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  • Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
    To stop the spread of communism
  • What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
    Terrorists attacked the United States/Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
  • Name one example of American innovation.
    Light bulb/Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)/Skyscrapers/Airplane/Assembly line/Landing on the moon/Integrated circuit (IC)
  • Why did the United States enter World War II (World War 2)?
    Bombing of Pearl Harbor/Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor/To support the Allied Powers/To oppose the Axis Powers
  • Name one (1) war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
    World War I (World War 1)/World War II (World War 2)/Korean War/Vietnam War/(Persian) Gulf War
  • Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
    Navajo/Apache/Cherokee/Crow/Sioux/Seneca/Mohawk/Lakota/Cheyenne
  • Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
    To force out the Iraqi military from Kuwait
  • Why did the United States enter the Korean War?
    To stop the spread of communism
  • Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.
    General during World War II (World War 2)/President at the end of (during) the Korean War/34th president of the United States/Created the Interstate System
  • When did all women get the right to vote?
    1920/After World War I/(With the) 19th Amendment
  • Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?
    Soviet Union/USSR/Russia
  • When did the Great Depression start?
    The Great Crash/Stock market crash of 1929
  • During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?
    Communism/Nuclear war
  • Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II (World War 2)?
    Franklin Roosevelt
  • Why did the United States enter World War I?
    Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships/To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy and Russia)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one (1).
    Fought for civil rights/Worked for equality for all Americans/Ensure people would "not be judged by color of their skin, but by the content of their character
  • What did the civil rights movement do?
    Fought to end racial discrimination
  • What was the Great Depression?
    Longest economic recession in modern history
  • Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
    (Global) War on Terror/War in Afghanistan/War in Iraq