U.S. History — Semester B Practice

Question 1 of 10

TEKS 12A-14CEasy Word

The Dust Bowl occurred primarily in:

Athe Southeast

Bthe Great Plains

CCalifornia

DNew England

Explanation

📌 Great Plains (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) in the 1930s. Drought + poor farming → massive dust storms → migration.

Question 2 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Great Depression began with the stock market crash of:

A1929

B1919

C1939

D1941

Explanation

📌 October 29, 1929 ('Black Tuesday'). Lasted through the 1930s. FDR's New Deal attempted recovery.

Question 3 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BHard Word

McCarthyism (1950s) was:

Aanti-communist investigations and accusations

Ban economic plan

Ca trade policy

Da civil rights strategy

Explanation

📌 Senator Joseph McCarthy led anti-communist witch hunts. Red Scare. Blacklists. Fear of communist infiltration in government.

Question 4 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BEasy Word

D-Day (June 6, 1944) was:

Athe end of WWI

Bthe dropping of the atomic bomb

Cthe bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dthe Allied invasion of Normandy

Explanation

📌 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. Largest amphibious invasion in history. Turning point of WWII in Europe.

Question 5 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The New Deal was:

ALincoln's plan for Reconstruction

Ba peace treaty after WWI

Ca trade agreement with Britain

DFDR's programs to combat the Great Depression

Explanation

📌 FDR's programs (1933-1939) to combat the Great Depression. Created jobs, reformed banking, established Social Security.

Question 6 of 10

TEKS 17A-19EMedium Word

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:

Aprayer in school is required

Bwomen can vote

Cschool segregation is unconstitutional

Dthe draft is legal

Explanation

📌 'Separate but equal' is unconstitutional. School segregation violated the 14th Amendment. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Question 7 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BEasy Word

The US entered World War I in:

A1914

B1917

C1920

D1918

Explanation

📌 1917. Reasons: unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram. Allies won 1918.

Question 8 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BHard Word

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.

Question 9 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:

Aremain isolationist

Bsupport nations resisting communism

Cdisband the military

Djoin the Soviet Union

Explanation

📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.

Question 10 of 10

TEKS 1A-6BMedium Word

The Berlin Wall fell in:

A1975

B1989

C2001

D1991

Explanation

📌 November 9, 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War. Germany reunified 1990.

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