Below please find the third and final installment of America’s Birthday Quiz to test your knowledge of American History, which covers the years 1900-the present.
- Which president was assassinated in 1901? (a) James A. Garfield, (b) JFK, (c) William McKinley, (d) William Jennings Bryan?
- On D-Day the allies landed on each of the following beaches except (a) Silver, (b) Utah, (c) Sword, (d) Omaha.
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were (a) entertainers, (b) Soviet spies, (c) Olympic athletes, (d) nuclear scientists.
- Each of the following were “muckraking” journalists except (a) Ida Tarbell, (b) Upton Sinclair, (c) Josephine Gibbons, (d) Ida Wells.
- According to Wikipedia who was the primary founder of the NAACP? (a) Martin Luther King, (b) Stokely Carmichael, (c) Clarence Weathers, (d) W.E.B. Du Bois?
- The derogatory term “Jim Crow” originated from (a) a fictional stage character, (b) a slogan by a politician, (c) a derogatory name for a black entertainer, (d) the KKK.
- In what city did Martin Luther King deliver his famous “I have a dream” speech? (a) Birmingham, (b) Baltimore, (c) NY, (d) Washington D. C.
- What year did the US enter WWI? (a) 1912, (b) 1914, (c) 1917, d) 1918?
- In WWI the allies fought against Germany and (a) Austria-Hungary, (b) Yugoslavia, (c) Russia, (d) Spain.
- In what state did the Wright Brothers make their famous first airplane flight? (a) Florida, (b) Ohio, (c) North Carolina, (d) Virginia?
- The idea of a Panama Canal dates back to 1513. There were many attempts that were unsuccessful. The US finally completed it in (a) 1910, (b) 1912, (c) 1914, (d) 1920.
- When Charles Lindberg completed the first solo transatlantic flight he took off from (a) Roosevelt Field, NY, (b) Teterboro, NJ, (c) Philadelphia, (d) Idlewild Airport.
- What city was virtually destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1906. (a) Los Angeles, (b) San Diego, (c) Sacramento, (d) San Francisco.
- How many people are estimated to have died worldwide from the flu epidemic of 1918? (a) 5 million, (b) 7 million, (c) 10 million (d) 20 million.
- Which state passed a law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools? (a) Tennessee, (b) Mississippi, (c) Alabama, (d) Louisiana.
- In which city was JFK assassinated? (a) Houston, (b) Dallas, (c) Chicago, (d) San Antonio?
- When was the Star-Spangled Banner adopted as the national anthem? (a) 1920, (b) 1931, (c) 1940, (d) 1945.
- Who was the first woman to be elected to the US Senate? (a) Carmen Franklyn, (b) Denise Masters, (c) Margaret Chase Smith, (d) Hattie Wyatt Caraway?
- Who completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman? (a) Amelia Earhart, (b) Dawn Staley, (c) Eloise Johnson, (d) Priscilla Longbottom?
- What event triggered the Great Depression? (a) high tariffs, (b) the stock market crash, (c) the assassination of Herbert Hoover, (d) a severe drought in the Midwest.
- What event ended the Great Depression? (a) the New Deal, (b) the discovery of oil in Montana, (c) the advent of WWII, (d) a rise in corporate profits.
- FDR was elected to four terms. How many VPs served under him? (1), (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4.
- What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan? (a) help European nations recover from WWII, (b) help the US expand into Central and South America, (c) negotiate a peace deal in the Middle East, (d) bring self determination to former colonies.
- What event precipitated the Korean Conflict? (a) a dispute over the sovereignty of Kemu Island, (b) a drought in N. Korea, (c) an invasion of S. Korea by N. Korea, (d) the rise of a new, more militant government in NK.
- During the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, each of the following battleships was sunk except (a) USS New York, (b) USS West Virginia, (c) USS Utah, (d) USS Arizona.
- Who was the first female member of the US Supreme Court? (a) Ketanji Brown Jackson, (b) Amy Coney Barrett, (c) Sandra Day O’Connor, (d) Elena Kagan?
- What woman sparked the modern civil rights movement by refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to a white man? (a) Fannie Lou Hamer, (b) Rosa Parks, (c) Diana Nash, (d) Ella Baker.
- What senator spearheaded the communist witch hunt of the early 1950s? (a) Joseph McCarthy, (b) Sam Rayburn, (c) John Sparkman, (d) Earnest Hill?
- What was the primary result of the “Brown” Supreme Court decision? (a) outlawed the KKK, (b) integration of public schools, (c) suspects arrested must be read their rights, (d) unions could not discriminate against blacks.
- Who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth? (a) Alan Shepard, (b) Buzz Aldren, (c) John Glenn, (d) Gus Grissom
- Who was the first female Speaker of the House? (a) Nancy Pelosi, (b) Jane Austen, (c) Denise Richards, (d) Julia Morris.
- On 9/11 how many commercial airlines were hijacked and crashed by the terrorists? (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4.
Answers: 1. c, 2. a, 3. b, 4. c, 5. d., 6. a, 7. d, 8. c. 9. a, 10. c, 11. c, 12. a, 13. d, 14. d, 15. a, 16. b, 17. b, 18. d, 19. a. 20. b, 21. c, 22. c, 23. a, 24. c, 25. a, 26. c, 27. b, 28. a, 29. b, 30. c, 31. a, 32. d
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