American History test 12 final

Who was the first female justice to serve on the Supreme Court?

Who developed alternating current (AC) and became Thomas Edison’s biggest rival?

Who was the U.S. president during World War I?

Which president adopted the slogan “Fifty-four Forty or Fight”?

What industry did the government regulate heavily after the Three Mile Island incident?

Who was put on trial for the Iran-Contra Affair?

Jonathan Edwards preached “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God”.

What was the name for Lyndon B. Johnson’s liberal government program?

Which president was elected as the 29th president in 1920?

What court decision legalized abortion in 1973?

Who led the drive for a “Contract with America”?

Which space mission was the first to successfully land a man on the moon?

What was the name for the uprisings in Middle Eastern countries against their dictators?

The theory that says a nation’s wealth lies in how much gold and silver they have is the mercantile theory.

What year was the Monroe Doctrine declared?

Samuel de Champlain was the Father of New France.

What was the name of President Bush’s education reform plan?

Mark Twain was the best known of the local color writers.

Which president launched the New Deal?

Who won the 2008 presidential election?

The leader of the Communist Chinese was Chiang Kai-Shek.

When was Operation Desert storm?

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World called?

Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics.

Which President helped negotiate the Camp David Accords?

Who became the highest-ranking black-American woman in the U.S. government as Secretary of State?

Which president launched the Fair Deal?

Who was the first black-American Cabinet member?

Who was president during the 9/11 attacks?

When were the last U.S. Combat troops withdrawn from Vietnam?

The best-known evangelist of the 2nd great awakening was Francis Asbury.

Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British during the War for Independence, thus betraying his country?

Who was president during the Spanish-American War?

What NSA contractor leaked over one million files detailing surveillance programs of the United States and her allies?

What year was the Declaration of Independence written?

Who has aptly been called the first American?

Daniel Webster gave the famous Seventh of March Speech.

Who wrote the Blue-Backed Speller?

Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?

The MacArthur Plan extended credit to Europe to help with recovery after WWII.

What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

What year was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

John D. Rockefeller was a leader in the oil industry.

John Dewey promoted the idea of public primary schools for all children.

Who is remembered as the Father of American Missions?

What year was the World Trade Center attacked?

Which of the following statements accurately describes Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy?

The Quebec Act provided for the gradual development of self-government in the Northwest Territory.

Who is the only president (besides Trump) to serve two nonconsecutive terms?

In what country were sixty-three Americans taken hostage in 1979?

The 18th amendment granted women the right to vote.

Captain John Smith saved Jamestown from destruction.

Which president stood against Communism and helped stabilize the economy in the 1980s?

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

What U.S. Ambassador was killed in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012?

Who wrote History of Plymouth Plantation?

Where was the last major conflict between Native Americans and federal troops?

Who was the leader of al-Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks?

When did the stock market crash on Black Tuesday?

Who was president on Black Tuesday?

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Yom Kippur War erupted in 1967 when Egypt, Jordan, and Syria prepared to attack Israel.

Whose journalism earned him the title “the most trusted man in America”?

When did America Enter WWI?

What compromise temporarily settled the slavery issue in 1820?

What amendment repealed Prohibition?

Wesleyan College became the first college for women only.

When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Who was the spokesman for detente during the Nixon administration?

The Quartering Act was the most hated part of Grenville’s program for the colonies.

Who was known as the Great Communicator?

Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?

Which President launched the New Frontier?

After Whom was the New World named?

What was opened to the public in NYC in 2014 alongside the 2 National 9/11 Memorial pools?

What did Henry Ford introduce 1908?

What year was the Spanish Armada defeated?

Who built the Great Northern Railroad?

Which president was criticized for his Kitchen Cabinet?

When did the Civil War begin?

What act was created to provide more security to the American people after the 9/11 attacks?

What American general was sent to fortify the Philippines against a Japanese invasion during WWII?

Whom did the United States capture in Iraq in 2003?

What was the name given to the U.S. basketball players who dominated the 1992 Olympics?

Who was the supreme Allied commander of the forces at D-Day?

Which president sent American pilots to Bosnia to fly air strikes in 1995?

What year was the Treaty of Paris (the one for the war for independence) signed?

What group of founding fathers supported the constitution without a bill of rights?

Why did the Dred Scott case create so much division among the states?

What year was the space shuttle program ended?

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Who was the only president elected by unanimous vote?

President Nixon resigned as a result of the Whitewater affair.

When did the Spanish-American War happen?

When did Reconstruction end?

What Battle was the turning point in the American War for Independence?

Who was the host of the radio program Focus on the Family?

What year did the mass shooting in Las Vegas occur?

Who was president during the War of 1812?