Modern America Worksheet
This worksheet covers key events and figures in Modern American history for 7th graders.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following events is considered a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement?
The California Gold Rush
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Louisiana Purchase
The Boston Tea Party
2. The Cold War was primarily a conflict between which two global superpowers?
Germany and Japan
United States and Soviet Union
Great Britain and France
China and India
3. The was a period of economic growth and cultural change in the 1920s.
4. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, led to the start of the .
5. What was the purpose of the New Deal programs implemented during the Great Depression?
6. The United States joined the League of Nations after World War I.
True
False
7. The internet was widely available to the general public in the 1950s.
True
False
8. The image above shows the Statue of Liberty. Explain its historical significance to the United States.
Match the modern American leader with their notable achievement.
9. Martin Luther King Jr.
a. Ended the Cold War
10. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Led the Civil Rights Movement
11. Ronald Reagan
c. Implemented the New Deal
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