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WorksheetsUS History Quiz
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is credited with discovering the Americas?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Portugal
d)
Spain
2.
What was the name of the 1st permanent English Colony
a)
Roanoke, Virginia
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
New York, New York
d)
Jamestown, Virginia
3.
Why did the British Colonists rebel and fight with England?
a)
Disagreement over boundaries
b)
Not being represented in British Parliament
c)
Wanting to make its own laws
d)
Wanting to move back to England
4.
In what month and year was the Declaration of Independence adopted in the United States?
a)
October, 1492
b)
April, 1620
c)
July, 1776
d)
November , 1512
5.
What country did the United States fight with during the Revolutionary war, and what country was our ally?
a)
England / France
b)
France / Netherlands
c)
Mexico / Canada
d)
Germany / Portugal
6.
What was the highest political office held by the founding father Benjamin Franklin?
a)
Vice President
b)
President
c)
Inventor
d)
Ambassador
7.
Which document came first, the US Constitution or the Article of Confederation?
a)
Article of Confederation
b)
Constitution
8.
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Mayflower Compact
9.
What was the cause of the US Mexican war?
a)
Border Dispute
b)
Invading of Mexico by the United States
c)
The Alamo
d)
Los "Niños Heroes"
10.
Who did the United States fight with during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate States of America
b)
England
c)
Native American Tribes
d)
France
11.
An 1890 law that made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.
a)
Bimetalism
b)
Populism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
12.
In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
a)
Haymarket Square
b)
The Pullman Factory
c)
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
d)
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plant
13.
Founder of the Standard Oil Company who used a trust to gain total control of the oil industry in America.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Eugene V. Debs
d)
George Pullman
14.
Vertical Integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves…
a)
Buying raw material producers and distributors
b)
Merging with companies producing similar products
c)
Forming trusts
d)
Using new methods to increase production
15.
What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
a)
Cheap electrical power
b)
Fire safety standards
c)
The invention of concrete
d)
New methods of making steel
16.
What is to secede?
a)
to separate from a group
b)
to disagree with
c)
success
d)
to opt out of
17.
What is a Cash Crop?
a)
Crops sold for money instead of eaten
b)
An area of land ruled by another country
c)
Agriculture
d)
The plant used to make money
18.
What is a Plantation?
a)
A very large farm
b)
An area of land ruled by another country
c)
A factory
d)
A small town
19.
A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.
a)
a plantation owner
b)
a protester
c)
an abolitionist
20.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
A slave who led a slave revolt against plantation owners.
b)
An abolitionist who helped with a slave revolt.
c)
A slave who fought for the North to end slavery.
21.
Why was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?
a)
He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.
b)
He fought for the South to maintain slavery.
c)
He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.
d)
He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.
22.
What were the reasons for the start of the civil war?
a)
economy, slavery, new states
b)
economy, jobs, income
c)
slavery, new states
d)
economy, new states
23.
What law was repealed by the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Hamilton's Financial Plan
d)
Missouri Compromise
24.
What law allowed California to join as a free state?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
California Compromise
d)
Kansas/Nebraska Act
25.
What was the nickname for the network of safe houses that helped slaves escape?
a)
Freedom Train
b)
Freedom Trail
c)
Secret Passageway
d)
Underground Railroad
26.
Who was Dred Scott?
a)
an abolitionist Senator
b)
a slave owner from Georgia
c)
a conductor on the Underground Railroad
d)
a slave who sued for his freedom
27.
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Dred Scott v Sanford?
a)
Congress had no right to ban slavery in any territory
b)
slaves were free everywhere
c)
Dred Scott was a free man
d)
slaves were American citizens
28.
Which of the following best describes John Brown?
a)
radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
b)
a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
c)
a pro-slavery Senator
d)
a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
29.
The name of the Southern United states who seceded from the Union was _______.
a)
The Confederate States of America
b)
The United States of the South
c)
The Southern Union
d)
Texas
30.
Based on population, factories, and economics...
a)
The south had a small advantage in the Civil War
b)
The north had a small advantage in the Civil War
c)
The south had a large advantage in the Civil War
d)
The north had a large advantage in the Civil War
31.
Lincoln's initial goal for the Civil War was...
a)
to end slavery
b)
to keep the country together
c)
to gain independence for the South
32.
What was the primary message of Lincoln's House Divided Speech?
a)
Winning the war will strengthen democracy
b)
Freeing the slaves was the primary purpose of the war
c)
Former Confederate states should be treated fairly
d)
The issue of slavery could destroy the nation
33.
When did Lincoln officially declare slavery illegal in the South?
a)
The Emancipation Proclamation
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The House Divided Speech
d)
The election of 1860
34.
in the election of 1860, Lincoln...
a)
was elected by a significant majority
b)
was not elected
c)
was elected, even though he didn't get a majority of votes
35.
Which of these was not an advantage for the northern states at the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
stronger economy
b)
larger army and navy
c)
better equipment
d)
battles were fought in familiar territory
36.
America received their independence in what year?
a)
1779
b)
1776
c)
1812
d)
1642
37.
How many members of Congress are there?
a)
453
b)
535
c)
29
d)
1
38.
How many branches does the United States Government have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
39.
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
a)
22
b)
43
c)
35
d)
27
40.
Which of these is NOT a requirement to be president
a)
Born in America
b)
Must be at least 40
c)
Must have been a resident for at least 14 years
d)
They all are requirements
41.
What is the 4th Amendment
a)
No searches and seizures without a warrant
b)
Right to bear arms
c)
5 freedoms
d)
States Rights
42.
How many States are in the United States
a)
49
b)
52
c)
51
d)
50
43.
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Lucas
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
44.
What is the significance of the year 1941 to America
a)
That is the year we invented cars
b)
It is the year we won WWII
c)
It is the year we entered WWII
d)
It is the year we ended our civil war
45.
Which of these people was an abolitionist
a)
Fredrick Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
All of the above were abolitionists
46.
What was the first capital of the United States
a)
Washington D.C
b)
Atlanta
c)
New York
d)
Los Angeles
47.
How many original colonies were there?
a)
10
b)
15
c)
13
d)
17
48.
Which of these was not an original colony
a)
Georgia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Rhode Island
d)
West Virginia
49.
What was the name of America's first governing document?
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Branches of Peace
50.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
1961
b)
1861
c)
1865
d)
1842
51.
Which of these is not an American core value
a)
Religion
b)
Individualism
c)
Freedom
d)
They all are
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