Grades 11–12 · American history
This quiz helps revise “America since 1980” in American history for grades 11–12. It has 25 questions in five categories: The Reagan Era, Cold War's End, The Digital Age, War on Terror, Modern Milestones. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which NASA space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff in January 1986, killing all seven crew members?
In 1981, which Arizona judge, pictured here, became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
What economic theory argued…
In the gameWhat 1980s political scandal…
In the gameWhat proposed orbital missile…
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Which concrete barrier dividing Germany's largest city was opened in November 1989, marking the Cold War's end?
Which Soviet leader, shown on the left signing a treaty with Ronald Reagan, introduced the reforms called glasnost and perestroika?
In 1991, which U.S.-led…
In the gameSigned in 1987, which…
In the gameBrokered at an Ohio…
In the gameWhat global computer network revolutionized worldwide communication and commerce during the 1990s?
What rapid stock market surge and economic boom of the late 1990s was driven by tech startup investments?
Which 1994 trade pact…
In the gameWhat geographic term describes…
In the gameIn 1994, which Republican…
In the gameWhich extremist terrorist group coordinated the plane hijackings of September 11, 2001?
Created in 2002, which cabinet department unified 22 federal agencies to coordinate domestic security?
Enacted in October 2001…
In the gameIn October 2001, U.S…
In the gameLocated at a U.S…
In the gameWho made history in 2008 by winning the presidency as the first African American to hold the office?
In August 2005, which hurricane breached the protective levees and flooded most of New Orleans?
Which 2000 Supreme Court…
In the gameSigned into law in…
In the gameWhich 2015 Supreme Court…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.