Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

Question 1

78. 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

79. Who was President during World War I?

Answer 2

▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

Question 3

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

Answer 3

▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt

Question 4

81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 4

▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 5

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

Answer 5

▪ World War II

Question 6

84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 6

▪ civil rights (movement)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

▪ Communism

Question 8

85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.

Question 10

87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 10

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