US Quiz 6

Question 0

The British intercepted a German telegram proposing that Mexico join the central powers and attack the U.S. Knows as the:

Answer 0

Zimmerman note

Question 1

Who was assassinated in Sarajevo to begin the First World War?

Answer 1

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 2

What two acts of legislation imposed fines/imprisonment for criticizing the U.S. Government in a time of war?

Answer 2

A. Espionage act

B. Sedition act

Question 3

Woodrow Wilson’s outline for peace at the treaty of Versailles was termed:

Answer 3

14 points

Question 4

The proposed organization of countries to avert war, which was never ratified by the U.S was termed:

Answer 4

League of Nations

Question 5

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, distribution of alcohol?

Answer 5

18th amendment

Question 6

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for women’s suffrage?

Answer 6

19th amendment

Question 7

African American writers, artists, and musicians such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and duke Ellington helped fuel the social event called:

Answer 7

Harlem Renaissance

Question 8

What was the name of the purported unfair trial of two Italian immigrants convicted of murder?

Answer 8

Sacco & Vanzetti trial

Question 9

The trial between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow over the issue of the teaching of evolution was termed:

Answer 9

Scopes “monkey” trial