American History Knowledge Test

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1. When did the United States formally declare independence from Great Britain?
A. 1776
B. 1783
C. 1789
D. 1812
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2. Which document is recognized as the supreme law of the United States?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. U.S. Constitution
C. Bill of Rights
D. Emancipation Proclamation
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3. Which event is widely considered the official start of the Great Depression in the U.S.?
A. Attack on Pearl Harbor
B. Passage of the New Deal
C. 1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash
D. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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4. Which of the following were core disputes that led to the American Civil War? [Checkboxes]
A. Conflicts over the expansion of slavery into new western territories
B. Disagreements over states' rights versus federal government authority
C. Economic differences between the industrial North and agrarian South
D. British attempts to re-colonize the American South
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5. Which of the following U.S. presidents were assassinated while holding office? [Checkboxes]
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. John F. Kennedy
C. James Garfield
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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6. Which of the following events were key milestones of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement? [Checkboxes]
A. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
C. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
D. The Louisiana Purchase
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7. The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
True
False
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8. The first American president to resign from office was Richard Nixon.
True
False
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10. The U.S. policy of _______ aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
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12. Explain one major consequence of the Watergate scandal for American public trust in government.
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Question
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12. Explain one major consequence of the Watergate scandal for American public trust in government.One major consequence of the Watergate scandal was a significant decline in public trust in the U.S. government. Many Americans became more skeptical of government leaders and institutions after President Nixon’s involvement and subsequent resignation.
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