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Are You Smarter Than a College Grad?

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which time period was the Civil War?

a)

1750-1800

b)

1800-1850

c)

1850-1900

d)

1900-1950

e)

After 1950

2.

Who said “Give me liberty or give me death?”

a)

John Hancock

b)

James Madison

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Sam Adams

e)

Someone Else

3.

What is the Magna Carta?

a)

The foundation of the British parliamentary system.

b)

The Great Seal of the monarchs of England.

c)

The French Declaration of the Rights of Man.

d)

The charter signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

4.

The term “Reconstruction” refers to:

a)

Payment of European countries’ debts to the US after the first World War

b)

Repairing the physical damage caused by the Civil War

c)

Readmission of the Confederate states and protection of the rights of black citizens

d)

Rebuilding of the transcontinental railroad and the canal system

5.

“Beavis and Butthead” are…

a)

A radio show

b)

Television cartoon characters

c)

A musical group

d)

Fictional soldiers

6.

The Scopes Trial was about…

a)

Freedom of the press

b)

Teaching of evolution in the schools

c)

Prayer in the schools

d)

Access to education in private schools

7.

The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that:

a)

Slaves were freed from Confederate states not held by the Union

b)

The slave trade was illegal

c)

Slaves who fled to Canada would be protected

d)

Slavery was abolished in the Union

8.

The purpose of the authors of “The Federalists” papers was to:

a)

Establish a strong, free press in the colonies

b)

Confirm George Washington’s election as the first president

c)

Win foreign approval for the Revolutionary War

d)

Gain ratification of the US Constitution

9.

Sputnik was the name given to the first:

a)

Telecommunications system

b)

Animal to travel into space

c)

Hydrogen bomb

d)

Man-made satellite

10.

The Missouri Compromise was the act that:

a)

Funded the Lewis and Clark expedition on the upper Missouri River

b)

Granted statehood to Missouri but denied the admission of any other states

c)

Settled the boundary dispute between Missouri and Kansas

d)

Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

11.

Which document established the division of powers between the states and the federal government?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Articles of Confederation

12.

In which time period was Thomas Jefferson president?

a)

1780-1800

b)

1800-1820

c)

1820-1840

d)

1840-1860

e)

1860-1880

13.

Which was the lowest point in American fortunes in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Fort Ticonderoga

14.

In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned against the danger of:

a)

Expanding into territories beyond the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Having war with Spain over Mexico

c)

Entering into permanent alliances with foreign governments

d)

Building a standing army and strong navy

15.

The Monroe Doctrine declared that:

a)

The American blockade of Cuba was in accord with international law

b)

Trade with China should be open to all Western nations

c)

The annexation of the Philippines was legitimate

d)

Europe should not acquire new territories in the Western Hemisphere

16.

Who was the European who traveled in the United States and wrote down perceptive comments about what he saw in Democracy in America?

a)

Lafayette

b)

de Tocqueville

c)

Crevecoeur

d)

Napoleon

17.

Abraham Lincoln was president in which time period?

a)

1780-1800

b)

1800-1820

c)

1820-1840

d)

1840-1860

e)

1860-1880

18.

Who was the American general at Yorktown?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

George Washington

19.

John Marshall was the author of:

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

20.

Who was the “father” of the Constitution?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

James Madison

21.

What was the source of the phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?

a)

“I Have a Dream” speech

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Gettysburg Address

22.

Who was the leading advocate for the U.S. entry into the League of Nations?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Henry Cabot Lodge

c)

George C. Marshall

d)

Eleanor Roosevelt

23.

The Battle of the Bulge occurred during:

a)

The Vietnam War

b)

WWI

c)

WWII

d)

The Civil War

24.

Which of the following was a prominent leader of the Abolitionist Movement?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

25.

When the U.S. entered World War II, which two major nations were allied with Germany?

a)

Italy and Japan

b)

Italy and Poland

c)

Italy and Russia

d)

Russian and Japan