High School U.S. History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Now, class, who was the FIRST European to find North America? Amerigo Vespucci Christopher Columbus Leif Erikson Hernando Cortes

2. Please, pay attention: all right, which of the following was NOT a reason for Columbus' voyage? To expand the Portuguese Empire. Ambition. God and Christianity. Political and economic reasons.

3. What was Thomas Jefferson's ultimate statement in his now-famous Declaration of Independence? All men are given unalienable rights. God told us to secede from Great Britain. King George should not have taxed the Colonies without representation in Parliament. The United States will go to war with Great Britain if necessary.

4. What was the United States Constitution replacing? The Articles of Confederation. The Declaration of Independence. An older version of itself. The Mayflower Compact.

5. Let's jump ahead to the American Civil War, pre-war. All right, which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War? Compromise of 1850 Taxation without representation Fugitive Slave Law Missouri Compromise

6. Which of the following does not belong? (think BLOOD AND GORE, not geography...) Antietam Fort Sumter Gettysburg Shiloh

7. Who of the following does NOT belong? Winfield Scott U.S. Grant Robert E. Lee George McClellan

8. Reconstruction: which of the following did NOT hamper Reconstruction efforts? Racial conflicts Johnson's clashes with Radical Republicans The passing of 15th Amendment Abe Lincoln's assassination

9. Industrial Revolution: which of the following was an Industrial Revolution invention? telegraph lightbulb telephone All of these

10. Oh my! There goes the bell. One more question: which of the following Constitutional Amendments has been repealed? 18th 1st 15th 26th