U.S. History — Semester B Practice

Question 1 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Hard Word

McCarthyism (1950s) was:

A a trade policy

B anti-communist investigations and accusations

C an economic plan

D a civil rights strategy

Explanation

📌 Senator Joseph McCarthy led anti-communist witch hunts. Red Scare. Blacklists. Fear of communist infiltration in government.

Question 2 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

The Great Depression began with the stock market crash of:

A 1941

B 1919

C 1929

D 1939

Explanation

📌 October 29, 1929 ('Black Tuesday'). Lasted through the 1930s. FDR's New Deal attempted recovery.

Question 3 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The US entered World War I in:

A 1914

B 1918

C 1917

D 1920

Explanation

📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.

Question 4 of 10

TEKS 12A-14C Easy Word

The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:

A New England

B the Great Plains

C the Southeast

D California

Explanation

📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.

Question 5 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

The New Deal was:

A a trade agreement with Britain

B a peace treaty after WWI

C FDR's programs to combat the Great Depression

D Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction

Explanation

📌 FDR's programs (1933-1939) to combat the Great Depression. Created jobs, reformed banking, established Social Security.

Question 6 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:

A the end of WWI

B the dropping of the atomic bomb

C the bombing of Pearl Harbor

D the Allied invasion of Normandy

Explanation

📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.

Question 7 of 10

TEKS 17A-19E Medium Word

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:

A the draft is legal

B prayer in school is required

C school segregation is unconstitutional

D women can vote

Explanation

📌 'Separate but equal' is unconstitutional. School segregation violated the 14th Amendment. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Question 8 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Hard Word

The Iran-Contra affair (1980s) involved:

A illegally selling arms to Iran to fund rebels in Nicaragua

B the invasion of Iran

C building the Panama Canal

D a trade agreement with Iran

Explanation

📌 Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran and used profits to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Violated Congressional ban.

Question 9 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

The Berlin Wall fell in:

A 1991

B 2001

C 1975

D 1989

Explanation

📌 November 9, 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War. Germany reunified 1990.

Question 10 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:

A disband the military

B join the Soviet Union

C support nations resisting communism

D remain isolationist

Explanation

📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.

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