Chronology (Section 4)

Question 1

Destruction of National Bank /
“Trail of Tears”

Answer 1

Jackson

Question 2

“Trustbusting”; “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Answer 2

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 3

“New Deal”

Answer 3

FDR

Question 4

“Ask not what your country can do for you…”

Answer 4

JFK

Question 5

The “Great Society” programs

Answer 5

Lyndon Johnson

Question 6

Watergate

Answer 6

Nixon

Question 7

“Supply-side” economics / “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!”

Answer 7

Ronald Reagan

Question 8

Including the current one, who were the last twelve U.S. presidents (in order) and what political party did each belong to?

Answer 8

JFK (1961-63)
Lyndon Johnson
(a.k.a. LBJ–1963-69)
Nixon (1969-74)
Ford (1974-77)
Carter (1977-81)
Reagan (1981-89)
G.H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
(a.k.a. Bush, Sr. or “Bush 41”)
Clinton (1993-2001)
G.W. Bush (2001-2009)
(a.k.a. Bush, Jr. or “Bush 43”)
Obama (2009-2017)
Trump (2017-2021)
Biden (2021-present)

Question 9

Democrats

Answer 9

JFK (1961-63)
Lyndon Johnson
(a.k.a. LBJ–1963-69)
Carter (1977-81)
Clinton (1993-2001)
Obama (2009-2017)
Biden (2021-present)

Question 10

Republicans

Answer 10

Nixon (1969-74)
Ford (1974-77)
Reagan (1981-89)
G.H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
(a.k.a. Bush, Sr. or “Bush 41”)
G.W. Bush (2001-2009)
(a.k.a. Bush, Jr. or “Bush 43”)
Trump (2017-2021)

Question 11

Continental Congress approves Declaration of Independence (give exact date)

Answer 11

July 2, 1776–although July 4 will not be marked wrong).

Question 12

U.S. Constitution adopted as “law of the land” (give exact year)

Answer 12

1789

Question 13

Civil War (give start and end year)

Answer 13

1861-65

Question 14

Reconstruction era, including end of slavery & beginning of suffrage for African-Americans (give approximate time period in relation to Civil War)

Answer 14

right after civil war, lasting for a little over a decade

Question 15

“Progressive Era” (give approximate decades)

Answer 15

end of 1890s through end of 1910s

Question 16

World War I (give decade)

Answer 16

1910s

Question 17

Women get right to vote nationwide (give year in which women in all states were first eligible to vote in a presidential election).

Answer 17

1920

Question 18

Great Depression (give start year, then decade in which most of it occurred)

Answer 18

1930s

Question 19

World War II (give decade)

Answer 19

1940s

Question 20

“Baby Boom” (give decades)

Answer 20

second half of 1940s to first half of 1960s

Question 21

Heyday of the modern Civil Rights Movement (give decades)

Answer 21

1950s-1960s

Question 22

Cold War (give decades)

Answer 22

second half of 1940s through end of 1980s

Question 23

Height of U.S. involvement in Vietnam (give decades)

Answer 23

1950s-1970s

Question 24

9/11 (year)

Answer 24

2001

Question 25

“Great Recession” (approximate years)

Answer 25

2007-2009

Question 26

Telegraph

Answer 26

1840s

Question 27

Railroad (when did it become a major mode of interstate transportation exceeding the role of steamboats--NOT when was first railroad)

Answer 27

1850s

Question 28

Telephone

Answer 28

1870s

Question 29

Automobile (when was it first possible for the average American to buy one?)

Answer 29

1910s, although invented in 1885

Question 30

Network radio (when did it become a fixture in American households?)

Answer 30

late 1920s

Question 31

Network television (when did it become a fixture in American households?)

Answer 31

end of 1940s-1950s

Question 32

Transatlantic commercial air travel

Answer 32

1950s

Question 33

Manned space travel (decade it began)

Answer 33

1960s

Question 34

Personal computer

Answer 34

end of 1970s

Question 35

The World Wide Web

Answer 35

1990s

Question 36

Smart-phone

Answer 36

2000s

Question 37

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? World War I

Answer 37

U.K.+France+U.S.+Russia vs. Germany/Austria-Hungary/Ottoman Empire (Russia dropped out before end; U.S. entered after start).

Question 38

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? World War II

Answer 38

U.K. for entirety+U.S.S.R. after start + U.S. after start+France after liberation vs. Japan/Germany/Italy.

Question 39

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? Korean War

Answer 39

International Force under UN auspices led by U.S.+South Korea vs. North Korea w/later assistance from China.

Question 40

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? Vietnam War

Answer 40

U.S.+ Army of South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam + Vietcong (forces in S. Vietnam loyal to N. Vietnam).

Question 41

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? First Persian Gulf War

Answer 41

International coalition led by U.S. (WITH U.S.S.R., U.K., France…) vs. Iraq.

Question 42

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? War in Afghanistan

Answer 42

U.S. + Afghan government (at first in exile) vs. Taliban government (in exile until 2021).

Question 43

Who were the U.S.’s main allies and adversaries in each of the following wars, and in what decade(s) was each fought? War in Iraq

Answer 43

(initial) U.S. vs. Iraqi Government of Saddam Hussein (later) U.S. + government of Iraq vs. forces loyal to Hussein + ISIS (Daesh).

Question 44

Which of the above wars occurred during the “Cold War”?

Answer 44

Korean War and Vietnam War

Question 45

Which of the above wars occurred after 9/11?

Answer 45

War in Afghanistan + War in Iraq.

Question 46

Which of the above wars was the last to be officially declared by Congress?

Answer 46

World War II