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It’s time to answer some cool questions about U. S. History

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1.

What year did the "War of the Worlds" broadcast panic Americans?
- A.
  
  1865
- B.
  
  1885
- C.
  
  1938
- D.
  
  1493
Correct Answer
C. 1938
2.

What year did General Electric invent fluorescent lighting?
- A.
  
  1939
- B.
  
  1814
- C.
  
  1999
- D.
  
  1888
Correct Answer
A. 1939
3.

What year did California open the first highway in Los Angeles?
- A.
  
  1867
- B.
  
  1886
- C.
  
  1940
- D.
  
  1889
Correct Answer
C. 1940
4.

What year did the U.S. start its first peacetime military draft?
- A.
  
  1948
- B.
  
  1940
- C.
  
  1936
- D.
  
  1930
Correct Answer
B. 1940
5.

In what year did the U.S. Treasury begin issuing Liberty Bonds?
- A.
  
  1941
- B.
  
  1775
- C.
  
  1841
- D.
  
  1849
Correct Answer
A. 1941
6.

About how long did it take sculptor Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers to carve Mount Rushmore in 1941?
- A.
  
  Four Weeks
- B.
  
  Five Months
- C.
  
  Three Days
- D.
  
  Eleven Months
Correct Answer
A. Four Weeks
7.

What year did U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt order internment of Japanese Americans?
- A.
  
  1858
- B.
  
  1903
- C.
  
  1958
- D.
  
  1942
Correct Answer
D. 1942
8.

When was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded?
- A.
  
  1772
- B.
  
  1849
- C.
  
  1862
- D.
  
  1942
Correct Answer
D. 1942
9.

When were coffee, sugar and gas rationed in the U.S.?
- A.
  
  1889
- B.
  
  1851
- C.
  
  1849
- D.
  
  1942
Correct Answer
D. 1942
10.

What year did the U.S. establish the Manhattan Project?
- A.
  
  1942
- B.
  
  1994
- C.
  
  1993
- D.
  
  1997
Correct Answer
A. 1942
11.

What year was the U.S. Pentagon completed?
- A.
  
  1889
- B.
  
  1871
- C.
  
  1994
- D.
  
  1943
Correct Answer
D. 1943
12.

What year did the Allied troops storm the beaches at Normandy?
- A.
  
  1869
- B.
  
  1825
- C.
  
  1997
- D.
  
  1944
Correct Answer
D. 1944
13.

What year was the G.I. Bill of Rights passed by the U.S. Congress?
- A.
  
  1869
- B.
  
  1865
- C.
  
  1944
- D.
  
  1871
Correct Answer
C. 1944
14.

In which year did Roosevelt get elected to his fourth term?
- A.
  
  1825
- B.
  
  1995
- C.
  
  1944
- D.
  
  1865
Correct Answer
C. 1944
15.

What year did the Truman Doctrine establish the U.S. policy?
- A.
  
  1856
- B.
  
  1776
- C.
  
  1947
- D.
  
  1879
Correct Answer
C. 1947

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What’s Your U.S. History IQ?

What year did the "War of the Worlds" broadcast panic Americans?

What year did General Electric invent fluorescent lighting?

What year did California open the first highway in Los Angeles?

What year did the U.S. start its first peacetime military draft?

In what year did the U.S. Treasury begin issuing Liberty Bonds?

About how long did it take sculptor Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers to carve Mount Rushmore in 1941?

What year did U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt order internment of Japanese Americans?

When was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded?

When were coffee, sugar and gas rationed in the U.S.?

What year did the U.S. establish the Manhattan Project?

What year was the U.S. Pentagon completed?

What year did the Allied troops storm the beaches at Normandy?

What year was the G.I. Bill of Rights passed by the U.S. Congress?

In which year did Roosevelt get elected to his fourth term?

What year did the Truman Doctrine establish the U.S. policy?