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.
A
▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit
