Citizenship Quiz 71-90

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

Mississippi River, Missouri River

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

civil rights movement

What was one important thing Abraham Lincoln did?

Main goal was to preserve the union in civil war

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

Atlantic Ocean

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Cherokee, Seminole, Sioux, Apache

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800's.

Civil War

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Civil War

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Fought for women's rights and abolition of slavery, Underground Railroad

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

Franklin D Roosevelt

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Free slaves in rebelling states (civil war)

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Japan, Germany, and Italy

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

Led civil rights movement

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Louisiana Territory

What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

Pacific Ocean

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Slavery

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

Spread of Communism

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

Terrorist attacks on the US by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda

Who was president during World War I?

Woodrow Wilson

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

World War 1

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

World War II