WorksheetsBGC Brain Gain History Trivia
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 34mins
Which of the following documents included the “Three-Fifths Compromise,” which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation?
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Missouri
Which African-American man led a bloody rebellion in response to slavery in Virginia in 1831?
Daniel Shay
John Brown
Nat Turner
Which of the following included a new Fugitive Slave Law that required federal marshals to actively look for and arrest escaped slaves?
13th Amendment
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Which woman was an escaped slave who worked as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, and served as an armed scout and spy for the US Army during the Civil War?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Which African-American woman, after escaping slavery, became an advocate for women’s rights and gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that the federal government could not regulate slavery in the territories?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Loving v. Virgina
Which of the following documents abolished slavery throughout the entire United States?
19th Amendment
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Which man escaped slavery and became a national leader in the abolitionist movement, and was the first African American to run for vice-president
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that “separate but equal” public facilities were constitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball and thereby end racial segregation in the professional league?
Jackie Robinson
Jesse Owens
Hank Aaron
Which of the following Supreme Court decisions overturned the “separate but equal” precedent for public schools?
Loving v. Virginia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Which African American refused to give up a seat in the colored section to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, which sparked a boycott and a continued effort to achieve desegregation?
Rosa Parks
Ida B. Wells
Martin Luther King Jr.
For what accomplishment are the Greensboro Four known?
They were jailed for registering to vote in the south.
They launched a sit-in as a means of attaining racial integration.
They were a best-selling musical group in the 1960's.
Which African-American civil rights leader advocated nonviolence and wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Which African-American civil rights leader advocated black self-defense and rejected racial integration?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
Which African-American woman was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Ida B. Wells
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Who is credited with making the first American flag in 1776?
Abigail Adams
Sally Hemings
Betsy Ross
Which woman went on trial for attempting to vote illegally in the US presidential election of 1872?
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
When did American women gain the right to vote?
1920 with the 19th Amendment
1919 with the 18th Amendment
1865 with the 13th Amendment
Rosie the Riveter played a symbolic role for women during which event?
World War I
World War II
Civil War
Which of the following banned gender discrimination in education?
Equal Rights Amendment
Title IX
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of the following battles was the first victory for the American colonists in the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Concord
The Battle of Lexington
Which of the following was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Concord
Which of the following provided the most military support for the American colonists during the Revolutionary War?
The French
The Native Americans
The British
Which of the following best describes the type of government created by the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution?
Democracy
Republic
Dictatorship
Who did George Washington name as the first Secretary of the Treasury?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
What was the main source of revenue for the new American government in the 1790s?
Sales Tax
Income Tax
Tariffs on imports
What was the objective of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
To establish relations with Native Americans in the Louisiana Territory.
To survey the land America acquired in the Louisiana Territory.
To gather information about plants, wildlife, and natural resources in the Louisiana Territory.
All of the above.
Which of the following people provided support to Lewis and Clark that was instrumental in helping them navigate and survive the western territories?
Zebulon Pike
Sacagawea
Squanto
Which president was accused of agreeing to a “corrupt bargain” that prevented Andrew Jackson from securing the White House in 1824?
John Quincy Adams
James Madison
James Monroe
Which president issued a warning during his farewell address against “foreign entanglements” and the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party?”
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
Which president successfully negotiated a treaty to acquire Alaska from Russia in 1867?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
Which president created the First Bank of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Which president signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
Which president was the first to be attacked by an assassin while in office?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Which president introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Which president first established a doctrine that European intervention in the western hemisphere would be regarded as a threat to American security?
James Monroe
James Madison
Theodore Roosevelt
Which president was in office for the shortest amount of time?
William Henry Harrison
James A. Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Which president led the nation during the War of 1812?
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Which country did the U.S. fight during the War of 1812?
Spain
Mexico
England
Before becoming president, which statesman drafted the Bill of Rights?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Which president signed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railways Act of 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Which president led the nation to victory in the Mexican-American War?
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
Which president implemented an Indian removal policy that led to the Trail of Tears?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Which president annexed Texas
Martin Van Buren
James K. Polk
John Tyler
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Which president was known as the “conservation president” for his expansion of the national park system?
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Which president initiated the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?
Ulysses S. Grant
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Which president implemented the Great Society and the War on Poverty?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which president began to normalize the US-Cuban relationship after more than 50 years of hostility?
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Which president signed the Patient and Affordable Care Act which required all Americans to have health insurance?
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Which president was elected to the White House four times?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Which president escalated the Vietnam War by deploying large numbers of conventional ground troops following the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president implemented the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Which president initiated the “New Deal” in an effort to end the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Which president was in office at the start of the Great Recession?
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president repealed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Which president initiated the “War on Drugs”?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Which president created the interstate highway system?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Which president signed the No Child Left Behind Act?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Which president approved the Bay of Pigs invasion and confronted the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president pledged to land a man on the moon within a decade?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2009 for his efforts to encourage nuclear non-proliferation, making him the fourth president to receive the award?
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Which president implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
