U.S. Citizenship Civics Test Recent American History Summary

Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights.
Other answers USCIS accepts: Worked for equality for all Americans, Worked to ensure that people would "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Wrong choices

• Freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation: That was Abraham Lincoln.
• Wrote the Declaration of Independence: That was Thomas Jefferson.
• Was the first president of the United States: That was George Washington.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States.
Other answers USCIS accepts: Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City; Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

Wrong choices

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor: That was in 1941.
• The stock market crashed: The big crash was in 1929.
• The Civil War began: The Civil War began in 1861.

World War II was fought by the United States in the 1900s.
Other answers USCIS accepts: World War I, Korean War, Vietnam War, (Persian) Gulf War.

Wrong choices

• Civil War: The Civil War was in the 1800s.
• War of 1812: That war was in the 1800s.
• Revolutionary War: That war was in the 1700s.

The United States entered World War II because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Other answers USCIS accepts: (Bombing of) Pearl Harbor, To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia), To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan).

Wrong choices

• To stop the spread of communism: That was the reason for the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
• To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait: That was the reason for the Persian Gulf War.
• To win independence from Britain: That was the Revolutionary War.

The civil rights movement fought to end racial discrimination.

Wrong choices

• Fought for independence from Britain: That was the American Revolution.
• Fought to stop the spread of communism: That was the Cold War.
• Fought to end the Great Depression: The civil rights movement was about equal treatment.

All women got the right to vote in 1920.
Other answers USCIS accepts: After World War I, (With the) 19th Amendment.

Wrong choices

• 1870: 1870 is when the 15th Amendment gave the vote to men of all races.
• 1865: 1865 is when the Civil War ended.
• 1945: Women got the vote earlier, in 1920.

The Great Depression was the longest economic recession in modern history. Many people lost jobs, homes, and savings.

Wrong choices

• A long period of very fast economic growth: It was the opposite: a long time of hard times and lost jobs.
• A war between the North and the South: That was the Civil War.
• A major earthquake in California: The Great Depression was an economic crisis, not a natural disaster.

Franklin Roosevelt was President during the Great Depression and World War II.

Wrong choices

• Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt was President in the early 1900s, before the Great Depression.
• Dwight Eisenhower: Eisenhower was a general in World War II and became President later.
• Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln was President during the Civil War.

The Soviet Union was the main rival of the United States during the Cold War.
Other answers USCIS accepts: USSR, Russia.

Wrong choices

• Japan: Japan was an enemy in World War II, not the Cold War rival.
• Great Britain: Great Britain was an ally of the United States.
• Mexico: Mexico was not the main Cold War rival.

Communism was one main concern of the United States during the Cold War.
Other answer USCIS accepts: Nuclear war.

Wrong choices

• Slavery: Slavery ended with the Civil War, long before the Cold War.
• British taxes: British taxes were an issue before the Revolution.
• The Great Depression: The Great Depression was in the 1930s, before the Cold War.