2.C. RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY and OTHER IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Question 1

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

Answer 1

▪ World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War

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Question 2

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 2

(Woodrow) Wilson

Question 3

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 3

(Franklin) Roosevelt

Question 4

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 4

▪ Japan 🇯🇵
▪ Germany 🇩🇪, and
▪ Italy 🇮🇹

Question 5

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 5

World War II

Question 6

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer 6

Communism

Question 7

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 7

Civil Rights (Movement)

Question 8

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

Answer 8

▪ Fought for Civil Rights
▪ Worked for Equality for All Americans

Question 9

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

Answer 9

Terrorists attacked the United States.

Terrorists hijacked four airplanes. Two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. One plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The passengers on the fourth plane fought the terrorists and the plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Almost 3,000 people died in the September 11th terrorist attacks. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the worst attacks on the United States’ homeland since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Question 10

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 10

[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]
▪ Cherokee
▪ Navajo
▪ Sioux
▪ Chippewa
▪ Choctaw
▪ Pueblo
▪ Apache
▪ Iroquois
▪ Creek
▪ Blackfeet
▪ Seminole
▪ Cheyenne
▪ Arawak
▪ Shawnee
▪ Mohegan
▪ Huron
▪ Oneida
▪ Lakota
▪ Crow
▪ Teton
▪ Hopi
▪ Inuit