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? Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Hernando Cortes Leif Erikson

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

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

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

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 Missouri Compromise Fugitive Slave Law Taxation without representation

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? Robert E. Lee George McClellan U.S. Grant Winfield Scott

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

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

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 One more question: which of the following Constitutional Amendments has been repealed? 15th 18th 1st 26th