Question 1

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Answer

George Washington

Question 2

Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Saratoga

Answer

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer

The Battle of Trenton

Question 3

Who was the main commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

What was the name of the last major battle of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Yorktown

Answer

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer

The Battle of Saratoga

Question 5

What was the name of the group of colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Answer

Patriots

Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 6

What was the name of the American victory that officially ended the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris

Answer

The Intolerable Acts

Answer

The Stamp Act

Answer

The Boston Tea Party

Question 7

What was the name of the tax on printed materials imposed by the British on the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Answer

Tea Act

Answer

Quartering Act

Question 8

Which event led to the British soldiers firing on a crowd of colonists in Boston?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Answer

First Continental Congress

Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 9

Which document expressed the American colonies' desire for independence from Britain?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Answer

Bill of Rights

Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 10

Which group of colonists were responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Answer

Daughters of Liberty

Answer

Loyalists

Question 11

What was the name of the legislation that required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Answer

Stamp Act

Answer

Declaratory Act

Question 12

Which event marked the start of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Lexington and Concord

Answer

First Continental Congress

Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 13

What was the name of the British law that allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly to the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

Tea Act

Answer

Sugar Act

Answer

Townshend Acts

Question 14

What was the main cause of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)?

Accepted Answer

Dispute over territory in the Ohio River Valley

Answer

Dispute over ownership of the city of Quebec

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Dispute over control of the Mississippi River

Question 15

Which country did the Native American tribes generally support during the Seven Year's War (French and Indian War)?

Accepted Answer

France

Answer

Britain

Answer

Spain

Question 16

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Answer

New York City

Answer

Boston

Question 17

Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Answer

John Adams

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

What was the main purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

To draft a new U.S. Constitution

Answer

To amend the Articles of Confederation

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To create a federal judiciary system

Question 19

Who is considered the father of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

Alexander Hamilton

Question 20

What was the Great Compromise?

Accepted Answer

A compromise between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

Answer

A compromise on the issue of taxation

Answer

A compromise between the North and South on slavery

Question 21

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Accepted Answer

A compromise on how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation

Answer

A compromise on the issue of the presidency

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A compromise on the issue of trade

Question 22

Which document did the Constitution replace?

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Answer

Mayflower Compact

Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 23

What was the major cause of territorial expansion in the early 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Answer

The Monroe Doctrine

Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 24

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Answer

14th Amendment

Answer

15th Amendment

Question 25

Which reform movement aimed to give women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

Suffrage

Answer

Abolitionism

Answer

Prison Reform

Question 26

Which US President signed the Indian Removal Act?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Answer

George Washington

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 27

What was the Indian Removal Act?

Accepted Answer

A law that authorized the removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.

Answer

A law that protected Native American tribes from harm.

Answer

A law that gave Native American tribes more control over their ancestral lands.

Question 28

What was the Trail of Tears?

Accepted Answer

The forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.

Answer

A peaceful migration of Native Americans to the west.

Answer

A trade route between Native American tribes.

Question 29

What was the impact of Indian removal on Native American tribes?

Accepted Answer

It resulted in the loss of ancestral lands, forced assimilation, and the death of thousands due to disease and exposure.

Answer

It resulted in the integration of Native American tribes into American society.

Answer

It resulted in the establishment of reservations for Native American tribes.

Question 30

Who published the newspaper The Liberator, which advocated for the immediate end of slavery?

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer

Harriet Tubman

Answer

John Brown

Question 31

What was the name of the woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that helped to popularize the abolitionist cause?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer

Louisa May Alcott

Answer

Emily Dickinson

Question 32

Who was the abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry?

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 33

What was the name of the network of secret routes and safe houses used to help slaves escape to freedom?

Accepted Answer

The Underground Railroad

Answer

The Liberty Express

Answer

The Overland Journey

Question 34

Who was the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Answer

Andrew Jackson

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 35

Who was the former slave who became a leading abolitionist and advisor to President Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Answer

Sojourner Truth

Answer

Nat Turner

Question 36

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Answer

Territorial Expansion

Answer

Economic Factors

Question 37

What was the name of the Union's primary military commander?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer

William T. Sherman

Answer

George B. McClellan

Question 38

What was the name of the Confederacy's president?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Answer

Robert E. Lee

Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 39

Which major battle is considered the turning point of the war?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Answer

Chancellorsville

Answer

Vicksburg

Question 40

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

A presidential order declaring slaves in Confederate territory to be free

Answer

An agreement to trade slaves with Great Britain

Answer

A document granting amnesty to Confederate soldiers

Answer

A law outlawing slavery throughout the entire country

Question 41

What was the outcome of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Union victory and the abolition of slavery

Answer

Confederate victory and the establishment of a separate nation

Answer

Union victory and the establishment of martial law

Question 42

Which side won the Battle of Vicksburg?

Accepted Answer

Union

Answer

Tie

Answer

Confederacy

Question 43

What was the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

A network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom

Answer

A code name for Harriet Tubman's escape plan

Answer

A secret society of abolitionists

Question 44

Who was the first president of the United States?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Answer

James Madison

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 45

Who pleaded to her husband to "remember" the ladies at the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams

Answer

Dolly Madison

Answer

Martha Washington

Question 46

Who put together the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer

Sarah Jameson

Answer

Lucretia Mott

Question 47

What do you call someone who wants to bring an end to slavery?

Accepted Answer

Abolitionist

Answer

<P>Suffragist</P>

Answer

Libertarian

Question 48

Who saved over 300 slaves?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Answer

Lucretian Mott

Answer

Sara Grimke

Question 49

Which book became very influential in convincing the American public about the wrongness of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Answer

The Great Society

Question 50

What does the word secede mean?

Accepted Answer

To leave or break ties with a union

Answer

To declare war

Answer

To end discussions

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