1. United States History
Course Pre-test

2. United States History—Course Pre-test
Credited with putting the first power-driven plane into the air:
Orville and Wilbur Wright
2. Author of the Declaration of Independence:
Thomas Jefferson

3. United States History—Course Pre-test
Known as “The Father of Our Country”:
George Washington
Alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy:
Lee Harvey Oswald

4. United States History—Course Pre-test
First permanent English settlement in America:
Jamestown
President of the Confederate States of America:
Jefferson Davis

5. United States History—Course Pre-test
Site of the first shots of the Civil War:
Fort Sumter, S.C.
First 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution:
Bill of Rights

6. United States History—Course Pre-test
The right to vote (most notably women’s):
Suffrage
Infamous traitor of the American Revolution
Benedict Arnold

7. United States History—Course Pre-test
Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Commanding General of the Confederate Army:
Robert E. Lee

8. United States History—Course Pre-test
Scandal involving President Richard Nixon:
Watergate
14. First man to step foot onto the moon:
Neil Armstrong

9. United States History—Course Pre-test
Introduced the theory of evolution:
Charles Darwin
First to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean:
Charles Lindberg

10. United States History—Course Pre-test
Officially began with the October 29, 1929 stock market crash:
The Great Depression
U.S. President nicknamed “Old Hickory”:
Andrew Jackson

11. United States History—Course Pre-test
Mysterious “lost colony” of the New World:
Roanoke
Site where formal surrender was signed to end the American Civil War:
Appomattox Court House, VA

12. United States History—Course Pre-test
Important Dates:
Timeline

13. United States History—Course Pre-test
Columbus reaches the New World:
October 12, 1492
Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan:
December 7, 1941

14. United States History—Course Pre-test
Model T introduced by Henry Ford
1908
18th Amendment ratified—prohibition of alcohol:
1919

15. United States History—Course Pre-test
Man walks on the moon:
July 20, 1969
Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts:
November 19, 1620

16. United States History—Course Pre-test
Civil War begins:
April 12, 1861
African slaves come to America:
1619

17. United States History—Course Pre-test
George Washington elected President
April 6, 1798
John F. Kennedy is assassinated:
November 22, 1963

18. United States History—Course Pre-test
“Who Said That?”

19. United States History—Course Pre-test
“Ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country.”
President John F. Kennedy

20. United States History—Course Pre-test
“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that ALL men are created equal.”
President Abraham Lincoln

21. United States History—Course Pre-test
“I have a dream that one day my four children will live in a world where they are judged NOT by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

22. United States History—Course Pre-test
“People have to know whether or not their president is a crook—Well…I am not a crook.”
President Richard Nixon

23. United States History—Course Pre-test
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists and any nation that aids or harbors them.”
President George W. Bush

24. United States History—Course Pre-test
“The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.”
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

25. United States History—Course Pre-test
“That’s one small step for man…one giant leap for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong

26. United States History—Course Pre-test
“Mr. Gorbachev—If you seek peace…if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union, come to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”
President Ronald Reagan

27. United States History—Course Pre-test
“I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more…forever.”
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

28. United States History—Course Pre-test
“I know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me liberty—or give me death.”
Patrick Henry

29. United States History—Course Pre-test
True or False

30. United States History—Course Pre-test
The American Civil War was fought entirely over the issue of slavery.
False
American patriots waged war against France during the American Revolution.
Johnny Appleseed was a fictitious character of American folklore.

31. United States History—Course Pre-test
44. Davy Crockett was killed in the Mexican War at the Battle of the Alamo.
True
Robert E. Lee was the first officer to be offered command of the Union Army by President Lincoln.
Benjamin Franklin is regarded as one of the top presidents to serve the United States.
False

32. United States History—Course Pre-test
Civil Rights leader Malcolm X was an advocate of non-violent social change.
False
Andrew Jackson is known for his peaceful and friendly relations with American Indians.
Our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

33. United States History—Course Pre-test
F.D.R.’s New Deal brought about an end to the Great Depression.
False