US History Quizzes, Questions & Answers
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Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
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Questions: 45 | Attempts: 743 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following was a foreign policy issue faced by President Washington?
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: 193 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2023
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Sample QuestionIn 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.
Questions: 25 | Attempts: 533 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023
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Sample QuestionIn 1862, Congress passed this Act, which offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household.
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
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Sample QuestionWhen was this photograph was taken of Devereux Beach?
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: 341 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionThe slave patrols of the antebellum South served to
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
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Sample QuestionThe free-labor ideal argued that wage labor was
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: 346 | Last updated: Mar 15, 2023
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Sample QuestionHow 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?
Key terms and concepts of prerevolutionary America
Questions: 9 | Attempts: 359 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionBefore 1763, the American colonies were mostly
9/11 was a tragedy that happened in America. We encourage you to take the quiz to test your knowledge about 9/11. Do you think you know enough about this event that changed the course of history? We sincerely hope that this...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1995 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhat terrorist group and/or person conducted 9/11?
You may have taken some of our individual U.S. History quizzes before, but this is the big one! Put all of your knowledge to the test at once, and prove yourself as a true history aficionado.
Questions: 25 | Attempts: 1616 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionWho believed in the Constitution?
Are you educated about the history of the United States? Would you like to try this quiz? Regarding this quiz, you should know what year Christopher Columbus discovered America, who the United States' first president was,...
Questions: 68 | Attempts: 5284 | Last updated: Oct 11, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhat year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
This quiz I am making to help study for my final exam this year.
Questions: 14 | Attempts: 421 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionPresident Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were proposed during World War I primarily to..
US History Final Exam Study Practice 5/31/11
Questions: 43 | Attempts: 178 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionThe "Fighting in the Street" events of 1968 had to do with
Rise of Dictators/WWII
Questions: 35 | Attempts: 90 | Last updated: Nov 15, 2023
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Sample QuestionAt the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
Rise of Dictators/WWII
Questions: 35 | Attempts: 168 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionAt the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 827 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionIn 1920, the passing of the 19th amendment establishing gender equality at the polling booths hinged on the vote of this state.
Questions: 19 | Attempts: 89 | Last updated: Dec 11, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhat is the purpose of a timeline?
Prentice Hall US History Chapter 8 Quiz
Questions: 9 | Attempts: 222 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following led to government regulation of businesses duirng the Gilded Age?
Test your knowledge on the fifteenth chapter of U.S. History in this one, as we look at topics such as the Twenty-first Amendment, the Depression, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and more. Good luck! You may need it.
Questions: 7 | Attempts: 242 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhen the Dow Jones Industrial Average began to drop sharply in late October 1929,
Ready for another quiz on the history of the United States of America? In this chapter, we’ll be covering such topics as the red scare, 1920s economy, the National Origins Act of 1924 and the automobile industry. Good luck!
Questions: 7 | Attempts: 202 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionThe red scare was a response to
In yet another instalment of our U.S. History quiz series, we’ll be putting your knowledge to the test against such topics as 1920s demographic, the Prohibition, William Jennings Bryan and the teaching of evolution. How...
Questions: 7 | Attempts: 200 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionThough relatively few in number, flappers represented
If your think you’re clever enough, take on chapters four and five of U.S. History in one go and give yourself a real challenge! What do you know about the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation? Let’s...
Questions: 6 | Attempts: 162 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionIn the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln
As we move further into our U.S. History quiz series, we crank things up a notch with Native Americans, the invention of interchangeable parts and women’s roles in early 1800s all being addressed in this one.
Questions: 6 | Attempts: 762 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionHow did Native American migration differ from that of white Americans?
Thomas Jefferson, the Three-Fifths Compromise, the First Continental Congress and Britain’s relationship with the colonists after the French and Indian War are being discussed in this U.S. History quiz. Know much about the...
Questions: 5 | Attempts: 587 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhich statement best describes relations between the British and the colonists after the French and Indian War?
This quiz will assess your knowledge of United States history knowledge, Take this quiz and learn more about it now!
Questions: 50 | Attempts: 223 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionHow did mining change over time?
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