Grade 11 · US History
US history, government, and economics. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: ruled school segregation unconstitutional
It overturned “separate but equal” in public schools.
Answer: Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott lasted over a year.
Answer: 1963 at the March on Washington
It called for racial justice and equality.
Answer: banned segregation in public accommodations and job discrimination
It was a landmark federal law.
Answer: targeted racial barriers to voting, especially in the South
Literacy tests were a target.
Answer: for a time emphasized Black self-defense and nationalism more sharply
Both are central to US civil-rights study.
Answer: Black students integrating Central High under federal protection
Eisenhower sent troops.
Answer: banned poll taxes in federal elections
Poll taxes had blocked poor voters, including many Black Americans.
Answer: the United States and the Soviet Union
It lasted roughly 1947–1991.
Answer: stopping the spread of communism
The Truman Doctrine is a key text.
Answer: a Western military alliance formed in 1949
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet-led counterpart.
Answer: standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba
It is often called the closest brush with nuclear war.
Answer: 1989
Germany reunified soon after.
Answer: Sputnik (1957) and the US Moon landing (1969)
It was Cold War prestige and tech.
Answer: 1950s accusations of communist infiltration in the US
It chilled free speech for many.
Answer: 1991
Many textbooks treat this as the Cold War’s end.
Pick the next article in this topic — that is how a magazine issue is meant to be used.
