Question 1 of 10
The 19th Amendment (1920) gave:
Awomen the right to vote
B18-year-olds the right to vote
CAfrican Americans the right to vote
Dimmigrants 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 2 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A1918
B1914
C1917
D1920
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.
Question 3 of 10
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:
Athe dropping of the atomic bomb
Bthe end of WWI
Cthe Allied invasion of Normandy
Dthe bombing of Pearl Harbor
Explanation
📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.
Question 4 of 10
The Manhattan Project developed:
Athe atomic bomb
Bthe telephone
Cthe internet
Dthe airplane
Explanation
📌 The atomic bomb during WWII. Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945).
Question 5 of 10
The Space Race was between:
AUS and China
BUS and Britain
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 6 of 10
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: 
Agave women the right to vote
Bestablished Social Security
Coutlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
Dabolished slavery
Explanation
📌 Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Ended Jim Crow laws.
Question 7 of 10
The GI Bill (1944) provided:
Avoting rights for women
Beducation and housing benefits for veterans
Ccivil rights protections
Dsocial security for the elderly
Explanation
📌 Education, housing, and business loans for returning WWII veterans. Expanded the middle class enormously.
Question 8 of 10
The Harlem Renaissance was:
Aa military campaign
Ba religious revival
Can African American cultural and artistic movement
Da political movement
Explanation
📌 1920s-1930s. African American cultural movement in Harlem, NYC. Literature, music (jazz), art. Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington.
Question 9 of 10
A secondary source is:
Aa diary from the 1800s
Bthe Declaration of Independence
Ca textbook analyzing historical events
Da photograph from the Civil War
Explanation
📌 Secondary = written AFTER the event, by someone who wasn't there. Textbooks, documentaries, biographies.
Question 10 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
Athe Southeast
Bthe Great Plains
CCalifornia
DNew England
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.