C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information Flashcards
1
Q
- 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
2
Q
- Who was President during World War I?
A
▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
3
Q
- Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A
▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt
4
Q
- Who did the United States fight in World War II?
A
▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
5
Q
- Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
A
▪ World War II
6
Q
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
A
▪ Communism
7
Q
- What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
A
▪ civil rights (movement)
8
Q
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
A
▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans
9
Q
- What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
A
▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.
10
Q
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]
A
▪ Cherokee
▪ Navajo
▪ Sioux
▪ Chippewa
▪ Choctaw
▪ Pueblo
▪ Apache
▪ Iroquois
▪ Creek
▪ Blackfeet
▪ Seminole
▪ Cheyenne
▪ Arawak
▪ Shawnee
▪ Mohegan
▪ Huron
▪ Oneida
▪ Lakota
▪ Crow
▪ Teton
▪ Hopi
▪ Inuit