Question 1 of 10
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:
Athe draft is legal
Bprayer in school is required
Cwomen can vote
Dschool segregation is unconstitutional
Explanation
📌 'Separate but equal' is unconstitutional. School segregation violated the 14th Amendment. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Question 2 of 10
The Berlin Wall fell in:
A1991
B1989
C2001
D1975
Explanation
📌 November 9, 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War. Germany reunified 1990.
Question 3 of 10
The Industrial Revolution in America led to:
Adecreased immigration
Bsmaller cities
Creturn to farming
Durbanization and factory growth
Explanation
📌 Shift from agriculture → manufacturing. Urbanization, factory system, new inventions, labor unions.
Question 4 of 10
The Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction by:
Aremoving federal troops from the South
Babolishing slavery
Cpassing the 15th Amendment
Dstarting the Civil War
Explanation
📌 Hayes (R) became President in exchange for removing federal troops from the South. Ended Reconstruction. Led to Jim Crow laws.
Question 5 of 10
The New Deal was:
Aa trade agreement with Britain
BLincoln's plan for Reconstruction
CFDR's programs to combat the Great Depression
Da peace treaty after WWI
Explanation
📌 FDR's programs (1933-1939) to combat the Great Depression. Created jobs, reformed banking, established Social Security.
Question 6 of 10
The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:
Adisband the military
Bremain isolationist
Csupport nations resisting communism
Djoin the Soviet Union
Explanation
📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.
Question 7 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
ACalifornia
BNew England
Cthe Southeast
Dthe Great Plains
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.
Question 8 of 10
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) doubled the size of the US. It was purchased from: 
ASpain
BBritain
CFrance
DMexico
Explanation
📌 Napoleon's France sold it for $15 million. Doubled US territory. Lewis & Clark explored it.
Question 9 of 10
Federalism is:
Ano government power
Bpower shared between national and state governments
Call power to state governments
Dall power to the national government
Explanation
📌 Power shared between national and state governments. Both have certain powers; some are shared (concurrent).
Question 10 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A1914
B1918
C1920
D1917
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.