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Logic 3 US History exam
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Who was president during World War 1?
Wilson
Washington
2
In what year were Robert Kennedy & Martin Luther King, Jr assassinated?
1967
1970
1968
1965
3
Who was president during the Civil War?
George Washington
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
4
This term means something that can not be given or taken away.
unalienable
mine
yours
5
Which one is not one of the 3 Branches of Government?
Legi-land
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
6
What is the conflict over Soviet-made missiles being stored 90 miles away from the US?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
7
What event connected the eastern US with the west?
completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
building the Panama Canal
election of Roosevelt
Mexican War
8
Wall in Washington, DC, with the names of 58,000 soldiers who were killed.
WW 2 Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Was Memorial
9
What was the rebuilding period after the Civil War?
Renaissance
Reconstruction
Cold War
10
Where was the Transcontinental Railroad finished with the Golden Spike?
Richmond
Pierre
Dallas
Promonotory Point
11
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Hayes
Kennedy
LB Johnson
12
Who lived most recently?
Daniel Boone
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
13
Home of the US Congress.
Capitol Building
Supreme Court
White House
14
Who makes the laws?
legislative
executive
judicial
15
What do we call the period of rebuilding after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
Rebuilding
16
The number of representatives is based on
house owners
population
senators
colleges
17
Which presidential order freed the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
18
Which happened last?
atomic bombs dropped
1st moon walk
LA purchase
19
USSR space satellite whose launching began the Space Race.
Star Wars
Sputnik
Starburst
20
In what year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
1939
1942
1945
1941
21
Where did the Gold Rush happen?
Arizona
Massachusetts
California
22
What do we call changes added to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Amendments
23
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson suggested it
citizens of new states demended it
Washington would not be president without it
24
Where was the US Constitution written?
Philadelphia
Nashville
Denver
Helena
25
What was the unpopular war in Southeast Asia?
Vietnam
Russo-Japanese
26
Which event did NOT happen during the Civil War and Reconstruction period?
Lee surrenders
Lincoln assassinated
Uncle Tom's Cabin is written
Eisenhower leads the troops
27
Where is the US Constitution kept?
National Lampoon
National Archives
My filing cabinet
28
How many Senators are in the Senate?
50
435
453
100
29
Which happened last?
ww 2
cold war
gulf war
30
In what year did the US drop an atomic bomb on Japan?
1944
1946
1947
1945
31
This term means moving to another country.
moving
immigration
32
In what year did the US enter World War 1?
1916
1914
1917
1915
33
Which happened 1st?
Nixon resigned
women's vote
cuban missile crisis
34
What does the Cabinet do?
work in the kitchen
dress the president
advise the president
35
When was the Constitution written?
after the Revolutionary War
during the Civil War
before the Revolutionary War
36
Which happened last?
Panama Canal built
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Kennedy assassinated
37
Which high school is the setting of the integration of 9 black students in 1957?
Central HS
Central HG
Keller Central HS
38
How long is a president's term?
2 years
6 years
4 years
8 years
39
Who was the Sioux Indian Chief at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Butterfly Smith
Crazy Love
Crazy Horse
40
What 1803 land purchase nearly doubled the size of the US?
Louisiana Purchase
purchase of Texas
purcahse of Alaska
41
Which happened last?
Boston Tea Party
CA Gold Rush
Declaration of Independence
42
How long is a Senator's term?
4 years
6 years
8 years
2 years
43
Which happened 1st?
1929 stock market crash
OK City bombing
ww 2
44
Who interprets the law?
executive
judicial
legislative
45
Outlawing of slavery is...
immigration
segregation
abolition
46
Which did NOT happen during the Revolutionary War period?
Battle at Bunker Hill
Sugar Act
colonies argue over slavery
Paul Revere's ride
47
Which general led the Confederate Army?
Washignton
Grant
Lee
48
Who was president 1st?
Lincoln
Bush
Kennedy
49
What can a president do to stop a bill after it's approved by Congress?
sell it
vet it
tear it up
veto it
50
What was the 1st permanent English settlement in America?
Jamestown
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Boston
51
Which one of these was a writer of the US Constitution?
Clinton
Jefferson
Washington
52
In what year did the Korean War begin?
1953
1949
1950
1945
53
Who became president when Kennedy was shot?
LB Johnson
Washington
Qadams
A. Johnson
54
How long is a Representatives term?
4 years
1 year
2 years
3 years
55
How much did we pay Russia for Alaska?
$15 Million
$10 Million
$7.2 Million
$47.50
56
Who was the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania?
William Tell
William Penn
William Wright
57
What do we call the document that stated the U.S. was free from Great Britain?
Declaration of Independence
Amendements
Bill of Rights
Constitution
58
Where was Kennedy assassinated?
Fort Worth
Austin
Houston
Dallas
59
Who did NOT explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis
Clark
Washington
60
The earliest explorers of the North American continent were
Canadian
French, Spainish, & Italian
English
61
What do we call white Southerners who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War?
loyalists
scalawags
carpetbaggers
62
Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
Massachusetts
Michigan
South Carolina
Maryland
63
How are Supreme Court justices chosen?
president nominates & Senate confirms
people elect them
president nominates & congress votes
64
What do we call the main document establishing the US government?
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
65
Who is the head of the armed forces?
Admirals
President
Generals
66
Who built a fortune in steel and gave money to start libraries?
Carnegie
Lee
Vanderbilt
67
What was the scandal that caused President Nixon to resign?
Waterfall
Watergate
68
Tension that developed between the US & USSR after WW 2.
cold water
cold war
ice, ice, baby
69
What do we call the people who were given free land in the West?
squatters
homesteaders
70
What do we call the beginning of the Constitution?
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Preamble
71
What do we call the economic plunge that began in 1929?
Black Tuesday
Panic of 1873
Great Depression
72
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus, beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Susan B Anthony
Abigail Adams
Rosa Parks
73
Which slave helped other slaves escape through the Underground Railraod?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
George W. Carver
74
Which was NOT one of the original 13 colonies?
Massachusetts
Maryland
Ohio
Virginia
75
Which was did the US fight against Britain for independence?
War of 1812
Civil War
Revolutionary War
76
What are the 1st 10 Amendments commonly known as?
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
77
Which happened 1st?
Korean War
G. Washington inaugurated
Alaska statehood
78
Which happened 1st?
civil war
gulf war
revolutionary war
79
In what year did the Stock Market crash, leading to the Great Depression?
1929
1930
1930
1928
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Separation of the races...
integration
segregation