U.S. History — Semester B Practice

Question 1 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Great Depression began with the stock market crash of:

A1919

B1939

C1929

D1941

Explanation

📌 October 29, 1929 ('Black Tuesday'). Lasted through the 1930s. FDR's New Deal attempted recovery.

Question 2 of 10

TEKS 17A-19EMedium Word

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:

Athe draft is legal

Bschool segregation is unconstitutional

Cprayer in school is required

Dwomen can vote

Explanation

📌 'Separate but equal' is unconstitutional. School segregation violated the 14th Amendment. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Question 3 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The New Deal was:

Aa peace treaty after WWI

BFDR's programs to combat the Great Depression

CLincoln's plan for Reconstruction

Da trade agreement with Britain

Explanation

📌 FDR's programs (1933-1939) to combat the Great Depression. Created jobs, reformed banking, established Social Security.

Question 4 of 10

TEKS 12A-14CEasy Word

The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:

Athe Great Plains

BCalifornia

CNew England

Dthe Southeast

Explanation

📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.

Question 5 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BEasy Word

The US entered World War I in:

A1918

B1920

C1914

D1917

Explanation

📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.

Question 6 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BHard Word

The Iran-Contra affair (1980s) involved:

Abuilding the Panama Canal

Billegally selling arms to Iran to fund rebels in Nicaragua

Cthe invasion of Iran

Da trade agreement with Iran

Explanation

📌 Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran and used profits to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Violated Congressional ban.

Question 7 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BHard Word

McCarthyism (1950s) was:

Aa civil rights strategy

Ban economic plan

Ca trade policy

Danti-communist investigations and accusations

Explanation

📌 Senator Joseph McCarthy led anti-communist witch hunts. Red Scare. Blacklists. Fear of communist infiltration in government.

Question 8 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:

Asupport nations resisting communism

Bremain isolationist

Cdisband the military

Djoin the Soviet Union

Explanation

📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.

Question 9 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BEasy Word

D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:

Athe bombing of Pearl Harbor

Bthe end of WWI

Cthe Allied invasion of Normandy

Dthe dropping of the atomic bomb

Explanation

📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.

Question 10 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Berlin Wall fell in:

A1989

B2001

C1975

D1991

Explanation

📌 November 9, 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War. Germany reunified 1990.

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