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. Question 87 Audio (MP3, 1.13 MB)
[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
