Later History Questions

Who was president during World War 1?

Woodrow Wilson

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War 2?

Franklin Roosevelt

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

World War 2

Who did the United States fight in World War 2?

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general. What

war was he in?

World War 2

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United

States?

Communism

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

The Civil Rights Movement

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

He worked for Civil Rights.

What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in

the United States?

Terrorists attacked the United States.

Images found at:• President Wilson photo:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg

• President Roosevelt photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/FDR_in_1933.jpg

• World War 2 photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Royal_Naval_Commandos_Normandy_IWM_Image_A_024092.jpg

• President Eisenhower photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/General_of_the_Army_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_1947.jpg

• Civil Rights Movement photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Abernathy_Children_on_front_line_leading_the_SELMA_TO_MONTGOMERY_MARCH_for_the_RIGHT_TO_VOTE.JPG

• Martin Luther King Jr. photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg