American History Quiz

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Trumbull

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

When did Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?

• 1775

• 1783

• 1787

• 1818

Who led the Revolutionary Army to victory in 1781?

• John Trumbull

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

When did the American Revolution officially end?

• 1775

• 1783

• 1787

• 1818

Which philosophical movement stated that people and nature are good by essence?

• Transcendentalism

• Manifest Destiny

• Philanthropy

• Civil Disobedience

Who urged Americans to stop looking to Europe for inspiration and be themselves?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry David Thoreau

• John Trumbull

When did the armed conflict of the American Revolution begin?

• 1773

• 1774

• 1775

• 1776

Who authored the political pamphlet 'Common Sense'?

• John Trumbull

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

Who signed the Proclamation of Emancipation, freeing all slaves?

• John Trumbull

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Paine

What was the idea that the U.S.A. is destined by God to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent called?

• Manifest Destiny

• Transcendentalism

• Philanthropy

• Civil Disobedience