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NEW REFLECTIONS US HISTORY
NEW REFLECTIONS US HISTORY
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A quiz in American History for my Norwegian students of Samfunnsfaglig engelsk.
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1
Why was Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery Alabama in 1955?
For having a relationship with a white man
For stealing from her employers
For killing a white man
For refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
2
Who became president in 1861?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
3
What did Charles Lindbergh become famous for in the late 1920's?
He arrested Al Capone for tax fraud
He was the most feared gangster in America
He played the lead role in the first film with sound
He flew over the Atlantic Ocean single-handedly
4
When was the Civil Rights Act passed, outlawing segregation?
1965
1964
1966
1967
5
How did South Carolina react when Lincoln became president?
South Carolina left the Union
South Carolina stopped using slaves immediately
South Carolina sent flowers congratulating Lincoln
South Carolina sent a assassin to Washington to kill Lincoln
6
Who invented the assembly line production in 1913?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Charlie Chaplin
Henry Ford
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Who was the American President who wanted a lenient peace in Europe after the war?
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodor Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
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What was the policy of "containment"?
Preventing the spread of Communism
Containing the Sovjets to Earth, while conquering the Moon.
Preventing other countries to get a nuclear bomb
The plastic revolution which made it easy to contain foods
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Who escalated the US war effort in Vietnam?
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
10
Where did the US go to war in 1950?
Vietnam
Cuba
Korea
Germany
11
In what year was the US attacked on 9/11?
2000
1999
2001
2002
12
When did the US join the fighting in World War I?
1917
1916
1915
1914
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George W. Bush and the US invaded Iraq in 2003 claiming, wrongfully, that Iraq was hiding ...?
Uranium, to make Nuclear bombs with.
Osama Bin Laden
Large amounts of Gummy Bears, and refused to share
Weapons of Mass Destruction
14
Who famously said these words "Ich bin ein Berliner?"
Ronald Reagan
John. F Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
15
What policy did Franklin D. Roosevelt start in 1933 to end the Depression?
Back in the saddle
The same old Deal
The New Deal
The turning of the Wheel
16
Who did the US, with a UN mandate attack in the Gulf War of 1991?
Kuwait
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iran
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And when was this?
3rd of June 1942
7th of December 1941
1st of September 1939
9th of April 1940
18
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
The scene that was playing when Lincoln was shot
An act that gave land free to anyone willing to farm it
The first law against immigration in the USA
A regulation of the housing situation in the cities
19
Who were the first Europeans to colonize in present day USA?
The Spanish
The French
The English
The Portuguese
20
What are the men behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution called?
The future presidents
The awesome Americans
The leaders of the future
The founding fathers
21
What was the name of the ship that carried 101 men, women and children to New England in 1620?
The Nina
The Santa Maria
Ormurin Langi
The Mayflower
22
When did Christopher Columbus "discover" America?
1000
1607
1349
1492
23
Who became leader of the "Evil Empire" in 1985?
Boris Yeltsin
Darth Vader
Mikhail Gorbachev
Konstantin Chernenko
24
Who lead the campaign against un-American activity?
Joseph McCarthy
J. Edgar Hoover
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
25
Who did President Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from in 1803?
British king George III
Spanish king Ferdinand VII
French king Louis XVI
Emperor Napoleon
26
What did Ronald Reagan increase government spending on when he became President?
The military
Hollywood
Hair products for the President
Chocolate and Candy
27
What happened in October 1962 that made the whole world hold it's breath?
The US has it's first maned Spaceflight
The Cuban missile Crisis
The first James Bond film "Dr. No"
The World Cup in Soccer in Chile
28
How did the war against Japan end?
They surrendered when Hitler died
The US droped two nuclear bombs on Japanese cities
When the Japanese emperor killed himself
When US troops had taken the city of Tokyo
29
What lead the US in to World War II?
The German invasion of France
The German invasion of Poland
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
30
Where did the infamous tea party of 1773 happen?
Delaware
Boston
Chicago
Pennsylvania
31
Who lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
The Black Panthers
Martin Luther King jr
32
Who became the US's new enemy after World War II?
The Australians
The British
The Sovjets
The French
33
How many states did the USA consist of in 1850, with the inclusion of California?
27
25
29
31
34
What did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 do?
Free all slaves in throughout the Union
Allow young children to work in factories
Free the USA from Britain
Allow boys under the age of 18 to become soldiers
35
What is "Black Tuesday"?
The day America had payed down all their European loans
The day the second World War broke out
The day The New York Stoke Exchange crashed completely
A day anually when white people served their black servants
36
What are the 1920's in the USA known as?
The Roaring Twenties
The golden years
The peek of America
The happy days
37
What did the Hippies signal an end to?
The silent generation
the 1960's
the Vietnam war
Country music
38
What was "the first effective channel of American cultural influence"?
Hollywood films
Immigrant's letters home to the old country
YouTube
Jazz
39
What was the US foreign policy before the 1st World War?
Interventionism
Isolationism
The World's Peace brokers
The World's Police
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When did the war of Independence start and end?
1783-1789
1773-1776
1776-1779
1775-1783
