Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

• World War I

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• (Persian) Gulf War

Who was President during World War I?

• (Woodrow) Wilson

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

• (Franklin) Roosevelt

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

• Japan, Germany, and Italy

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

World War II

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

Communism

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Civil Rights movement

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

• fought for civil rights

• worked for equality for all Americans

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

• Terrorists attacked the United States.

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

• Cherokee

• Cheyenne

• Navajo

• Arawak

• Sioux

• Shawnee

• Chippewa

• Mohegan

• Choctaw

• Huron

• Pueblo

• Oneida

• Apache

• Lakota

• Iroquois

• Crow

• Creek

• Teton

• Blackfeet

• Hopi

• Seminole

• Inuit