Milestones in World History

• Question 1 out of 10

  One of America’s foremost industrialists, he founded Standard Oil Trust in the 1880s.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Cornelius Vanderbilt

  John D. Rockefeller

  Henry Ford

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• Question 2 out of 10

  He was the leader of Russia during World War II.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Joseph Stalin

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Mikhail Gorbachev

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• Question 3 out of 10

  Germany’s invasion of this country in September 1939 is considered to have been the start of World War II.

  France

  Poland

  Belgium

  Czechoslovakia

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• Question 4 out of 10

  Which American president brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel?

  Richard Nixon

  Ronald Reagan

  Jimmy Carter

  George H.W. Bush

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• Question 5 out of 10

  How many presidents’ heads adorn Mount Rushmore?

  Three

  Four

  Five

  Six

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• Question 6 out of 10

  Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union before the Civil War began?

  Georgia

  Alabama

  South Carolina

  Virginia

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• Question 7 out of 10

  Which country was first to recognize American independence from Britain in 1778?

  Spain

  France

  The Netherlands

  Germany

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• Question 8 out of 10

  President Lyndon Johnson will be most famously remembered for dragging the U.S. into which war?

  Korean War

  Vietnam War

  Gulf War

  World War II

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• Question 9 out of 10

  The New Deal is associated with which U.S. president?

  Herbert Hoover

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Dwight Eisenhower

  Harry Truman

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• Question 10 out of 10

  Ronald Reagan had several successful summits with this Soviet Leader.

  Leonid Brezhnev

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Boris Yeltsin

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