Question 1 of 10
The Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction by:
Apassing the 15th Amendment
Bstarting the Civil War
Cremoving federal troops from the South
Dabolishing slavery
Explanation
📌 Hayes (R) became President in exchange for removing federal troops from the South. Ended Reconstruction. Led to Jim Crow laws.
Question 2 of 10
The US entered World War I in:
A1920
B1918
C1917
D1914
Explanation
📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.
Question 3 of 10
The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:
ANew England
Bthe Great Plains
Cthe Southeast
DCalifornia
Explanation
📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.
Question 4 of 10
The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:
Aremain isolationist
Bdisband the military
Csupport nations resisting communism
Djoin the Soviet Union
Explanation
📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.
Question 5 of 10
McCarthyism (1950s) was:
Aa trade policy
Ba civil rights strategy
Canti-communist investigations and accusations
Dan economic plan
Explanation
📌 Senator Joseph McCarthy led anti-communist witch hunts. Red Scare. Blacklists. Fear of communist infiltration in government.
Question 6 of 10
The Industrial Revolution in America led to:
Areturn to farming
Bdecreased immigration
Curbanization and factory growth
Dsmaller cities
Explanation
📌 Shift from agriculture → manufacturing. Urbanization, factory system, new inventions, labor unions.
Question 7 of 10
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:
Athe Allied invasion of Normandy
Bthe dropping of the atomic bomb
Cthe bombing of Pearl Harbor
Dthe end of WWI
Explanation
📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.
Question 8 of 10
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:
Awomen can vote
Bthe draft is legal
Cprayer in school is required
Dschool segregation is unconstitutional
Explanation
📌 'Separate but equal' is unconstitutional. School segregation violated the 14th Amendment. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Question 9 of 10
The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by: 
AThomas Jefferson
BGeorge Washington
CBenjamin Franklin
DJohn Adams
Explanation
📌 Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Adopted July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress.
Adopted July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress.
Question 10 of 10
The Iran-Contra affair (1980s) involved:
Aillegally selling arms to Iran to fund rebels in Nicaragua
Bthe invasion of Iran
Ca trade agreement with Iran
Dbuilding the Panama Canal
Explanation
📌 Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran and used profits to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Violated Congressional ban.