Question 1 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
ANew England
Bthe Southeast
CCalifornia
Dthe Great Plains
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.
Question 2 of 10
The Space Race was between:
AUS and Britain
BUS and China
CUS and USSR
DUS and Japan
Explanation
📌 US vs USSR. Sputnik (1957) → Apollo 11 moon landing (1969). Neil Armstrong = first person on the moon.
Question 3 of 10
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: 
Aabolished slavery
Bgave women the right to vote
Cestablished Social Security
Doutlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
Explanation
📌 Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Ended Jim Crow laws.
Question 4 of 10
The 19th Amendment (1920) gave:
AAfrican Americans the right to vote
Bimmigrants the right to vote
Cwomen the right to vote
D18-year-olds the right to vote
Explanation
📌 Women the right to vote. Result of the women's suffrage movement led by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Question 5 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A1920
B1917
C1918
D1914
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.
Question 6 of 10
A secondary source is:
Aa textbook analyzing historical events
Bthe Declaration of Independence
Ca photograph from the Civil War
Da diary from the 1800s
Explanation
📌 Secondary = written AFTER the event, by someone who wasn't there. Textbooks, documentaries, biographies.
Question 7 of 10
The Harlem Renaissance was:
Aan African American cultural and artistic movement
Ba military campaign
Ca political movement
Da religious revival
Explanation
📌 1920s-1930s. African American cultural movement in Harlem, NYC. Literature, music (jazz), art. Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington.
Question 8 of 10
The Manhattan Project developed:
Athe internet
Bthe atomic bomb
Cthe telephone
Dthe airplane
Explanation
📌 The atomic bomb during WWII. Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945).
Question 9 of 10
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:
Athe bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bthe dropping of the atomic bomb
Cthe end of WWI
Dthe Allied invasion of Normandy
Explanation
📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.
Question 10 of 10
The GI Bill (1944) provided:
Avoting rights for women
Bcivil rights protections
Ceducation and housing benefits for veterans
Dsocial security for the elderly
Explanation
📌 Education, housing, and business loans for returning WWII veterans. Expanded the middle class enormously.