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Question 1: What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

  • Mike Johnson
  • Kevin McCarthy
  • Nancy Pelosi
  • Hakeem Jeffries

Question 2: Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

  • Required by law
  • To support the British Parliament
  • To pay for state-level elections only
  • It is a voluntary donation

Question 3: The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

  • Freedom
  • To support the British Monarchy
  • To find a path to Asia
  • To escape the French Revolution

Question 4: Which TWO of the following were leaders of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s?

  • Lucretia Mott
  • Lucy Stone
  • Betsy Ross
  • Pocahontas

Question 5: What U.S. war ended slavery?

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

Question 6: Which THREE of the following are American Indian tribes in the United States?

  • Shawnee
  • Teton
  • Tuscarora
  • Celtic

Question 7: When did the Great Depression start?

  • Stock market crash of 1929
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
  • The Louisiana Purchase (1803)
  • The Gold Rush (1849)

Question 8: There were 13 original states. Which THREE of the following were part of that group?

  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin

Question 9: How can people become United States citizens?

  • Be born in the United States
  • Visit for a vacation
  • Buy property in the U.S.
  • Work for a U.S. company abroad

Question 10: The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter
  • The Boston Tea Party
  • The signing of the Constitution
  • The French and Indian War

Question 11: Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

  • Worked for equality for all Americans
  • Explored the Louisiana Territory
  • Invented the light bulb
  • Signed the Declaration of Independence

Question 12: Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

  • They did not have self-government
  • Britain forced them to speak only French
  • The King refused to live in the colonies
  • They wanted to return to a hunter-gatherer society

Question 13: Which TWO of the following describe why people settled in the American colonies?

  • Religious freedom
  • Economic opportunity
  • To join the Spanish Armada
  • To invent the steam engine

Question 14: Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

  • USSR
  • China
  • Italy
  • Spain

Question 15: Which TWO of the following describe things Alexander Hamilton is famous for?

  • First Secretary of the Treasury
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  • Commanded the Confederate Army
  • Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

Question 16: Which THREE of the following are official national U.S. holidays?

  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Mother's Day

Question 17: Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

  • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
  • They wanted to join the Spanish Empire
  • Britain refused to sell tea to the colonies
  • The colonists wanted to abolish slavery immediately

Question 18: The American Revolution included many hardships and victories. Which THREE of the following happened during this war?

  • Washington Crossing the Delaware
  • (Battle of) Saratoga
  • Valley Forge (Encampment)
  • The sinking of the Lusitania

Question 19: The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • The Louisiana Purchase
  • The Whiskey Rebellion
  • The War of 1812

Question 20: Which TWO of the following are ways to become a United States citizen?

  • Be born in the United States
  • Naturalize
  • Serve on a jury as a non-citizen
  • Hold a temporary work visa