1929-1968 APUSH

Question 1

What year did the Stock Market Crash occur?

Answer 1

1929

Marked the beginning of the Great Depression

Question 2

What year did the Bonus Army march to Washington?

Answer 2

1932

WWI veterans demanded early bonus payments during the Depression

Question 3

What year was the Social Security Act passed?

Answer 3

1935

Created a safety net for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled

Question 4

What year did WWII start in Europe?

Answer 4

1939

Germany invaded Poland, prompting Britain and France to declare war

Question 5

What year was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 5

1941

Led the U.S. to enter World War II

Question 6

What year was D-Day?

Answer 6

1944

Allied forces launched a major invasion on the beaches of Normandy

Question 7

What year were atomic bombs dropped on Japan?

Answer 7

1945

Ended World War II after bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 8

What years did the Cold War last?

Answer 8

1945–1991

Period of political and military tension between the U.S. and USSR

Question 9

What year was the Truman Doctrine announced?

Answer 9

1947

Declared U.S. support for countries resisting communism

Question 10

What years did the Korean War occur?

Answer 10

1950–1953

Conflict between North and South Korea, with U.S. and UN involvement

Question 11

What decade was McCarthyism most prominent?

Answer 11

1950s

Fear-driven anti-communist investigations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy

Question 12

What year was Brown v. Board of Education decided?

Answer 12

1954

Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in schools unconstitutional

Question 13

What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?

Answer 13

1955

Sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest, led by Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14

What year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik?

Answer 14

1957

First artificial satellite, beginning the space race

Question 15

What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 15

1962

Closest the U.S. and USSR came to nuclear war

Question 16

What year was the March on Washington?

Answer 16

1963

Civil Rights demonstration where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech

Question 17

What year was JFK assassinated?

Answer 17

1963

President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas

Question 18

What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

Answer 18

1964

Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Question 19

What year were Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated?

Answer 19

1968

Both leaders were killed, marking a turbulent year in U.S. history

Question 20

What year was the Tet Offensive?

Answer 20

1968

Major attack by North Vietnamese forces that turned U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War