Civics Practice Assesment (Part 6: Recent American History )

Which war was NOT fought by the United States in the 1900s.

• The Spanish-American War

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

• World War II

Answer explanation

Spanish-American War (1898-1902)

World War I (1917-1918)

World War II (1941 –1945)

Korean War (1950-1953)

Vietnam War (1964-1975)

Who was President during World War I?

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Lyndon Johnson

Answer explanation

Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921).

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

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Woodrow Wilson

Answer explanation

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

• England, Germany, and Russia

• Japan, Germany, and Italy

• Japan, England, and Russia

• Canada, China, and Italy

Answer explanation

During World War II, the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) were opposed by the Allied Powers (led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union).

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

• The Spanish American War 

• The Vietnam War

• Korean Conflict

• World War II

Answer explanation

During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army.

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

• Climate change

• Spread of capitalism 

• Energy shortage

• Spread of communism

Answer explanation

The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The conflict was based around the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers.

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers. However, the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical rule of his own country.

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

• Temperance Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

• Women’s Rights Movement

• Religious Reform Movement

Answer explanation

The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.

What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

• Fought for the women’s right to vote

• Fought for a religious freedom

• Fought for civil rights of all Americans

• Fought for clean alternative energy

Answer explanation

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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

• The Stock Market crashed

• President Kennedy was assassinated

• Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans

• Terrorists attacked New York and Washington, D.C.

Answer explanation

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Name one Native American Tribe in the United States.

• Choctaw Nation

• Himba Tribe

• Wiradjuri Nation

• Zulu Tribe

Answer explanation

The Choctaw Nation is a Native American territory covering about 6,952,960 acres, occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area after the Navajo.