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APUSH

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was the first US city to host the Summer games for the Olympics?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Salt Lake City

c)

St Louis

d)

Atlanta

2.

What was the first capital of the United States?

a)

Baltimore

b)

Philadelphia

c)

New York City

d)

Washington D.C.

3.

Which president never married?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

James Buchanan

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Chester Arthur

4.

During which decade did prohibition end?

a)

The 30s

b)

The 20s

c)

The 40s

d)

The 50s

5.

Which president was the SECOND president to die in office?

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

James Garfield

d)

Chester Arthur

6.

What is Marine One?

a)

The President’s Boat

b)

The President’s Motorcade

c)

The President’s Helicopter

d)

The President’s Summer Home

7.

Which state takes in the greatest amount of tourism dollars?

a)

California

b)

New York

c)

Arizona

d)

Texas

8.

Which state is the magnolia state?

a)

Florida

b)

Delaware

c)

Mississippi

d)

Lousiana

9.

Which colony was the first to enact anti-slavery legislation?

a)

Massachussets

b)

Virginia

c)

New York

d)

New Hampshire

10.

Which president signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law?

a)

Chester Arthur

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

James Garfield

11.

In what year were European women shipped to Jamestown to be sold as wives?

a)

1607

b)

1621

c)

1754

d)

2019

12.

In what year did the first Africans arrive in the colonies?

a)

1619

b)

1607

c)

1492

d)

1754

13.

The temperance movement was primarily concerned with which of the following?

a)

Alcohol

b)

Voting rights

c)

Abolition

d)

Indebtedness

14.

Which rebellion occurred first?

a)

Shay’s Rebellion

b)

Bacon’s Rebellion

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Stono Rebellion

15.

What political party was Lincoln in during the Mexican-American War?

a)

Whigs

b)

Democrats

c)

Republicans

d)

Union

16.

Barack Obama was born in which state?

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

Hawaii

d)

Virginia

17.

Donald Trump was born in which borough of New York City?

a)

Brooklyn

b)

Queens

c)

Manhatten

d)

Staten Island

18.

What was John Wayne’s real name?

a)

Marion Morrison

b)

John Feeney

c)

Eric Fitzsimons

d)

James McKenna

19.

The US entered World War II in which year?

a)

1938

b)

1917

c)

1941

d)

1945

20.

Which author wrote “The Jungle” ?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Henry Lloyd

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

John Muir

21.

The actual name of the “Bull Moose” Party was…

a)

The Progressive Party

b)

The People’s Party

c)

The New Republicans

d)

The Liberation Party

22.

Women gained the right to vote in what year?

a)

1920

b)

1945

c)

1965

d)

2008

23.

Which African-American author wrote the book “Up From Slavery”?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Frederick Douglass

24.

Al Capone’s criminal enterprise was based on which city?

a)

Chicago

b)

Kansas City

c)

New York City

d)

Los Angeles

25.

John Adams claimed that Andrew Jackson’s mother was…

a)

A bigamist

b)

A prostitute

c)

An alcoholic

d)

A mulatto

26.

Which of the following occurred FIRST?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Quebec Act

d)

Townsend Acts

27.

Which of the following was NOT a commodity of Triangular Trade?

a)

Africans

b)

Rum

c)

Cotton

d)

Tobacco

28.

What year did Alexander Hamilton die?

a)

1804

b)

1790

c)

1812

d)

1820

29.
In the 20th century “Great Migration” refers to
a)
Immigration from Mexico
b)
Migration from farms to cities
c)
African-Americans leaving the South
d)
The Depression Years
30.

The Scots-Irish settled in which region of the US when they arrived

a)

Appalachian region

b)

Great Lakes region

c)

The Deep South

d)

New York City

31.

Pontiac’s rebellion preceded which war?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

War of 1812

d)

War of Jenkins’ Ear

32.

During which year did the Vietnam War end?

a)

1965

b)

1975

c)

1985

d)

1955

33.

Where was Alexander Hamilton born?

a)

West Indies

b)

New York City

c)

Virginia

d)

Britain

34.

Which man did Pocahontas marry?

a)

Tecumsuh

b)

John Smith

c)

John Rolfe

d)

Jim Jones

35.

Which state was SECOND state to secede from the US?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Alabama

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

36.
The 22nd Amendment concerns…
a)
Term limits
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Prohibition
d)
Equal Rights for women
37.

Donald Trump parts his hair on which side?

a)

Right side

b)

Left side

c)

There is no part

d)

Is that really his hair?

38.

How old was Lincoln when he died?

a)

46

b)

56

c)

66

d)

76

39.

How old was MLK Jr when he died?

a)

39

b)

49

c)

59

d)

69

40.

Where was Michelle Obama born?

a)

Chicago

b)

Detroit

c)

New York City

d)

Boston

41.

The model of the President’s motorcade car is..

a)

Escalade

b)

Lincoln Town Car

c)

Cadillac

d)

Lexus

42.
Camp David is located in which state?
a)
Maine
b)
Massachussetts
c)
Maryland
d)
Virginia
43.

The Seneca Falls Convention occurred in what year?

a)

1786

b)

1848

c)

1888

d)

1914

44.

Shays’ Rebellion occurred in what state?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachussetts

c)

Maryland

d)

Virginia

45.

The Jane Addams Hull-House is found in what city?

a)

Chicago

b)

New York

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Baltimore

46.

The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in what state?

a)

Wyoming

b)

Montana

c)

North Dakota

d)

South Dakota

47.

The Central Pacific Railroad connected with the Union Pacific Railroad in what state?

a)

Utah

b)

Arizona

c)

Colorado

d)

New Mexico

48.

The assassination of Malcom X occurred in what year?

a)

1965

b)

1972

c)

1960

d)

1955

49.

Which man was considered the baron of finance?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

50.

How did John Brown die?

a)

Firing squad

b)

Hanging

c)

Natural causes

d)

Hemlock poisoning

51.

What did the 17th Amendment call for?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Direct election of senators

d)

1st Income tax

52.

This group of people wanted restriction on new immigrants entering the country during the 19th century.

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

MAGA supporters

d)

Nativists

53.

Haymarket, Homestead, and Pullman were

a)

wealthy industrialists of the late 1800s

b)

notorious industrial strikes

c)

leaders of labor unions

d)

horizontally consolidated companies

54.

Rockefeller monopolized which of the following

a)

Standard Oil

b)

Chase Bank

c)

U.S. Steel

d)

Exxon Mobil

55.

Which of the following came first?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Child Labor

c)

Tenements

d)

Urbanization

56.

Labor Union that allowed skilled and unskilled workers.

a)

Garden City Association

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

Garment Workers Union

57.

Which of the following is a "push" factor in immigration?

a)

Famine

b)

Religious freedom

c)

Social Equality

d)

Economic opportunity

58.

This form of government promotes equal distribution of wealth and property

a)

Socialism

b)

Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Capitalism

59.

Which of the following was NOT a suffragette?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Lucy Stone

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Ida B. Wells

60.

Which of the following would have not been a member of the Populist Party?

a)

farmer

b)

banker

c)

factory worker

d)

William Jennings Bryan

61.

How did the U.S. acquire Oregon?

a)

treaty with the British

b)

war with England

c)

purchased from the British

d)

war with Mexico

62.

During World War II, US soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what?

a)

Cleaning fluid

b)

Antiseptic

c)

Insecticide

d)

Shaving cream

63.

The model for Uncle Sam worked during the War of 1812 as a what?

a)

Meat inspector

b)

Mail deliverer

c)

Historian

d)

Weapons mechanic

64.

What group of people were given the nickname Forty-niners in California?

a)

Chinese immigrants

b)

Gold prospectors

c)

Mormons

d)

Railway workers

65.

Which country is the Land of the Rising Sun?

a)

Australia

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Argentina

66.

Which country was previously called Siam?

a)

Thailand

b)

Tibet

c)

Nepal

d)

China

67.

What is the highest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mount Kenya

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

Table Mountain

d)

Mount Baker

68.

Which American car manufacturer produced the Coronet and Charger models?

a)

Oldsmobile

b)

Cadillac

c)

Dodge

d)

Chevrolet

69.

The head of the Anglican church is the Archbishop of where?

a)

York

b)

Durham

c)

Canterbury

d)

Liverpool

70.

Which of these was built 1961?

a)

Post office tower

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Sears Tower

d)

Pompidou Centre

71.

By what name is the Boeing 747 also known?

a)

Superfortress

b)

Dumbo

c)

Jumbo

d)

Tri-Star

72.

In which American city is a 500 mile motor race run each year?

a)

Detroit

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Boston

d)

Indianapolis

73.

Which of these states is the furthest east?

a)

Maine

b)

Alaska

c)

New York

d)

Hawaii

74.

Which of these is not a capital city?

a)

Toronto

b)

Pretoria

c)

Warsaw

d)

Mexico City

75.

Who played Forrest Gump in the 1994 film of that name?

a)

Tom Hanks

b)

Nicholas Cage

c)

Robin Williams

d)

Daniel Day Lewis