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Question 1: What is one way Americans can serve their country?

  • Vote
  • Buy a new car
  • Travel abroad
  • Work for a private company

Question 2: Do you know the name of the current Governor of your state?

  • Yes, I am prepared to answer this.
  • No, I still need to learn this.

Question 3: Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

  • Roosevelt
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Woodrow Wilson

Question 4: Which TWO of the following describe things Abraham Lincoln is famous for?

  • Saved (or preserved) the Union
  • Led the United States during the Civil War
  • Won the War of 1812
  • Explored the Northwest Territory

Question 5: Which TWO of the following describe things Dwight Eisenhower is famous for?

  • President at the end of (during) the Korean War
  • Created the Interstate System
  • Negotiated the purchase of Alaska
  • Wrote the Bill of Rights

Question 6: Which TWO of the following are reasons the United States entered World War I?

  • Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships
  • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
  • To stop the Japanese invasion of China
  • To fulfill the terms of the Louisiana Purchase

Question 7: Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

  • Delivered the Gettysburg Address
  • Signed the Bill of Rights
  • Invented the light bulb
  • Started the American Red Cross

Question 8: Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Rosa Parks
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Nancy Pelosi

Question 9: Which TWO of the following are reasons the United States entered World War I?

  • To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
  • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
  • To capture the Panama Canal
  • To prevent the spread of the Iron Curtain

Question 10: What U.S. war ended slavery?

  • The Civil War
  • The War of 1812
  • The Vietnam War
  • The French and Indian War

Question 11: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

  • Freed the slaves
  • Ended the War of 1812
  • Gave women the right to vote
  • Established the Supreme Court

Question 12: Which TWO of the following wars were fought by the United States in the 1900s?

  • World War I
  • Vietnam War
  • War of 1812
  • Mexican-American War

Question 13: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

  • Vietnam War
  • Spanish-American War
  • The War on Terror
  • The Seminole Wars

Question 14: What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States are U.S. citizens?

  • 14th Amendment
  • 1st Amendment
  • 10th Amendment
  • 19th Amendment

Question 15: Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

  • Soviet Union
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Great Britain

Question 16: What U.S. war ended slavery?

  • The Civil War
  • The Revolutionary War
  • World War I
  • The Mexican-American War

Question 17: Which THREE of the following describe things Abraham Lincoln is famous for?

  • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
  • Saved (or preserved) the Union
  • Led the United States during the Civil War
  • Was the first president to live in the White House
  • Served as a general in World War II

Question 18: What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States are U.S. citizens?

  • 14th Amendment
  • 2nd Amendment
  • 5th Amendment
  • 13th Amendment

Question 19: Which TWO of the following are true about Veterans Day?

  • It is a holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military
  • It is a holiday to honor people who have served (in the U.S. military)
  • It is a holiday to honor the arrival of the Mayflower
  • It is a holiday to celebrate the end of the Great Depression

Question 20: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

  • Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center
  • The Empire State Building was attacked
  • The Brooklyn Bridge was closed due to a strike
  • The Statue of Liberty was damaged by a storm