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Question 1

What was the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 1

Ruled school segregation unconstitutional

This landmark decision was made in 1954.

Question 2

What did the 24th Amendment accomplish?

Answer 2

Banned poll taxes in federal elections

This amendment was ratified in 1964.

Question 3

What does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit?

Answer 3

Banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, etc.

This act was a significant achievement in the civil rights movement.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the Wagner Act?

Answer 4

Protected workers’ right to unionize

This act was enacted in 1935.

Question 5

What right did the 19th Amendment grant?

Answer 5

Women’s right to vote

This amendment was ratified in 1920.

Question 6

What did the 16th Amendment allow?

Answer 6

Allowed income tax

This amendment was ratified in 1913.

Question 7

What was upheld by Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 7

Upheld ‘separate but equal’ segregation

This decision was made in 1896.

Question 8

What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments address?

Answer 8

• 13th: Abolished slavery
• 14th: Equal protection
• 15th: Voting rights for all races

These amendments were part of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Question 9

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 9

Freed slaves in Confederate states

This executive order was issued in 1863.

Question 10

What did the Homestead Act do?

Answer 10

Granted land to settlers in the West

This act was signed into law in 1862.

Question 11

What was the outcome of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

Answer 11

Denied citizenship to African Americans

This Supreme Court decision was made in 1857.

Question 12

What did the Missouri Compromise aim to achieve?

Answer 12

Balanced free and slave states

This compromise was established in 1820.

Question 13

Which countries were part of the Allies in WW1?

Answer 13

• Serbia
• Russia
• France
• Britain
• Italy
• United States

They opposed Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

Question 14

What is a notable event associated with WW2?

Answer 14

Hitler war

This refers to the widespread conflict initiated by Nazi Germany.

Question 15

What was the Watergate Scandal?

Answer 15

Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation

This occurred during the 1970s.

Question 16

What did the Compromise of 1850 achieve?

Answer 16

Balanced slave and free states, included Fugitive Slave Act

This compromise sought to ease tensions over slavery.