History Test 16

Who did the United States purchase Alaska from?

• France

• Russia

• Spain

Who was the man that convinced the US government to purchase Alaska?

• William H. Seward

• James Cook

• William Gorgas

Who helped the builders of the Panama Canal by destroying the insects?

• William Gorgas

• William H. Seward

• James Cook

Who discovered Hawaii?

• James Cook

• William H. Seward

• William Gorgas

Who was the first black Supreme Court Justice?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Robert Weaver

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Where did President Reagan send American troops in 1983?

• Grenada

• Kuwait

• Cuba

Who was the first woman justice of the Supreme Court?

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Marian Anderson

• Eleanor Roosevelt

Which dictator's armies invaded Kuwait in 1990?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Saddam Hussein

• Benito Mussolini

Who was the only president to ever resign from office?

• Richard M. Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• John F. Kennedy

What storm devastated New Orleans in 2005?

• Hurricane Katrina

• Hurricane Maria

• Hurricane Andrew