which two nations?

Answer 14

Japan and Germany

Question 15

The president of the United States who ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was

Answer 15

Truman

Question 16

The beginning of World War II in Europe was brought on by Hitler’s attack on:

Answer 16

Poland

Question 17

The League of Nations showed its ineffectiveness in 1935 when it did nothing to halt Italy’s invasion of

Answer 17

Ethiopia

Question 18

Commander of United States forces in the Pacific war was General

Answer 18

MacArthur

Question 19

Communism fell in Europe in the year 1989 and in the Soviet Union in

Answer 19

1991

Question 20

Which of the following leaders began the reforms in the Soviet Union that ended the Cold War?

Answer 20

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 21

Recall two nations where Communist aggression failed during the Cold War.

Answer 21

Korea and Afghanistan

Question 22

Recall three nations that became Communist during the Cold War.

Answer 22

North Korea, Vietnam, and China