United States History Review

What was the U.S. population in 1800?

What was the overall name for FDR's program

When and where was Lincoln assassinated?

The United States involvement was from 1950-1973. In which year did U.S. military presence peak at 543,000?

Which President is associated with the Watergate scandal?

What did the U.S. receive as a result of the Mexican war?

...President George H W Bush, President Bill Clinton,

James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution

How many states succeeded from the Union?

What does the Watergate Scandal refer to?

Korean War began in...

Which faction emerged victorious in the Battle of Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill)?

Ulysses S. Grant was a Union leader

What year did the Cold War start?

The French and Indian War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Which religious group is linked to the establishment of Pennsylvania?

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed at the age of 39; what year was he assassinated?

What year did the Texians declare their independence from Mexico?

What happened to President Garfield in July of 1881?

Prohibition was also called

What event is seen as beginning World War II in Europe?

Who won the 1860 presidential election?

Who was the president of the Republic of Texas?

What year was Jamestown established?

What actions did Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott undertake?

Robert E. Lee was a Confederate leader

What was the initial English endeavor to create a colony in North America?

In what two states did the most Civil War battles take place?

What was the document that all three Axis Powers signed in 1940? It was later signed by Hungary.

The idea that it was clear that America's God-given destiny was to own and govern the land from the east to west coast

What date is generally recognized as the day WW2 ended?

What date is seen as the start of World War II?

Who was responsible for guiding thousands of settlers through the Cumberland Gap

Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus' first voyage.

Which is NOT addressed in the first amendment?

Which is NOT a branch of government

Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

Slavery was seen as a federal issue, not a state issue

How was Social Security paid for?

What battle did the Texians lose?

Which President created the US Department of Education in 1979?

Vietnam War official dates were 1955-1975

What was the U.S. population in 1900 to the nearest million?

Slavery was practiced in the time of the Old Testament

When was the transcontinental railroad finished?

October 29, 1929, the stock market saw a loss of 13%; this is known as...

What groups rebirth troubled blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other minorities?

Who was designated as the Commander of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress?

What fraction of the nation's workers were unemployed at the worst part of the depression?

What were the challenges encountered by the newly formed United States?

Korean War ended...

What was the occupation of the majority of southern men before the Civil War?

On what day was Pearl Harbor attacked?

Antifederalists was a term used to describe those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution

How did Great Britain attempt to finance the expenses incurred during the war in America?

What year did the French and Indian War begin?

Who is the only person to become President without winning a general election for President or Vice President.

During President Harrison's term the U.S. treasury increased its purchases of what?

Who served as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

...President George W Bush, President Barack Obama, ...

What were the capitals of the Union and the Confederacy?

The first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States

What year was President JFK assassinated?

What was King George III's response to the colonial opposition to British legislation?

Who is the current Vice President of the United States?

Which of the major Axis Powers was the first to surrender to the Allies?

What year did the United States "land a man on the moon"?

What title did Adolf Hitler take in 1934 that meant leader?

Who ascended to the English throne following the death of Elizabeth I?

God is the ultimate authority when it comes to the ascendance and decline of nations

On December 1st Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, what was the year?

Initially, who held the highest political authority in the colonies?

What is ethnocentricity?

The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in what year?

Very few white, southern families supported slavery

Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Axis Powers?

What was the first enduring English settlement in North America

What two cities in Japan were hit by atomic bombs?

Who was the dictator of Italy that installed a fascist regime?

Who was the first President to reside in the White House?

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The 40th President of the United States was first an actor! What was his name?

Many colonists remained loyal to Britain and eventually left the United States

When this President was elected, it showed the growing political power of the West.

Best known incident of Indian removal