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1
Q
  1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
A
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
2
Q
  1. Who was President during World War I?
A

(Woodrow) Wilson

3
Q
  1. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A

(Franklin) Roosevelt

4
Q
  1. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
A

Japan, Germany, and Italy

5
Q
  1. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
A

World War II

6
Q
  1. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
A

Communism

7
Q
  1. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
A

civil rights (movement)

8
Q
  1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
A

fought for civil rights

worked for equality for all Americans

9
Q
  1. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
A

Terrorists attacked the United States.

10
Q
  1. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. Question 87 Audio (MP3, 1.13 MB)
    [USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]
A
Cherokee
Navajo
Sioux
Chippewa
Choctaw
Pueblo
Apache
Iroquois
Creek
Blackfeet
Seminole
Cheyenne
Arawak
Shawnee
Mohegan
Huron
Oneida
Lakota
Crow
Teton
Hopi
Inuit