Advanced Placement U.S. History

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1. Ground was broken for the construction of the Erie Canal in 1817. What two places were connected by this canal? Erie, PA, and the Ohio River Lake Erie and the Atlantic Ocean Detroit and Baltimore, Md Canada and the Mississippi River

2. This explorer, Indian fighter, hunter of bears, and militia member was elected as a state legislator and later as a United States Congressman. Andrew Jackson Davey Crockett Jim Bowie Samuel Travis

3. This president served only thirty one days in office. Who was he? Warren Harding Franklin Pierce William Harrison Grover Cleveland

4. The Gold Rush happened in 1849. On whose property was the original gold found? Adolph Simpson John Sutter Somerset Lambin Thomas Johnson

5. President James Garfield is one of four United States presidents to be assassinated. Where was he when he was shot? While taking a walk in Chicago In a parade in New York City In the Washington, D.C. train station While receiving guests at the White House

6. George Armstrong Custer was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. It is known as "Custer's Last Stand". What other remarkable thing did Custer do in his life? He attempted to swim across the Mississippi River During the Battle of Bull Run he was credited with killing over three hundred Confederate soldiers During the Civil War he was promoted to the rank of general at the age of 23 He actually wrote the Emancipation Proclimation for President Lincoln while assigned to the White House

7. This man was known as the "Master of Escape". Some of his feats were to escape from locked handcuffs, from locked trunks, and freeing himself from straitjackets. He thrilled crowds in the United States and Europe. Who was he? Alphonse Gaston Harry Houdini Thomas Working Emilio Francisco

8. The United States entered World War I in 1917. What was one factor that led to the US entering the war in Europe? The Italian embargo on food The German attack on Rome The use of submarine warfare by Germany The kidnapping of Prince Harold

9. What was a "Victory Garden"? A garden that was grown on the back lawn of the White House in celebration of the victory in WWII A place where the average U.S. citizen grew crops to support his family A night club in New York that was popular during WW II A type of farm where tall crops were grown to guide airplanes

10. In 1950 an attempt was made on the life of President Harry Truman. Where did this assassination attempt happen? At the White House At Blair House In a parade on Pennsylvania Ave in Washington At the home of the Secretary of State