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Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. DC Standards: DC.8.1, DC.8.1.ES.F, DC.8.1.ES.E, DC.8.3, DC.8.3.ES.A, DC.8.4, DC.8.5.ES.A, DC.8.7, DC.8.7.PS.A

Questions: 45 | Attempts: 762 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
Which of the following was a foreign policy issue faced by President Washington?

Farmers revolted against the government in the Whiskey Rebellion

Immigrants to the United States criticized the government's policies

The Spanish caused problems between Native Americans and settlers

Washington did not have foreign policy issues

American History Quiz: How Much Do You Know About American History?

How much information do you have about American history? Let's test your knowledge with this interesting quiz. American History tells many great sagas, including great battles ever fought, brutal wars, economic up-downs,...

Questions: 55 | Attempts: 15479 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2025

Sample Question
Who was the first President of the United States?

John Adams

George Washington

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

US History Chapter 14 Test

Chapter fourteen of our U.S. History quiz series awaits you today, with topics to discuss including Thomas Watson, the Cigar Makers’ Union, Gompers and the invention of the typewriter. What do you know about American...

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 197 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2023

Sample Question
In 1876, this man became a pioneer on the new industrial frontier when he established the world's first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It is here, where he perfected the incandescent light bulb-patented in 1880-and later invented an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power.

Patillo Higgins

Thomas Alva Edison

Edwin L. Drake

Henry Bessemer

US History Chapter 13 Changes On The Western Frontier

US History Chapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 533 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023

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In 1862, Congress passed this Act, which offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household.

Homestead

Dawes

Fort Laramie

None of the above

History Of Marblehead, Massachusetts Quiz!

Do you know anything about the history of Marblehead, Massachusetts? It is a coastal New England town in which many people go fishing and yachting. Marblehead was a leading shipyard and is often said to be the birthplace of the...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 119 | Last updated: Apr 8, 2024

Sample Question
When was this photograph was taken of Devereux Beach?

1901

1910

1919

1946

U.S. History Quiz: The Antebellum South Period

The Antebellum South was characterized by abolitionists' growth and the divide among the country between abolitionists and those who favored slavery. During the quiz, you will need to learn what the slave patrols of the...

Questions: 24 | Attempts: 345 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2025

Sample Question
The slave patrols of the antebellum South served to

Increase poor whites' resentment of wealthy planters.

Undermine respect for the slave system.

Raise taxes to unbearable levels.

Reinforce yeomen and planters' mutual commitment to white supremacy.

The U.S.A. History Ultimate Test!

The U.S.A. is considered one of the greatest countries on earth, and it has come a long way since it got its independence from the British after winning the Revolutionary war. Do you know some of the facts surrounding...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 127 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2023

Sample Question
The free-labor ideal argued that wage labor was

The first step toward independence.

A dead end.

More suitable for immigrant workers than for native–born white men.

A good career.

US History Sept. 11 Quiz

It's a day of mourning and reflection. Take our quiz to see how much you remember about this day that will go down in history.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 347 | Last updated: Mar 15, 2023

Sample Question
How many hijackers took control of four commercial airliners en route to San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington (Washington Dulles International Airport)on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001?

11