Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

Question 1

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

Answer 1

World War I 
World War II 
Korean War 
Vietnam War 
(Persian) Gulf War

Question 2

Why did the United States enter World War I?

Answer 2

Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships
To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)

Question 3

When did all women get the right to vote?

Answer 3

1920
After World War I
(With the) 19th Amendment

Question 4

What was the Great Depression?

Answer 4

Longest economic recession in modern history

Question 5

When did the Great Depression start?

Answer 5

The Great Crash (1929)

Stock market crash of 1929

Question 6

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

Answer 6

(Franklin) Roosevelt

Question 7

Why did the United States enter World War II?

Answer 7

(Bombing of) Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia)
To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)

Question 8

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer 8

General during World War II
President at the end of (during) the Korean War
34th president of the United States
Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)

Question 9

Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

Answer 9

Soviet Union
USSR
Russia

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Communism

Nuclear war

Question 11

Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

Answer 11

To stop the spread of communism

Question 12

Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

Answer 12

To stop the spread of communism

Question 13

What did the civil rights movement do?

Answer 13

Fought to end racial discrimination

Question 14

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.*
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

Answer 14

Fought for civil rights
Worked for equality for all Americans
Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”

Question 15

Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?

Answer 15

To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Terrorists attacked the United States
Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania

Question 17

Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Answer 17

(Global) War on Terror
War in Afghanistan
War in Iraq

Question 18

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 18

Apache
Blackfeet
Cayuga
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Chippewa
Choctaw
Creek
Crow
Hopi
Huron
Inupiat
Lakota
Mohawk 
Mohegan
Navajo
Oneida
Onondaga 
Pueblo
Seminole 
Seneca
Shawnee
Sioux 
Teton
Tuscarora

Question 19

Name one example of an American innovation.

Answer 19

Light bulb
Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
Skyscrapers 
Airplane
Assembly line
Landing on the moon
Integrated circuit (IC)

Question 20

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 20

(Woodrow) Wilson

Question 21

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 21

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 22

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

Answer 22

World War II

Question 23

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 23

civil rights (movement)