AMERICAN HISTORY PRETEST
WHO IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING AMERICA?
WHO IS AMERICA NAMED AFTER?
IN THE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, WHICH GROUP WHO WROTE THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT ATE WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS?
HOW MANY ORIGINAL COLONIES WERE THERE IN AMERICA?
WHICH NATION FIRST CONQUERED FLORIDA?
WHO DID THE UNITED STATES WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
WHO WAS THE GENERAL OF THE VICTORIOUS CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
WHAT ARE THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE US?
WHICH GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT DID THE CONSTITUTION REPLACE?
WHAT ARE THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS ON THE US CONSTITUTION REFERRED TO AS?
WHO DID THE U.S. FIGHT AGAINST DURING THE WAR OF 1812?
WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT STARTED INDIAN REMOVAL AND SENT THE CHEROKEE NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS?
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
WHY DID THE SOUTHERN STATES DECIDE TO SEPARATE FROM THE UNITED STATES?
WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA?
WHAT DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?
WHAT IS THE PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR KNOWN AS?
WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
WHICH TERRORIST GROUP STARTED IN THE SOUTH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR?
DURING TIME OF INDUSTRIAL CHANGE, WHO STARTED THE ASSEMBLY LINE?
NAME ONE COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT AGAINST DURING WWI.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TREATY THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I?
AFTER WWI, THE ECONOMY CRASHED, TAKING THE UNITED STATES INTO A PERIOD REFERRED TO AS WHAT?
WHICH COUNTRY ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES AT PEARL HARBOR?
WHO WAS THE UNITED STATES’ PRESIDENT DURING MOST OF WORLD WAR II?
NAME ONE COUNTRY WHO WAS ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE US DURING WORLD WAR II?
WHO WAS THE DICTATOR OF ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II?
THE UNITED STATES FORCED JAPAN TO SURRENDER IN WORLD WAR II BY DOING WHAT?
WHO WAS THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED WITH DURING THE COLD WAR?
WHO ASSASSINATED JOHN F. KENNEDY?
WHAT IS SPUTNIK?
NAME ONE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
WHO WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR?
WHAT IS CONSCRIPTION?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONCERT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK THAT BECAME A LANDMARK DURING THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT?
NAME ONE KEY FIGURE IN THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT AT ANYTIME THROUGHOUT US HISTORY.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCANDAL THAT FORCED THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON?
WHAT WAS RONALD REAGAN’S ECONOMIC PLAN CALLED?
WHAT WALL IN GERMANY GOT TAKEN DOWN IN 1990?
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF OBAMACARE?
LETS GO OVER THE ANSWERS….
WHO IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING AMERICA? Christopher Columbus
WHO IS AMERICA NAMED AFTER? Amerigo Vespucci
IN THE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, WHICH GROUP WHO WROTE THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT ATE WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS? The Pilgrims
HOW MANY ORIGINAL COLONIES WERE THERE IN AMERICA? 13
WHICH NATION FIRST CONQUERED FLORIDA? Spain
WHO DID THE UNITED STATES WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? Great Britain
WHO WAS THE GENERAL OF THE VICTORIOUS CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? George Washington
WHAT ARE THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE US? Legislative, Executive, Judicial
WHICH GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT DID THE CONSTITUTION REPLACE? The Articles of Confederation
WHAT ARE THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS ON THE US CONSTITUTION REFERRED TO AS? The Bill of Rights
WHO DID THE U.S. FIGHT AGAINST DURING THE WAR OF 1812? Great Britain
WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT STARTED INDIAN REMOVAL AND SENT THE CHEROKEE NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS? Andrew Jackson
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD? Harriet Tubman
WHY DID THE SOUTHERN STATES DECIDE TO SEPARATE FROM THE UNITED STATES? Disagreements between state rights, about slavery, and about commerce
WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA? Jefferson Davis
WHAT DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO? Freed slaves in areas of Confederate occupation
WHAT IS THE PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR KNOWN AS? Reconstruction
WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN? John Wilkes Booth
WHICH TERRORIST GROUP STARTED IN THE SOUTH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR? Ku Klux Klan
DURING TIME OF INDUSTRIAL CHANGE, WHO STARTED THE ASSEMBLY LINE? Henry Ford
NAME ONE COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT AGAINST DURING WWI. Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Germany
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TREATY THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I? Treaty of Versailles
AFTER WWI, THE ECONOMY CRASHED, TAKING THE UNITED STATES INTO A PERIOD REFERRED TO AS WHAT? The Great Depression
WHICH COUNTRY ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES AT PEARL HARBOR? Japan
WHO WAS THE UNITED STATES’ PRESIDENT DURING MOST OF WORLD WAR II? Franklin Delano Roosevelt
NAME ONE COUNTRY WHO WAS ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE US DURING WORLD WAR II? Soviet Union, France, Great Britain
WHO WAS THE DICTATOR OF ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II? Benito Mussolini
THE UNITED STATES FORCED JAPAN TO SURRENDER IN WORLD WAR II BY DOING WHAT? Dropping the atomic bombs – Hiroshima, Nagasaki
WHO WAS THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED WITH DURING THE COLD WAR? Soviet Union
WHO ASSASSINATED JOHN F. KENNEDY? Lee Harvey Oswald
WHAT IS SPUTNIK? First satellite launched into space – Soviet Union
NAME ONE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. NAACP, CORE, SNCC, SCLC
WHO WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR? South Vietnam, France
WHAT IS CONSCRIPTION? Forced military draft
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONCERT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK THAT BECAME A LANDMARK DURING THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT? Woodstock
NAME ONE KEY FIGURE IN THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT AT ANYTIME THROUGHOUT US HISTORY. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCANDAL THAT FORCED THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON? Watergate
WHAT WAS RONALD REAGAN’S ECONOMIC PLAN CALLED? Reaganomics
WHAT WALL IN GERMANY GOT TAKEN DOWN IN 1990? Berlin Wall
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF OBAMACARE? Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act