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U.S. History by Year, 1940-1959 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 968 times
- The average score is 17 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1959 | This territory is admitted as the 50th and latest state to the union | Hawaii | 98%
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| 1941 | The U.S. enters WWII after Japan attacks this naval base | Pearl Harbor | 97%
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| 1955 | This woman is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person | Rosa Parks | 97%
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| 1957 | This "King of Rock" releases the song Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | 96%
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| 1958 | The U.S. establishes this agency in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik | NASA | 94%
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| 1949 | The United States joins this defense organization with 30 other countries | NATO | 94%
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| 1940 | This burger chain opens its first location in San Bernardino, California | McDonald's | 93%
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| 1953 | Hugh Hefner begins publishing this adult magazine | Playboy | 93%
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| 1945 | This secret project succeeds in creating and detonating the first atomic bomb | {Manhattan} Project | 92%
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| 1944 | 2,501 Americans die on D-Day while invading this German controlled region of France | Normandy | 91%
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| 1950 | The U.S. along with UN forces go to war in this peninsula against communist forces | Korea | 86%
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| 1946 | A riot breaks out in this San Francisco prison as a result of an escape attempt | Alcatraz | 85%
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| 1948 | The U.S. airlifts supplies to this city after the Soviet Union places a land blockade | Berlin | 82%
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| 1954 | This senator is condemned for his role in persecuting suspected communists | Joseph McCarthy | 76%
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| 1942 | This general promises to return to the Philippines after its Japanese capture | Douglas MacArthur | 72%
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| 1951 | This sitcom starring Lucille Ball debuts on CBS | I Love Lucy | 69%
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| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower establishes this highway system | Interstate | 69%
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| 1947 | A supposed UFO, reportedly a balloon, crashes near this New Mexico city | Roswell | 63%
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| 1943 | FDR meets with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in this Middle Eastern city | Tehran | 58%
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| 1952 | This city becomes a popular destination for tourists to watch live atomic bomb tests | Las Vegas | 45%
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