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Name______________________________________________Date_______________Block_______
U. S. History Flashcard Quiz (#s 1-40)
1. The African-American graduate from Harvard who disagreed with Booker T. Washington’s
approaches to achieving equality was____________________________________________.
2. This was created by Jane Addams to help immigrants________________________________.
3. The secret project developed by scientists and military officials to create the atomic bomb used
during World War II was____________________________________.
4. The woman suffragist who delivered the speech known as Ain’t I A Woman was
_________________________________________________.
5. The term coined by Mark Twain that meant things were pretty on the outside/ugly on the inside
(refers to political corruption)_______________________________________.
6. The process that took the impurities out of steel_________________________________.
7. The amendment that banned the sale and manufacturing of liquor was ______.
8. Granger laws were designed to help people in which industry__________________________.
9. This former president helped pass the Federal Highway Act_______________________________.
10. The president during World War I was _________.
11. The first president to be impeached was _____________________________________________.
12. This former president issued an executive order in 1947 to desegregate the
military__________________________________________.
13. The belief that the government should be “hands off” or have limited involvement was
_____________________________________________________.
14. This president replaced FDR during WWII and was a strong anti-
Communist___________________________.
15. The capitalist industrialist who made his fortune in steel was ______________________________.
16. The president during the Cuban Missile Crisis_______________________________.
17. A _________________________________ is when a single company takes control of an entire
market.
18. The capitalist industrialist who made his fortune in oil was _______________________________.

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19. The deal between Theodore Roosevelt and Japan that limited Japanese immigration to the United
States was known as the _____________________________________________________________.
20. The senator that hunted for Communists in government was
_____________________________________________.
21. The amendment that freed the slaves was the _________.
22. The word that means the right to vote is ___________________________________.
23. The president during the Women’s Suffrage movement was
________________________________________________________.
24. The industrialist who made his fortune in RR shipping and has a University named after him in
Nashville was ________________________________________________.
25. ______________________________________ were responsible for spurring American Industrial
growth and creating markets for steel, coal, timber, and other materials.
26. The president during the Civil War was _______________________________________.
27. The industrialist that created airbrakes for trains was __________________________________.
28. The Army base in Tennessee that worked on the Manhattan Project was
_______________________________________________.
29. The Black Separatist who created the shipping line known as the Black Star Line was
______________________________________________.
30. The Jewish scientist from Germany that created the atomic bomb was
______________________________________.
31. The idea created by Karl Marx that believed the wealth should be evenly divided in society is
____________________________________________-.
32. The term that means an extreme dislike of immigrants/foreigners by Native-born people is
_________________________________________________.
33. The political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC was ________________________________________.
34. The amendment that gave freed slaves citizenship was _____________.
35. The amendment that gave freed slaves the right to vote was ___________.
36. The amendment that gave women the right to vote was _________.
37. The president of the U. S. during World War II was _____________________________.

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38. The city in TN where the atomic bomb was built is ___________________________________.
39. The African-American leader that delivered the speech known as the Atlanta Compromise was
_________________________________________________.
Bonus:
40. The photographer that was famous for taking pictures of the urban poor during the Gilded Age
was___________________________________________________.