US History Multiple Choice

Level 1

1

Which explorer arrived in North America in 1492?

a. Lewis and Clark 

b. Daniel Boone

c. Christopher Columbus 

c. Christopher Columbus

2

Which country did most of the pilgrims come from?

a. Germany

b. England

c. Mexico

b. England

3

This document governs the United States.

a. Declaration of Independence

b. Bill of Rights

c.  The US Constitution

c.  The US Constitution

4

How many colonies were in America? 

a. 3

b.16

c.13

c. 13

5

When did the American Revolutionary War begin?

a. 1775

b. 1776

c. 1777

a. 1775

Level 2

1

Who is the first president of USA?

a. Thomas Jefferson

b. John Adams

c. George Washington

c. George Washington

2

Who fought in the Civil War?  

a. The U.S.A against Germany and Japan

b. The North against South of U.S.A.

c. The East against the West of the USA

b. The North against South of U.S.A.

3

What conflict led to the rise of Adolf Hitler?

a. The Civil War

b. Pearl Harbor

c. The Great War

c.  The Great War (WWI)

4

When did World War I start? 

 a. 2000

b. 1904

c. 1914

c. 1914

5

Who was the President of the US during the Civil War?

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. Woodrow Wilson

c. Richard Nixon

a. Abraham Lincoln

Level 3

1

When was the Declaration of Independence first signed?

a. July 4, 1775

b. July 4, 1776

c. July 4, 1777

b. July 4, 1776

2

The capitol city of the United States of America. 

a. Baltimore

b. Richmond

c. Washington D.C

c. Washington DC

3

How many states does USA have?

a. 51

b. 49

c. 50

c. 50

4

The war between the North and the South was called? 

a. World War II

b. Pearl Harbor 

c. Civil War

C. Civil War 

5

What prompted the US to join WWII?

a. The Triangle Trade

b. Battle of Yorktown

c. Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c. Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Level 4

1

In what year did the terrorist attack called 9/11 happen? 

a. 2010

b.2000

c. 2001

c. 2001

2

What was the name of the ship the pilgrims sailed from England? 

a. Colonist 

b. Mayflower

c. Sunflower

b. Mayflower

3

Which city in the USA has the most people?

a. New York City

b. Los Angeles

c. Chicago

a. NYC/ New York City

4

Who helped passed the Civil Rights Act? 

a. Goerge Washington

b. Martin Luther King Jr.

b. Martin Luther King Jr.

5

When did World War II begin? 

a. 1960

b. 1939

c. 1916

b. 1939

Level 5

1

What major conflict led to the Civil War?

a. Slavery

b. Finances

c. Agriculture

a. Slavery

2

What happened on 9/11. 

a. World Trade Center attack

b. Thomas Jefferson signs the Declaration of Independence.  

c. Shooting in New York

a. World Trade Center attack

3

Who bombed the American ships in Pearl Harbor?

a. Canada 

b. Japan

c. Germany

b. Japan 

4

President Abraham Lincoln signed the _______.

a. Declaration of Independence 

b. Civil Rights Act 

c. Emancipation Proclamation 

c. Emancipation Proclamation

5

Which wars fought against communism?

a. World War I and World War II 

b. Korean War and Vietnam War

c. Civil War 

b. Korean War and Vietnam War