History Practice Test 2

Mexican forces defeated Texan forces at what San Antonio mission in 1836?

• The Charterhouse

• The Capitol

• The Alamo

• The Longhouse

The attack on Pearl Harbor took place in what is now what US state?

• Kansas

• Wyoming

• Hawaii

• West Virginia

Which Macedonian conqueror defeated the Persians at the Battle of Issus?

• Otto the Great

• Alexander the Great

• Ludwig the Mad

• Louis the Universal Spider

Which speech was given at a battlefield during the Civil War?

• Washington's Farewell Address

• Gettysburg Address

• I Have a Dream

• Declaration of Sentiments

Which Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist helped end South Africa's apartheid system as its first Black president?

• Kwame Nkrumah

• Julius Nyerere

• Kofi Annan

• Nelson Mandela

Which event took place in China in 2008, the first time it was ever held in that country?

• Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize

• Space Shuttle Launch

• Summer Olympics

• Continental Congress

Which French emperor was depicted crossing the Alps in 1800 in a painting by Jacques Louis David?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Emmanuel Macron

• Victor Hugo

• Louis the Fourteenth

Which pair of rivals, the second and third US Presidents, both died on the Fourth of July, 1826?

• James Monroe and Andrew Jackson

• George Washington and James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

• Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt

At its greatest extent, which empire stretched from the north of England to the Persian Gulf and included present-day France, Spain, and Italy?

• British

• Roman

• Incan

• Spanish

Which of these women revolutionized the field of nursing in the 19th century?

• Harriet Tubman

• Florence Nightingale

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Marie Antoinette