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WorksheetsUS History Pre-Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
Which founding document starts with the phrase "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..."
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Gettysburg Address
Who did the US fight in the War of 1812?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
The size of the US nearly doubled with the Louisiana Purchase. Who sold the land to us?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Russia
Who was President of the US at the end of the Civil War?
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Four US Presidents have been assassinated. Who was the last President to be assassinated?
John Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Who was the first President to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
What famous American inventor was credited with developing the first light bulb and given over 1,000 other patents for new inventions?
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
Dr. Emmett Brown
Thomas Edison
This former Governor of the Indiana Territory served the shortest time of any US president - 31 days.
Wendell Wilkie
Dan Quayle
William Henry Harrison
James Madison
What US Calvary Colonel led his men into a slaughter at the hands of Sioux Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Josey Wales
George Custer
Buffalo Bill Cody
Andrew jackson
What year did women secure an Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing them the right to vote?
1776
1920
1941
1963
What progressive President (who was depicted in the movie Night At The Museum) is credited with the establishment of the most National Parks?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
John kennedy
What US President spearheaded efforts to build the Panama Canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
John Kennedy
This man's creation of the assembly line and other business techniques still influence the world's economy today.
Wilbur Wright
Henry Ford
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
What nation emerged from World War I as the world's richest and most industrialized country?
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
America
What decade is known for giving us the Great Depression?
1860s
1930s
1960s
1980s
Who wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Martin Luther King
Franklin Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
What event brought the US into World War II?
Assassination of the Archduke of Austria Hungary
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Germany's invasion of France
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
What event made Charles Lindbergh a worldwide celebrity?
His nonstop transatlantic flight
He directed the first talking movie
His invention of the atom bomb
The kidnapping of his child
What were young women in the 1920s called who wore short hair, short skirts and make-up?
Beatniks
Hippies
Doves
Flappers
Which of the following was NOT a leader of the African-American civil rights movement?
Malcom X
Booker T. Washington
George Pershing
W.E.B. DuBois
What US war never officially ended in a peace treaty but the two sides simply agreed to a ceasefire and have boundaries established near their prewar locations?
Mexican-American War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
What does "D-Day" refer to?
The day World War II ended
The day America dropped an atomic bomb on Japan
The day America put a man on the moon
The American-led invasion of Europe off the coast of France which would lead to Hitler's defeat
Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
To protect the flow of oil out of the middle east
To set up a military outpost in Southeast Asia
To get revenge for communist aggression in Korea
Where did Martin Luther King deliver his "I Have A Dream" speech?
At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
At a jail in Birmingham, AL
At the Gettysburg National Cemetary
At a church in Atlanta
Which of the following came first?
An African-American President of the US was elected
A woman was appointed to the Supreme Court
An African-American was appointed to the Supreme Court
An African-American woman was elected governor of a state
What US President was forced to resign from office due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal?
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
John Kennedy is often credited with establishing a program to do which of the following?
Form a military alliance with Russia
set up the internet
put a man on the moon
create an oil pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 states
What US President was preceded in office and followed into office by a father and son of the same family?
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
Barack Obama
Who was the President of the United States during the terrorist attacks Of September 11, 2001?
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Dick Cheaney
