American History Quiz Welcome to your American History Quiz! This quiz has 30 questions. For an email copy of your quiz results please fill in your name and email (optional). Name Email 1. American History What is a reason the colonists came to America? Economic Opportunity Political Liberty Religious Freedom All of the above None 2. American History Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? African Americans Asian Americans American Indians | Native Americans All of the above None 3. American History What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Africans Asian Americans American Indians | Native Americans All of the above None 4. American History Why did the colonists fight the British? High Britsh taxes The Britsh army stayed in their homes No self government All of the above None 5. American History Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Jefferson Davis Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine Thomas Edison None 6. American History When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776 September 17, 1787 January 1, 1863 November 22, 1963 None 7. American History Which state is one of the 13 original colonies? New Hamphire New Jersey New York All of the above None 8. American History What happened at the Constitutional Convention? The Declaration of Independence was adopted. The Articles of Confederation were written. The Constitution was written. The Emancipation Proclamation was written. None 9. American History When was the Constitution written? 1776 1787 1863 1883 None 10. American History The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the Constitution. Who was one of its writers? Alexander Hamilton John Jay James Madison All of the above None 11. American History What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is known for? 1st President of the United States Author of the United States Constitution United States Diplomat All of the above None 12. American History Who is the "Father of our Country"? George Washington Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton James Madison None 13. American History Who was the first U.S. President? George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madision None 14. American History What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? The Great Lakes The Louisiana Territory Paris The Thirteen Colonies None 15. American History What is a war fought by the United States in the1800s? American Revolutionary War Civil War The Gulf War World War I None 16. American History What was the United States war fought between the North and the South? American - Indian Wars American Revolutionary War The Civil War The War of 1812 None 17. American History What is a problem that led to the Civil War? Britsh Taxes Slavery Use of the Ohio River Westward Expansion None 18. American History What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? Freed the slaves Led the United States during the Civil War Saved the Union All of the above None 19. American History What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? It approved Kansas joining the Union as a free state It authorized the purchase of the Louisiana Territory It declared the United States independence from Great Britain It freed the slaves in the Confederate states None 20. American History What did Susan B. Anthony do? Became the first female justice of the Supreme Court Created the Social Security Administration Fought for women's voting rights Started the underground railroad None 21. American History What is a war fought by the United States in the 1900s? American Revolutionary War Civil War The Gulf War World War II None 22. American History Who was President during World War I? Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower None 23. American History Who was President during World War II? Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower None 24. American History Who did the United States fight in World War II? Germany Italy Japan All of the above None 25. American History Before he was president, Dwight Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? The Civil War World War I World War II The Vietnam War None 26. American History During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? Global Warming Communism The Economy Fair trade None 27. American History What movement tried to end racial discrimination? The Civil Rights Movement The Equal Rights Movement The Voting Rights Movement The Women's Suffrage Movement None 28. American History What did Martin Luther King Jr. do? Created the NAACP Fought for civil rights Fought to end slavery Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation None 29. American History What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? The Gulf War began Hawaii became the 50th state Terrorists attacked Hurricane Katrina None 30. American History What is the name of one American Indian tribe in the United States? Cherokee Navajo Sioux All of the above None Time's up
