Can You Pass This U.S. History Quiz?

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Question 1/49

What was the Jamestown settlement?

The first permanent English settlement in the Americas
The location of the first Thanksgiving celebration
The lost colony of British settlers, who were never heard from again

Question 2/49

Which state was the first to secede from the Union before the start of the Civil War?

South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi

Question 3/49

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

1776
1802
1812

Question 4/49

Who was the president during the war of 1812?

John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson

Question 5/49

What amendment ended prohibition?

13th
18th
21st

Question 6/49

What did the Navajo Code Talkers do for the U.S. military?

Native Americans who created an unbreakable communication code
Native Americans who translated for soldiers on Indian reservations
Army units made up of Native-American fighter pilots

Question 7/49

What year did the Vietnam War officially end?

1969
1971
1975

Question 8/49

Which president served three terms in office?

Grover Cleveland
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman

Question 9/49

Which journalists broke the Watergate Scandal?

Woodward and Bernstein
Cronkite and Donaldson

Sawyer and Brokaw

Question 10/49

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

France
Spain
Russia

Question 11/49

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
George Pickett

Question 12/49

What were the Jim Crow laws designed to do?

Enforce racial segregation
Provide work for sharecroppers
Rebuild the south

Question 13/49

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglas
Thomas Paine

Question 14/49

What prompted the U.S. to become involved in WWI?

German submarines began attacking U.S. ships
France requested the help of the U.S.
The invasion of Canada by Germany

Question 15/49

Who was the first African-American woman to become a U.S. senator?

Shirley Chisholm
Carol Mosely Braun
Kamala Harris

Question 16/49

Who did the U.S. fight against in the War of 1812?

France
Great Britain
Spain

Question 17/49

How many states seceded from the Union during the Civil War?

Question 18/49

What year did California become a state?

1835
1840
1850

Question 19/49

What was Manifest Destiny?

The belief that the United States is the greatest superpower
The belief that United States settlers were destined to expand across North America
The belief that each state is destined to determine its own fate and laws

Question 20/49

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor of the Great Depression?

The Dust Bowl
The Stock Market Crash
World War II

Question 21/49

Which city hosted the Columbian Exhibition?

Chicago
New York
Los Angeles

Question 22/49

Where did the Mayflower Pilgrims land?

Jamestown
Plymouth Rock
Roanoke Island

Question 23/49

Which of the following is NOT a U.S.-held territory?

Guam
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic

Question 24/49

What year was Martin Luther King assassinated?

1964
1966
1968

Question 25/49

Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?

Boston, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts
Dover, Delaware

Question 26/49

What did the Monroe Doctrine pledge the United States would do?

That the U.S. would oppose European colonialism in the Americas
That the U.S. would not interfere in foreign wars
That the U.S. would not supply troops to enemies if Europe

Question 27/49

What year was the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War signed?

1776
1783
1785

Question 28/49

The Indian Removal Act led to which dark chapter in U.S. history?

The slave trade with the West Indies
The Trail of Tears
The French-Indian war

Question 29/49

The southern economy depended on slave labor to produce which of the following crops?

Opium
Cotton
Potatoes

Question 30/49

In what year did U.S. women earn the right to vote?

1916
1918
1920

Question 31/49

What was the Mayflower Compact?

The first governing document of the Plymouth Colony
A declaration of freedom from England for the 13 colonies
A letter to King James asking for more supplies for the colonists

Question 32/49

What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?

The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence

Question 33/49

What year did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

1863
1865
1867

Question 34/49

Which of the following Founding Fathers was never president?

John Adams
Ben Franklin
George Washington

Question 35/49

Who is considered to be the Father of the Constitution?

James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin

Question 36/49

What does the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution guarantee?

The right to a jury trial in civil suits
The right to a fair and speedy trial
The right to freedom of religion

Question 37/49

Who invented the cotton gin?

Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Eli Whitney

Question 38/49

Which of the following presidents was NOT assassinated while in office?

William McKinley
William Howard Taft
William Henry Harrison

Question 39/49

Who was the only president never to marry?

James Buchanan
Andrew Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt

Question 40/49

What was the goal of the Temperance Movement?

Ban the consumption of alcohol
Promote peace in bars and taverns
Limit drinking to Sundays at home

Question 41/49

Which president established social security benefits?

Franklin Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley

Question 42/49

In what year did the United States annex Hawaii?

1898
1901
1913

Question 43/49

Which of the following has NOT served as a capital of the United States?

Washington D.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Rochester, NY

Question 44/49

Who warned revolutionaries that the British were coming?

John Paul Jones
Paul Revere
Sam Adams

Question 45/49

What year did Congress establish Independence Day unpaid holiday for federal employees?

1870
1912
1932

Question 46/49

What did the U.S. government due to alcohol during Prohibition to prevent people from drinking?

Put warning labels on it
Poisoned it
Stored it at Fort Knox

Question 47/49

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise state?

Each new immigrant would receive three-fifths of an acre of land
Each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person
Each woman's vote would count as three-fifths of a man's

Question 48/49

Which amendment guarantees the right to free speech?

First
Fifth
Seventh

Question 49/49

Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

Ford's Theater
The White House
Gettysburg

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US History Quiz

Learn about the United States through a collection of memorable events, people, landmarks and historical moments. History paints us a detailed picture of how society, technology, and government worked way back when so that we can better understand how it works now. History also tells you the story of how our nation, city, or community came to be everything that it is today.