Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader...at U.S. History?

1st Grade level - Which of the following is a U.S. federal holiday?

• Arbor Day
• Flag Day
• New Year's Day

1st Grade level - Which of these American heroes is fictional?

• Johnny Appleseed
• Paul Bunyan
• Davy Crockett

2nd Grade level - In what year did construction begin on the White House?

• 1642
• 1792
• 1801

2nd Grade level - In the mid-1800's, the first transcontinental railway was built across part of the United States. One end of the railway was in California. The other end was in what state?

• Nebraska
• Utah
• Ohio

3rd Grade level - Which of the following positions is NOT a member of the U.S. Presidential Cabinet?

• Secretary of Education
• Attorney General
• White House Press Secretary

3rd Grade level - The Hawaiian Islands were once known as the Sandwich Islands.

• True
• False

3rd Grade level - Which of these is NOT an independent country?

• Greenland
• Iceland
• Sri Lanka

4th Grade level - What is the first name of former U.S. President Taylor?

• Richard
• Thomas
• Harry
• Zachary

4th Grade level - Which of the following Native American groups was a Great Plains tribe?

• Cherokee
• Tlingit
• Sioux

5th Grade level (Final Exam) - In terms of distance, the U.S. is closest to which of the following countries?

• Cuba
• Brazil
• Russia