History Test 16 (Ch. 16-18, Atlas Map A4)

The United States purchased Alaska from _____?

• France

• Japan

• Russia

• Spain

The man who convinced the United States government to purchase Alaska was ____?

• William Gorgas

• William H. Seward

• James Cook

• Robert Fulton

To help builders of the Panama Canal _____ destroyed insects.

• William Gorgas

• William H. Seward

• James Cook

• Robert Fulton

The man who discovered Hawaii was _____?

• George Dewey

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Gorgas

• James Cook

The first black Supreme Court Justice was ____?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Robert Weaver

In 1983, President Reagan sent American troops to liberate _____?

• Grenada

• Kuwait

• Cuba

• Panama

The first woman justice of the Supreme Court was _____?

• Marian Anderson

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Christa McAuliffe

• Eleanor Roosevelt

The only President to ever resign from office was ___________?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard M. Nixon

• Gerald R. Ford

Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill.

• World War II

• Operation Desert Storm

• Spanish-American War

• Vietnam War

• World War I

Woodrow Wilson was President.

• World War II

• Operation Desert Storm

• Spanish-American War

• Vietnam War

• World War I