More Seventh Grade U.S. History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What was the main objective of the Ku Klux Klan when they began their reign of terror in the late 1800s? To keep African Americans from fleeing to a safer part of the world. To keep African Americans from voting. To bring in new ideas for politics about African Americans. To prevent African Americans from overthrowing them.

2. What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated? The Trial and Life of Edwin Stanton Our American Cousin The King's Conspiracy A Mid-Summer Night's Dream

3. What were the soldiers of Pickett's Charge attacking? Roanoke County Confederate troops on the move The Union Line The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi

4. In what U.S. state was Edward Teach (Blackbeard) defeated by Robert Maynard? Virginia Pennsylvania Louisiana North Carolina

5. In what year did Elizabeth Cady meet the abolitionist Henry Stanton? 1842 1839 1863 1829

6. Which were the major Axis powers of World War Two? The Soviet Union, France, and China Germany, Italy, and Japan Britain, Vietnam, and Spain Mexico, Austria, and Venezuela

7. Who clashed in a conflict known as the Cold War? Korea and Vietnam Poland and El Salvador Chile and Grenada U.S. and the Soviet Union

8. On what day did the siege of the Alamo begin? March 6, 1891 January 3, 1900 October 18, 1712 February 23, 1836

9. What type of surgery did future president James K. Polk have at the age of 17? removal of gallstones amputation of left foot repair of the aorta removal of a bullet from his lower back

10. What happened on October 29, 1929? The New York stockmarket crashed Herbert Hoover became president The nineteenth ammedment was signed Social Security System began