Title: Gr00 The 1900s
Course: Civics Citizenship Class of 20##

Q: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
- World War II
- Vietnam War
A: World War II
Feedback: [Image: Eisenhower image]President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a general in World War II. He led the United States army and its allies in western Europe during World War II. When he came home from World War II, he was a famous war hero. He became president in 1952. Eisenhower was a general in World War II before he was president.

Q: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
- Woodrow Wilson
- Thomas Jefferson
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Franklin Roosevelt
A: Franklin Roosevelt
Feedback: [Image: FDR image]Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was president of the United States from 1933 until 1945. He was elected during the Great Depression, which was a period of economic crisis after the stock market crash of 1929. His program for handling the crisis was called “the New Deal.” It included programs to create jobs and provided benefits and financial security for workers across the country. Under his leadership, the Social Security Administration (SSA) was established in 1935. Roosevelt led the nation into World War II after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He gave the country a sense of hope and strength during a time of great struggle. Roosevelt was elected to office four times. He died in 1945, early in his fourth term as president. His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was a human rights leader throughout her lifetime.

Q: What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- ran for President of the United States
- became a U.S. Senator
- fought for civil rights
- fought for women's suffrage
A: fought for civil rights
Feedback: Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader. He worked hard to make America a more fair, tolerant, and equal nation. He was the main leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Because of this movement, civil rights laws were passed to protect voting rights and end racial segregation. King believed in the ideals of the Declaration of Independence—that every citizen deserves America’s promise of equality and justice. In 1963, King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which imagines an America in which people of all races exist together equally. He was only 35 years old when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his civil rights work. King was killed on April 4, 1968.

Q: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
- The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
- Terrorists attacked the United States.
- An accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant occurred.
- Hurricane Andrew struck the United States.
A: Terrorists attacked the United States.
Feedback: [Image: 9-11 image]On September 11, 2001, four airplanes flying out of U.S. airports were taken over by terrorists from the Al-Qaeda network of Islamic extremists. Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City, destroying both buildings. One of the planes crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane, originally aimed at Washington, D.C., crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people died in these attacks, most of them civilians. This was the worst attack on American soil in the history of the nation.

Q: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
- the Great Depression
- Communism
- slavery
- climate change
A: Communism
Feedback: The United States' main concern during the Cold War was communism. The Cold War was not a traditional war. It was ?cold? because the United States and the Soviet Union did not fight each other directly. The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945. The Soviet Union was a communist country. Communism is an economic system where most property belongs to the government. The United States had a capitalist economy, where property usually belongs to individuals. The United States and the Soviet Union competed for world power. Leaders of both countries worried that the other would use the atomic bomb to turn the Cold War into a real war. This never happened. The Cold War ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union divided into many smaller countries.

Q: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
- Revolutionary War
- War of 1812
- World War I
- Civil War
A: World War I
Feedback: [Image: WWI]The United States fought five wars in the 1900s: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. In 1917, 2 million American soldiers went to France to help end World War I. The United States joined France, Britain, and Russia in a war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war ended in 1918.

Q: Who was President during World War I?
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren Harding
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
A: Woodrow Wilson

Q: Who did the United States fight in World War II?
- Japan, Germany, and Italy
- Russia, Japan, and China
- Japan, Germany, and France
- Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan
A: Japan, Germany, and Italy
Feedback: The Japanese bombed U.S. naval bases in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as commander in chief of the military, obtained an official declaration of war from Congress. Japan’s partners in the Axis, Italy and Germany, then declared war on the United States. The Allies fought against the German Nazis, the Italian Fascists, and Japan’s military empire. This was truly a world war, with battles fought in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Ocean.