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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