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US History Quiz

There are 17 questions in this quiz. Good luck!
Passing grade is 70% = C.
1) The _______ are the first ten ammendments to the U.S. Constitution.
       a) Watergate Papers
       b) Bill of Rights
       c) Federalist Papers

2) The _______ War was fought in the U.S. between the northern and southern states.
       a) Civil
       b) Vietnam
       c) Korean

3) The Fourth of July was _______.
       a) the day George Washington was born
       b) the day when the Declaration of Independence was adopted
       c) the day the Civil War began

4) The _______ was the fort in Texas where a group of Americans fought a large Mexican force in 1836.
       a) Stonewall
       b) Appomattox
       c) Alamo

5) The assassin of Abraham Lincoln was _______.
       a) John Wilkes Booth
       b) Benedict Arnold
       c) Robert E. Lee

6) The Gettysburg Address was a famous speech given by _______.
       a) George Washington
       b) Richard Nixon
       c) Abraham Lincoln

7)  _______ has been given the titile "father to his country."
       a) Benjamin Franklin
       b) Abraham Lincoln
       c) George Washington

8)  The _______ was the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
       a) Pinta
       b) Mayflower
       c) Santa Maria

9) The _______ War was fought between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
       a) Civil
       b) Mexican
       c) Spanish

10) How many colonies made up the original United States in 1776?
       a) 13
       b) 18
       c) 26

11) The Declaration of Independence was signed on
       a) July 4, 1986
       b) July 4, 1776
       c) July 4, 1492

12) The Gettysburg Address was written by
       a) Bill Clinton
       b) George Washington
       c) Abraham Lincoln

13) Who was *not* a signer of the Declaration of Independence?
       a) John Adams
       b) Benjamin Franklin
       c) John Quincy Adams

14) Hawaii became the ______ state.
       a) 49th
       b) 50th
       c) 51st
       d) 48th
       e) 52bd

15) The youngest man elected president in the United States was
       a) John F. Kennedy
       b) Bill Clinton
       c) Ronald Reagan

16) The American National Anthem is
       a) Dixie
       b) The Star Spangled Banner
       c) America, the Beautiful

17) The U.S. Constitution is
       a) the world's newest written constitution
       b) the world's oldest constitution
       c) the world's longest constitution





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