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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