Question 1 of 10
The Space Race was between:
A US and Britain
B US and Japan
C US and USSR
D US and China
Explanation
📌 US vs USSR. Sputnik (1957) → Apollo 11 moon landing (1969). Neil Armstrong = first person on the moon.
Question 2 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A 1920
B 1918
C 1917
D 1914
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.
Question 3 of 10
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: 
A gave women the right to vote
B established Social Security
C outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
D abolished slavery
Explanation
📌 Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Ended Jim Crow laws.
Question 4 of 10
A secondary source is:
A a photograph from the Civil War
B the Declaration of Independence
C a diary from the 1800s
D a textbook analyzing historical events
Explanation
📌 Secondary = written AFTER the event, by someone who wasn't there. Textbooks, documentaries, biographies.
Question 5 of 10
The Harlem Renaissance was:
A a military campaign
B an African American cultural and artistic movement
C a religious revival
D a political movement
Explanation
📌 1920s-1930s. African American cultural movement in Harlem, NYC. Literature, music (jazz), art. Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington.
Question 6 of 10
The GI Bill (1944) provided:
A education and housing benefits for veterans
B voting rights for women
C social security for the elderly
D civil rights protections
Explanation
📌 Education, housing, and business loans for returning WWII veterans. Expanded the middle class enormously.
Question 7 of 10
The Manhattan Project developed:
A the telephone
B the internet
C the atomic bomb
D the airplane
Explanation
📌 The atomic bomb during WWII. Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945).
Question 8 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
A the Southeast
B California
C New England
D the Great Plains
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.
Question 9 of 10
The 19th Amendment (1920) gave:
A women the right to vote
B African Americans the right to vote
C immigrants the right to vote
D 18-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 10 of 10
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:
A the end of WWI
B the bombing of Pearl Harbor
C the dropping of the atomic bomb
D the Allied invasion of Normandy
Explanation
📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.