History - 1900+

Question 1

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

Answer 1

▪ World War I (1914-1918).
▪ World War II (1937-1945).
▪ Korean War (1950-1953).
▪ Vietnam War (1954-1975).
▪ (Persian) Gulf War (1990-1991).

Question 2

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 2

Woodrow Wilson

Question 3

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 3

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 4

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 4

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 5

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 5

World War II

Question 6

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer 6

Communism

Question 7

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 7

civil rights (movement)

Question 8

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

Answer 8

▪ fought for civil rights.
▪ worked for equality for all Americans.

Question 9

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

Answer 9

Terrorists attacked the United States.

Question 10

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 10

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