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History of the United States (1776
  • 1. Who was the first President of the United States?
A) James Madison
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John Adams
  • 2. In which year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
A) 1765
B) 1776
C) 1800
D) 1789
  • 3. Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?
A) Battle of Bunker Hill
B) Battle of Trenton
C) Battle of Saratoga
D) Battle of Yorktown
  • 4. Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
D) John Adams
  • 5. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A) John Wilkes Booth
B) Lee Harvey Oswald
C) John Hinckley Jr.
D) Charles Guiteau
  • 6. When did the United States enter World War II?
A) August 15, 1945
B) December 7, 1941
C) September 1, 1939
D) June 6, 1944
  • 7. Who was the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
A) Elena Kagan
B) Sandra Day O'Connor
C) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D) Sonia Sotomayor
  • 8. Which event led to the United States declaring war on Spain in 1898?
A) Attack on Fort Sumter
B) Bombing of Pearl Harbor
C) Sinking of the USS Maine
D) Emancipation Proclamation
  • 9. Who was the main author of the Constitution?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) George Washington
D) James Madison
  • 10. What was the name of the first successful English colony in America?
A) Jamestown
B) Plymouth
C) Roanoke
D) Williamsburg
  • 11. Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 12. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Jefferson Davis
D) Stonewall Jackson
  • 13. Which amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote?
A) 26th Amendment
B) 21st Amendment
C) 19th Amendment
D) 18th Amendment
  • 14. Who was the President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Calvin Coolidge
  • 15. Which landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Roe v. Wade
C) Miranda v. Arizona
D) Marbury v. Madison
  • 16. Who was the Union General known for his 'March to the Sea' during the Civil War?
A) Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
B) William Tecumseh Sherman
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 17. The Louisiana Purchase was made during the presidency of which US President?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) John Adams
C) Andrew Jackson
D) James Madison
  • 18. Which US President is known for the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Gerald Ford
D) Richard Nixon
  • 19. What invention revolutionized communication in the 19th century United States?
A) Telegraph
B) Radio
C) Internet
D) Telephone
  • 20. Who was the African-American leader who advocated for civil rights through nonviolent protest?
A) Malcolm X
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) W.E.B. Du Bois
  • 21. Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury for the United States?
A) James Madison
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) John Adams
D) Alexander Hamilton
  • 22. Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Harriet Quimby
B) Bessie Coleman
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Jacqueline Cochran
  • 23. The Prohibition era in the United States was primarily enforced through which amendment?
A) 18th Amendment
B) 13th Amendment
C) 19th Amendment
D) 21st Amendment
  • 24. The United States acquired the Oregon Territory through a treaty with which country?
A) Spain
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Mexico
  • 25. Which document established the basic principles of the United States government?
A) Constitution
B) Bill of Rights
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Articles of Confederation
  • 26. When did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?
A) 1776
B) 1812
C) 1901
D) 1867
  • 27. Which U.S. President ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 28. Which state was the first to secede from the Union before the Civil War?
A) Texas
B) Virginia
C) South Carolina
D) Georgia
  • 29. Who was the commanding general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) William T. Sherman
C) Stonewall Jackson
D) Ulysses S. Grant
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