HIS-2025X07 – USA 1920s, Civil Rights, International
Treaties, WWII, Cold War, and Middle East Conflicts
In what year/ month was the Stresa Front signed? - April 1935
Roughly how many people attended the March on Washington? - 200,000
Name three groups that advocated prohibition - Women/ Business/ Religious
Groups
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act (1964)? - Lyndon Johnson
Which peace treaty ended war between the Allies and Bulgaria in 1919? - Treaty of
Neuilly
How many soldiers was Germany permitted under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
(1919)? - 100,000
Which tariff was introduced by the USA in 1922? - Fordney-McCumber tariff
What political views did Sacco & Vanzetti advocate? - Anarchism
Henry Ford introduced what rate of pay for a day's work? - $5
What measure enfranchised women in the USA? - 19th Amendment (1920)
What organisation set up in December 1955 was Martin Luther King chairman of? -
Montgomery Improvement Association
What organisation was set up by Huey Newton and Bobby Searle in 1966? - Black Panther
Party
, Which husband and wife pair were executed on 19 June 1953? - Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg
What was the name of the secret pact in which Britain and France offered Italy 2/3 of
Abyssinia in 1935? - The Hoare-Laval Pact
What 'foothold' did Japan have in Manchuria that made invasion easier (and provided an
excuse when it was blown up)? - The South Manchurian Railway
What two word term describes the way in which the League of Nations tried to ensure
international peace? - Collective Security
President Nixon's administration set up which group in response to leaks (e.g. the leak of the
Pentagon Papers in 1971)? - The Plumbers
What was the nickname of the Ford Model T motorcar? - The 'Tin Lizzie'
Name two American sporting heroes of the 1920s - Babe Ruth (baseball) and Jack Dempsey
(boxing)...others available
Name two cinematic icons of the 1920s - Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino...others
available
Complete the following sentence: "separate educational facilities are inherently .......... "
(Brown v Board of Educ [1954]) - Unequal
Which country did Britain and France 'guarantee' the security of in 1939? - Poland
What did Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles state? - The 'War Guilt' Clause
Treaties, WWII, Cold War, and Middle East Conflicts
In what year/ month was the Stresa Front signed? - April 1935
Roughly how many people attended the March on Washington? - 200,000
Name three groups that advocated prohibition - Women/ Business/ Religious
Groups
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act (1964)? - Lyndon Johnson
Which peace treaty ended war between the Allies and Bulgaria in 1919? - Treaty of
Neuilly
How many soldiers was Germany permitted under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
(1919)? - 100,000
Which tariff was introduced by the USA in 1922? - Fordney-McCumber tariff
What political views did Sacco & Vanzetti advocate? - Anarchism
Henry Ford introduced what rate of pay for a day's work? - $5
What measure enfranchised women in the USA? - 19th Amendment (1920)
What organisation set up in December 1955 was Martin Luther King chairman of? -
Montgomery Improvement Association
What organisation was set up by Huey Newton and Bobby Searle in 1966? - Black Panther
Party
, Which husband and wife pair were executed on 19 June 1953? - Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg
What was the name of the secret pact in which Britain and France offered Italy 2/3 of
Abyssinia in 1935? - The Hoare-Laval Pact
What 'foothold' did Japan have in Manchuria that made invasion easier (and provided an
excuse when it was blown up)? - The South Manchurian Railway
What two word term describes the way in which the League of Nations tried to ensure
international peace? - Collective Security
President Nixon's administration set up which group in response to leaks (e.g. the leak of the
Pentagon Papers in 1971)? - The Plumbers
What was the nickname of the Ford Model T motorcar? - The 'Tin Lizzie'
Name two American sporting heroes of the 1920s - Babe Ruth (baseball) and Jack Dempsey
(boxing)...others available
Name two cinematic icons of the 1920s - Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino...others
available
Complete the following sentence: "separate educational facilities are inherently .......... "
(Brown v Board of Educ [1954]) - Unequal
Which country did Britain and France 'guarantee' the security of in 1939? - Poland
What did Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles state? - The 'War Guilt' Clause
