American History: Key Events and Concepts

American History: Key Events and Concepts

10th Grade

10 Qs

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American History: Key Events and Concepts

American History: Key Events and Concepts

Assessment

Quiz

History

10th Grade

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Created by

KEITH WALTER

Used 2+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move into the American West?

Built free housing along established railroad tracks.

Granted 160 acres to persons who lived and worked the land.

Family plots were given away by a random drawing.

Settlers were encouraged to build log cabins in western territories.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The era of the 1920's was known as...

The Roaring 20s

The Prohibition Era

The Jazz Age

All of the above

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Click the countries that fought on the side of the Central Powers during World War One.

Great Britain

Ottoman Empire

Russia

Germany

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The incident that brought America to war with Spain was...

Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.

THe attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941.

THe sinking of the British luxury liner Lusitania.

Attack on American military base in Manilla Bay.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Dawes Act force Native Americans to do?

Send their children to boarding schools

Move to 'Indian Territory'

Established the reservation system

Vote in federal elections

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Check all that are TRUE about the Panama Canal:

Connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Completed the project after the French were unable to.

Functioned effectively for 50 years.

Is no longer under American control.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The typewriter, elevator and bicycle are all associated with which historical age?

Westward Expansion

Gilded Age

World War One

1920's

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