US History Literacy Pre-Test
US History – Images of America Post Test
Name _______________________ Date _______________
1. The first permanent English settlement in US was in
a. Jamestown
b. Boston
c. New York
d. St. Augustine
2. The first permanent European settlement in US was in
a. Jamestown
b. Boston
c. New York
d. St. Augustine
3. The Declaration of Independence was signed in
a. 1492
b. 1640
c. 1776
d. 1861
4. The French and Indian War was fought between
a. The Americans and British
b. The English and the French
c. The French and Indians
d. The Americans and the English
5. The Civil War was fought
a. 1687 - 1691
b. 1776 - 1780
c. 1861 - 1865
d. 1917 - 1921
6. The President during the Civil War was
a. Washington
b. Lincoln
c. Jefferson
d. Jackson
7. The leader of the Confederate forces was
a. Jackson
b. Lincoln
c. Jefferson
d. Lee
8. A person who wanted to end slavery in the US was called a
a. Nullifier
b. Freedom Fighter
c. Lincolner
d. Abolitionist
9. Women received the right to vote in federal elections in
a. 1776
b. 1820
c. 1920
d. 1963
10. Who spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
a. King George III
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Patrick Henry
d. Benjamin Franklin
11. He wrote the Declaration of Independence
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Thomas Paine
c. John Hancock
d. George Washington
12. The Korean War started in
a. 1861
b. 1914
c. 1939
d. 1950
13. World War II started in
a. 1861
b. 1914
c. 1939
d. 1950
14. What event in the early 1900's sparked a tremendous wave of Mexican immigration into the United States?
a. An influenza outbreak in Mexico City
b. The Mexican Revolution
c. Famine
d. a depression
15. The Revolutionary War Started in
a. 1678
b. 1756
c. 1775
d. 1861
e. 1914
16. 22 men, including five African Americans, seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping to ignite a slave rebellion. Who was their leader?
a. Nat Turner
b. Gabriel Prosser
c. John Brown
d. O.J. Simpson
17. The Spanish American War was fought in
a. 1497
b. 1598
c. 1780
d. 1898
e. 1935
18. The Mormons were persecuted because they believed :
a. There was more than one god.
b. Everyone should be armed.
c. Everyone should have slaves.
d. You could have more than one wife.
19. Who was the first Black American woman Secretary of State, elected in 2005?
a. Condoleezza Rice
b. Roberta Weaver
c. Patricia Harris
d. Colleen Powell
20. The anti-slavery novel written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe was
a. Huckleberry Finn
b. Tom Sawyer
c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
d. Gone with the Wind
21. The Pilgrims came in
a. 1492
b. 1520
c. 1620
d. 1720
22. The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing some of the slaves, was issued in
a. 1776
b. 1640
c. 1863
d. 1917
23. The president of the Confederacy was
a. Robert E. Lee
b. Jefferson Davis
c. Stonewall Jackson
d. Thomas Jefferson
24. The Union general who later became president was
a. Robert E. Lee
b. George Custer
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Ulysses S. Grant
25. The future American President who was a hero during the Spanish-American war was
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Teddy Roosevelt
c. Herbert Hoover
d. Dwight Eisenhower
26. Former slave who helped lead the fight for freedom
a. Robert E. Lee
b. Patrick Henry
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Uncle Tom
27. The invention that made slavery more profitable
a. Steam Engine
b. Cotton Gin
c. Planting turbine
d. The Reaping Machine
28. During World War II we fought against
a. Japan, Germany and France
b. France, Germany and England
c. Germany, Italy and Japan
d. Italy, England and Japan
29. Before the Europeans arrived there were about how many different Indian tribes in North America?
a. 7
b. 20
c. 500
d. 3000
30. The Pilgrims came to America
a. to hunt for gold
b. for religious freedom
c. to farm
d. to escaped from wars
31. The famous American witch trial took place in
a. Boston
b. Philadelphia
c. Salem
d. Fairfield
32. In U.S. history, Prohibition meant
a. the closing of U.S. borders to new immigrants
b. the outlawing of slavery
c. laws forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
d. state regulations against collective bargaining
33. The American senator who said that there were Communists in our government was
a. Sen. Lawrence
b. Sen. McCarthy
c. Sen. Einstein
d. Sen. Lenin
34. On what country did the US drop atomic bombs?
a. France
b. Korea
c. Viet Nam
d. Japan
35. The Viet Nam war ended in
a. 1937
b. 1973
c. 1996
36. Famous American inventor who signed the Declaration of Independence (and is on 100 dollar bill)
a. Jefferson
b. Washington
c. Franklin
d. Lincoln
37. First man on the moon was
a. John Glenn
b. Peter Shepard
c. Neil Armstrong
d. John Marcietta
38. We first landed on the moon in
a. 1917
b. 1937
c. 1948
d. 1969
39. The president who was forced to resign was
a. Lincoln
b. Bush
c. Clinton
d. Nixon
40. The World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists in
a. 1968
b. 1983
c. 1992
d. 2001
41. A famous American Muslim leader who was assassinated was
a. Gandhi
b. Malcolm X
c. Martin Luther King
d. Robert Kennedy
42. A Supreme Court ruling that said separate but equal was unfair was
a. Brown vs. the Board of Education
b. Marbury vs. Madison
c. Kellerman vs. State of Mississippi
d. Lawrence vs. State of Georgia
43. The Cuban Missile Crisis involved the US and
a. France
b. Iraq
c. Russia
d. Korea
44. A big portion of the US fleet was sunk in WWII at
a. Gettysburg
b. Pearl Harbor
c. Iowa Jima
d. Cape Canaveral
45. He was elected President four times
a. Washington
b. Lincoln
c. Roosevelt
d. Bush
46. The Great Depression started in
a. 1829
b. 1879
c. 1929
d. 1959
47. The ship on which the Pilgrims came
a. Santa Maria
b. Mayflower
c. Amistad
48. The ship on which Columbus came
a. Santa Maria
b. Mayflower
c. Amistad
d. GoodShip Hope
49. The ship on which the slaves revolted
a. Santa Maria
b. Mayflower
c. Amistad
50. Who were the first three presidents of the United States?
a. Washington, Adams, Jefferson
b. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin
c. Washington, Hamilton, Madison
d. Washington, Madison, Jackson
51. To pay for the French & Indian War, the British government made a law that said the colonists had to _______________
a. drink tea.
b. close the seaport to Boston.
c. send tax money to Great Britain.
d. come back to Great Britain.
52. The war between the colonies and Great Britain was called the ______
a. American Revolution.
b. French & Indian War.
c. Seven Years War.
d. Civil War.
53. The colony of Connecticut was founded by ____________
a. William Hutchinson.
b. King Philip.
c. Thomas Hooker
d. John Winthrop.
54. To keep their people from leaving the Communists built a wall across what city?
a. Paris
b. Berlin
c. Prague
d. Quebec
55. In colonial government, all the following groups were restricted from voting EXCEPT ____________
a. enslaved persons.
b. Native Americans.
c. women property owners.
d. white male property owners over the age of 21.
56. The Southern slave codes did all of the following EXCEPT ____________
a. forbid enslaved persons to carry weapons.
b. prohibit enslaved persons from holding meetings
c. require enslaved Africans to learn to read.
d. treat enslaved people as both persons and property.
57. The term "Middle Passage" refers to the ____________
a. banks of a number of slow-flowing rivers in Virginia.
b. lower class Southern farmers who worked for big planters.
c. route of slave trips between Africa and America.
d. raids made by slave traders in Africa.
58. Who were the first Europeans to reach the New World?
a. Columbus and his crew
b. Marco Polo and his camel
c. The Vikings
d. Vasco de Gama and his mates
59. Who was the youngest US president when his term began in 1901?
a. John Kennedy
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Bill Clinton
d. Ben Franklin
60. Which famous frontiersman died at the Alamo?
a. Daniel Boone
b. Jerimiah Johnson
c. Davy Crockett
d. William Tell
61. The Indian people of the _________________ built their homes out of a type of sun-dried mud bricks called adobe.
a. Southwest
b. Plains
c. East
d. North
62. The scandal that helped bring down President Nixon was
a. Teapot Dome
b. Pentagon Papers
c. Waterworld
d. Watergate
63. The Russian satellite that was launched in 1957 was
a. Sputnik
b. Apotivak
c. Malinivik
d. Lenin I
64. Who made the "Midnight Ride" to alarm the country side that British troops were landing at Cambridge, Massachusetts during the American Revolution?
a. Franklin
b. Jefferson
c. Revere
d. Johnson
65. Puerto Rico became a territory of the US because of
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. The Spanish-American War
d. The US-Mexican War
66. About what percentage of Americans are black?
a. 5%
b. 12%
c. 40%
d. 50%
67. The ___________________, expressed in 1823, proclaimed the United States' opinion that European powers should no longer colonize or interfere in the Americas.
a. Truman Doctrine
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. Kennedy Doctrine
d. Jackson Doctrine
68. The period between 1945 and 1980 in which the US and Russia both tried to expand their influence in the world is known as
a. The Domino War
b. The Berlin War
c. The Candy War
d. The Cold War
69. Which president was not assassinated?
a. Lincoln
b. McKinley
c. Johnson
d. Kennedy
70. In what state is the White House located in?
a. New York
b. Virginia
c. No State
d. Washington
71. Which of the following was an American traitor?
a. Thomas Lawrence
b. John Paul Jones
c. Paul Revere
d. Benedict Arnold
72. What state did the Mormons finally settle in?
a. Connecticut
b. Utah
c. California
d. Montana
73. What were the last two states added to the United States.
a. Montana and Utah
b. Alaska and Maine
c. Hawaii and Alaska
d. Hawaii and Utah
74. How many stripes are there on the flag?
a. 7
b. 9
c. 11
d. 13
75. In the War of 1812 we fought against?
a. France
b. Spain
c. England
d. Germany
76. When did the foreign slave trade end in the United States?
a. 1776
b. 1808.
c. 1863.
d. 1880
77. The United States bought Alaska from
a. France
b. Russia
c. England
d. Canada
78. What do we call the period following the Civil War?
a. post-War years
b. The golden years
c. Reconstruction
d. the twilight years
79. When did Chinese workers begin to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
a. 1865
b. 1900
c. 1915
d. 1935
80. What state is home to nearly two-thirds of all Cuban Americans?
a. New York
b. Florida
c. California
d. Utah
e. Texas
81. Who established the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, and later led a successful nationwide boycott of grapes?
a. Romana Acosta Banuelos
b. Cesar Estrada Chavez
c. Henry Gabriel Cisneros
d. Steve Campos
82. The 1925 trial of John Scopes involved a conflict between
a. communists and industrialists
b. science and religion
c. the Ku Klux Klan and civil rights advocates
d. supporters and opponents of a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages
83. What European nation originally colonized Florida?
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Portugal
84. Who has traditionally been given credit for sewing the first American flag?
a. Betsy Ross
b. Martha Washington
c. Francis Hopkins
d. Dolly Madison
85. "The Battle of Normandy" took place during what war?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. The Korean War
d. The Vietnam War
86. The Bay of Pigs episode took place when
a. Cuban exiles from Florida landed in Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
b. U.S. troops invaded Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa
c. UN forces undertook an amphibious landing behind enemy lines in Korea
d. U.S. marines were sent by President Lyndon Johnson to the Dominican Republic
87. The term "Seward's Folly" refers to
a. the purchase of Alaska negotiated by Secretary of State William Seward
b. the impeachment of Andrew Johnson urged by Secretary of State William Seward
c. the cornering of gold by financier George Seward, which led to the stock market crash of 1869
d. the Great Fire of Chicago, which started in Seward's Tavern
88. Who is traditionally known as "The Father of the United States Constitution"?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. James Madison
c. John Hancock
d. Thomas Jefferson
89. Who contributed to the Revolutionary War by providing military leadership as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
a. George Washington
b. Richard Henry Lee
c. Benedict Arnold
d. John Paul Jones
90. "The shot heard 'round the world" happened here.
a. Lexington, Massachusetts
b. Boston, Massachusetts
c. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. Jamestown, Virginia
91. This document states that "all men are created equal," everyone has the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," and that the colonies were "free and independent states."
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Bill of Rights
c. The Constitution
d. The Stamp Act
92. One of the most famous residents of Jamestown, Virginia, was
a. William Penn
b. Pocahontas
c. Lord Baltimore
d. James I
93. The New Deal was the name given to
a. Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy
b. Harry S. Truman's domestic programs
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt's social and economic reforms
d. Lyndon B. Johnson's social programs
94. Valley Forge was the site of an encampment by
a. Union troops under Grant during the winter of 1863
b. federal troops under Lee preceding the Harpers Ferry raid
c. British forces under Cornwallis in 1783
d. the Continental army under Washington in 1777-1778
95. An oil reserve called Teapot Dome gave its name to
a. a scandal involving bribery during the Harding administration
b. a corrupt group of New York City Democrats under Boss Tweed
c. an energy commission set up by Jimmy Carter
d. an act of rebellion by Boston colonists
96. Aided by an Indian woman named Sacajawea, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
a. led a party of explorers to the fountain of youth
b. defeated Chief Sitting Bull at Little Bighorn
c. charted a route from Missouri to the Pacific
d. helped defeat the Apaches
97. What important event took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848?
a. Women met to call for their rights as citizens.
b. The Johnstown Flood killed over two thousand people.
c. A revolution led Joseph Smith to create the Book of Mormon.
d. The Erie Canal was completed.
98. The gold rush in 1848
a. justified the purchase of Alaska
b. ensured the conversion of paper money to gold
c. brought 100,000 settlers into a new territory
d. made millionaires of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
99. Harriet Tubman is primarily known for
a. founding the first college for black students
b. spying for Confederate forces during the Civil War
c. leading slaves north on the Underground Railroad
d. her work with the suffragist movement
100. Through the Marshall Plan, the United States
a. aided European economies after World War II
b. supplied arms to developing nations in the 1970s
c. allied with France and Great Britian in 1917
d. developed plans for the League of Nations
101. In the beginning of the Crucible, what were the girls caught doing?
a. trying to run from home
b. dancing in the forest
c. smoking
d. knitting
102. Elizabeth Proctor fired Abigail because
a. Abigail was lazy
b. Abigail had an affair with her husband
c. Abigail wouldn't work in the fields
d. She wanted to do the work herself
103. Who was the first person Abigail claimed practiced witchcraft
a. John Proctor
b. Elizabeth Proctor
c. Tituba
d. Mary
104. John Proctor convinced mary to testify that
a. He did nothing
b. His wife did nothing
c. Abigail was a witch
d. The girls were just pretending
105. In The Crucible John Proctor was
a. a heroic character
b. a weak person who becomes stronger as movie goes on
c. a strong person who became evil as movie goes on
d. pure evil
106. In The Crucible the most evil character is
a. Tituba
b. Danfoth
c. Proctor
d. Abigail
e. Elizabeth
107. The Crucible is most like the McCarthy Hearings
a. both were led by evil people
b. both were hunting for evil people
c. in showing how peer pressure and "mob mentality" can get out of hand
108. The Crucible took place during the
a. 1400's
b. 1500's
c. 1600's
d. 1700's
109. The McCarthy Hearings took place during the
a. 1910's
b. 1930's
c. 1950's
d. 1970's
110. The McCarthy Hearings were looking for
a. Witches
b. Communists
c. Democrats
d. Terrorists
111. The Crucible was written by
a. Mark Twain
b. Edgar Allen Poe
c. Arthur Miller
d. Joe DiMaggio
112. The people in the Crucible were mostly
a. Catholics
b. Puritans
c. Jewish
d. Anglicans
113. Why was Elizabeth safe from being hung?
a. She was innocent
b. She was pregnant
c. She was a woman
d. Her husband took the blame
114. What eventually happens to John Proctor?
a. He is freed
b. He kills himself
c. He escapes with Abigail
d. He escapes with his wife
115. Who was the former President who defended the slaves during the trial in Amistad?
a. Jefferson
b. Lincoln
c. Adams
d. Washington
e. Madison
116. The Amistad trial was really a question about
a. slavery
b. state's rights
c. property laws
d. freedom of speech
117. The Amistad was captured off the coast of
a. Connecticut
b. Virginia
c. Massachusetts
d. Delaware
118. Historically, which was not important in Amistad
a. Showing how the slave trade worked.
b. Showing the Southern Plantation System.
c. Showing the Atlantic Crossing.
d. Showing a political environment that developed into the Civil War.
e. Showing the politics involved in the International Slave Trade.
119. Cinque was transported across the Middle Passage aboard the:
a. Albanez
b. Creole
c. Amistad
d. Tecora
120. The renowned South Carolina politician who levied heavy pressure on the President to deny freedom for the Amistad Africans was:
a. John C. Calhoun
b. Robert E. Lee
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Henry Clay
121. When approached to assist in the Amistad case, John Quincy Adams was:
a. semi-retired and living in Boston, splitting time between his private law practice and writing memoirs of his distinguished political career
b. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
c. editor-in-chief of The Liberator, the leading anti-slavery newspaper of the time
d. serving as a Massachusetts member of Congress
e. a successful lawyer
122. Last of the Mohicans takes place during
a) The French and Indian War
b) The Revolutionary War
c) The Great Indian Wars
d) The Civil War
e) The War of the Roses
123. In Last of the Mohicans which character's children had been killed?
a) Nathaniel
b) Uncas
c) Chingachgook
d) Maj. Heyward
e) Magua
124. Historically, Last of the Mohicans is important in
a) Showing the Indians relationship with the whites.
b) Showing how the different tribes got along
c) Showing an environment which would later develop into the American Revolution.
d) Showing an environment which would later develop into the Civil War.
125. Who was the last of the Mohicans?
a) Magua.
b) Uncas
c) Chingachgook.
d) Nathaniel
126. In order to determine the identity of Hawkeye the Delaware Indians stage a contest in
a. running
b. shooting
c. hatchet throwing
d. tree climbing
127. In addition to English what language did Major Heyward speak
a. German
b. Delaware
c. French
d. Mohican
128. What was the name of the regiment on which the story centered?
a. 54th Massachussetts
b. 18th Ohio
c. 49th Connecticut
d. 110th Maine
129. The commanding officer of the regiment was Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick. What city was Shaw from?
a. Stratford, Connecticut
b. New York, New York
c. Boston, Massachussetts
d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
130. Private Trip (Denzel) was flogged after being charged with deserting the regiment during its arduous training regime. Why had he left the camp?
a. To meet his girlfriend
b. To find more food
c. To find medicine for a sick comrade
d. To look for a pair of boots
131. When Shaw was invited to take command of the regiment, to which famous African-American was he introduced?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Charlotte Forten
c. Booker T. Washington
d. Harriet Tubman
132. Which actor won his first Oscar for his role in 'Glory'?
a. Matthew Broderick
b. Denzel Washington
c. Cary Elwes
d. Morgan Freeman
133. Which of the following was not true about Glory? It was presented from a predominately white point of view
a. to make the movie appeal to a wider audience
b. because the movie was based on Col. Shaw's memoirs
c. because the movie wanted to show the growth of the white characters by their interaction with the black characters.
d. because the movie was mainly about white characters.
134. What state were the troops in Glory from?
a. Connecticut
b. Virginia
c. Massachusetts
d. Delaware
e. Boston
135. What change did the movie Glory have from the real historical events.
a. Colonel Shaw lived in real life
b. The troop was made up mostly of free men not ex-slaves in real life
c. The troops had white soldiers in it too in real life
d. Some of the officers were black in real life
136. All of the following injustices/inequities were shown in Glory except:
a. unequal pay for black and white soldiers in the Union Army
b. disrespect for black soldiers by white soldiers and officers
c. especially cruel treatment by Confederate captors of black soldiers taken as prisoners
d. black regiments commanded exclusively by white officers
137. Eliot Ness's special team of agents was called the "Untouchables" because:
a. time and time again they miraculously survived feverish machine gun battles with Al Capone's gangsters
b. since they were handpicked by Ness to pursue Al Capone,
c. most of them were former gangsters and convicts
d. they refused to turn be corrupted by offers from organized crime
138. Al Capone was eventually imprisoned on charges of:
a. fraud
b. manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
c. racketeering
d. income tax evasion
139. Casablanca is set in?
a. England
b. Ethiopia
c. Egypt
d. Morocco
e. Italy
140. In Casablanca Rick represented the isolationist policy of what country?
a. USA
b. England
c. France
d. Germany
e. Italy
141. The piano player in Rick’s Café Americain was
a. Sam
b. Joe
c. Fred
d. Renault
142. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Edward R. Murrow was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
e. a senator from Wisconsin who hunted Communists
143. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Milo Radulovich was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
e. a senator from Wisconsin who hunted Communists
144. In Good Night, and Good Luck, William Paley was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
f. CBS news boss
145. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Don Hollenbeck was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
e. CBS news boss
146. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Joe McCarthy was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
e. a senator from Wisconsin who hunted Communists
147. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Fred Friendly was
a. a TV newsman who killed himself
b. an Air Force reservist who was dismissed because his father may have been a security risk
c. a host of a major CBS news show
d. the producer of a major NBC news show
e. a senator from Wisconsin who hunted Communists
148. In Good Night, and Good Luck, who was not played by an actor
a. Edward R. Murrow
b. Fred Friendly
c. Joe McCarthy
d. Don Hollenbeck
149. What was CBS employees Shirley and Joe's big secret?
a. Their parents were Russian
b. They were married
c. They worked for McCarthy
d. They were communist spies
150. Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall began when he accused what organization of being infiltrated with communists?
a. U.S. Congress
b. Boy Scouts of America
c. U.S. Army
d. F.B.I.
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