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US history to 1979 trivia questions
Rewind’s US history to 1979 branch is a dated one: 18 questions, the earliest from 1933 and the latest from 1979. Its entry in the History group of the picker reads “The war years through the seventies”.
The US history to 1979 timeline
The dates fall in 5 decades. Here is how many questions sit in each:
- 1930s: 1 question
- 1940s: 5 questions
- 1950s: 5 questions
- 1960s: 5 questions
- 1970s: 2 questions
How US history to 1979 questions are asked
The 18 questions are multiple choice. By their opening word: 5 start with “The”, 4 start with “Which”, 2 start with “Who”. Facts that appear after you answer run as long as 21 words.
A source article stands behind each one; nothing goes in unchecked.
US history to 1979 questions, with answers
Here are two questions from the US history to 1979 bank, taken from the older end of the branch and clear of the daily ten for the weeks around the day this page was built.
Question (1945): Who became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945?
Answer: Harry S. Truman. He had been vice president for 82 days.
The wrong choices on the card were Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thomas E. Dewey, and Henry A. Wallace.
Checked against Harry S. Truman (Wikipedia).
Question (1954): Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 ruling against segregated public schools, began with a case from which state?
Answer: Kansas. The Supreme Court decided it unanimously.
The wrong choices on the card were Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.
Checked against Brown v. Board of Education (Wikipedia).
Play only US history to 1979
Open Rewind, tap Branches on the title screen, and find US history to 1979 under History. Its row shows 18 questions. Tap it, press Play these, and your ten for the day come from this branch alone.
Scoring and the clock are in How to play Rewind.
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