C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information Flashcards
- Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
▪ 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.)
- Who was President during World War I?
▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
- Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt
- Who did the United States fight in World War II?
▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
- Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
▪ World War II
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
▪ Communism
- What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
▪ civil rights (movement)
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans
(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.)
- What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
[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