Multiple Choice - American History

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1. The first president of the USA was
   a. Thomas Jefferson
   b. Alexander Hamilton
   c. George Washington
   Answer c

2. Slavery was abolished in the USA in
   a. 1853
   b. 1863
   c. 1873
   Answer b

3. Pearl Harbor was first attacked by the Japanese in
   a. 1940
   b. 1941
   c. 1942
   Answer b

4. The longest-serving president of the USA was
   a. Ronald Reagan
   b. Theodore Roosevelt
   c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
   Answer c

5. "Camelot" was a term used about the presidency of
   a. John F Kennedy
   b. Richard M Nixon
   c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
   Answer a

6. The USA joined World War I in

   
   a. 1915
   b. 1916
   c. 1917
   Answer c

7. Franklin D Roosevelt's policy to end the depression of the 1930s was called
   a. Big Deal
   b. New Deal
   c. Good Deal
   Answer b

8. President Nixon was forced to resign because of
   a. the Whitewater scandal
   b. the Watergate scandal
   c. the Whitegate scandal
   Answer b

9. George Bush was president during the
   a. Vietnam War
   b. Korean War
   c. Gulf War
   Answer c

10. Ronald Reagan first became president in
    a. 1976
    b. 1980
    c. 1988
    Answer b

11. The most critical foreign policy situation in Kennedy's presidency was
    a. the Korean War
    b. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
    c. the Cuban missile crisis
    Answer c

12. Bill Clinton before he became president was a
    a. Vice President
    b. Senator
    c. Governor
    Answer c

13. The American Declaration of Independence was signed
    a. July 4, 1756
    b. July 4, 1766
    c. July 4, 1776
    Answer c

14. The Gettysburg Address, containing the words "a government of the people, by the people, for the people", was delivered by
    a. George Washington
    b. Abraham Lincoln
    c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    Answer b

15. Martin Luther King first led the civil rights movement in
    a. a violent demonstration in Detroit, Michigan
    b. a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
    c. a lawsuit about school segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Answer b