US Citizenship Test Review – Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

Civics (History & Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test

American History

Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
   ▪ World War I
   ▪ World War II
   ▪ Korean War
   ▪ Vietnam War
   ▪ (Persian) Gulf War
2. Who was President during World War I? – (Woodrow) Wilson
3. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? – (Franklin) Roosevelt
4. Who did the United States fight in World War II? – Japan, Germany, and Italy
5. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? – World War II
6. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? – Communism
7. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? – civil rights (movement)
8. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
   ▪ fought for civil rights
   ▪ worked for equality for all Americans
9. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? – Terrorists attacked the United States.
10. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
    [USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]
    ▪ Cherokee
    ▪ Navajo
    ▪ Sioux
    ▪ Chippewa
    ▪ Choctaw
    ▪ Pueblo
    ▪ Apache
    ▪ Iroquois
    ▪ Creek
    ▪ Blackfeet
    ▪ Seminole
    ▪ Cheyenne
    ▪ Arawak
    ▪ Shawnee
    ▪ Mohegan
    ▪ Huron
    ▪ Oneida
    ▪ Lakota
    ▪ Crow
    ▪ Teton
    ▪ Hopi
    ▪ Inuit

The 100 civics (history and government) questions and answers for the naturalization test

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