C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information Flashcards

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

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

(If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you
may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.)

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  1. Who was President during World War I?
A

▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

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  1. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
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▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt

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  1. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
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▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

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

▪ World War II

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

▪ Communism

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  1. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
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▪ civil rights (movement)

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  1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
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▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans

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  1. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
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▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.

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

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