Test 12

Question 1

This man believed Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country

Answer 1

Ronald Regan

Question 2

This President’s welfare program was called the New Frontier

Answer 2

John F. Kennedy

Question 3

This man strengthened the military alliance of NATO

Answer 3

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 4

This man was President during Operation Desert Storm

Answer 4

George H.W. Bush

Question 5

This man was the only President to resign from office

Answer 5

Richard M. Nixon

Question 6

This President convinced the Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to hear down the Berlin Wall and begin Perestroika

Answer 6

Ronald Regan

Question 7

President Johnson’s plan for social reform was called

Answer 7

The Great Society

Question 8

This was an attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise

Answer 8

The Regan Revolution

Question 9

This is the legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities

Answer 9

1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 10

This I one of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade, which

Answer 10

Legalized abortion

Question 11

The capital of California is

Answer 11

Sacramento

Question 12

The capital of Arizona is

Answer 12

Phoenix

Question 13

The capital of Montana is

Answer 13

Helena

Question 14

The capital of Nebraska is

Answer 14

Lincoln

Question 15

The capital of Texas

Answer 15

Austin

Question 16

The capital of New York is

Answer 16

Albany

Question 17

The capital of Florida is

Answer 17

Tallahassee

Question 18

The capital of Idaho is

Answer 18

Boise

Question 19

The capital of Alaska is

Answer 19

Juneau

Question 20

The capital of Utah is

Answer 20

Salt Lake City

Question 21

The capital of Wisconsin is

Answer 21

Madison

Question 22

The capital of Virginia is

Answer 22

Richmond

Question 23

The capital of Hawaii is

Answer 23

Honolulu

Question 24

The capital of Maine is

Answer 24

Augusta

Question 25

The capital of New Jersey

Answer 25

Trenton

Question 26

The capital of Kentucky is

Answer 26

Frankfort

Question 27

The capital of Vermont is

Answer 27

Montpelier

Question 28

The capital of Pennsylvania is

Answer 28

Harrisburg

Question 29

The capital of Oregon

Answer 29

Salem

Question 30

The capital of Illinois

Answer 30

Springfield

Question 31

The system of producing and distributing goods is called

Answer 31

Economy

Question 32

Two events that caused a slowdown in the space program

Answer 32

1. The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger | 2. The explosion of the space shuttle Columbia

Question 33

This is an Islamic terrorist group that is responsible for th attack on September 11, 2001

Answer 33

Al Qaeda

Question 34

These are the two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists int eh “War on Terror.”

Answer 34

1 - Afghanistan | 2- Iraq

Question 35

The first black Major League Baseball player

Answer 35

Jackie Robinson

Question 36

The Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character

Answer 36

Clarence Thomas

Question 37

This is the first American to orbit the earth

Answer 37

John Glenn

Question 38

This is the first man to walk on the moon

Answer 38

Neil Armstrong

Question 39

The first black President of the United States

Answer 39

Barack Obama

Question 40

This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,Alabama, an act which led to a change in segregation laws

Answer 40

Rosa Parks

Question 41

This is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Regan

Answer 41

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 42

This is the doctor who developed a vaccine for polio

Answer 42

Jonas Salk

Question 43

This is one of the greatest opera singers of her time

Answer 43

Marian Anderson

Question 44

This is the first American to Fly in space

Answer 44

Alan Shepard

Question 45

This is the person who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Answer 45

Jimmy Carter

Question 46

This is the first black minister active in civil rights movement

Answer 46

Martin Luther King,jr.

Question 47

This man was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 47

JOhn F.Kennedy