AMERICA 1920-1973: OPPORTUNITY AND INEQUALITY

Question 1

Harry S Truman, a Democrat, became president

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

The USA officially joined the Second World War

Answer 2

1941

Question 3

Franklin D Roosevelt, a Democrat, became president

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

Malcolm X was assassinated by NOI

Answer 4

1965

Question 5

The Bonus Army Marchers marched on Washington

Answer 5

1931

Question 6

Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis

Answer 6

1968

Question 7

The 18th Amendment was ratified, introducing Prohibition

Answer 7

1919

Question 8

The 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the vote

Answer 8

1920

Question 9

Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

Answer 9

1922

Question 10

Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 10

1927

Question 11

The Bonus Army Marchers marched on Washington

Answer 11

1931

Question 12

The Second World War broke out in Europe

Answer 12

1939

Question 13

Segregation in education was challenged by Brown v Board of Education

Answer 13

1954

Question 14

Lyndon B Johnson became president

Answer 14

1963

Question 15

The Equal Pay Act was a success for women’s groups

Answer 15

1963

Question 16

The Voting Rights Act made racial discrimination in voting illegal

Answer 16

1965

Question 17

Roe v Wade secured a woman’s legal right to abortion

Answer 17

1973

Question 18

Warren G Harding, a Republican, became president

Answer 18

1921

Question 19

The Wall Street Crash

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

The ‘First Hundred Days’ kick started the New Deal

Answer 20

1933

Question 21

Roosevelt created the Second New Deal

Answer 21

1935

Question 22

Harry S Truman, a Democrat, became president

Answer 22

1945

Question 23

The Freedom Rides began, challenging segregation

Answer 23

1961

Question 24

The Civil Rights Act legally ended segregation

Answer 24

1964

Question 25

The National Organisation for Women was founded

Answer 25

1966

Question 26

Attorney General Palmer set up the General Intelligence Board

Answer 26

1919

Question 27

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Answer 27

1930

Question 28

The USA officially joined the Second World War

Answer 28

1941

Question 29

The Montgomery bus boycott began

Answer 29

1955

Question 30

John F Kennedy, a Democrat, became president

Answer 30

1961

Question 31

The March on Washington, the largest political protest in US history, took place

Answer 31

1963

Question 32

The Emergency Quota Act was introduced to limit immigration

Answer 32

1921