Event Introduction
This 60-minute interactive quiz with Mikhail Rybalko is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the United States and explores key features and turning points of American historical development. The questions will test both knowledge and logic, covering founding principles, federalism, immigration, civil rights, political culture, and America’s role in the world. Each question will be followed by the answer and a short explanation, with some examples inspired by Mikhail’s exchange year in Bloomington–Normal, and his travels across 37 U.S. states.
About the Speaker
Mikhail Rybalko studied at Illinois Wesleyan University under the Freedom Support Act program (1996–1997) and received a PhD in Political Science from Texas Tech University in 2014. Currently, he works at Irkutsk State University in the History Department.