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