Question 1 of 10
Rosa Parks is famous for:
Ahelping to write the entire U.S. Constitution
Bserving as the first female President of the United States
Crefusing to give up her bus seat, sparking a boycott
Dleading the entire Underground Railroad network
Explanation
📌 Refusing to give up her bus seat (1955, Montgomery, Alabama). Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Civil rights icon.
Question 2 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A1914
B1918
C1920
D1917
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.
Question 3 of 10
Pearl Harbor was attacked on:
ADecember 7, 1941
BJune 6, 1944
CNovember 11, 1918
DAugust 6, 1945
Explanation
📌 December 7, 1941. Japan attacked the US naval base in Hawaii. US entered WWII the next day.
Question 4 of 10
Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for:
Aleading the colonists' revolt
Binventing the telephone and light bulb
Cdrafting and signing the US Constitution
Dleading the Civil Rights Movement
Explanation
📌 Leading the Civil Rights Movement through nonviolent protest. 'I Have a Dream' speech (1963). Assassinated 1968.
Question 5 of 10
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Apermanently abolished slavery throughout the entire United States
Boutlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
Cestablished a national Social Security retirement and pension system
Dgave American women the constitutional right to vote
Explanation
📌 Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Ended Jim Crow laws.
Question 6 of 10
The Cold War was between:
AUS and Germany
BUS and China
CUS and Japan
DUS and USSR
Explanation
📌 US (capitalism/democracy) vs USSR (communism). 1947-1991. Never direct military conflict → 'cold.'
Question 7 of 10
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:
Athe Allied invasion of Normandy
Bthe bombing of Pearl Harbor
Cthe dropping of the atomic bomb
Dthe end of WWI
Explanation
📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.
Question 8 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
Athe coastal Southeast
Bthe Great Plains
CPennsylvania
Dthe California coast
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.
Question 9 of 10
The graph shows U.S. unemployment during the Great Depression. Based on the graph, unemployment peaked in 1933 at 25%. Which program was primarily responsible for the eventual decline?
AThe Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates
BPresident Hoover's policy of rugged individualism
CState-level welfare programs created by governors
DPresident Roosevelt's New Deal programs
Explanation
FDR's New Deal programs (CCC, WPA, TVA, Social Security) provided jobs and economic relief, though full recovery came with WWII mobilization.
Question 10 of 10
The diagram shows the structure of the United Nations, founded in 1945. What was the primary purpose of creating the United Nations after World War II?
ATo punish Germany and Japan for having started the war
BTo spread democracy to all nations of the world by military force
CTo establish one single, unified world government
DTo maintain international peace and prevent future world wars
Explanation
The United Nations was created to maintain international peace and security and prevent another world war through diplomacy and collective security.