History Bee Prep

Adolf Hitler was the leader of what regime that the USA fought in World War II?

• Ottoman Empire

• Prussia

• Nazi Germany

• Germania Superior

Which first president of the United State later retired to his estate at Mount Vernon?

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

Which British Prime Minister of the 1980s was known as the "Iron Lady"?

• Margaret Thatcher

• Angela Merkel

• Victoria Beckham

• Theresa May

In which year did the USA declare its independence from the British?

• 1775

• 1774

• 1776

• 1778

The largest ethnic group in China shares its name with which ancient Chinese dynasty?

• Qing

• Ming

• Song

• Han

During which period in American history as the sale of alcohol prohibited?

• Prohibition

• Era of Good Feelings

• First Great Awakening

• Reconstruction

Which figure was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, sparking World War I?

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Helmuth von Moltke

• Georges Clemenceau

Which woman's refusal to move to the back of the bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the Civil Rights movement?

• Sojourner Truth

• Coretta Scott King

• Rosa Parks

• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

What group of native Australians was the target of centuries of discrimination and ill-treatment and is the subject of the apology issued through National Sorry Day?

• Ainu

• Maori

• Aborigines

• Iroquois

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Which state was the most recent to join the United States of America, becoming the 50th state in 1959?

• Alaska

• Hawai'i

• Montana

• Delaware