Social Studies Exam Review 2024 Part 1

Who was a Scottish immigrant, made his money on steel, and was a philanthropist?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• George Marshall

• Thurgood Marshall

Who was an author known for books like 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men'?

• Joseph McCarthy

• Jackie Robinson

• John Steinbeck

• John D. Rockefeller

Which groups did first lady Eleanor Roosevelt work with?

• Women

• African Americans

• immigrants

• Young people

Who was the first black person to play in the American baseball league?

• George Marshall

• Jackie Robinson

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Steinbeck

Who made a fortune from an oil monopoly and was a philanthropist?

• Joseph McCarthy

• John Steinbeck

• Jackie Robinson

• John D. Rockefeller

Who was a US general who commanded the Pacific theater in WWII, particularly in the Philippines?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Thurgood Marshall

Who was the Wisconsin senator who made accusations about communism without evidence to get what he wanted?

• Harry S. Truman

• George Marshall

• Joseph McCarthy

• Douglas MacArthur

Who was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice?

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• George Marshall

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

Who was the secretary of state under Truman and made a plan for recovery in Europe after WWII?

• Andrew Carnegie

• George Marshall

• Thurgood Marshall

• Jackie Robinson

Who was a black Muslim minister who had the view that black people should completely separate from white people?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Douglas MacArthur

• George Marshall

• Malcolm X