11th Grade U.S. History STAAR Practice Test

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• Which alliance included Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and France during World War II?
• The Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serb in 1914, whose murder helped trigger World War I.
• Which group took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation?
• Which 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld racial segregation as long as facilities were equal?
• Which term best describes a political organization that controls city government through patronage and votes?
• What is the name of the controversial law passed in October 2001 expanding federal powers to fight terrorism?
• Which famous political figure is associated with Tammany Hall and corruption?
• Who served as Allied commander in Europe during World War II and later became U.S. president during the civil rights era?
• Executive Order 9066 led to internment of Japanese Americans primarily on which coast?
• Which act is commonly referred to as the Stimulus Package/ARRA?
• What term describes neighborhoods where immigrants from the same culture lived and formed communities?
• Which law requires banks to demonstrate commitment to local communities through low-income lending programs and annual public reports?
• The Gulf War of 1990–1991 is best described as which type of conflict?
• Which amendment provides that the Electoral College elects the President and Vice President on separate ballots?
• The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a major public works program during the Great Depression that focused on:
• What was the strategic aim of the island hopping campaign in the Pacific?
• Dolores Huerta's notable contribution included co-founding which organization with Cesar Chavez?
• Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
• In late 19th century urban politics, a political boss typically served as what in the city?
• Who was the first Black person to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard and helped create the NAACP in 1910?
• Who was the Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist state?
• What is the term for a procedure by which voters can propose a law or constitutional amendment?
• Which president implemented the New Deal programs during the 1930s?
• Which term refers to poorly built, overcrowded housing in urban areas?
• Which U.S. president led the country to victory in World War II and authorized the use of atomic weapons?
• Which Native American group created a code used by the U.S. military that the Japanese could not decipher?
• What pledge did Germany make to the United States during World War I to stop sinking ships without warning?
• Which statement about the American Federation of Labor is true?
• Which general commanded U.S. ground forces in the liberation of France and the invasion of Germany?
• The organization NAACP stands for which of the following?
• Approximately how many Americans went to France to serve under General Pershing?
• Reagonomics is associated with which economic approach?
• What independent federal agency was established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment?
• Fireside Chats were informal talks given by which president?
• Which of the following is NOT part of the Social Security Act as described?
• The British passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915, resulting in significant American casualties.
• Which organization was led by Terence V. Powderly and promoted open membership for unskilled workers, women, African-Americans, and immigrants?
• Who commanded the American Expeditionary Force and insisted soldiers fight as independent units?
• What term describes ruthless and unfair charges against opponents, such as those used during the anti-communist actions led by a Wisconsin senator in the 1950s?
• Which description best matches the Court Packing Scheme proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt?
• Who co-founded Microsoft and built it into a leading computer software company?
• Which policy was repealed to allow open service by gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in the U.S. military?
• The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union characterized by deadly threats but no full-scale direct battlefield confrontation, lasting roughly 1945-1991. What is this period called?
• Which American inventor is best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures?
• Which policy pledged to support free peoples resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures?
• D-Day refers to the Allied invasion of which location?
• The fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War occurred in which year?
• Which 1944 law helped returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education?
• Which president, the 43rd, pursued energy self-sufficiency and focused on anti-terrorism after 2001?
• Which industrialist helped fund the arts and built a steel empire by 1901?
• Which law restricted immigration from a specific country in the late 19th century?
• Which term describes Reaganomics?
• Which phrase describes the forces that drive people away and attract them to a new location?
• Which Supreme Court case concerned the question of whether the defendant had First Amendment right to free speech against the draft during World War I, and established the 'clear and present danger' rule?
• Which law, enacted to protect voting rights in 1957, aimed to ensure suffrage for African Americans?
• Which Supreme Court case ruled that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional in 1954?
• Who was the first African American president elected in 2008 whose presidency included major reforms and a large stimulus?
• Which president proposed the Fourteen Points?
• Which term refers to immigrants who came to the United States seeking opportunities, often settling in urban areas?
• Which industrialist dominated Standard Oil and used ruthless tactics to eliminate competition?
• Which social reformer campaigned for women's rights, temperance, and abolition, and helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association?
• Title IX, a U.S. law enacted in 1972, prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in which context?
• Which American photographer documented the Great Depression by photographing the unemployed and rural poor?
• Which foreign policy is associated with Teddy Roosevelt and the 'big stick' symbol?
• What world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace, though the United States never joined?
• Which organization was known for militant methods and self-defense in the civil rights era?
• Which organization did Osama bin Laden lead that carried out multiple major attacks in the late 1990s and early 2000s?
• What military strategy used during World War II involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others?
• What is the name of the mass movement where thousands of African Americans moved from the South to Northern cities in search of better opportunities?
• Which nation completed the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914?
• Which political party formed in 1892 represented farmers and supported free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies?
• Which term refers to industrialists who gained huge profits by paying low wages and driving competitors out of business, then raising prices?
• NAFTA, signed on January 1, 1994, created a free trade area among which three countries?
• Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
• Which amendment provides that the President and Vice President are elected by the Electoral College with separate ballots?
• Which Supreme Court case ruled that students do not lose their Constitutional rights at school but can limit them if disruption occurs?
• What term describes biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons capable of mass casualties?
• Which group feared that immigrants would take jobs and threaten social norms?
• In what year did the Cold War largely end and the Soviet Union collapse?
• Who was the Allied Commander of the Third Army and a key figure in the Battle of the Bulge?
• What form of warfare involved opposing armies fighting from trenches dug on the battlefield?
• Which health care reform law enacted during Obama's presidency aimed to expand health insurance coverage?
• Which battle in June 1942 marked a turning point in the Pacific by destroying four Japanese carriers?
• What term describes the world becoming increasingly interconnected on a global scale?
• The Battle of the Bulge occurred in which theater of World War II?
• Which organization, founded in 1966, advocated for equal employment opportunities, abortion rights, and an Equal Rights Amendment?
• The Camp David Accords resulted in the Sinai Peninsula being returned to Egypt and guaranteeing Israeli access to which sea and canal?
• Which British leader warned of the Iron Curtain and predicted postwar division of Europe?
• Dolores Huerta's notable role included co-founding the National Farm Workers Association.
• A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West is known as what?
• The Rough Riders served in which war?
• Which statement best captures the significance of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II?
• Who founded the Ford Motor Company and is credited with pioneering the modern assembly line?
• Which Arkansas governor called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School under federal court order?
• The Great Migration involved African Americans moving primarily to which region of the United States?
• The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. It resulted in the United States:
• In 1994, which trade agreement linked the United States, Canada, and Mexico to reduce trade barriers?
• What term describes a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services to residents?
• The start of World War II in Europe is commonly marked by the invasion of Poland in which year?
• The invasion of which country in 1939 is widely considered the start of World War II in Europe?
• The Gulf of Tonkin Incident prompted which resolution?
• The volunteer regiment of U.S. Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War was called what?
• Betty Friedan's work helped spark which major movement in the 1960s and 1970s?
• Which amendment prohibits poll taxes nationwide in federal elections?
• The Moon landing occurred in which year?
• Which agency was established in the United States to coordinate space exploration after the launch of Sputnik?
• D-Day is the Allied invasion of which location on June 6, 1944?
• Which describes inflation?
• What is the name of the 1990–1991 conflict aimed at removing Iraqi forces from Kuwait?
• Which policy describes extending a country's power through diplomacy or military force?
• Fireside Chats had what impact on the public during the Great Depression?
• The Jungle exposes conditions in which industry?
• What term describes a person who wants to control the governments and resources of other nations, conquering and making them into colonies?
• Which publishers were associated with yellow journalism in the late 1800s?
• AIM stands for which organization focused on Native American rights?
• Which city was the target of the second atomic bombing in 1945?
• Which act outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, prohibited discrimination in federally assisted programs, and strengthened federal enforcement of voting rights and school desegregation?
• Which amendment requires that capital or infamous crimes be charged by a grand jury before a person can be tried?
• Who helped create the NAACP in 1910?
• Delgado v. Bastrop ISD is associated with which ruling?
• The Berlin Blockade led to the Berlin Airlift as Western Allies responded to Soviet attempts to block land access to which city?
• Which two Italian radicals were arrested in 1920 and executed in 1927, becoming symbols of the Red Scare?
• What was the primary goal of the 1961 Freedom Rides?
• Mendez v. Westminster ISD challenged school segregation in which state?
• Which navy officer's ideas on sea power shaped American naval strategy in the late 19th century?
• Which description matches the Treaty of Versailles?
• New inventions/weapons that made World War I an exceptionally deadly conflict included which of the following?
• Which amendment grants women the right to vote?
• What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
• In which offensive did Alvin York earn the Medal of Honor?
• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provides deposit insurance up to how much per depositor per bank?
• What term describes the situation where too many people buy too many stocks and nobody sells?
• Sputnik began the space age in which year?
• Which event involved Eisenhower sending U.S. paratroopers to ensure that the Little Rock Nine could attend class?
• Which amendment guarantees the rights of the accused to a speedy and public trial, to an impartial jury, and to counsel?
• Which nation did not join the League of Nations?
• Which president ordered a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
• Which president, the 35th, was the only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer Prize and was assassinated in Dallas in 1963?
• Who commanded U.S. forces in the southwestern Pacific and accepted Japan's surrender in 1945?
• The stock market crash that started the Great Depression occurred in which year?
• During the Civil Rights Movement, participants used which of the following tactics to pursue change?
• Which 1862 act granted 160 acres of public land to settlers who would farm for five years?
• Which amendment prohibits housing soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent?
• Which 1882 law restricted immigration by a specific ethnic group?
• Which cultural period of the 1920s saw African American achievements in art, music, and literature flourish?
• As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war. What is the correct term for these payments?
• Which period is described as a time when African American achievements in art, music, and literature flourished in U.S. cities during the 1920s?
• Which organization promoted open membership to unskilled, semiskilled, women, African-Americans, and immigrants?
• The 'flapper' is best described as which of the following?
• What nickname was given to the drought-hit region of the Great Plains during the early 1930s?
• What naval innovation allowed U.S. forces to project air power across the Pacific?
• The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance is part of which major New Deal program?
• On what date did the D-Day invasion of Normandy take place?
• Which publisher is credited with introducing large headlines and sensational reporting that changed American journalism?
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage related to passing information about what to the Soviet Union?
• What policy declared by Germany in January 1917 stated that submarines would sink any ship in British waters?
• Which organization was described as opposing peaceful protest and favoring violence if needed, marking a shift toward militant ideals?
• What term refers to German submarines used in WWI?
• Which policy allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States?
• In which year did the Tet Offensive take place?
• What term describes the fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939?
• Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
• Which amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in most civil cases?
• The 9/11 attacks occurred in which year?
• Which term describes corrupt local politicians who took bribes and offered services in exchange for votes?
• Which African American journalist published statistics about lynching and urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white-owned stores?
• What term describes the large increase in births in the United States after World War II?
• Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires probable cause for warrants?
• What major milestone did Martin Luther King Jr. receive in 1964?
• Which city in Japan was the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945?
• Which term describes a business leader whose wealth contributes positively to the country?
• Which constitutional protection was invoked to support Amish exemption from public school requirements?
• What term refers to a place where food is provided to the needy at little or no charge?
• What was the Bataan Death March?
• Who was the communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early Cold War?
• Founded in 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) called for equal employment opportunity and equal pay for women; NOW also championed abortion rights and an Equal Rights Amendment.
• The relocation and confinement of over 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II was known as what policy?
• Which dictator led Iraq and sought to expand into Iran and Kuwait, while blocking UN weapons inspections?
• What social movement in the 1950s and 1960s focused on equal rights for African Americans and other minorities through nonviolent means?
• Who was the United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school?
• What does the term McCarthyism refer to?
• Which of the following was a major cause of World War II?
• In the 1912 presidential election, which former president ran as the Progressive Party candidate?
• Depression shantytowns named after the president blamed for the distress are called...?
• What does OPEC stand for?
• Which president's economic approach was described as voluntarism and included the creation of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
• Who was the first African American player in Major League Baseball?
• Which amendment addresses presidential disability and succession, establishing that the vice president becomes president if the president cannot serve?
• In what year did the Supreme Court issue Brown v. Board of Education, ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
• What was the program designed to make immigrants more 'Americanized' through schooling called?
• Appeasement refers to a policy of making concessions to an aggressor in hopes of preventing war; which leader is typically associated with this policy?
• Which group opposed the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire?
• Which invention is credited to Alexander Graham Bell for transforming long-distance voice communication?
• What is the term for the weapon dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
• Which U.S. president relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War?
• Yellow Journalism is best defined as journalism that...
• Which 1938 conference aimed to appease Hitler by handing over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand further?
• Which amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race or color?
• Which 1944-1945 battle turned back the last major German offensive on the Western Front?
• Which statement best describes the fate of the League of Nations in 1946?
• During 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army attacks on provincial capitals and the U.S. embassy occurred in which event?
• In what year were the Philippines annexed by the United States?
• Who was appointed by President Obama in 2009, becoming the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice?
• Who was the American civil rights lawyer and the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
• Which term describes journalists who sought to uncover corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public?
• Which amendment restricts the ability to sue a state in federal court without the state's consent?
• The Boxer Rebellion occurred in which country?
• Which Hawaiian queen was forced from power in a revolution led by American business interests?
• What was the name of the committee Nixon formed to spy on Democrats during the 1972 campaign?
• Which president served from 1977 to 1981 and created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education, while facing events such as the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
• What term describes the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in space exploration during the Cold War?
• Which battle led to the surrender of the German army and the end of World War I?
• What is the term for adopting traits of another culture?
• What did Huey Long propose in his 'Share Our Wealth' program?
• Which amendment sets the start dates for presidential and congressional terms and moves the inauguration date?
• In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. This event is known as the
• Hernandez v. Texas extended protection to Mexican Americans under which amendment?
• Who developed the polio vaccine in 1953?
• What term describes corrupt organizations that controlled city politics through patronage and votes?
• During Obama's presidency, which major environmental disaster involved a large Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
• Which term describes the Nazi plan named by Hitler to exterminate Jews?
• Cesar Chavez helped form which labor organization?
• In what year did Charles Lindbergh complete the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight?
• Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and also limits fines and bail?
• Which amendment gives Congress the power to levy an income tax?
• Jackie Robinson's entry into Major League Baseball helped to spark opportunities for African American athletes by challenging what practice?
• Which invention is Thomas Edison best known for?
• Which amendment limits the president to two terms in office?
• Which term describes the process of immigrants adopting the language and customs of the host society?
• The industrial process for making steel by blasting air through molten iron to burn carbon and impurities is known as what?
• The Plessy v. Ferguson decision established which doctrine?
• Which amendment guarantees that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation?
• Who was the U.S. president during the Gulf War who led the coalition to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait?
• Which president was the 42nd and pursued economic and healthcare reform, later impeached in the Lewinsky scandal?
• Which journalist published statistics about lynching and urged protest by boycotting streetcars?
• Which phrase describes the three goals of the New Deal: relief, recovery, and reform?
• Which event, sparked by the Soviet launch of a satellite, prompted the United States to invest more in science and education?
• Which term, popularized by Winston Churchill, described the barrier isolating Eastern Europe from the rest of the world during the early Cold War?
• The 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain is known as which war?
• Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
• Which journalist used yellow journalism in competition with Hearst to sell more newspapers and became a leading figure in the Democratic Party?
• Which international agreement, signed in the 1920s, renounced war as a tool of national policy?
• Edgewood ISD v Kirby addressed disparities in Texas school finance and required more equitable funding.
• Osama bin Laden is known for founding which terrorist network?
• The Social Security Act included which programs?
• Which federal agency was created in 2002 to coordinate national efforts against terrorism?
• What was the U.S. policy of avoiding international involvement in the post-World War I era called?
• Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
• Which leader headed the American Federation of Labor, a skilled craft union that fought for wages and working conditions?
• Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the United States?
• Which group of pilots were famous for shooting down more than 200 enemy planes and trained at the Tuskegee flying school during World War II?
• Which amendment protects the right to bear arms?
• The Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, pledged U.S. aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarianism. Which two countries were specifically named as major beneficiaries?
• Which message, sent by Germany in 1917, encouraged Mexico to attack the United States and was intercepted by the U.S.?
• Which wealthy pineapple farmer assisted in the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii?
• What is the term for a state-level method that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment?
• What term describes prison camps used under Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany?
• What term describes people who were banned from working in the movie industry in the late 1940s and 1950s for suspected communist ties?
• Who founded Black Entertainment Television (BET) and became the first African American billionaire after selling the network to Viacom?
• Which amendment includes protections against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process, and just compensation?
• Who became president after Warren G. Harding and continued a conservative, small-government approach?
• Which major early 20th-century scandal involved the secret leasing of a U.S. Navy oil reserve in Wyoming to private interests?
• The Populist Party mainly represented which group?
• Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help found that used nonviolent means to advance civil rights?
• Which term describes the factors that attract migrants to a new location?
• Which 1949 alliance committed Western nations to mutual defense against aggression?
• Which 1887 law allocated 160 acres to Native American males to farm and established schools?
• Which term describes crowded urban housing commonly inhabited by immigrants in the late 19th century?
• Who is credited with founding the Ford Motor Company and pioneering the modern assembly line?
• Which alliance included Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II?
• Which war occurred from 1950 to 1953 and involved Korea being divided at the 38th parallel?
• World War II lasted during which years?
• What was a major outcome of the Dawes Act?
• What formal document charges a public official with misconduct in office?
• Who appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court?
• Which wealthy owner of Standard Oil built trusts and used ruthless tactics to eliminate competitors?
• Which president is most closely associated with the 'Big Stick' diplomacy and the Rough Riders?
• What term describes a formal agreement between two or more nations to cooperate and defend one another?
• In what year did the Spanish-American War occur?
• Fascist dictator of Italy who at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power.
• The 1900 uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country is known as what?
• Who was the United States admiral of the Pacific Fleet who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy?
• The Tet Offensive contributed to which change in U.S. public opinion?
• From 1850 to 1890, what was the series of conflicts between the US Army and Native American tribes called?
• What term describes buying goods by paying over time in installments, which led to debt?
• Which theory warned that if one nation falls to communism, neighboring nations would fall as well?
• Which institution did Woodrow Wilson create to regulate the nation’s banking system?
• Which outcome did the Brown v. Board of Education decision achieve?
• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution granted broad authority to the President to use military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war.
• Which statement describes the Fourteen Points proposed by Woodrow Wilson?
• Which 2005 hurricane caused catastrophic flooding in New Orleans and drew widespread criticism of FEMA's response?
• What was the primary purpose of the NATO alliance formed in 1949?
• Which policy favors historically disadvantaged minority groups in admissions or hiring and raises issues of reverse discrimination?
• Which term describes sensationalistic journalism used to attract readers?
• On what date did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
• What operation supplied food and fuel to West Berlin in 1948-49 after the Soviet blockade?
• Which novel portrays the struggles of a migrant farm family during the Great Depression and highlights exploitation of workers?
• Which muckraker shocked the nation by publishing The Jungle, a novel about the meatpacking industry in Chicago?
• Which 1925 trial pitted the teaching of Darwin's theory against the Bible's creation story in public schools?
• Which scandal involved a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and led to the President's resignation?
• Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
• What was the main goal of the Knights of Labor?
• Which amendment prohibits poll taxes in federal elections?
• Which event led to the United States entering World War II?
• Medicare and Medicaid were major health programs created under which president's Great Society reforms?
• 1921-2006 American feminist, activist and writer best known for starting the Second Wave through the book The Feminine Mystique.
• The right to vote is called what?
• Which Scottish-born industrialist founded Carnegie Steel Company in 1892 and dominated the American steel industry by 1901?
• In what year was the Panama Canal completed?
• Which US program funded the reconstruction of Western Europe from 1948 to 1952?
• In what year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
• The 19th-century reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty is known as what?
• Which amendment extended voting rights to African American men?
• Which nation led the Axis Powers in Europe?
• Which amendment repealed Prohibition by ending the 18th Amendment?
• In manufacturing, what term refers to the process of moving a product from worker to worker with each person performing a single task?
• Which group believed immigrants would take jobs and threaten American values?
• The canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Isthmus of Panama, built by the United States between 1904 and 1914, is the...
• What does the NAACP stand for?
• What term describes the Nazi plan to annihilate Jews and other groups?
• Which reform movement in the early 1900s sought to return control of the government to the people and correct injustices?
• Which group was involved in the schooling dispute invoking the Free Exercise Clause that suggested homeschooling?
• What is the name of the cheap, simple car produced by Ford that helped many Americans own a car?
• Who founded Hull House, a settlement house that offered English lessons and childcare for immigrants?
• White v. Regester addressed redistricting in Texas and aimed to protect minority voting strength.
• Who invented the telephone?
• Which 1964 act banned discrimination in public accommodations and expanded federal powers to protect voting rights and speed school desegregation?
• What was the name of the congressional committee created to investigate disloyal Americans and suspected communists?
• Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
• What is the term for a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations?
• A nickname for the Great Plains region hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s is the...?
• Which American novelist wrote The Grapes of Wrath (1939), a story about Dust Bowl migrants seeking a better life in California?
• Which amendment defines citizenship and guarantees due process for all persons born or naturalized in the United States?
• In what year was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
• Which president was endorsed by Roosevelt in 1908, pursued anti-trust suits, and was defeated in the 1912 election after a split in the Republican Party?
• The U.S. battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, helping to spark the Spanish-American War, was the which ship?
• Which president led the United States during World War I, created the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission, and supported women’s suffrage?
• Which amendment states that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the states or to the people?
• Which United States aviator made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
• What action did President Carter take in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
• The 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee marked the end of which conflicts?
• Which reform act described as establishing a merit-based civil service system at the federal level?
• Which event prompted the creation of the PATRIOT Act and expanded federal anti-terrorism powers following the 9/11 attacks?
• Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
• What was the collection of programs and reforms enacted to end the Great Depression known as?
• Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and launched the Great Society programs?
• Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.
• Which amendment grants Congress the power to levy an income tax?
• What movement sought various legal and economic gains for women, including equal access to professions and higher education, and revived in the 1960s?
• How many days did the Iran Hostage Crisis last?
• What term describes complete control of a product or business by a single company or group?
• The Sherman Antitrust Act targeted restrictions on trade by which means?
• Which event is associated with the onset of the Great Depression and occurred on October 29, 1929?
• Which years encompass World War I?
• Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Fourteen Points?
• Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law for all citizens?
• Which reform measure established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and created the Civil Service Commission?
• The aim of FDR's Court Packing Scheme was to:
• Which amendment repealed Prohibition, ending the 18th Amendment?
• What event on October 29, 1929 is known as the worst stock-market crash in American history and marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
• Which event occurred in 1968?
• The Vietnam War was a prolonged conflict between which sides?
• The FDIC was created as part of which 1933 act?
• Which achievement marked the start of the space age in 1957?
• Which description best matches the term 'New Deal'?
• The 1962 crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba is known as what?
• The overthrow of Hawaii's queen was instigated by which group?
• Which event on September 11, 2001 led to a major shift in U.S. national security policy?
• Which U.S. President, a Republican, is associated with ending the Vietnam War, recognizing China, and resigning after Watergate?
• AIM stands for which civil rights group focused on Native Americans?
• Which leader, a pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights movement, was non-violent and delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?
• Which reformer was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement and helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association?
• Which amendment established the direct election of United States Senators by voters?
• Which law aimed to restrain monopolies?
• The first Gulf War took place in which year?
• Which Wisconsin senator was known for leading anti-communist investigations in the early Cold War era?
• Which president faced impeachment proceedings over the Lewinsky affair and related investigations?
• Which treaty with Russia aimed to reduce deployed strategic nuclear arsenals, signed during Obama's presidency?
• Adolf Hitler, born in Austria, led which political party and became dictator of which country in 1933?
• What term describes a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment combined with rising prices?
• Which policy was designed to limit American involvement in foreign wars and trade before the United States entered World War II?
• What were the postwar trials held in Nuremberg where Nazi leaders were tried for crimes against humanity?
• Which WWI hero killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers and received the Medal of Honor?
• The Battle of Argonne Forest occurred during which war?
• Which organization carried out the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, the 2000 USS Cole attack, and the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
• Which U.S. president promoted a 'return to normalcy' after World War I?
• Which case concluded that Sweatt's attempt to enter the University of Texas Law School was unequal to the white law school?
• In the 1920s, which term described carefree young women with bobbed hair and short skirts who symbolized a new freedom?
• Blitzkrieg refers to a fast, combined-arms warfare style associated with which country in World War II?
• Who popularized the phrase 'Iron Curtain' to describe Soviet policy?
• Which president, known for small government and laissez-faire economics, supported immigration restriction through legislation such as the Immigration Act?
• The Camp David Accords were negotiated at the presidential retreat Camp David and brokered by which U.S. president?
• Which executive order led to Japanese Americans being interned during World War II?
• Which president presided over the stock market crash of 1929?
• In what year did Germany's invasion of Poland begin World War II?
• A bank run is best described as:
• Which procedure allows voters to remove an elected official from office before the end of their term?
• Hitler's political party that rose to power from 1933 to 1945 was what?
• The right that protects freedom of religion, speech, and press is which amendment?
• Which amendment grants citizenship to former slaves and requires due process and equal protection?
• White v. Regester addressed redistricting in Texas to protect minority voting strength.
• Which policy phrase is associated with Theodore Roosevelt, urging nations to negotiate peacefully while displaying power?
• Who founded Wal-Mart and turned it into a major discount retailer?
• During the Cold War era, which period was characterized by fear of Communist influence in American society?
• Which author is best known for the 1939 novel about a migrant farm family during the Great Depression?
• Which event occurred in 2008?
• Which amendment prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime?
• Which president known for the Great White Fleet and the “Big Stick” policy led the United States in the early 1900s?
• Which conservative activist led opposition in the 1970s to women's rights acts and movements as defying traditional gender roles?
• Who helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech?
• Which act, passed in the 1920s, reduced the tax burden on individuals and corporations?
• Which amendment granted Congress the power to levy an income tax without apportionment among the states?
• Hitler's program of systematically killing the Jewish people is known as which term?
• What term describes urban neighborhoods where immigrants lived in close-knit cultural communities?