What’s Your U.S. History IQ?

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Question 1/10

"Seward's Folly" was a name some used for which land purchase by the U.S. government?

  • The Louisiana Purchase
  • The Gadsden Purchase
  • The Alaska Purchase
  • The Oregon Purchase
Question 2/10

The only time during World War II that American soil was bombed by an enemy aircraft was by which country?

  • The United Kingdom
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Russia
Question 3/10

The peace treaty at the end of the Revolutionary War was signed in which city?

  • Paris
  • Appomattox
  • Geneva
  • Washington, D.C.
Question 4/10

The Monroe Doctrine:

  • Set the western boundary of America
  • Firmly established the Federal Reserve and the Supreme Court
  • Laid out the American defense plan for war with France
  • Said that European powers were no longer allowed to colonize in the Americas
Question 5/10

Which party was formed to oppose the Democrats in 1833?

  • Whigs
  • Republicans
  • Tories
  • Conservatives
Question 6/10

In which Civil War battle was General Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded?

  • Gettysburg
  • Second Battle of Bull Run
  • Chancellorsville
  • Vicksburg
Question 7/10

The muckrakers in the early 1900s were:

  • Rebellious farmers tired of paying high taxes
  • A regiment of marines who survived the Battle of San Juan Hill
  • Journalists intent on exposing corruption
  • Northeastern warhawks who favored war with Canada and Great Britain
Question 8/10

The United States obtained all of the following from Spain after the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:

  • Hawaii
  • Guam
  • Puerto Rico
  • The Philippines
Question 9/10

The failed predecessor to the United Nations proposed by President Wilson was:

  • The Justice League
  • The Grand Alliance
  • The League of Nations
  • The Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization
Question 10/10

The purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War II was to:

  • Insert spies into the Soviet Union
  • Make the Alaska Territory the final state
  • Send Japanese-Americans to Japan
  • Provide financial aid to Europe

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