United States History Review

Which is NOT addressed in the first amendment?

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

James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution

Prohibition was also called

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

What happened to President Garfield in July of 1881?

Which President created the US Department of Education in 1979?

Vietnam War official dates were 1955-1975

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

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

What year was Jamestown established?

On what day was Pearl Harbor attacked?

What date is generally recognized as the day WW2 ended?

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

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

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

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

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

What year was President JFK assassinated?

Very few white, southern families supported slavery

What was the U.S. population in 1800?

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

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

Who was the president of the Republic of Texas?

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

What two cities in Japan were hit by atomic bombs?

Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

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

Ulysses S. Grant was a Union leader

What was the first enduring English settlement in North America

How many states succeeded from the Union?

What were the capitals of the Union and the Confederacy?

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

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

What was the overall name for FDR's program

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

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 battle did the Texians lose?

What is ethnocentricity?

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

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

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

How was Social Security paid for?

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

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

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

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

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

Korean War ended...

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

Who won the 1860 presidential election?

Which is NOT a branch of government

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

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

What year did the French and Indian War begin?

Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus' first voyage.

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

When was the transcontinental railroad finished?

Korean War began in...

Robert E. Lee was a Confederate leader

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

Slavery was practiced in the time of the Old Testament

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

What year did the Texians declare their independence from Mexico?

When and where was Lincoln assassinated?

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

Who is the current Vice President of the United States?

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

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

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

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

What year did the Cold War start?

Best known incident of Indian removal

Which President is associated with the Watergate scandal?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which religious group is linked to the establishment of Pennsylvania?

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

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

What does the Watergate Scandal refer to?