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US History Challenge

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1776, which document did the colonists write to tell England that they wanted to be free from British rule?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

United States Constitution

2.

How do historians refer to the first shot fired at the Battle of Lexington?

a)

"The very first shot"

b)

"I am not giving away my shot"

c)

"The Infamous Shot"

d)

"The Shot Heard Round the World"

3.

What was the result when the Americans and British signed the Treaty of Paris?

a)

The war would go on until the British ended it.

b)

George Washington could become President of the United States.

c)

The United States of America was now an independent nation.

d)

France would become the new ruler of the colonies.

4.

What name was given to colonists that opposed British rule?

a)

Boycott

b)

Militia

c)

Loyalist

d)

Patriot

5.

What name was given to a colonist that supported the rule of King George?

a)

Militia

b)

Loyalist

c)

Patriot

d)

Boycott

6.
Which of the following is NOT included in the Bill of Rights?
a)
freedom of speech
b)
 freedom of religion
c)
 right to an education
d)
right to a trial by jury
7.
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 
a)
the Preamble
b)
 the Articles of Confederation
c)
the Declaration of Independence
d)
 the Bill of Rights
8.
The fact that each branch of government must be separate from the others and function on its own is known as the principle of _______.
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
separation of powers
c)
rule of law
d)
 checks and balances
9.
What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?
a)
Amendment
b)
Preamble
c)
Ratification
d)
Compromise
10.
Which branch of government interprets laws?
a)
Judicial (courts)
b)
Executive (president)
c)
Legislative (Congress)
11.
Which compromise concerned the issue of how to count slaves for representation and taxation?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The Commerce Compromise
c)
The 3/5 Compromise
d)
The Connecticut Compromise
12.
Who is the head of the executive branch?
a)
The Supreme Court
b)
The Senate
c)
The President
d)
The Cabinet
13.
Which of the following is a system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power?
a)
Tyranny
b)
Checks and balances
c)
Federalism
d)
Ratification
14.
What year was the Constitution written in?
a)
1776
b)
1787
c)
1803
d)
1861
15.
This branch makes and passes laws for the country
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
16.
The Senate is in charge of the Executive branch
a)
False
b)
True
17.
This was the document that setup America's first government?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
The Great Compromise
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Virginia Plan
18.
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote
a)
1st
b)
10th
c)
19th
d)
21st
19.
What house is based off of population?
a)
Senate
b)
White House
c)
Full House
d)
House of Representatives
20.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
21.
General Sherman's troops marched toward Atlanta to capture it because of Atlanta's railroad center and supplies.
a)
The Atlanta Campaign
b)
Sherman's March to the Sea
c)
John Brown's Raid on Harper Ferry
d)
Fort Sumter
22.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
23.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
24.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
25.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg
26.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
27.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
28.
The 1st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
29.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
30.
Which number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
31.
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 
a)
uphold national honor
b)
prevent foreign involvement
c)
free all slave 
d)
preserve the Union
32.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --
a)
United State's freedom from Great Britain
b)
an end to the Civil War
c)
freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
d)
the beginning of Reconstruction
33.
What conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?
a)
The North and the South had equal percentages of their population working for railroads
b)
The North had fewer manufacturing plants than the South
c)
Most of the nation's railroads ran through the South
d)
The North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South
34.
What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?
a)
greater manufacturing
b)
more effective navy
c)
better government
d)
more capable military leaders
35.
How did most people travel to the west?
a)
Boat
b)
Horseback
c)
Car
d)
Covered Wagon
36.
What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?
a)
Snakes
b)
Mountain lions
c)
Bison
d)
Locusts
37.
Who cooperated to develop the cattle industry?
a)
Ranchers and cowboys
b)
Mexican Americans and Irish Americans
c)
Farmers and Townspeople
d)
Native Americans and pioneers
38.
What invention changed farming and cattle drives during Westward Expansion?
a)
Steel plow
b)
Windmills
c)
Mechanical reaper
d)
Barbed wire
39.
What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Mexican Americans and Native Americans
b)
Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
c)
African Americans and European immigrants
d)
Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants 
40.
Why were many Americans moving out West?
a)
To be with their families 
b)
Better weather conditions
c)
Good, cheap farmland
41.
Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?
a)
To strike it rich
b)
To sell tools 
42.
A town whose population grows very quickly is called a ____________.
a)
Pop town
b)
Fast  town
c)
Boomtown
43.
What was the name given to the mining towns after the people left?
a)
James Towns
b)
Gold Towns
c)
Ghost towns
44.

What were some of the reasons why pioneers started to move west?

a)

cheap farmland

b)

find gold & riches

c)

religious persecution

d)

new homes

e)

economic opportunity

45.

What happened to the size of the United States because of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

it got smaller

b)

it stayed the same

c)

it grew a small amount

d)

it doubled in size

46.

What territory is represented by the E on the map?

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Florida Acquisition

d)

Mexican Cession

47.

What territory is represented by the D on the map?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Florida Acquisition

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

United States

48.

What territory is represented by the C on the map?

a)

Texas Territory

b)

Florida Acquisition

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

Mexican Cession

49.

What territory is represented by the F on the map?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Florida Acquisition

d)

United States

50.

What territory is represented by the B on the map?

a)

Florida Acquisition

b)

Louisiana Territory

c)

Texas Territory

d)

Mexican Cession

51.
The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:
a)
the Monroe Doctrine
b)
The Louisiana Purchase
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The Jackson Action
52.
What would make the best title for this image?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
The Industrial Revolution
c)
Attack of the 50 foot Woman
d)
Manifest Destiny
53.
Lewis and Clark were sent by President Jefferson to:
a)
invade Mexico
b)
stop British attacks on U.S. ships
c)
explore Louisiana
d)
buy Louisiana
54.
The Gadsden Purchase is an area of land the U.S. bought from:
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Britain
55.
Texas became part of the United States as a result of:
a)
The Mexican War
b)
Annexation
c)
A treaty with Spain
d)
a purchase from France
56.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
57.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
58.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
59.
Campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism.
a)
Women Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Alcoholics Anonymous
d)
Fair Weather Fan
60.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
61.
Allowed alcohol by retracting the 18th Amendment
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
62.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
63.
All are examples associated w/ Flappers EXCEPT
a)
Smoking
b)
Skin Showing
c)
Lipstick 
d)
Ankle length dresses.
64.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
65.

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who

a)

Worked in the South

b)

Calling for segregation

c)

Urged African Americans to leave the country

d)

Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.

66.

During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…

a)

The return to normalcy

b)

Changing culture and lifestyles

c)

Causes of the Great Depression

d)

The benefits of new technology

67.

Nativism influenced the outcome of which 1920s court case?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Sacco and Vanzetti

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

68.

What is mass media?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

69.

What are speakeasies?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

70.
When did War World I begin?
a)
1912
b)
1915
c)
1918
d)
1914
71.
What were the two sides called?
a)
Allied Powers and Central Powers
b)
Americans and Communists
c)
British and Russians
d)
Allied Powers and City Powers
72.
What was a MAIN cause of the U.S. entering WWI?
a)
sinking of the Maine
b)
Russia dropping an atomic bomb
c)
sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Japan dropping an atomic bomb
73.
What was the name of the contract that ended WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of France
c)
Treat of Paris
d)
Treaty of Milan
74.
Name the side we entered on in WWI.
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
75.
Name a country that was against us in WWI.
a)
Great Britain
b)
Russia
c)
France
d)
Germany
76.
Who was made to pay reparations after WWI.
a)
Austria Hungary
b)
Serbia
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
77.
Who was the president during WWI?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
78.
How did many Americans react to the Zimmermann Telegram?
a)
They became concerned about Russian expansion
b)
They wanted to avoid membership in the League of Nations.
c)
They wanted to fire Zimmermann
d)
They were outraged over a possible German-Mexican alliance.
79.
Which war tactic of World War I caused soldiers to endure terrible living conditions?
a)
Armored tanks
b)
U-boats
c)
Dogfights from the air
d)
Trench warfare
80.
Who were the Allied Powers during World War I?
a)
Russia, German Empire, France, Spain
b)
United States, France, Russia, Serbia, Britain
c)
Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy
d)
Spain, Italy, France, German Empire
81.
The building up of a nation's army is called
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism 
c)
Imperialism 
d)
Alliances
82.
Information designed to influence opinion is called
a)
Militarism
b)
Communism 
c)
Propaganda
d)
Facebook 
83.
Russia, Great Britain, and France were all ?
a)
Besties 
b)
Alliances 
c)
Enemies 
d)
Entente
84.
What were the causes of WWI?
a)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism
b)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Isolationism
c)
Militarism, Against, Nice, Iguanas
d)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Impractical
85.
What sparked World War I?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Assassination of Archduke Marmaduke
c)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdahand
d)
Assassination of Archduke Kaiser Wilhelm
86.
What was the stretch of land between the trenches?
a)
No mans land
b)
La La land
c)
Attack Trenches
d)
Switzerland
87.
What new technology sank allied and neutral supply ships?
a)
Dreadnoughts
b)
U-Boats
c)
Airplanes
88.
When did the Stock Market crash?
a)
October 31, 1929
b)
September 29, 1931
c)
August 29, 1991
d)
October 29, 1929
89.
What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Taco Tuesday
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Throwback Thursday
90.
What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
The First Day of School
d)
The Solar Eclipse
91.
Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
William McKinley
92.
Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
93.
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?
a)
No Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
FDR's Plan
94.
During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
95.
Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?
a)
Priest Palace
b)
Soup and Salad Bowls
c)
Soup Kitchens
d)
Goodwill
96.
What were the 3 main programs President Roosevelt established to help reconstruct the U.S. economy?
a)
WPA, CCC, TAV
b)
CCC, TVA, WPA
c)
WAP, COP, WWW
d)
TVA, WPA, UGA
97.
Who was the African American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Usain Bolt
d)
Jesse Owens
98.
True or False: The New Deal plan completely fixed the broken American economy.
a)
True
b)
False
99.
What event did America take part in beginning in 1942 following the Great Depression?
a)
WWI
b)
Great Depression 2.0
c)
The Election
d)
WWII
100.

Adolf Hitler

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

101.

Benito Mussolini

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

102.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

103.

True or False: France was an Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

104.

True or False: Japan was on the Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

105.

True or False: Soviet Union was on the Axis and then Allied Powers?

a)

True

b)

False

106.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

107.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

108.

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Phillipines

d)

Midway

109.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

110.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

111.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

112.
The two sides that fought in World War II were the
a)
Allied & Central Powers
b)
Allied & Axis Powers
c)
Central & Axis Powers
d)
Allied & Associated Powers
113.
What were the two U.S. Presidents during World War II?
a)
Eisenhower and Truman
b)
FDR and Eisenhower
c)
Trump and Washington
d)
FDR and Truman
114.

The event that occurred in the cities on the map is significant

because

a)

it marked the turning point of World War II in the Atlantic

b)

it was where Japan hid its weapons of mass destruction

c)

it forced Japan to surrender and ended World War II

d)

it marked the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe

115.
What top-secret military project developed a new weapon & tested it at Los Alamos, NM?
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Fat Man Project
c)
Operation Gamma
d)
Operation Gold
116.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was responsible for planning what military operation in addition to being Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe?
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Avalanche
d)
Operation Juno
117.
Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Naval Fleet, developed what strategy to defeat the Japanese?
a)
island hopping
b)
search and destroy missions
c)
total war
d)
guerrilla warfare
118.
The Office of Price Administration set up what system to prevent scarce food items from running out? 
a)
rationing
b)
price controls
c)
war bonds
d)
victory gardens
119.
What punished Germany harshly & became the basis for Hitler's European conquests?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Dawes & Young Plan
120.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
121.
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
a)
Organizing the March on Washington
b)
Not giving us his bus seat
c)
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
d)
Giving African Americans the right to vote
122.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave black women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It gave all blacks the right to vote
123.
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
b)
It allowed blacks to run for public office
c)
It ended segregation in schools
d)
It made poll taxes illegal
124.
The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
a)
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
b)
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement
125.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
126.
Who was the "mother" of the civil rights movement?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Coretta Scott King
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Oprah Winfrey
127.
To separate one group from another is ___________________.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow
128.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
129.
Which invention had the greatest impact on America in the 1950's?
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Cars
130.
Which event is MLK, Jr. most known for?
a)
being President during the Civil Rights Movement.
b)
not giving up his seat to a white man.
c)
creating Jim Crow laws.
d)
March on Washington
131.
 Martin Luther King Jr believed in
a)
Violent protests
b)
Really loud protests
c)
Non-violent protests
d)
Violence  when needed protests
132.
This man was the first person to land on the moon. 
a)
Alan  Shepard 
b)
Neil Armstrong

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