Recent American History

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1. Ana

   Today is Recent American History. The nineteen hundreds, civil rights, and September eleventh.

2. Michael

   Questions one hundred through one hundred eighteen. Wars have reasons. Names have one fact. Keep them straight.

3. Ana

   Name one war the United States fought in the nineteen hundreds.

4. Michael

   World War One. World War Two. Korean War. Vietnam War. Gulf War, or Persian Gulf War. Not the Civil War. That's the eighteen hundreds. On this show: World War Two.

5. Ana

   World War Two.

6. Michael

   Why did the United States enter World War One? Because Germany attacked U.S. ships. Or to support the Allied Powers. Or to oppose the Central Powers. Say Germany attacked U.S. ships.

7. Ana

   World War One. German attacks on U.S. ships.

8. Michael

   When did all women get the right to vote? Nineteen twenty. After World War One. With the nineteenth Amendment.

9. Ana

   Nineteen twenty. Nineteenth Amendment.

10. Michael

    What was the Great Depression? The longest economic recession in modern history.

11. Ana

    Longest modern recession.

12. Michael

    When did it start? The Great Crash, nineteen twenty-nine. Stock market crash of nineteen twenty-nine.

13. Ana

    Nineteen twenty-nine.

14. Michael

    Who was president during the Great Depression and World War Two? Franklin Roosevelt.

15. Ana

    Franklin Roosevelt.

16. Michael

    Why did the United States enter World War Two? Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Or to support the Allies. Or to oppose the Axis. Pearl Harbor is the one to say.

17. Ana

    Pearl Harbor.

18. Michael

    Memory trick: ships, then Pearl Harbor. Two world wars, two reasons.

19. Ana

    Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

20. Michael

    General during World War Two. President at the end of the Korean War. Thirty-fourth president. Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act. Say general during World War Two.

21. Ana

    Eisenhower. World War Two general.

22. Michael

    Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War? The Soviet Union. U.S.S.R. Or Russia.

23. Ana

    Soviet Union.

24. Michael

    During the Cold War, one main concern? Communism. Or nuclear war.

25. Ana

    Communism. Or nuclear war.

26. Michael

    Why enter the Korean War? To stop the spread of communism. Why enter the Vietnam War? Same answer. To stop the spread of communism.

27. Ana

    Korea and Vietnam. Stop communism.

28. Michael

    What did the civil rights movement do? Fought to end racial discrimination.

29. Ana

    End racial discrimination.

30. Michael

    Martin Luther King, Junior. Name one. Fought for civil rights. Worked for equality for all Americans. Or the line about not being judged by the color of their skin. Say fought for civil rights.

31. Ana

    King. Civil rights.

32. Michael

    Why enter the Persian Gulf War? To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait.

33. Ana

    Iraqi military out of Kuwait.

34. Michael

    What major event happened on September eleventh, two thousand one? Terrorists attacked the United States. They also accept the details: planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. The short answer is enough: terrorists attacked the United States.

35. Ana

    September eleventh. Terrorists attacked the United States.

36. Michael

    Name one U.S. military conflict after that. Global War on Terror. War in Afghanistan. War in Iraq.

37. Ana

    War in Afghanistan.

38. Michael

    Name one American Indian tribe. Cherokee. Navajo. Sioux. Apache. You only need one. Say Cherokee. Do not invent a tribe.

39. Ana

    Cherokee.

40. Michael

    Name one American innovation. Light bulb. Automobile. Airplane. Assembly line. Landing on the moon. Skyscrapers. Integrated circuit. Say the light bulb, or landing on the moon.

41. Ana

    Light bulb.

42. Michael

    Memory trick: Roosevelt for Depression and World War Two. Eisenhower the general. King for civil rights. September eleventh, terrorists attacked.

43. Ana

    The century in order.

44. Michael

    One nineteen hundreds war is World War Two. The United States entered World War One after Germany attacked U.S. ships. Women got the vote in nineteen twenty, the nineteenth Amendment. The Great Depression was the longest modern recession. It started with the crash in nineteen twenty-nine. Franklin Roosevelt was president then and in World War Two. The United States entered World War Two because of Pearl Harbor. Eisenhower was a World War Two general. The Cold War rival was the Soviet Union. The worry was communism or nuclear war. Korea and Vietnam: stop the spread of communism. The civil rights movement fought to end racial discrimination. Martin Luther King, Junior fought for civil rights. The Gulf War forced Iraq from Kuwait. On September eleventh, two thousand one, terrorists attacked the United States. After that, the war in Afghanistan. One tribe: Cherokee. One innovation: the light bulb.

45. Ana

    That's a lot. But each one is a short sentence.

46. Michael

    Practice those sentences out loud. Next episode: Symbols and Holidays. Official questions are at uscis.gov. This podcast is independent study. We are not affiliated with U.S. C.I.S. I'm Michael.

47. Ana

    I'm Ana. Thanks for listening.

48. Michael

    We'll see you next time.

Questions in this episode

Official USCIS answers for questions 100 to 118 of the 2025 civics test.

• 100.Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
• 101.Why did the United States enter World War I?
• 102.When did all women get the right to vote?
• 103.What was the Great Depression?
• 104.When did the Great Depression start?
• 105.Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
• 106.Why did the United States enter World War II?
• 107.Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.
• 108.Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?
• 109.During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?
• 110.Why did the United States enter the Korean War?
• 111.Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
• 112.What did the civil rights movement do?
• 113.Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.
• 114.Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
• 115.What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
• 116.Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 117.Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
• 118.Name one example of an American innovation.