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BGC Brain Gain History Trivia

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Missouri

2.

Which African-American man led a bloody rebellion in response to slavery in Virginia in 1831?

a)

Daniel Shay

b)

John Brown

c)

Nat Turner

3.

Which of the following included a new Fugitive Slave Law that required federal marshals to actively look for and arrest escaped slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Missouri Compromise

4.

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?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

5.

Which African-American woman, after escaping slavery, became an advocate for women’s rights and gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Sojourner Truth

6.

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?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Loving v. Virgina

7.

Which of the following documents abolished slavery throughout the entire United States?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

8.

Which man escaped slavery and became a national leader in the abolitionist movement, and was the first African American to run for vice-president

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

George Washington Carver

9.

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that “separate but equal” public facilities were constitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

10.

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball and thereby end racial segregation in the professional league?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Hank Aaron

11.

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions overturned the “separate but equal” precedent for public schools?

a)

Loving v. Virginia

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

12.

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?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

13.

For what accomplishment are the Greensboro Four known?

a)

They were jailed for registering to vote in the south.

b)

They launched a sit-in as a means of attaining racial integration.

c)

They were a best-selling musical group in the 1960's.

14.

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated nonviolence and wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

15.

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated black self-defense and rejected racial integration?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

John Lewis

16.

Which African-American woman was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Toni Morrison

17.

Who is credited with making the first American flag in 1776?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Sally Hemings

c)

Betsy Ross

18.

Which woman went on trial for attempting to vote illegally in the US presidential election of 1872?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth

19.

When did American women gain the right to vote?

a)

1920 with the 19th Amendment

b)

1919 with the 18th Amendment

c)

1865 with the 13th Amendment

20.

Rosie the Riveter played a symbolic role for women during which event?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Civil War

21.

Which of the following banned gender discrimination in education?

a)

Equal Rights Amendment

b)

Title IX

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

22.

Which of the following battles was the first victory for the American colonists in the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Battle of Yorktown

b)

The Battle of Concord

c)

The Battle of Lexington

23.

Which of the following was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Battle of Lexington

b)

The Battle of Yorktown

c)

The Battle of Concord

24.

Which of the following provided the most military support for the American colonists during the Revolutionary War?

a)

The French

b)

The Native Americans

c)

The British

25.

Which of the following best describes the type of government created by the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

26.

Who did George Washington name as the first Secretary of the Treasury?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

27.

What was the main source of revenue for the new American government in the 1790s?

a)

Sales Tax

b)

Income Tax

c)

Tariffs on imports

28.

What was the objective of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

a)

To establish relations with Native Americans in the Louisiana Territory.

b)

To survey the land America acquired in the Louisiana Territory.

c)

To gather information about plants, wildlife, and natural resources in the Louisiana Territory.

d)

All of the above.

29.

Which of the following people provided support to Lewis and Clark that was instrumental in helping them navigate and survive the western territories?

a)

Zebulon Pike

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Squanto

30.

Which president was accused of agreeing to a “corrupt bargain” that prevented Andrew Jackson from securing the White House in 1824?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

James Monroe

31.

Which president issued a warning during his farewell address against “foreign entanglements” and the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party?”

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

32.

Which president successfully negotiated a treaty to acquire Alaska from Russia in 1867?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Andrew Johnson

33.

Which president created the First Bank of the United States?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Andrew Jackson

34.

Which president signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Monroe

c)

James Madison

35.

Which president was the first to be attacked by an assassin while in office?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Andrew Jackson

36.

Which president introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

37.

Which president first established a doctrine that European intervention in the western hemisphere would be regarded as a threat to American security?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

38.

Which president was in office for the shortest amount of time?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

James A. Garfield

c)

Andrew Johnson

39.

Which president led the nation during the War of 1812?

a)

James Madison

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

40.

Which country did the U.S. fight during the War of 1812?

a)

Spain

b)

Mexico

c)

England

41.

Before becoming president, which statesman drafted the Bill of Rights?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

42.

Which president signed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railways Act of 1862?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

James Buchanan

43.

Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

44.

Which president led the nation to victory in the Mexican-American War?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

John Tyler

45.

Which president implemented an Indian removal policy that led to the Trail of Tears?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William Henry Harrison

46.

Which president annexed Texas

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

James K. Polk

c)

John Tyler

47.

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

48.

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

John F. Kennedy

49.

Which president was known as the “conservation president” for his expansion of the national park system?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

William McKinley

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

50.

Which president initiated the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

51.

Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Richard Nixon

52.

Which president implemented the Great Society and the War on Poverty?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

53.

Which president began to normalize the US-Cuban relationship after more than 50 years of hostility?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

54.

Which president signed the Patient and Affordable Care Act which required all Americans to have health insurance?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

55.

Which president was elected to the White House four times?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Grover Cleveland

56.

Which president escalated the Vietnam War by deploying large numbers of conventional ground troops following the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

57.

Which president implemented the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

58.

Which president initiated the “New Deal” in an effort to end the Great Depression?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Harry S. Truman

59.

Which president was in office at the start of the Great Recession?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

60.

Which president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

61.

Which president repealed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

62.

Which president initiated the “War on Drugs”?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Jimmy Carter

63.

Which president created the interstate highway system?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

64.

Which president signed the No Child Left Behind Act?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

65.

Which president approved the Bay of Pigs invasion and confronted the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

66.

Which president pledged to land a man on the moon within a decade?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

67.

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?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Bill Clinton

68.

Which president implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Ronald Reagan