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| USA History MCQS ICEP |
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Question: When was the
Declaration of Independence adopted?
Answer: July 4, 1776.
Question: Who was the first
President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington.
Question: What event marked
the beginning of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: The Battles of
Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775).
Question: In which year did
Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?
Answer: 1492.
Question: What was the main
purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Answer: To explore the newly
acquired Louisiana Purchase and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Question: What was the
Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: An executive order
issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring all slaves in
Confederate states to be free.
Question: When did the United
States enter World War I?
Answer: April 6, 1917.
Question: What event triggered
the start of the Great Depression in 1929?
Answer: The stock market crash
on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday.
Question: Who was the leader
of the Civil Rights Movement and played a key role in ending racial
segregation?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Marshall Plan?
Answer: To provide economic
aid to Western European countries after World War II to help rebuild their
economies and prevent the spread of communism.
Question: What was the
significance of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954?
Answer: It declared state laws
establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be
unconstitutional, overturning the previous "separate but equal"
doctrine.
Question: Who was the first
woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court?
Answer: Sandra Day O'Connor.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Answer: It gave U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to use military force in Vietnam without a
formal declaration of war.
Question: When did the United
States land the first humans on the moon, and who were the astronauts?
Answer: July 20, 1969; Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Question: What is the
significance of the Watergate scandal?
Answer: It led to the
resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974, making him the only U.S.
president to resign from office.
Question: Who was the primary
author of the U.S. Constitution?
Answer: James Madison.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Monroe Doctrine?
Answer: To warn European
nations against interfering in the affairs of the newly independent Latin
American countries and to assert U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
Question: When did the U.S.
Civil War begin and end?
Answer: April 12, 1861, to
April 9, 1865.
Question: Who were the
opposing sides in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer: The Union (Northern
states) and the Confederacy (Southern states).
Question: What was the
significance of the 19th Amendment?
Answer: It granted women the
right to vote, and it was ratified on August 18, 1920.
Question: Which U.S. president
is associated with the New Deal during the Great Depression?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Question: What event marked
the official beginning of the Space Race between the United States and the
Soviet Union?
Answer: The launch of the
Soviet satellite Sputnik on October 4, 1957.
Question: Who were the key
leaders of the American Revolution, aside from George Washington?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Prohibition era in the United States?
Answer: To ban the production,
importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages (1920-1933).
Question: Which Native
American woman played a vital role in helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Answer: Sacagawea.
Question: What was the main
goal of the Manhattan Project during World War II?
Answer: To develop the first
atomic bomb.
Question: Which U.S. president
announced the policy of detente during the Cold War?
Answer: Richard Nixon.
Question: What was the
significance of the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War?
Answer: It was a turning point
in favor of the Union and is considered one of the bloodiest battles of the
war.
Question: Who was the leader
of the Union Army during the Civil War?
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Answer: To explore the western
territories of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase.
Question: Which U.S. president
implemented the policy of "Vietnamization" during the Vietnam War?
Answer: Richard Nixon.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Answer: To encourage
settlement of the American West by providing 160 acres of public land to
homesteaders.
Question: Who was the leader
of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Answer: Robert E. Lee.
Question: What was the
significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the civil rights movement?
Answer: It led to the
desegregation of public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama, and marked a
significant victory for the civil rights movement.
Question: Who was the primary
author of the Federalist Papers?
Answer: Alexander Hamilton.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Dawes Act of 1887?
Answer: To assimilate Native
Americans by dividing their reservations into individual plots of land.
Question: Which event led to
the United States entering World War II?
Answer: The attack on Pearl
Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Question: Who was the
commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Answer: George Washington.
Question: What was the purpose
of the GI Bill after World War II?
Answer: To provide support to
veterans, including education benefits, housing loans, and unemployment
benefits.
Question: Who assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth.
Question: What was the purpose
of the Social Security Act of 1935?
Answer: To provide financial
assistance to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
Question: Who was the primary
architect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Answer: President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Question: What was the
significance of the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolution?
Answer: It was the decisive
battle that led to the surrender of British forces and the end of the war.
Question: Who was the chief
justice of the Supreme Court during the landmark case of Brown v. Board of
Education?
Answer: Earl Warren.
Question: What was the purpose
of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Answer: To advocate for civil
and economic rights for African Americans and to support the passage of civil
rights legislation.
Question: What was the purpose
of the 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971?
Answer: It lowered the voting
age from 21 to 18.
Question: Who was the first
African American to serve as President of the United States?
Answer: Barack Obama.
Question: What was the main
focus of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century?
Answer: Social and political
reforms to address issues such as corruption, monopolies, and social injustice.
Question: What was the
significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision in 1896?
Answer: It upheld the
principle of "separate but equal" and allowed racial segregation to
continue.
Question: Who was the founder
of the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War?
Answer: Nathan Bedford
Forrest.