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Quiz about American History
Quiz about American History

American History Trivia Quiz


This is my second US History quiz, as with the first one, it is based on The American Pageant. Chapters 7-12.

A multiple-choice quiz by boblarry. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
boblarry
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
196,460
Updated
Feb 17 22
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
13 / 20
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Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.
1. Who issued a doctrine in 1824 that could be considered a self defense doctrine? Hint

James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe

2. What guerilla warrior was given the nickname "Swamp Fox"? Hint

George Washington
Joseph Brant
Tecumseh
Francis Marion

3. Who lost to Gates at Saratoga in October 1777? Hint

William Howe
Admiral de Grasse
Horatio North
Burgoyne

4. Who is the author of "Common Sense"?

Answer: (First and Last Name, or just last.)
5. Who started the process of Judicial Review? Hint

John Jay
John Quincy Adams
Henry Knox
John Marshall

6. Who was the first secretary of war? Hint

Samuel Chase
John Jay
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton

7. Who was the first colonial shot in the Boston Massacre? Hint

Sam Adams
Crispus Attucks
John Hancock
Benedict Arnold

8. Who did Washington defeat at Yorktown in 1781? Hint

Cornwallis
Nathanial Greene
Admiral de Grasse
Tecumseh

9. Who sold the Louisiana Purchase to the USA in 1803? Hint

Italy
George III
Napoleon
Spain

10. Who was the U.S. president at the Time of the Louisiana Purchase? Hint

Monroe
Adams
Madison
Jefferson

11. Who won the battle of New Orleans in 1815? Hint

Andrew Jackson
George Mason
Marquis de LaFayette
William Henry Harrison

12. Who was the first person to map the Louisiana territory acquired in 1803? Hint

Prophet
George Rogers Clark
Meriwether Lewis
Talley Rand

13. Which US president could be described as a "cold, confident, irritable Federalist from Quincy, Massachusetts?" Hint

John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams

14. Which future US president defeated a Shawnee alliance in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811? Hint

Abraham Lincoln
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
John Quincy Adams

15. Whigs are to patriots as ______ are to loyalists?

Answer: (One Word)
16. True or False: Alexander Hamilton is affiliated with the Federalist party.

True
False

17. True or False: The Federalist party was pro-agriculture.

True
False

18. True or False: The Democratic Republicans were pro-French.

True
False

19. John Adams was a Democratic Republican.

True
False

20. What was the first war that the U.S. was involved in to be funded partly by lottery tickets? Hint

English Civil War
Civil War
Revolutionary War
War of 1812


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who issued a doctrine in 1824 that could be considered a self defense doctrine?

Answer: James Monroe

James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine. This doctrine stated that no colonization in the Western Hemisphere would be permitted any longer.
2. What guerilla warrior was given the nickname "Swamp Fox"?

Answer: Francis Marion

Swamp Fox Marion, was a famous guerilla fighter in the Revolutionary War. Guerilla warfare was the main fighting technique used by the colonists against the British.
3. Who lost to Gates at Saratoga in October 1777?

Answer: Burgoyne

Burgoyne was defeated at Saratoga after the Burgoyne Invasion failed. General Howe had stayed in Philadelphia instead of moving North to attack, and Benedict Arnold had slowed the troops moving South from Quebec.
4. Who is the author of "Common Sense"?

Answer: Thomas Paine

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine urged the colonials to stop the war of "inconsistency" and just fight the British.
5. Who started the process of Judicial Review?

Answer: John Marshall

John Marshall was chief justice from 1801 until 1835, and started judicial review after the Marbury vs. Madison case in 1803. John Marshall declared the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, therefore suggesting that the Supreme Court could determine the constitutionality of laws, which is judicial review.
6. Who was the first secretary of war?

Answer: Henry Knox

Henry Knox was selected to be the Secretary of War by Congress in 1785 and in 1789 he was appointed Secretary of War in Washington's cabinet.
7. Who was the first colonial shot in the Boston Massacre?

Answer: Crispus Attucks

In his memory a "Crispus Attucks Day" was inauguarated by black abolitionists in 1858 and 1888. There is a monument in the Boston Commons dedicated to Crispus Attucks.
8. Who did Washington defeat at Yorktown in 1781?

Answer: Cornwallis

The battle at Yorktown is considered to be the end of the Revolutionary War. Washington's troops had Cornwallis cornered on land while the French troops had him cornered by sea.
9. Who sold the Louisiana Purchase to the USA in 1803?

Answer: Napoleon

Napoleon had gotten the land of the Louisiana Purchase from Spain, and proceeded to sell it to the USA for a mere $15 million dollars, although abandoning his dreams of a French empire in North America.
10. Who was the U.S. president at the Time of the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer: Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was president in 1803. Jefferson had been a strict interpreter of the Constitution (which says nothing about land purchases), but decided that the deal was too good to give up, making a huge turnaround from his previous beliefs about the Constitution.
11. Who won the battle of New Orleans in 1815?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson suppressed the British Army that was threatening the Mississippi Valley.
12. Who was the first person to map the Louisiana territory acquired in 1803?

Answer: Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (not George Rogers Clark, who was the brother of William Clark) were the first to explore the Louisiana territory.
13. Which US president could be described as a "cold, confident, irritable Federalist from Quincy, Massachusetts?"

Answer: John Adams

John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, and died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson. He beat out Jefferson for president with an electoral count of 71 to 68.
14. Which future US president defeated a Shawnee alliance in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison attacked Prophet, who commanded Shawnees loyal to Tecumseh on November 7, 1811 by burning the headquarters to the ground. John Tyler became William Henry Harrison's Vice President, and one of the campaign slogans read, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"

Harrison was the president that served the shortest time in office, a grand total of 31 days (1841). He caught pneumonia after delivering his inaugural address without a coat.
15. Whigs are to patriots as ______ are to loyalists?

Answer: tories

The patriots supported rebellion against Britain during the Revolutionary War, while the loyalists were (as the name suggests) loyal to the King.
16. True or False: Alexander Hamilton is affiliated with the Federalist party.

Answer: True

Hamilton was the Secretary of Treasury under George Washington. He passed the first tariff on dutiable imports at 8%. He was also the brain behind the Bank of the United States.
17. True or False: The Federalist party was pro-agriculture.

Answer: False

Rather, the Democratic Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, believed that farming kept people out of the "wicked" cities, and closer to God. They promoted the United States, while the Federalists were still taking examples from Britain, and thus promoted growing our own food and helping our own economy by means of farming.
18. True or False: The Democratic Republicans were pro-French.

Answer: True

Thomas Jefferson felt that America should have gotten involved in the French Revolution, because they had helped us during our Revolution, just years earlier.
19. John Adams was a Democratic Republican.

Answer: False

John Adams was the last federalist U.S. president.
20. What was the first war that the U.S. was involved in to be funded partly by lottery tickets?

Answer: Revolutionary War

The lottery supplied arms and uniforms to the colonial army fighting in the Revolutionary War. After the war, the lottery paid to help repair the damage left by the war.
Source: Author boblarry

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