Unit 10- 20th Century History

Question 1

What is another name for the Persian Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

Operation Desert Storm

Question 2

What does the law from 1965 change?

Accepted Answer

Anyone from other countries can apply

Question 3

Between what years does the Great Depression happen?

Accepted Answer

1929-1939

Question 4

The Telephone was invented by who?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 5

What is the name of the International Organization which many countries are part of?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 6

What happened on September 11th, 2001?

Accepted Answer

Terrorist Attack

Question 7

What political system does the Soviet Union have?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 8

When does America enter World War 2?

Accepted Answer

1941

Question 9

Where did the Immigrants work?

Accepted Answer

Factories and Farms

Question 10

Why is America called “THE NATION OF IMMIGRANTS”?

Accepted Answer

All Americans come from Immigrants

Question 11

What are two of Thomas Edison's inventions?

Accepted Answer

Light Bulb and Phonograph

Question 12

What are two Allied Countries in World War 1?

Accepted Answer

France and America

Question 13

What is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

US government closed

Question 14

What are the two sides fighting in World War 1?

Accepted Answer

Allies and Central Powers

Question 15

Who was the leader of Allied Forces in Europe during World War 2?

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower

Question 16

In the 1900’s the US does what to slow down immigration?

Accepted Answer

Immigration Laws

Question 17

Who was president during the Persian Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

Bush

Question 18

What does the US drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Accepted Answer

Atomic bombs

Question 19

When does World War 2 begin?

Accepted Answer

1939

Question 20

What was was fought from 1964 to 1973?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam War

Question 21

How many terms did President Roosevelt have?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 22

What was the name of MLK Jr.'s speech called?

Accepted Answer

I Have A Dream

Question 23

What was the main concern for the US during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 24

What are the two world powers after World War Two?

Accepted Answer

USA & Soviet Union

Question 25

During what years did the Civil Rights Movement happen?

Accepted Answer

1950s - 1960s

Question 26

What is one cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Too much Credit

Question 27

Which president ordered attack on Afghanistan after 9/11?

Accepted Answer

Bush

Question 28

What is one of the way which made life for factory workers very difficult?

Accepted Answer

Long Working Hours

Question 29

What was the name of the demonstration that happened in Washington?

Accepted Answer

March on Washington

Question 30

George Stephenson created what?

Accepted Answer

Railroad

Question 31

What political system does the US have?

Accepted Answer

Democratic

Question 32

What is one goal of the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

Keeping Peace

Question 33

Who was the president from 1933 to 1945?

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt

Question 34

Who was the most famous leader of the Civil Rights movement?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 35

What group was responsible for 9/11?

Accepted Answer

Al Qaeda

Question 36

One reason why immigrants come to the US

Accepted Answer

To get a better life for themselves and their families

Question 37

Did the US and Soviet Union fight each other?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Who was President during World War 1?

Accepted Answer

President Wilson

Question 39

Issac Singer and Elias Howe invented what?

Accepted Answer

Sewing Machine

Question 40

Who Invented the Cotton Gin

Accepted Answer

Elie Whitney

Question 41

The Korean War was fought between what years?

Accepted Answer

1950 - 1953

Question 42

When did America enter World War 1?

Accepted Answer

1917

Question 43

When do we celebrate MLK Jr. Day?

Accepted Answer

January

Question 44

What is the name of the group that came to America to work?

Accepted Answer

Immigrants

Question 45

What was the goal of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

To help the country and the people

Question 46

When is Labor Day

Accepted Answer

September

Question 47

On what holiday do Americans celebrate the hard work of American workers?

Accepted Answer

Labor Day

Question 48

What is the name of a group of workers who come together

Accepted Answer

Labor Unions

Question 49

Why did the Persian Gulf War begin?

Accepted Answer

Iraq attacked Kuwait

Question 50

When does the Persian Gulf War end?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 51

What was President Roosevelt’s plan to help the country during the Great Depression called?

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 52

What happened in 1968?

Accepted Answer

MLK Jr. was killed

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