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1
Women began joining the work force in larger numbers during WWII?
False
True
2
What current branch of the U.S. military had only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?
U.S Air Force
Army
Marines
Cost Guard
3
What was the decay of the factory-based economic regions of the northeastern United States?
astroid belt
rustbelt
Great Depression
sunbelt
4
What year was the Waco siege?
1997
1993
1987
1990
5
What country did we buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
Germany
France
Spain
England
6
What bomb did President Truman order to construct?
cobalt bomb
hydrogen bomb
bunker buster
dirty bomb
7
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from what country?
Spain
Germany
England
France
8
What year did America land the first man on the moon?
1969
1965
1963
1967
9
Who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."?
JFK
Clinton
Reagan
Nixon
10
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"?
Patrick Henry
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Adams
George Washington
11
What war was from 1861–1865?
WWI
Cold War
Mexican- American War
Civil War
12
What was the last state to be admitted to the Union?
Alaska
Hawaii
Arizona
New Mexico
13
What war was the deadliest?
WWII
Civil War
WWI
Vietnam War
14
What year did JFK get assassinated?
1959
1963
1962
1971
15
What case decision was "Separate but equal"?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Marbury vs. Madison
Brown vs. Board of Education
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
16
What day was America founded on?
July 4, 1667
July 4, 1676
July 4,1776
July 4, 1767
17
What is NOT true about the Missouri Compromise?
drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory
determined slave states and free states
an important achievement of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency
admitting Maine as a free state
18
What year did the Great Depression start in?
1920
1932
1919
1929
19
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Jeffery Dahmer
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Zodiac Killer
20
In what year was slavery abolished in the United States?
1889
1876
1865
1901
21
Who was the president in 2002?
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
22
Indian Citizenship Act was passed in what year?
1961
1957
1924
1935
23
When was the "Trail of Tears"?
1835
1832
1840
1838
24
Who gave "Tear Down This Wall" Speech?
Kennedy
Nixon
Reagan
Clinton
25
Who wrote the classic novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Benjamin Franklin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert Frost
Thomas Paine
26
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
15th
13th
14th
27
What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1983
1989
1980
1986
28
Who was the first president to die in office?
Abraham Lincoln
James K. Polk
George Washington
William Henry Harrison
29
Which of these was NOT a member of the original Thirteen Colonies?
New York
Deleware
Maine
Georgia
30
What F.B.I director was fired by Trump?
Andrew McCabe
Drew McCabe
James Comey
John Comy