Part 6 – (the end)
Immigration Test
(IM)
106. Name one problem
that led to the Civil War.
A: Slavery
A: Economic reasons
A: States’ rights
107. What did the Emancipation Proclamation
do?
A: Freed slaves in the Confederacy
A: Freed slaves in the Confederate states
A: Freed slaves in most Southern states
108. What did the abolitionists try to end
before the Civil War?
A: Slavery
109. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A: She fought for women’s rights.
C: Recent American History and Other Important
Historical Information
110. Name one war fought by the United States
in the 1900s.
A: World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, or
Gulf (or Persian Gulf) War
111. Who was President during World War I?
A: Woodrow Wilson
112. The United States fought Japan, Germany,
and Italy during which war?
A: World War II
113. What was the main concern of the United
States during the Cold War?
A: The spread of communism
A: The Soviet Union [USSR and Russia are also acceptable.]
114. What major event happened on September
11, 2001, in the United States?
A: Terrorists attacked The United States.
115. What international organization was established
after World War II (WWII) to keep the world at peace?
A: The United Nations
116. What alliance of North America and European
countries was created during the Cold War?
A: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
117. Who was President during the Great Depression
and World War II? *
A: Franklin Roosevelt
118. Which U.S. World War II general later
became President?
A: Dwight Eisenhower
119. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
A: He fought for civil rights.
A: He strove for (worked for, fought for) equality for all
Americans.
120. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream for
America. What was his dream?
A: Equality for all Americans
A: Civil rights for all
121. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
A: The civil rights movement
122. Name one of the major American Indian
tribes in the United States.
A: Cherokee, Seminoles, Creek, Choctaw, Arawak, Iroquois,
Shawnee, Mohegan, Chippewa, Huron, Oneida, Sioux, Cheyenne,
Lakotas, Crows, Blackfeet, Teton, Navajo, Apaches, Pueblo,
Hopi, Inuit [Adjudicators will be supplied with a complete
list.]
INTEGRATED CIVICS
A: Geography
123. Name one of the two longest rivers in
the United States.
A: The Missouri River
A: The Mississippi River
124. What ocean is on the west coast of the
United States?
A: The Pacific Ocean
125. What country is on the northern border
of the United States?
A: Canada
126. Where is the Grand Canyon?
A: Arizona
A: The Southwest
A: Along/on the Colorado River
127. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
A: New York Harbor
A: Liberty Island
[Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and
on the Hudson (River).]
128. What country is on the southern border
of the United States?
A: Mexico
129. Name one large mountain range in the
United States.
A: The Rocky Mountains
A: The Appalachians
A: The Sierra Nevada
A: The Cascades
130. What is the tallest mountain in the United
States?
A: Mt. McKinley
A: Denali
131. Name one U.S. territory.
A: American Samoa
A: The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
A: Guam
A: Puerto Rico
A: U.S. Virgin Islands
132. Name the state that is in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean.
A: Hawaii
133. Name one state that borders Canada. *
A: Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New
Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
or Washington
134. Name one state that borders on Mexico.
A: Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas
135. What is the capital of the U.S.?
A: Washington, D.C.
B: Symbols
136. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
A: Because there were 13 original colonies
A: Because the stripes represent the original colonies
137. Why do we have 13 stripes on the flag?
*
A: Because there were 13 original colonies
A: Because the stripes represent the original colonies
138. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
A: There is one star for each state.
A: Each star represents a state.
A: There are 50 states.
139. What is the name of the National Anthem?
A: The “Star-Spangled Banner”
C: Holidays
140. On the Fourth of July we celebrate independence
from what country?
A: Great Britain
141. When do we celebrate Independence Day?
A: July 4
142. Name two national U.S. holidays.
A: New Year’s Day
A: Martin Luther King Day
A: Presidents’ Day
A: Memorial Day
A: Independence Day
A: Labor Day
A: Columbus Day
A: Veterans Day
A: Thanksgiving
A: Christmas
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