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History Past Tense 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During which war was Abraham Lincoln the president?

a)

He was the president during the Revolutionary War.

b)

He was the president during the War of 1812.

c)

He was the President during the Vietnam War.

d)

He was the President during the Civil War.

2.

What did Abraham Lincoln think should end?

a)

He thought that slavery should end.

b)

He thought that immigration should end.

c)

He thought the world should end.

d)

He thought parties should end.

3.

What did Abraham Lincoln seek to keep together?

a)

He sought to keep the Republicans together.

b)

He sought to keep the Democrats together.

c)

He sought to keep the nation together.

d)

He sought to keep the puzzle together.

4.

How long did the Union army and the Confederate army fight?

a)

They fought for three years.

b)

They fought for four years.

c)

They fought for five years.

d)

They fought for six years.

5.

What did Lincoln teach the people after the war?

a)

He taught them to seek revenge.

b)

He taught them to forgive.

c)

He taught them Algebra.

d)

He taught them to pretend.

6.

Why was John Wilkes Booth very mad?

a)

He was very mad because he was very hungry.

b)

He was very mad because he hurt his foot.

c)

He was very mad because he wanted slavery to continue.

d)

He was very mad because the Rams won the Superbowl.

7.

What did Booth buy?

a)

He bought a Derringer pistol.

b)

He bought a carne asada burrito.

c)

He bought a shotgun.

d)

He bought a knife.

8.

Where did Booth bring the gun?

a)

He brought it inside the library.

b)

He brought inside the bathroom.

c)

He brought it inside the theater.

d)

He brought it inside Disneyland.

9.

Where did Booth shoot Lincoln?

a)

He shot him in the leg.

b)

He shot him in the back.

c)

He shot him in his stomach.

d)

He shot him in the back of the head.

10.

Where did Union soldiers catch Booth?

a)

They caught him in a house.

b)

They caught him in a barn.

c)

They caught him at the beach.

d)

They caught him at a club.

11.

When did Union soldiers catch Booth?

a)

They caught him two weeks later.

b)

They caught him two days later.

c)

They caught him three days later.

d)

They caught him three weeks later.

12.

When did the Titanic sink?

a)

It sank on March 15, 1912. /

It sunk on March 15, 1912.

b)

It sank on April 15, 1912. / It sunk on April 15, 1912.

c)

It sank on May 15, 1912. /

It sunk on May 15, 1912.

d)

It sank on April 15, 1902. / It sunk on April 15, 1902.

13.

Where did the Titanic sink?

a)

the Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

The Indian Ocean

d)

The Arctic Ocean

14.

How fast did the population on the Titanic shrink?

a)

It shrank slowly. / It shrunk slowly.

b)

It shrank quickly. / It shrunk quickly.

15.

Why did Charles Joughin drink a lot of whiskey?

a)

He drank a lot of whiskey because it tasted good.

b)

He drank a lot of whiskey to forget about his problems.

c)

He drank a lot of whiskey because he was very thirsty.

d)

He drank a lot of whiskey to survive the freezing water.

16.

Did his breath stink?

a)

Yes, it stank. / Yes, it stunk.

b)

No, it didn't stink.

c)

No, it smelled like roses.

17.

Where did the Wright brothers grow up?

a)

They grew up in Iowa.

b)

They grew up in Vermont.

c)

They grew up in Ohio.

d)

They grew up in Oregon.

18.

What did Mr. Wright throw in the air?

a)

He threw a toy airplane.

b)

He threw a toy helicopter.

c)

He threw a chair.

d)

He threw a toy jet.

19.

How were the Wright brothers when they saw the toy helicopter?

a)

They were perspiring.

b)

They were nervous.

c)

They were inspired.

d)

They were furious.

20.

What did Wilbur withdraw?

a)

He withdrew money from the bank.

b)

He withdrew his son from a soccer game.

c)

He withdrew himself from the world.

d)

He withdrew his investments.

21.

What did the Wright brothers draw?

a)

They drew helicopter models.

b)

They drew airplane models.

c)

They drew car models.

d)

They drew cats.

22.

How far did Orville fly?

a)

He flew twenty feet.

b)

He flew one hundred feet.

c)

He flew one hundred twenty feet.

d)

He flew two hundred feet.

23.

How fast did the wind blow?

a)

It blew twenty seven miles per hour.

b)

It blew seventeen miles per hour.

c)

It blew seven miles per hour.

d)

It blew thirty seven miles per hour.

24.

What did the Wright brothers know?

a)

They knew Joe Biden.

b)

They knew the world would never be the same.

c)

They knew how to eat lots of empanadas.

d)

They knew how to fix a toilet.

25.

How much did the aviation industry grow?

a)

It grew a lot.

b)

It grew a little.

c)

It didn't grow at all.